Got my Canal Street Half Moon Trapper

RetiredGuns

RetiredGuns

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I debated over a handful of knives and with a little help from some fellow forumites decided to get a Canal Street Half Moon Trapper with Autumn Sunset smooth bone scales. I wanted a 3.5"-3.75" single blade and it's a really neat, classic looking pocket knife. Love the color. I got #16 of 28. The pics are in the garage so not so nice and my fingerprints are everywhere!

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Shore08 said:
Very nice! In the garage, so it's a user?
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It really needs to be user. I look at it a bit different than the knives with all the printing on the blades and etching everywhere. It's really simple and just wants to cut! It will probably be a light shop/Sunday duds knife.
 
bigmo66 said:
It really needs to be user. I look at it a bit different than the knives with all the printing on the blades and etching everywhere. It's really simple and just wants to cut! It will probably be a light shop/Sunday duds knife.
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That's cool, I'm glad to hear it. I don't own any safe queens myself, but I also don't own any of the higher end or customs like some of the guys, so it's easy for me to say I use all mine :D
 
I really like my half moon trapper. I use mine mostly as a Sunday knife.
the 14-4 CrMo is made by Latrobe Steel and has the same composition as 154CM. It takes a nice edge and holds it well.

Congrats!
 
Nice pick-up!:thumbup: One thing that I really like about them is the blade to handle ratio; I know it's just an optical illusion but sometimes I'll swear that the blade actually seems longer than the handle (look at the second pic as an example).
 
I think the half moon trapper is one of the nicest single blade slippies around.

Great choice, enjoy. :thumbup:
 
A fine knife, I have on in Olive Wood
It sharpens very well and stays sharp
At 3 3/4" the blade lenght is the same as a Case 4 1/8" slimline trapper

I use mine for food and carry it in my backpocket held up right in a Ron leather back pocket slip
 
Beauty! How's the springs? I want one but I've heard that sometimes their springs are a bit on the weak side.
 
Nice knife! Thanks for posting the pictures.
I need to get one of these... I have been looking at the olive wood.
 
wintermute said:
Beauty! How's the springs? I want one but I've heard that sometimes their springs are a bit on the weak side.
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The spring is not too soft but definitely more so than the Swayback jack! This is not necessarily a bad thing after opening that Case for a week. :)
 
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