Large Stockman or Trapper?

waynorth said:
When did they start putting bushings in them, Tony?? That's a big step up, itself!!
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I think the muskrat was the first one to have a bushing. They really done a good job fushing up the springs on that knife and it really works good.

I think Shepherd Hills carries a Case Wharncliffe Trapper and maybe a mini trapper too. Check it out.
 
Now, if they'd only offer that wharncliff trapper in carbon steel... (sigh)
 
I like the stockman pattern better, mostly for aesthetic reasons. To me, it's one of the two or three patterns that say, "pocket knife" the loudest to me. When I look at a trapper (even a small one), I think "slipjoint folder."
 
rhino said:
I like the stockman pattern better, mostly for aesthetic reasons. To me, it's one of the two or three patterns that say, "pocket knife" the loudest to me. When I look at a trapper (even a small one), I think "slipjoint folder."
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Slipjoint folder has always meant 'the only pocket knife' to me, large or small. I guess it depends on how big your pockets are. :D


- Joe
 
I just bought what is my favorite large slip joint pocket knife, a Boker Copperhead. Like a Trapper but with different blade than a spey.
 
I like the stockman pattern and have carried them alot in the past. These days tho I can usually be found with a trapper in my pocket. Since this thread first started I have been trying to think of why I have chosen the trapper ' on at least most days' over the stockman. I haven't been able to come up with a really good reason other than I just really like trappers.
 
I like a carbon steel trapper but would not turn down a nice stockman. Would take any Bose no matter the pattern :D Good to see ya here Tony!
 
I fondled one of the Case Wharncliff trappers yesterday at a show. I should have bought it then, because it looks like I'm going to have to order one now.

I still think the stockman is more generally useful on a daily basis (esp. if you prefer small blades) but this "254W" pattern is beautiful.

-- Sam
 
I would have said a stockman (as a sowbelly) as a matter of course, usually - but I have got a muskrat thing going at the moment - Eye make a lovely one
 
I like the stockman pattern better for the selection of blades unless the trapper (or "improved" muskrat) has a wharncliffe blade instead of the long spey (which I don't care for).
 
I've carried a wharncliffe trapper myself and find it to be a very useful pattern. I like the looks of it also.
 
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I mite be a bit biased toward stockman's. My grandfather gave me my first stockman around 40 years ago along with a bit of the history of American slipjoints and the change of the cattleman's knife to the stockman's knife. Grandpa could even read the notches in a pig's ear and explain what each one meant just like a cowboy could read a brand. He showed me how to sharpen a spay blade different than the sheep foot blade. The spay had to be surgical sharp for castrating, but the sheepfoot was use to notch ears which had a grissel like texture.
 
Gotta love that collection. My grandfather was also the one who fostered in me my love of knives.
 
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