Light, slim trapper

black mamba said:
Duncan, not sure if you are kidding or not, but this picture is of both sides of the same knife. I just spliced them together to make a single presentation.

I only wish I had a pair of them!
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My friend..Im going to be honest....I honestly thought that it was a pair...mind you, I do admit to having a very hard day, along with a house full when I did see this-talking, and looking at the computer doesnt usually help me!! :o
But it doesnt take anything away from the knife itself...thats a very, very nice knife....I like every thing about it, the blade, the swedge that is so deep, the bone, the ...where do you stop?
Thank you for showing us mamba :thumbup:
 
thawk said:
These are one of my favorite knives too, Ed. Fun to look for various implementations.

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There are a lot of different Scrimshaws, and a few bone handled ones. The Uncle Henry is a bit smaller, with a thinner serpentine frame. They always seem to have a nice solid lockup and great snap with this pattern.

Dennis, the handles on that Northfield Snake are stunning!



Is that a Series 1 slim trapper?
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And Hal does it again...wow!!
This is a great thread. :thumbup:
 
GEC, Queen, and CSC are good choices.

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As for thickness, the Queen is the thinnest. Followed by the "flat" CSCs (abalone, cocobolo, horn) and then "rounded" CSCs (most of the bones) and GEC snakewood. The CSC stag, GEC stag, and the CSC red bone carved stag coming in as the next thickest in that order.
Here's the difference between the GECs.
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That's a great collection of CSCs. The abalone is quite striking. :thumbup::thumbup:


-- Nate
 
2dead that is a great comparison of the various models. it's nice to see side profiles since it gives lots of answers to people wishing to edc these.thanks
dennis
 
neeman said:
Canal Street 1/2 Moon Trapper at 3 3/4" in a very good steel
Nice long blade and long bolster
Comes in a whole bunch of sclae material from all sorts of wood, bones, stag and horn

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The 1/2 Moon Trapper from CS I owned had a soft backspring.

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Thanks Nate.

Thanks Dennis. I agree and wish more profile pics would be posted. Especially from online vendors. I know there can be a wide variance when it comes to natural materials like stag so that makes it harder. And there isn't much difference when you have a material like wood that is made to be fairly uniform in thickness so I guess its not worth the effort for most. Still, it would be nice to see once in a while to get an idea. The Red Stag CSC trapper was the one that really surprised me in thickness. Its nearly double the thickness of the other ones. Not necessarily a bad thing... just not expected.

CAD said:
The 1/2 Moon Trapper from CS I owned had a soft backspring.

Chris D. :D
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Chris, that isn't always a bad thing. Some people I've shown my different trappers to have a hard time opening the GECs (which aren't hard IMO) but love the CSCs because they open smoothly and easily.
 
Schrade 194OT, a few Case Slim-lines yellow and G-10, a Case amber bone Trapper with the Spey blade removed, and a nice Cattaragus 717.
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I added a Schrade lockback, a Case sodbuster and Blackthorn, along with a buck ???
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I wish they would make a Copperhead like that, I think the Copperhead blades look real clunky
 
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