Plain old Case small yellow trapper

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USAFSP

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So I have this small trapper with CV blades and I think it is just about one of the coolest knives I have held. Am I nuts? I have some really expensive customs, and this thing was like $30.00 or something like that. I think it needs to get into the EDC rotation with my SNG.LOL Is this a good user? I know Case knives are known for usability and I have had a few for collecting with SS blades, but this one has CV blades and is so very sharp. It also seems very well put together.
 
I have one and I really like it. It is a good edc pocket knife. Two useful blades and bright yellow "hard to lose" scales, what more could ya ask for.;) I am impressed with the CV blades as they do hold a good edge and are real easy to touch up.
 
I have one in my hand right now. It's a goodun. Somehow I manage to keep the blades shiny too. The thin, hollow ground long CV blades are cutting machines.
 
I just love it when someone starts using a nice, sharp carbon steel slipjoint and makes a post like this. You can almost see the lightbulb shining over their head. " Grampa was right, this is just about all the knife a guy needs"

Yes, to answer your question, carry it as a edc. You'll find yourself using it for most of your everyday cutting chores than your big tacticals. Save those for the tough, dirty jobs in the field. Just about everything else can be done with that Case trapper. Or a 8OT. Or a Bulldog stockman. Or a Boker barlow.

You'll be a slipjoint collector before long, one bite and you're hooked, and you've been bit.
 
The Case mini trapper is one of my favorite knives as well. I like the shape, the length of the blades and the no nonsense yellow scales. It is one of the few knives for which I have a spare.
 
I butchered a deer last week with nothing but a Case XX Yellow CV Medium Stockman, the little knife was still shaving sharp when done, after I cleaned the fat off of it.

OTMan is right, I've got (maybe too) many carbon steel slipjoints around...Old Timers, Remingtons (green/yellow Camillus), an old Western Boulder Colorado, Case XX's, etc. They're all kept sharp for certain use. I favor the stockman pattern myself. So many sharp knives, so few deer....
 
USAFSP said:
So I have this small trapper with CV blades and I think it is just about one of the coolest knives I have held. Am I nuts?
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No, you've just discovered how come our forefathers never needed heavy-duty, locking-blade tactical knives: cos those sleek little slippies do just about anything you might need a knife for in the Real World. I mean, really, how often do you find yourself needing to field-dress a Chevy? ;)

USAFSP said:
I think it needs to get into the EDC rotation with my SNG.LOL
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Excellent idea! I generally EDC a single-blade locking folder (mostly "tactical, sometimes a lockback, I rotate a lot) together with a nice slipjoint, usually a stockman or sowbelly or whittler by Bulldog or Schrade or Fight'n Rooster, or maybe a SAK. (Oh yeah, and a Leatherman, too.) It's a good combination: the slippie doesn't stampede the sheeple, and hence gets used ~80% of the time; I break out the heavy folder for the tough jobs, or when no one's looking!

USAFSP said:
Is this a good user? I know Case knives are known for usability and I have had a few for collecting with SS blades, but this one has CV blades and is so very sharp. It also seems very well put together.
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I've seen some Cases that were badly over-buffed or sloppily constructed, but they seem to be the exception, especially in their CV models. The designs themselves have been perfected over the last century or so; they've stood the test of time. Hey, they were good enough for your grandpa, who probably used his more in a week than you do in a month, right? :D
 
I like Case's CV steel too. It is SO much better than that crap they call "Tru Sharp Surgical Stainless".
 
I just recently pulled my 6347CV out of mothballs and love how sharp it is with little effort. I've been looking at the mini as a must have sometime soon.
 
USAFSP said:
Am I nuts? I have some really expensive customs, and this thing was like $30.00 or something like that.
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If you're nuts for that then so am I. There's always something to be said for the elegance and simplicity of a trapper or other older designs, just like there's something to be said for whatever latest advances Strider makes with their tacticals. After buying stuff that was more tactical than I needed I find myself moving it out in favor of simpler pieces. Knives I'm getting in trade for a tactical folder at this moment are ones already mentioned here - Case trapper, Bulldog stockman, etc. Would I have done that a few years ago? No, because I didn't think of those knives the same way I do now. Gaining a new appreciation for something of quality and practicality, regardless of its form, is always worthwhile.
 
After all the debates and the dust finally settles I think most folks figure out what they really use their knives for. This process may take awhile, but I think it does for most people. For me, I just don't need really large blades, the newest steel or anything too fancy for fruit, envelopes, rope, cardboard, etc, etc, etc. I don't need a knife for self defense, prying anything, throwing, digging a trench or constructing a shelter of any kind.

A simple slipjoint does what I need just fine. To repeat what others have already said. A simple slipjoint was good enough for my grandfather, it's plenty for me too.
 
I use to use the old case CV yellow trappers for deer/squirrel hunting for years, years and years!!!! ;)
 
What do you guys use the spey for? I'm pretty sure it would be handy for skinning and work in a carcass where you don't want to poke things. But what do you use it for otherwise?

I find on my knives that I use the blade that I don't "like" (or know what it's good for) most often, possibly in order to teach myself what it's good for. I love the turkish or california clip on the mini-trapper, I know what it's good for :D
 
I love the full-sized yellow trapper, great steel, great knife! I have a stainless Case mini-trapper that I carry often for an out to dinner knife, the mini's really make nice knives in general!
 
22 Days later and the yellow trapper is still running strong as the day I got it. I have carried it every day, and used it for just about everything. Great little knife.
 
Naw, you are not nuts! I am also into Case knives. There is something special about them. Heck, I totally dig slipjoints. What can I say? I AM a knife knut.
 
yeah you are right. Oh Suzanne, by the way, my new Gunhammer with the recurve tanto blade and robo assist is ready. I am getting it directly from DDR's hands on the 11th at the show here in Baltimore.
 
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