Knife fight! Trappers vs Jacks

Who wins?

  • Trapper

    Votes: 11 17.2%

  • Jack knife

    Votes: 53 82.8%
  • Total voters
    64
Definitions aside, the extra utility of multi-blade knives comes to the fore when they are different from each other. A knife with two different sized blades is better than two the same size, but one bellied blade and one straight-edged blade is the best combo. And I like my bellied blade to be the longer of the two.

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In general, I usually choose trappers as opposed to what I think of as jacks. That being said, I seem to recall (maybe mistakenly) Tony Bose referring to trappers as "curved handle jacks" so when considering whether a single bladed jack is a trapper, I tend to look at the shape of the handle. Again, I could be remembering incorrectly and applying this "curved handle" logic for absolutely no (logical) reason 🙃
 
The semantics trap has been sprung! I rise in defense of the question posed by my fellow admirer of amber bone Case knives with CV blades, as he did specify two blades of the same size vs. one larger and one smaller blade. The full question seems clear enough to me.
 
I am not sure that I can answer your question the way that you asked it , but I will just leave you with this :
I am not a Fan of the Case Trapper and GEC 48 handle . 50 years ago when I hunted and skinned I never used a Spey Blade because I never had one . Now I am not a Fan of a Spey . I prefer a Single Bladed Knife . Lambfoot , Sheepfoot , Drop Point , Clip , and Spear Blades are preferred in that order . GEC 23 , 43 , 72 , 73 , and 74's , 77 Barlows and 93 Lambfoot are just some of my many Favorites .


I hope that answers your question .

Harry
 
I prefer having one long blade, and a shorter one to complement it....
If the Eureka Jack had been a clip and coping, it would have been perfect, and I would have probably 10 of them... instead, since it's a spear main, I only have four.

Buffalo Jack, Swayback Jack, Texas Jack, English Jack.... those are some of the jack styles that I own... I have a few trappers, but they seldom make it into my pocket....
Make mine a jack.....
 
black mamba said:
Definitions aside, the extra utility of multi-blade knives comes to the fore when they are different from each other. A knife with two different sized blades is better than two the same size, but one bellied blade and one straight-edged blade is the best combo. And I like my bellied blade to be the longer of the two.

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Absolutely.

I get along just fine with pen blades, but coping or sheeps foot blades definitely make more sence and are preferred whenever possible.

Being smaller is more important though so I'd rather have a smaller blade that's also bellied than a straight edge that's the same length.
 
CVamberbonehead said:
Do you prefer a trapper or a jack knife (2 full sized blades vs 1 main and a shorter secondary) and why?
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euroken said:
I think the question is super broad...jack knife for example can be a simple, single blade folding knife, or blades that pivots on one end of the frame.
Also, I swear I've seen single blade trappers 🤔
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Boattale said:
The semantics trap has been sprung! I rise in defense of the question posed by my fellow admirer of amber bone Case knives with CV blades, as he did specify two blades of the same size vs. one larger and one smaller blade. The full question seems clear enough to me.
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I agree with Boattale Boattale . :thumbsup:
If you read the entire original question, it's quite specific about what kind of trapper and what kind of jack are being compared.
Some of you are just being cantankerous, and raising interesting objections to questions that weren't asked! 🤓

I like having 2 blades that differ in size, so I'll register my preference for the long main, shorter secondary jack of the 2 types being compared.
(Cantankerously, I'll note that I'm quite fond of mini trappers with 2 equal medium length blades, and that I'd probably vote for a knife with blades on opposite ends (e.g., canoe) over either of the knives in the original question.)

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
I agree with Boattale Boattale . :thumbsup:
If you read the entire original question, it's quite specific about what kind of trapper and what kind of jack are being compared.
Some of you are just being cantankerous, and raising interesting objections to questions that weren't asked! 🤓

I like having 2 blades that differ in size, so I'll register my preference for the long main, shorter secondary jack of the 2 types being compared.
(Cantankerously, I'll note that I'm quite fond of mini trappers with 2 equal medium length blades, and that I'd probably vote for a knife with blades on opposite ends (e.g., canoe) over either of the knives in the original question.)

- GT
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oooooooh....I love to dance a little sidestep... 🤣 🤣 🤣
 
JohnDF said:
Which begs the question... Jack or Trapper?
I mean, it's got a skinning blade, so... Does the pen blade make it a jack? Or would the inclusion of a Clip blade make it a Trapper? 😁
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ISKRA said:
Was just about to ask that and then I saw you beat me to it! Great knife! 😀

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These are Jack Trappers! Big and useful like Jack Reacher 🤣 Or are they Trapper Jacks?
 
The main blade on a pocketknife isn't so large, that I see a reason for a smaller secondary blade. Since I don't make quill pens, I don't often use the pen blade. I have a thing for Barlows, but I wish the pen blade was longer and wider.
 
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