Difficultly liking trappers

Zip7 said:
Well, where from? I want one I tell ya! :confused:
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I'm in line for another knife from Ken, a Trapper with wharnie secondary blade, about 1/2 to 3/4 the length of the main blade (which I haven't decided on as of yet). I have several knives with wharncliffe main blades and shorter secondary blades, this will be my first in reverse.
 
Unfortunately, all of the Case Wharncliff trappers have "colorful" handles; You can't get one in amber bone, "bonestag", or stag. (One vendor has a SFO Tiny Trapper in stag, but it looks like it may be a single blade knife, too.) I recently broke down and ordered a Caribbean Blue one 'cause I got tired of waiting for them to produce a natural toned one. It'll probably be a late '08 pattern now. You're welcome. ;)

Not that I wouldn't mind a Bose, or other custom...

-- Sam

P.S. Another vendor had some Case SFO full size stag Trappers in early '07, but they sold out by May. Ask me how I know...
 
I love the trapper pattern. About the only time I use the spey blade is during squirrel/rabbit season. The long spey is awsome for a small game skinner. It gives you a nice skinning tip AND a long enough blade so you can use the lower half to disjoint the animal and keep the upper half nice and sharp.

I do use it when working and wouldn't hesitate if the clip blade was dull. So, when it's not hunting season its just a "backup" blade.

And, call me crazy but I hate the look of the wharncliff blade. I'm not trying to start anything here but I just don't like it. I love the sheepsfoot and I know that they're allmost the same but it just looks like something is missing on the wharncliff. Allmost like it's put on upside down or something. Now, if the made one with a more sheepsfoot type blade, I'd like to get one.

Sam
 
I like the belly of the speyblade, Most of all the long trapper type of spay. I dont like the lack og a tip though. A knifeblade must have a tip as I see it. As my knifes are users i have done it this way. I took a file and redid the point. My Schrade OT96 has now clip and spear. And my Remington 1173 baby bullet trapper has clip with long point and clip with short point and my Queen stockman has a short clip with much belly in the edge.
Makes them mych more useful but keeps the advantage with the round belly of the blade.

Bosse
 
morrow j & all,two others,that have the long blades,but are a bit different,the Schatt deluxe English Jack with clip & spear,and the Marbles MSA trapper,clip & spey.The spey on the Marbles MSA,is much like the blade on a HTT knife (Hunter/trapper/trader),and almost comes to a spearpoint & both blades on this particular knife are swedged bigtime & is a fine knife IMO
-Vince
 
VCM3 said:
morrowj,You should try a Queen dog leg jack.It is the size of a mini trapper,with a clip main blade & a pen for the smaller.It is quite a nice pattern
-Vince
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I have one in cocobolo. I like it alot...but it's the wharncliffe blade I want.
 
Well,I have to say then,just like Ed,I never did carry a trapper much,but after these Bose warny trappers,they got me scratching my head & saying,"quite possibly the beast pattern/pocketknife yet"
And Zip7,a Bose knife is not impossible to get,or "can't be bought",you just have to call Wilfred Works,order one from Reese and be patient,that's not impossible at all & I think he'll do it in carbon for you,too !,and well worth the wait IMO.
-Vince
 
VCM3 said:
Well,I have to say then,just like Ed,I never did carry a trapper much,but after these Bose warny trappers,they got me scratching my head & saying,"quite possibly the beast pattern/pocketknife yet"
And Zip7,a Bose knife is not impossible to get,or "can't be bought",you just have to call Wilfred Works,order one from Reese and be patient,that's not impossible at all & I think he'll do it in carbon for you,too !,and well worth the wait IMO.
-Vince
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I saw a small Bose single blade wharncliffe trapper for sale at a recent show. the dealer was selling it for $850. The handle was carbon fiber I think.....a little too pricey even for a Bose.
 
morrowj_98 said:
I saw a small Bose single blade wharncliffe trapper for sale at a recent show. the dealer was selling it for $850. The handle was carbon fiber I think.....a little too pricey even for a Bose.
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Second market prices are high right now,but from Reese,reasonable for the impeccable fit,and finish,perfect spring tension,blades centered perfect,nail nicks perfect,and AWESOME blade geometry,don't forget the best swedges,too
Probably black micarta,is what you saw.
There are other makers out there doing fantastic renditions of the T Bose Warncliffe trapper,too.
-Vince
 
