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Re: Oldtimer improvised muskrat
[Re: Mac86]
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03/06/18 04:28 PM
03/06/18 04:28 PM
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Posts: 414
Roanoke, VA
Meathunter1978
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trapper
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Posts: 414
Roanoke, VA
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I carry a Schrade lock blade with assist open in my pocket and a Boker Plus Bushcraft XL in a scout carry position.
Formally known as Meathunter78. Just doing it for meat.
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Re: Oldtimer improvised muskrat
[Re: nimzy]
#6179554
03/06/18 04:34 PM
03/06/18 04:34 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,310
East Ohio
Jeff
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trapper
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Posts: 1,310
East Ohio
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Skinned my first rat with one some forty years ago X2 but 51 years ago 
Last edited by Jeff; 03/06/18 06:47 PM.
Speedy Catch Wildlife Service
Member OSTA-NTA-NRA
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Re: Oldtimer improvised muskrat
[Re: Mac86]
#6179584
03/06/18 05:40 PM
03/06/18 05:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,912
Central, SD
Law Dog
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trapper
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Posts: 34,912
Central, SD
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Had one sharpened it so much the tip would stick out of the slot and poke under my fingernail! LOL
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Oldtimer improvised muskrat
[Re: Mac86]
#6179636
03/06/18 06:49 PM
03/06/18 06:49 PM
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Posts: 20,063
SEPA
Lugnut
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trapper
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SEPA
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2004 was the year I got back into trapping after a decades long lay-off.
That was the same year Schrade sold the company to Taylor LLC and they moved production to China. I bought the last half-dozen American-made Old Timer 77OT Improved Muskrats my dealer had in stock. I been using one of them as my skinning knife ever since.
I gave one to my daughter who was my trapping partner at the time. She has skinned hundreds of fox with hers.
Four are still in they boxes the came in. My eight-year-old granddaughter and newest trapping partner will likely start skinning fox on her own next year and she'll get one of them.
I like having two blades the same size.
What is an EDC?
Eh...wot?
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Re: Oldtimer improvised muskrat
[Re: Mac86]
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03/06/18 07:57 PM
03/06/18 07:57 PM
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Posts: 4,497
PA
PAskinner
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trapper
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Posts: 4,497
PA
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They were great and knives before they ruined them, by cheapening the Steel. Wish I had about a dozen of the old ones.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Oldtimer improvised muskrat
[Re: Mac86]
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03/06/18 09:44 PM
03/06/18 09:44 PM
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Posts: 87
Hawkins,Texas
Big Dog
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trapper
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Posts: 87
Hawkins,Texas
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How do you identify American made?
Decide what you want in life then make it a reality.
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Re: Oldtimer improvised muskrat
[Re: Mac86]
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03/06/18 10:12 PM
03/06/18 10:12 PM
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Posts: 23,644
New Hampshire
Nessmuck
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trapper
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Posts: 23,644
New Hampshire
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I use to carry the USA made one.....now I can't find the dang thing......easy to sharpen and holds a good edge.Boy I miss that knife
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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Re: Oldtimer improvised muskrat
[Re: Mac86]
#6179895
03/06/18 11:07 PM
03/06/18 11:07 PM
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Posts: 20,063
SEPA
Lugnut
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trapper
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SEPA
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How do you identify American made? Mine has USA stamped on it X 2 The pre-2004 77OT's have "USA" stamped on one blade.  
Eh...wot?
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Re: Oldtimer improvised muskrat
[Re: Mac86]
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03/06/18 11:23 PM
03/06/18 11:23 PM
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Posts: 18,596
Green County Wisconsin
GREENCOUNTYPETE
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trapper
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Posts: 18,596
Green County Wisconsin
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I had a trapper I carried as an every day knife till I lost it it was pre-move to china like this 
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Oldtimer improvised muskrat
[Re: Lugnut]
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03/07/18 01:35 AM
03/07/18 01:35 AM
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Posts: 1,190
Kentucky
Abu65
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trapper
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Posts: 1,190
Kentucky
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2004 was the year I got back into trapping after a decades long lay-off.
That was the same year Schrade sold the company to Taylor LLC and they moved production to China. I bought the last half-dozen American-made Old Timer 77OT Improved Muskrats my dealer had in stock. I been using one of them as my skinning knife ever since.
I gave one to my daughter who was my trapping partner at the time. She has skinned hundreds of fox with hers.
Four are still in they boxes the came in. My eight-year-old granddaughter and newest trapping partner will likely start skinning fox on her own next year and she'll get one of them.
I like having two blades the same size.
What is an EDC? Every day carry
It is what it is.
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