Thanks John. Pardon me while I go get a heart pill.

After the release of the (very well received) T.Bose designed W.R Case three blade SowBelly in 2001, a few ideas were tossed around to continue the success of this production knife.

A couple prototype knives were made using the SowBelly Trapper pattern. Here are those knives with D-2 blades (stamped XX) and Remington bone scales. Sadly none of these were ever made.

The first Sowbelly Trapper was this knife, equipped with a spey blade.

The second Trapper sports an upswept-skinning blade.

Also a single blade “Lock Back” Sowbelly Pull-a-Part knife was made, which was never produced (a slip joint version was).

Those sowbelly trappers are the best looking and most desirable knives I've ever seen. Not that I don't feel that way each time I see a new Bose knife. But really, they are the perfect knife; and the bone is outstanding.