TRAPPER TUESDAY

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Peregrin said:
That could make me a one knife guy. Very nice.
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cjtamu said:
Can’t say that I blame you. Wonderful knife.
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Thanks very much. Don mentioned that he really likes to see his knives carried and used. I let him know this knife is going to be regularly in my pocket, then I took some early pics so I can one day say, here’s what it looked like at first, but NOW look how great it is!
 
I have always loved the look of the trapper. I tried the mini trapper. I tried the full sized but could not get past that spey. I have never castrated anything and don't anticipate needing to. It was a good peanut butter spreader but poor at most everything else. It also blocked the ergonomic finger grooves of the trapper frame. So the knife was relegated to my truck knife. Pulled out if I needed a lender or some dirty work but never carried.
Then I had the idea of removing the spey blade. Out it came. Wow! Miles better. A full sized knife that carries light and thin in the pocket. A versatile clip point lacks little. I spent the summer working on the coast in forestry and my CV blades kept pitting. The edge would chemically dull. The actions became rough as I worked hard sweating and often in the rain. I placed this TruSharp single bladed trapper in my pocket and there it stayed for a couple months. Truly a great blade. The TruSharp holds a day to day edge equal to CV. If I had a few dozen muskrat laying on the table needing to be skinned, I believe you would notice a difference but for daily chores, I believe them equal.

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I don't get it. A spey blade good for spreading peanut butter and not good for anything else? It is a blade with a nice long cutting edge and the rounded edge at the tip is fantastic for fileting fish or skinning or gently slicing around the breast of a wild turkey. Of course if you don't use a trapper for such things then a kitchen butter knife would be a better option for spreading peanut butter.
 
Ripcord 82 said:
I don't get it. A spey blade good for spreading peanut butter and not good for anything else? It is a blade with a nice long cutting edge and the rounded edge at the tip is fantastic for fileting fish or skinning or gently slicing around the breast of a wild turkey. Of course if you don't use a trapper for such things then a kitchen butter knife would be a better option for spreading peanut butter.
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For my uses, spreading is the only job the spey outshone the clip. The clip Wasa batter chore blade, better fish blade, better bird blade, better furbearer blade. I have never had problems poking through things I didn't want to. The small radius on the belly curve gives little edge actively Cutting at any one time. I am sure it works for some but I just don't spread enough peanut butter for a dedicated blade.
 
Ripcord 82 said:
I don't get it. A spey blade good for spreading peanut butter and not good for anything else? It is a blade with a nice long cutting edge and the rounded edge at the tip is fantastic for fileting fish or skinning or gently slicing around the breast of a wild turkey. Of course if you don't use a trapper for such things then a kitchen butter knife would be a better option for spreading peanut butter.
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The spey blade is great for slicing and coring pears, and other fruit.
 
jmarston said:
I have always loved the look of the trapper. I tried the mini trapper. I tried the full sized but could not get past that spey. I have never castrated anything and don't anticipate needing to. It was a good peanut butter spreader but poor at most everything else. It also blocked the ergonomic finger grooves of the trapper frame. So the knife was relegated to my truck knife. Pulled out if I needed a lender or some dirty work but never carried.
Then I had the idea of removing the spey blade. Out it came. Wow! Miles better. A full sized knife that carries light and thin in the pocket. A versatile clip point lacks little. I spent the summer working on the coast in forestry and my CV blades kept pitting. The edge would chemically dull. The actions became rough as I worked hard sweating and often in the rain. I placed this TruSharp single bladed trapper in my pocket and there it stayed for a couple months. Truly a great blade. The TruSharp holds a day to day edge equal to CV. If I had a few dozen muskrat laying on the table needing to be skinned, I believe you would notice a difference but for daily chores, I believe them equal.

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I've often thought that a single blade Case Trapper would be a near perfect daily carry knife. I've searched them out on the secondary market but they are rare and go for a pretty high price. So, I bought a cheap yellow delrin trapper and shipped it off to jdistin for a blade delete. Mine is supposed to show up in my mail box tomorrow. I'm excited to finally get to try it out. :):thumbsup:
 
Ripcord 82 said:
Sorry,off topic but I have to know more about that fruit fly trap. My fruit flies are really getting to me and I have tried everything.What are you using for bait? That Utica is a nice traditional. Is that secondary blade a spey ?
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Yup, it's a spay.
The trap is just a snifter to make it a little harder for them to fly out. The bait is a bit of wine, a bit of apple cider vinegar, some water, and a drop of dish detergent. I've seen that mix advised for the traps made of a pop bottle cut in two and the top inverted to form a funnel.
But since the job of the detergent is to break the surface tension of the water so the flies can't walk on it and they drown, it seems to me any vessel should work, and this seems to.
I'll try it with just the wine and vinegar, it just occurred to me.
 
scrteened porch said:
Yup, it's a spay.
The trap is just a snifter to make it a little harder for them to fly out. The bait is a bit of wine, a bit of apple cider vinegar, some water, and a drop of dish detergent. I've seen that mix advised for the traps made of a pop bottle cut in two and the top inverted to form a funnel.
But since the job of the detergent is to break the surface tension of the water so the flies can't walk on it and they drown, it seems to me any vessel should work, and this seems to.
I'll try it with just the wine and vinegar, it just occurred to me.
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Thanks,I'll try that mix and see what happens. So far they don't like anything I put out for them.
 
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