trapper

slow1 · May 28, 2001

I was browsing Shrade knives, and I noticed a trapper that had one blade, and it was a lockback. All the other ones I've seen have a clip and spey blades. What makes a knife a trapper?

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lt632ret · May 28, 2001

You would think that this would be an easy question to answer however it poses several problems I am attaching Levines definition which addresses a trapper as a 2 bladed knife. with an elongated clip blade and a spay blade on a serpentine frame. He also explains the mini trapper and muskrat style ( which employs 2 of these blades). Over the years I have heard the mini's called doglegs and peanuts as well. but the real problem comes in when you address the same larger knife with only the clip blade technically I believe it is considered a folding hunter or serpentine hunter but it has also come to be called a trapper. I have included some pictures of several of these trapper styles most made by Schrade but they should show what I mean. One picture has on the left a yellow trapper under the LL Bean tang. above that a John Wayne commerative made by Queen cut. Next is a Schrade with jigged delrin handles muskrat. The other side has a schrade Walden with jigged delrin handles above that is a Schrade Walden with real bone jigged handles and above that a Parker Frost with real bone handles made on contract for Parker Frost when they were in business together for a few years. The other picture has a few of the ones that are harder to name. Bottom right is a Napanoch (before Winchester bought the company)( folding hunter, serpentine, dogleg ) what ever in bone Then we have the same parker frost style in one blade lockback then an old timer also with a brass liner lock. The other side has a Honk falls ebony ( another company which was near Schrade.) This one has a spear blade so may be this one is considered a dogleg jack. the next little one is a Schrade Walden in bone the last is a Schrade that was sold as a dogleg jack pattern. While the one bladed lock backs were sold as trappers. Oh well enjoy the pictures Rich

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slow1 · May 29, 2001

Thanks for the explanation. Love the pics. It's nice to talk about something other than "tactical" folders.Not that I have anything against them.