VCM3 said:
Well,I have to say then,just like Ed,I never did carry a trapper much,but after these Bose warny trappers,they got me scratching my head & saying,"quite possibly the beast pattern/pocketknife yet"
And Zip7,a Bose knife is not impossible to get,or "can't be bought",you just have to call Wilfred Works,order one from Reese and be patient,that's not impossible at all & I think he'll do it in carbon for you,too !,and well worth the wait IMO.
-Vince
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Well, Vince, I've looked lustily at the Bose knife pictures here for a long time, and I was under the impression that to buy a Bose knife you had to go to Blade Show, and win a lottery. Their site says there's a waiting list, but nothing about how to get on it, so I really assumed the people who had them are either family friends or serious collectors who had been to many shows and won lotteries more than once? That sounds crazy I know, but I don't have any custom knives, so I don't know how that world operates.
 
NirreBosse said:
I like the belly of the speyblade, Most of all the long trapper type of spay. I dont like the lack og a tip though. A knifeblade must have a tip as I see it. As my knifes are users i have done it this way. I took a file and redid the point. My Schrade OT96 has now clip and spear. And my Remington 1173 baby bullet trapper has clip with long point and clip with short point and my Queen stockman has a short clip with much belly in the edge.
Makes them mych more useful but keeps the advantage with the round belly of the blade.

Bosse
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Many Solingen made trappers have in effect a long pen blade and not a spey. A true spey should have as little pointyness as possible for use in situation where a point is not needed...

For example - castrating calves - I'm sure you folks do this all the time. When you reach up in there between the back legs, you don't want a sharp point poking around.

And trappers - when I was a kid LOTS of people trapped. Most people who trapped for fur, and most coon hunters (I still coon hunt with dogs, BTW) had trappers because when you skin a coon (or any other critter) you ring the back legs, and zip them open from one heel to the other. The spey blade is ideal for this, because once you ring the legs, you can run that spey up in there and get the first cut started quickly without poking a hole through the hide. Since I have a 15 year old son, I am not the deer skinner I once was, but when I do have to skin a deer, I use a trapper's spey blade to do the whole thing start to finish.
 
Zip7,
Go on the Bose website,the link is in the sticky thread at the top,pg 48 I think
On the Home page is a phone #,call & get on Reese' list.Time passes,it'll be the best move you make
If you should get involved with custom slips while you are waiting for Reese,there are plenty of makers out there to accomodate you,in the meantime
But it's like the pizza box says,"You tried the rest,now try the best"
If you plan to carry it,IMO,the Reese Bose knife will be a great knife
- Vince
 
I have ordered my first Trapper.
A Queen Slimline in Cocobolo.
So I will find out if I like Trappers.
 
I grew up on Stockmen patterns, Bought my first trapper about a year and half ago, I really like it, I probably would trade the spey for a warncliff, but the spey works Ok for opening stuff and scraping battery terminals. Steven
 
Smilin-knife had a thread with scrades that had a clip and pen blade. I went bonkers over them. I too have a thing about trappers. I really like the way they look, but the spey blade just doesn't cut it.(no pun intended). I also like how the middle liner is full.
 
I use the spey blade most, and keep the clip razor sharp.

I don't say the spey is a perfect shape for general use but I've got used
to it and quite like it.
 
I like trappers. These days I tend to carry smaller two bladed jack knives or pen knives, but when something needs gutting, skinning, or other hunting or fishing related cutting tasks I like a trapper. I think my uncles LL Bean trapper with yellow handles was probably what I used to clean my first fish. I have used them on deer, chickens, raccoon, hornpout, trout, panfish, squirrels, and a few others and whether they were mini trappers, full sized, American or German made, they worked well. I love the long spay blade for skinning and food prep. That said I look them more like tools and am less likely to carry one "just because" than I would be with a peanut or medium jack. Joe
 
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