TRAPPER TUESDAY

[redsparrow]

Kevin, pleeeeze tell us more about that cover material!!

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Yes, pleeeeze, please, please Kevin!!

 

[veitsi_poika]

Kevin, pleeeeze tell us more about that cover material!!

I know nothing about it Jeff (and James) because it's my wife's knife LoL She buys pretty knives and I buy old rusty ones. I found out last night that the old rusty ones are easier to take pictures of because you don't have to wipe off fingerprints every time you touch the dang thing!

Anyway, it is called the Case "White Pearl Basketweave" Gold edition trapper... it is a white mica pearl material with "Tru-sharp" stainless steel blades. I'll throw it over in the Case thread too and see if we get any comments

 

[drop_point_hero]

The trapper is QUICKLY becoming one of my most favorite patterns. Got this one in, recently. They are so good in hand!

 

[JohnDF]

Tuesday's Tower of Trappers

 

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[JohnDF]

 

[tmd_87]

Snappy and slicer, is the first words that comes to mind when I describe this trapper by John Lloyd.

 

[Prester John]

Beautiful knife, but it is a stockman, not a trapper.

 

[tongueriver]

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[AndreLinoge]

Schatt & Morgan File and Wire Gunstock trappers, one standard wormgrove in ats34 and the other a Schatt Premier series in D2 and fatty stag
The Premier is one of the only stag knives I've ever had that I liked the covers. Fat, uniform, no snaggly pins sticking out of the bark.. Almost like some awesome dude over at traditionalpocketknives hand picked it for me..

Gunstock trappers are still trappers, says Joe Ball.I reckon he'd approve of their monster SNAP too.

 

[AndreLinoge]

Younger items; I was even alive when these came out.

GASP! WHEEZE!

those are beautiful specimens. My 293 of that age is pretty tired looking. Beautiful jigging tho.. that was a great combo of color and texture on those old Schrades

 

[edbeau]

it is a rainy day here so I thought I would post my newest trapper. It is a full size Rough Rider RR1780. Ti coated 440 blades, black dyed bone scales with red liner, double nail nicks on both blades and great packaging.

 

[Lansky1]

I've never been a fan of the full size trapper ... not sure if its the butter knife looking spey or the rounded clip with way too much belly near the tip. So the wheels start turning & I figured it wouldn't be too much trouble to put my take on it. After some careful fiddling, I reshaped the spey and the clip - kind of looks more Queen or GEC-ish now. The differences are subtle, but if you look closely you can see the mods ... I kinda like it now (PS - this one was extremely tight - after alot of effort breaking it in, it snaps like a bear trap now - really impressive snap):

Here's a standard big belly Case clip compared to the streamlined clip ...

 

[AndreLinoge]

Winchester lockback 'nanner trapper.

What dem nanner pelts bring in at the market what got no bruises?

And another Case Select.. i can't remember if I did this one already.

 

[AndreLinoge]

Crap. 10 minutes late.


Blame the Scout knives.

 

[B.F.U]

Well it might not be Trapper Tuesday, but Trappers have been on my mind (and in my pockets) recently. I really like the Trapper pattern and appreciate its wide range of variations, from a slimline single blade to the gunstock trappers above.


I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Trapper pattern, my description of it, and the history I gave for the pattern. I know that many here are much more knowledgeable than me. My intent with the blog is not to create a separate area of discussion or to claim that I'm an expert on every subject knife related, but rather to put my thoughts out there and hopefully help educate and entertain other knife enthusiasts.

 

[TheChunk91]

B B.F.U I liked your write up of the trapper, there's not anything you said that I can expound upon.

I like the trapper very well and have used various ones. Some have come and some have gone. My favorite trapper design is the remington 1173 style. The gec 73 is a great copy of it so I'm a fan of those. I have a collection of 73's and this is my user, the perfect using trapper as far as I'm concerned.



Of course I also like the schrade pattern at 3 7/8". This is a 1950's 294 with peachseed bone. This one is fairly plain, older ones are more fanciful with much more aesthetic appeal. Still, I really like this knife.



Then there's the standard old timer trappers, 94OT and locking 194OT. Same frame as the above schrade.

 

[TheChunk91]

An interesting take on the trapper is the schrade 96OT. There was also a 97OT with a saw secondary blade. This is a different frame at 4 1/8" and they were not produced nearly as long or with the variation that the 3 7/8" trapper was.



In the end of the handle you will find tweezers and a pick, both very heavy duty. This knife is unused and I won't ever use it, but I can see how these tools would come in handy often. Whether they stay in the handle or not when you carry it is not something I have experience with.

 

[JohnDF]

An interesting take on the trapper is the schrade 96OT. There was also a 97OT with a saw secondary blade. This is a different frame at 4 1/8" and they were not produced nearly as long or with the variation that the 3 7/8" trapper was.

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In the end of the handle you will find tweezers and a pick, both very heavy duty. This knife is unused and I won't ever use it, but I can see how these tools would come in handy often. Whether they stay in the handle or not when you carry it is not something I have experience with.

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I had not ever seen that before. Very cool, thanks for sharing it.