I wish Case, GEC, et al would make this knife ........

FuriousPace said:
The vintage trapers with the swedged main blade and pen blade instead of the spay blade are some of the best looking knives. I don't know why everyone switched the pen blade for the spay blade for today's trappers. Who actually uses the spay blade for anything anyway? The pen blade is so much more practical and in my opinion looks better.
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One of my favorites. :)

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Just opened a knife roll and the CASE single blade Wharncliffe Trapper seems 3.5" or a little less to me.

Pattern No. 6107W in stainless. Very handy pocket knife. If this is of some help. It's possible they made a version with Clip.
 
Well, I had Muskratman remove the spay blade from my Case Chestnut Bone CV mini-trapper. I must say that he did so very quickly, I am tardy in my post update. It's very cool, I like it a lot. Love the CV. I like the knife a lot more than than when it had the spay blade. I have to say that I like the sold stops much more that I do the smooth opening mini-copperlock. I have a couple of mini-slimline custom trappers due to arrive in the future. The slimline and the Wharnie trapper are sure to be long time favorite patterns. The attached pics shows it next to a mini-wharnie trapper, both jigged bone, and laid out by a couple of mini-wharnie trappers and mini-copperlock.
 

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FuriousPace said:
The vintage trapers with the swedged main blade and pen blade instead of the spay blade are some of the best looking knives. I don't know why everyone switched the pen blade for the spay blade for today's trappers. Who actually uses the spay blade for anything anyway? The pen blade is so much more practical and in my opinion looks better.
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Well, quite a few people still use a spey blade on a Trapper. For instance -- the spey blade on a 4 1/8"trapper is longer than the spey blade on a 4 1/8" Stockman or 4 1/8" Cattle knife and is therefore much better for castrating calves during Spring roundup at branding time when most cattle are branded, innoculated, tagged, ear notched, and castrted. That goes for sheep, pigs, etc. too. Just sayin!!

You can see what I'm talking about by looking at these two pictures.

Stockman
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Both knives the same size (length closed) but the spey blade on the Trapper is much longer than the spey blade on the Stockman.
 
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Dornblaser said:
Well, I had Muskratman remove the spay blade from my Case Chestnut Bone CV mini-trapper. I must say that he did so very quickly, I am tardy in my post update. It's very cool, I like it a lot. Love the CV. I like the knife a lot more than than when it had the spay blade. I have to say that I like the sold stops much more that I do the smooth opening mini-copperlock. I have a couple of mini-slimline custom trappers due to arrive in the future. The slimline and the Wharnie trapper are sure to be long time favorite patterns. The attached pics shows it next to a mini-wharnie trapper, both jigged bone, and laid out by a couple of mini-wharnie trappers and mini-copperlock.
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Wow!!! The job done on that knife is first rate.:thumbup: Very, very nice indeed. That'll ride in your pocket a little easier now. Sometimes ya just gotta go a different route to get what you want.:)
 
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Yes, he did a great job. The knife is a great pocket knife and I love the CV. It is in my pocket today. FWIW - the farmers in my wife's side of the family grew corn; and, the farmers that we are friends with today don't castrate much. :rolleyes: I do think that the 4 1/8" two-bladed, trapper is a great pattern, perfect for bird hunting, fly fishing, etc., it's just too big for me for anything but outdoors blood sports. The 3 1/2" Muskratman modified mini-trapper, on the other hand, is perfect for my everyday use.
 
I'm glad you got the knife sorted, and Muskratman does very decent work indeed.
I still think you MIGHT like a GEC 48 Tidioute single blade...being Barehead pattern makes it lighter in the pocket too-fits the hand extremely nicely.
 
Gents, it's fine to discuss patterns and designs that we would like to see built by the major manufacturers. However, what we will not use these pages for is the promotion of work by permanently banned members such as muskrat man. This is policy per the site owner.
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Elliott,

I apologize, I was unaware of the past history on BF.

Willgoy,

I have a couple of GEC Northfield 48's and a Scagel as well. They are great knives and if I am hiking or fly fishing one is usually in my pocket. However, the 3 1/2" size is really perfect for me as I live in an urban environment and the slimness of mini-trapper with the secondary blade removed is perfect. CV to boot.
 
Dornblaser said:
Elliott,

I apologize, I was unaware of the past history on BF.
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David,

Absolutely no apology needed You can't be held accountable for what you don't know.
In truth, I was inclined to just let it go but it seems like every post since yours keeps bringing up the name and that's something we just don't want to do.

No worries my friend.
 
I edited the offending name out of my post. I honestly had no idea about the circumstances associated with that name.
 
Modoc ED said:
Well, quite a few people still use a spey blade on a Trapper. For instance -- the spey blade on a 4 1/8"trapper is longer than the spey blade on a 4 1/8" Stockman or 4 1/8" Cattle knife and is therefore much better for castrating calves during Spring roundup at branding time when most cattle are branded, innoculated, tagged, ear notched, and castrted. That goes for sheep, pigs, etc. too. Just sayin!!

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Both knives the same size (length closed) but the spey blade on the Trapper is much longer than the spey blade on the Stockman.
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Another non-livestock use for the spey blade, is as a utility scalpel. I haven't been carrying traditionals for too long (at least as an adult), and already have gotten a bunch of use out of the spey blade shape.

I work in aerospace r&d, and carry a Stockman. I use the main blade for general utility, the sheepsfoot for opening packages, and the spey blade I keep crazy sharp for scalpel use.

It is particularly good for cutting soft materials in sheet form, such as rubber or cork for gaskets. I also like it in instances where I need to seperate or scrape two items from each other.

I really like the spey shape, even though I've never used it on an animal. TBH, if I didn't also like the sheepsfoot so much, I'd be going with a Trapper instead of a Stockman.
 
iandh said:
I work in aerospace r&d, and carry a Stockman.
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Proof, once again, that rocket scientists do, in fact, favor the stockman! ;)

(Not that there was ever any doubt. :thumbup:)
 
Absolutely, when slicing/cutting materials that you do not what to stab/pock a spay blade is ideal. Frankly, going back to the blood sports, I am surprised that trappers aren't used more for field dressing game, including deer.

- David

P.S. - why do folks refer to the blade as Spey blade, which is a river in Scotland, or two-handed fly casting which is also derivative of the Scottish river instead of Spay blade? iandh, I am picking on you but the convention is Spey and Spay, which seems wrong to me.
 
Blues said:
Proof, once again, that rocket scientists do, in fact, favor the stockman! ;)

(Not that there was ever any doubt. :thumbup:)
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Actually, I'm a wanna-be rocket scientist (my background is in optics and thin films, but I'm now working at an aerospace company), but I do work with a real rocket scientist that carrys a stockman. :D
 
iandh said:
Actually, I'm a wanna-be rocket scientist (my background is in optics and thin films, but I'm now working at an aerospace company), but I do work with a real rocket scientist that carrys a stockman. :D
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No problem. In this forum there is a strong tendency to stray from the literal and take license as required. (Which is somewhat like taking the spey/spay blade to the gospel truth.) ;)
 
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