Case Trapperlock info request

Yosemite Sam

Yosemite Sam

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Has this pattern (*154L) been released yet, or is it an older pattern that's being resurrected?

If anyone has one can you tell me a couple of things? Is the knife overall as slim as a Slimline Trapper, or more along with thickness of a regular Trapper? Does it employ a backspring, like the Mid-Folding Hunter? Is the blade considerably thicker than the clip blade on a standard Trapper? That looks to be the case, I just wanted to verify.

Thanks,

-- Sam
 
I do not know. The knife is not yet available for sale, I'm anxious to see some reviews when they come out. If you go to wrcase.com and click on dealer, then Master Dealers, you can pretty much pre-order from any of those of dealers. Your local dealer probably can too. I do not have a local dealer.
Jay
 
They're making a big deal out of this knife, while the design style has been marketed quite some time as the Boker "Trapperliner". It's just a single bladed liner lock built on a 54 pattern frame, that's all. Supposedly it has relieved bolsters at the blade pivot so that it will take less effort to open one handed with the thumb stud. I had a Mid Folding Hunter for a while, same basic concept. I gave it to my nephew, as I did not learn to like it that much. Could never effectively one hand open and close it, and the blade was weirdly shaped. Nephew loves it however. Everbody likes different I guess. :p
 
Ah, so it is based on the 54 frame? Good hint. That means it's going to be quite a bit different than the 48 frame used on the Slimline, I'll bet... :) Thanks for that bit of info.

On the other hand, the Trapperliner looks interesting, so you never know.

I've got one of the Mid Folding Hunters as you describe, and have much the same feeling about it. The spring hinders one hand operation, and the blade shape is, well, interesting. Nice chunk of CV steel on mine, though.

-- Sam
 
Phil in Alabama said:
They're making a big deal out of this knife, while the design style has been marketed quite some time as the Boker "Trapperliner". It's just a single bladed liner lock built on a 54 pattern frame, that's all. Supposedly it has relieved bolsters at the blade pivot so that it will take less effort to open one handed with the thumb stud. I had a Mid Folding Hunter for a while, same basic concept.
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I'm not sure that the Case will be the same design style as the Boker Trapperliner.

Because the Boker Trapperliner does not have a backspring.
It's basically a standard liner lock, in the form of a traditional trapper.

The Case Mid-Folding Hunter has a backspring, of course, along with a liner lock.

So it will be interesting to see whether the new Case has a backspring or not, along with its liner lock.
 
As long as we're talking about them (Boker Trapperliner) I don't see any reason to create a new topic: Are there different levels of quality in the Trapperliner line, as there are with other Boker patterns? I've seen $30 "pickbone" models and $130 stag models. Is the thumbstud on the lesser priced models still steel? In some of the pictures it looks like the cheaper ones may have a plastic one.

-- Sam
 
Yosemite Sam said:
As long as we're talking about them (Boker Trapperliner) I don't see any reason to create a new topic: Are there different levels of quality in the Trapperliner line, as there are with other Boker patterns? I've seen $30 "pickbone" models and $130 stag models. Is the thumbstud on the lesser priced models still steel? In some of the pictures it looks like the cheaper ones may have a plastic one.

-- Sam
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I have a smooth bone Boker Trapperliner that has a plastic thumbstud.

The pictures I've seen of the MOP & stag versions show a metal thumbstud.

Looking forward to the release of the Case; I'll definitely be getting one.
Sure hope they make it available with CV, but either way...
 
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