"Moose" pattern or "Trapper" Pattern?

[black mamba]

I sold this one, but a modified Northfield #81 moose makes a great carry knife.

 

[Lansky1]

View attachment 1247578 I can't say about the moose pattern, because I don't have any, but I like me some trappers! Here are a few of mine. The one on the left, I bought new at K & K Hardware store in Bettendorf, Iowa in the early '80's. It has been used to clean a few critters, but always carefully cleaned afterwards. The yellow one on the right, although newer, has seen more hard use and has been used to field dress, skin and butcher a number of deer and smaller game. The two in the middle I bought with their character already in place and only wish I knew their stories!

Nice ... I'm a trapper fan too ---->

 

[Patrick Robbins]

Never owned a moose so I'm not sure if there's much functional difference but I've always liked trappers.

http://imgur.com/gallery/pGfAjqQ

 

[Don W]

I like the trapper. I like the rounded rear bolster. If the spey blade is not desirable, it is long enough to shape it into all sorts of useful styles.

 

[Sidehill Gouger]

I just read a 1957 Gun Digest article by Col. Townsend Whelen where he recommended a Marble's Ideal and a Remington Bullet moose. You can't get a much better than that. The Col. was a real deal wilderness expert.

 

[afishhunter]

I just read a 1957 Gun Digest article by Col. Townsend Whelen where he recommended a Marble's Ideal and a Remington Bullet moose. You can't get a much better than that. The Col. was a real deal wilderness expert.

I believe Mr. George Washington Sears (AKA: "Nessmuk") also carried and reccommended the moose pattern. Although as far as I know, he never stated a preferred brand.

 

[Arathol]

He never used a name, but the picture doesn't look like a Remington. It was more of an unequal end frame with squarish bolsters, something like this old Miller Bros moose-

 

[afishhunter]

@Aratho
Nice Trio you have there.

If I remember the timeline properly, I don't think Remington had begun production of cutlery prior to Mr. Nesmuk's passing in 1891.

 

[315]

I found an image of a Remington Moose pattern for sale. It’s a good looking knife, but the price tag was over 5 bills

 

[Arathol]

@Aratho
Nice Trio you have there.

If I remember the timeline properly, I don't think Remington had begun production of cutlery prior to Mr. Nesmuk's passing in 1891.

Nope, Remington didn't start making knives until 1920. Miller Bros was making pocket knives as early as 1872. New York Knife Co and Camillus were in operation also, as was the early Walden and Ulster knife companies, so there are a number of possibilities.

 

[Sidehill Gouger]

Whelen's knife was a "bullet" pattern moose which would make it even more valuable today. The Col. had a lot more real wilderness time than Sears, most of it in the Canadian far north.

 

[TLARbb]

I prefer trappers if we're talking about using the knife. For collecting only purposes it could go either way.

Here is a great trapper to use, and I mean really use, as it's a no frills knife.

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That Schrade Old Timer you show is just about perfect.

I also really like the GEC 48 pattern Improved Trapper.

I don't think I've ever had a moose, but I'm not sure why I never bought one.

I like single blade trappers, too. Case mini whancliffe trappers are a sweet spot for me.

Ed J

 

[David Kramp]

This one has always been a favorite of mine. Can’t go wrong with a wharncliffe and clip combo.