Explain the Trapper

knifeaholic said:
Yeah the tooling on those Utica muskrats looks like the tooling that they have used since at least the 1950's...narrow pointed blades and a single backspring.
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Downside is it is a thick knife. They used 6 brass liners in it because they offset both blades to the outside of the knife to clear each other
 
I tried to carry a trapper pattern for a while. Had a 96OT and thought it would be great because, doing carpentry work you are prone to splinters and that pattern has a pair of tweezers and a pick housed in the handle. Problem was, as soon as I started carrying it I miraculously stopped getting splinters and the blades were too long and seemed flimsy for carving out tight spots on my workpieces. I kept it about a month and then sold it and resumed carrying my 8OT.

Chuck
 
tomcrx said:
Downside is it is a thick knife. They used 6 brass liners in it because they offset both blades to the outside of the knife to clear each other
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So they are double/triple lining these? They never did that on the older ones. But that is more typical on todays knives...with the space provided by the extra liners there is less of the precision adjustment required for the blades to fall properly.
 
trappers were carried a lot by the west tex. boys for fishing & hunting. i'm not sure but it seems case was a big factor in the trapper patterns, many of which went on to become hi-dollar collectibles. the longer frame accents pretty bone & stag scales. the eye brand trappers were never as sexy as the case but outcut them by a large margin.dennis
 
DennisStrickland said:
trappers were carried a lot by the west tex. boys for fishing & hunting. i'm not sure but it seems case was a big factor in the trapper patterns, many of which went on to become hi-dollar collectibles. the longer frame accents pretty bone & stag scales. the eye brand trappers were never as sexy as the case but outcut them by a large margin.dennis
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Thanks Dennis. Never thought of the frame showing the scales before
 
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