Helping the Neighbors: Traditionals in Use

[ISKRA]

ISKRA: The Trapper is the cowboy knife. Hands down. I have made a pretty good in road with my little fixed blades and we even catagorize them by type on our website. For instance we have an In Stock Cowboy Knife page. Just don't see stckmen patterns.Least around here. Many of those guys have my knives but day to day itsd a Trapper. Betcha most don't know its called a Trapper either. They're just referred to as folders.

Thanks dor your answer. I'm sure these guys, all doing honest hard work, have better things to do than think about what a knife is called. Afterall they're not wrong by calling them folders. As long as they're sharp and suites for the task, who gives a ... you know. For splitting hair about names - that'a what we're here for.

 

[henryhide]

Dave, I enjoyed looking through the photos and reading your comments. I find it interesting that many of the knives pictured are trappers or other two bladed folders (that copperhead Böker). For some reason I exected you guys use stockman mostly. Could you please tell what you see the most often with the guys you brand with?

Great to see the tradition live and kicking!

The reality is that stockmen don't use stockman knives. The overwhelming majority of them today use trapper knives. And, I guess, that brings up the question----do trappers use stockman knives?

 

[Horsewright]

Thanks guys!

 

[Trout Hound]

The reality is that stockmen don't use stockman knives. The overwhelming majority of them today use trapper knives. And, I guess, that brings up the question----do trappers use stockman knives?

Someone on here awhile back said they had spent a good amount of time in Alaska and met a lot of fur trappers, and that every one of them skinned game with a stockman.


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[Horsewright]

James Y Ya know I don't know if it is or not.

 

[James Y]

James Y Ya know I don't know if it is or not.

No problem, Dave! Before I saw your reply, I was actually going to edit my post to say it doesn't matter. All those knives are great knives! Love this thread.

Jim

 

[jec88]

I live in Ozark Mountain area, I would have to agree with the trapper and mostly a yellow handle case trapper at that. Probably not the large scale cattle ranch as out west, but more smaller farm with cattle, a few horses or someone that might have chicken houses, do some logging and hunt and fish on the side. If they have a knife in their pocket, it's usually a yellow Case trapper. I really enjoyed your pictures!!

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Dave, what a fantastic thread, thanks so much for the pics and story. I grew up around farms and worked with farmers since I was a kid, we all went to my uncle's farms in South Jersey. I used to help the Old Man with the horses and the few head my uncles kept for meat for the families. They had the farms and as kids we were expected to help with the farm chores on the weekends and during the summer. Hey, any opportunity that allowed me to use my pocket knife was fine by me.

 

[Horsewright]

That yellow is popular cause if a guy drops it in a dusty pen he can find it easy.

Thanks guys!

 

[tim37a]

Great post, Dave. What's the difference between a stockman knife and a trapper knife?

 

[Horsewright]

The Stockman is a three bladed traditional folding pattern and the Trapper is a two bladed one, generally, but occasionally ya come across a single bladed trapper.