Large Stockman or Trapper?

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thebanquetbeer

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Which pattern do you prefer and for what reasons? I am looking to buy a new knife and cannot decide between a 4.25 inch stockman and a large trapper.
 
Tough choice, but I like the stockman over the trapper because the mix of large and small blades adds a little more versatility.
 
It all depends on what you plan for this knife and your personal taste. I skin deer or hogs from time to time and enjoy the Trapper style for my skinning. I have friends who will only carry a stockman style knife no matter what..

Your preference, have fun searching for the right one...Once you get it share a few photos.

Sunburst
 
I agree with Blue Sky up there. As far as utility and practicallity goes, I'd probably take a stockman. HOWEVER, for no reason other than preference, I like the trapper models better because of the way it looks.
 
I've always loved the three blade choices of a stockman.

Of course I could always start a good donnybrook by implying a stockman can do a trappers work better than a trapper could do a stockman, but I would'nt do that! Even though I'm Irish.:D
 
Zach,

You need to buy both. Then you can spend endless hours trying to decide which one you like better. :cool: :thumbup:
 
Blues is right zach...I've been hanging around with these nice folk for about three weeks trying to decide which should be my first slipjoint. I want a Stockman!! No, no, no, now I want a Congress!!! No, no, no, now I want a whittler!! No, no, no, I'll get a Congress now, and a Baby Butterbean later. Its a endless vicious cycle.

One thing I have learned is that these people, as nice as they are, are no help whatsoever in helping one pick out a single pattern. None.:D

You, and I, are are going to get more than one eventually anyway...you know it....I know it....they know it.

Oh, and by the way...get a Peanut.
 
I like the Trapper. All my daddy carried for years was an old Case Trapper. He owns a construction co. and used that knife for everything under the sun. He retired it several years ago, bought a small Case Stockman. He said he couldn't stand it. I bought him a little Case Tony Bose saddle horn for his birthday a few years ago, he loves it. He said he likes having those two blades again. He's an older fellow now and says he doesn't have a much use for a full size Trapper like he used to carry. Now, my father in law, he hates the trapper and loves the Stockman. He is a farmer and a cattleman, whole slew of different uses for his knife than for my daddy. I reckon Blues is right get both of them and decide!
 
(mnblade, sorry to have to edit your post, but this is not the proper place to offer to sell your knives and also your level of membership doesn't allow for it in any case. That said, perhaps you can make contact via email or pm if you are so inclined. Thanks for understanding.)

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I like the trapper, carried a Case for years. I like the long blades for cleaning small game.
 
What do you intend on using it for? If "EDC", what do you find yourself doing and/or cutting in the course of a day? Do you work in a school or an office, or otherwise around people who may not appreciate 4" blades flashing around?

I prefer larger knives and big blades, but find they attract too much unwanted attention in such an environment. So I've taken to smaller knives, and find the little blades do everything I need them to. Again, I'm not quartering game with these knives, just doing day-to-day chores.

A stockman will have smaller blades that can be used at times like these. If that's a consideration, you might consider it. If not, heck, get the biggest baddest banana trapper out there and scoop the peanut butter till the cows come home. :) (I love trappers, too.)

-- Sam
 
My first preferences are congress and whittler patterns....but out of the two mentioned (stockman and trapper) I would pick the stockman because I like the mix of long and short blades, and I find that the sheepfoot blade is one of the most useful blades on an EDC. And a serpentine pattern like a Queen ?#9 is relatively easy to carry for a larger knife.

Not that the trapper is not a great pattern. It is. Just curious, for those that use the trapper for its intended purpose (small game skinning) do you find the two blades useful for different purposes? In other words, do you use the long spay for different purposes than you do the long clip?
 
knifeaholic said:
My first preferences are congress and whittler patterns....but out of the two mentioned (stockman and trapper) I would pick the stockman because I like the mix of long and short blades, and I find that the sheepfoot blade is one of the most useful blades on an EDC. And a serpentine pattern like a Queen ?#9 is relatively easy to carry for a larger knife.

Not that the trapper is not a great pattern. It is. Just curious, for those that use the trapper for its intended purpose (small game skinning) do you find the two blades useful for different purposes? In other words, do you use the long spay for different purposes than you do the long clip?
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Actually I do Knifeaholic but I tend to use mine more on larger game..
 
I started making wharncliffe trappers about 20 years ago. I don't think that blade combination had been used in a trapper before that. I didn't use the spey blade much and I think the wharncliffe is much more usefull for everyday jobs, One of the knives I always have with me is a 3 1/2" wharncliffe trapper for the past 20 years.
 
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