Trapper review, Buck,Case,Rough Rider,Schrade

TrapperMike TrapperMike
They seem pretty decent to me. However I do touch up the edge daily on any knife I use during the day. I purposely was hard on an Taylor brand Old Timer hawkbill for a couple weeks. I used it to cut old carpet out one day which is pretty hard on the edge due to things like embedded sand and stuff. At the end of that particular experiment it wasn't "hair popping" sharp by no means, but it still had a decent usable edge.
 
Misplaced Hillbilly said:
TrapperMike TrapperMike
They seem pretty decent to me. However I do touch up the edge daily on any knife I use during the day. I purposely was hard on an Taylor brand Old Timer hawkbill for a couple weeks. I used it to cut old carpet out one day which is pretty hard on the edge due to things like embedded sand and stuff. At the end of that particular experiment it wasn't "hair popping" sharp by no means, but it still had a decent usable edge.
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Good to know. I haven't tried any of the Taylor brand old timer stuff. Didnt know if they were any good. I do have a buck Stockman 371 and the steel seemed soft but for around the house it did good. Fit and finish is good though other than a chip out of the bone around a pin.
 
Nice thread. Do you use the spey much?
Any remodel task this blade is good at?
Speys are different, just curious. Thanks.
 
Pinemoon Pinemoon
Nothing specific really, I primarily use it as a rougher duty blade. For example if I need to cut through some fiberglass insulation.Like if I'm looking for a source of a leak underneath a home, I'll need to cut through the plastic and insulation. Usually nothing that'll cause real damage to the edge, just when certain things would dull the edge faster. Another thing I like about a trapper pattern for what I do is using the long pointy clip point as a probe to find rotten wood. Sometimes when you've had a long term leak, say under a faulty window it causes localized rotting. Say I take up some water damaged subfloor along the exterior wall, the very ends of the 2x6 floor joists may look fine, but poking at them reveals their soft. Same for the band joist, I've seen a 2x6 that looked normal but I poked the clip blade of the Old Timer trapper completely through it with little pressure:eek: While doing an initial inspection and estimates with my boss I can probe suspect areas with the long slender blade:):thumbsup:
 
Misplaced Hillbilly said:
I don't smoke but I have used it for peanut butter duty:D:thumbsup:
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I also recently used it to dig some dirt out of a flower holder (metal tube in the ground) at a cemetery. We went to spread the ashes of our Italian Greyhound over my father-in-law's grave--the dog was his before--and put some flowers in my mother-in-law's grave. Would never do that with my clip blade.
 
Ramrodmb said:
The way I understand it is:
Knives with no bolsters= shadow
Knives with one bolster= barehead
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Knife with no End Cap = Barehead

Knife with no End Cap and no Bolster = Shadow

The Bolster is on the pivot end of the knife and strengthens the blade to knife connection.
The End Cap is on the non-blade side of the knife.

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Prester John Prester John
Sorry to hear of the loss of your dog, I think its very touching and appropriate that he shares his resting place with his old friend.
I like the long relatively narrow blades on a full size trapper. They lend themselves to a variety of tasks. Since I've gotten back into traditionals it has become a favorite. Its in my top 5 : sodbuster,trapper,barlow,scout,large frame lockback I.e. 110 or LB7 .I should say top 6 as like the stockman almost equal to a scout
 
Misplaced Hillbilly said:
Prester John Prester John
Sorry to hear of the loss of your dog, I think its very touching and appropriate that he shares his resting place with his old friend.
I like the long relatively narrow blades on a full size trapper. They lend themselves to a variety of tasks. Since I've gotten back into traditionals it has become a favorite. Its in my top 5 : sodbuster,trapper,barlow,scout,large frame lockback I.e. 110 or LB7 .I should say top 6 as like the stockman almost equal to a scout
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Those are pretty much my favorite patterns too, along with the lambsfoot and the Spanish knives of Albaceta, and the laguioules and puukkos and bowies....what have I gotten into?!?
I used to be happy with just a pen knife!
 
Man Misplaced Hillbilly... You seem to have reviewed almost everything I have had a question about. But I have one for you guys, like I have said in the other forum I'm pretty new to the traditional genre of pocketknives but have many fond memories of the ones my father carried when I was just a lad... Now I have 2 boys of my own and I want to be carrying a couple traditional folders now so that when the time is right I can pass them down... But I'm on a working mans wage, so money is pretty near and dear. I am stuck between a few different models, would I be better off to just buy a couple less expensive knives (preferably carbon steel, in a couple patterns) knowing that they will be going to go to the boys any ways, and figure out which style I like more, and purchase 2 of those to hand down to the boys, or just order 2 of a more expensive brand first and learn to love them in spite of whatever shortcomings they make have. I scout carry a bk11 everyday, and a leatherman in my pocket but sometimes a fella just needs a traditional to round out his choices, what do you think?
 
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