Working Trapper knives

ddavis said:
First post, and after lurking here for a year or so, this thread is what finally made me add a membership to my account and add a few pics. Mostly because yesterday my son and I were at a hardware store and happened upon a nice case trapper in delrin and CV along with a nice pancake sheath. Pure coincidence I come across this thread last night.

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Of course, being a Case, I had to check out 4 of them before I found one with decent fit and finish, no blade wobble, and good blade centering. But, it's a nice one and a keeper that'll be put to work.
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I grew up in a farming family and still help out around the family farms every so often when we head back east. My wife grew up on a farm and her family still farms and keeps livestock. A few months back I was helping my in-laws work about a hundred steer calves. Didn't need to use a knife the way we were working them, but I still had a GEC slip joint on me. I think this trapper will do nicely next time we head back and I'm put to work.
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Nice find! That’s a pretty cool hardware store to have that knife and sheath. Was it a chain or a local store?
 
jstrange said:
Nice find! That’s a pretty cool hardware store to have that knife and sheath. Was it a chain or a local store?
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It was a "local chain" of hardware stores here in the SF Bay area is the best way I can put it. But the one location my son and I visited where I picked up the knife and sheath turned out to be a Case platinum dealer. Oddly, their other store locations closer to our house don't have any knifes at all even though they are under the same name. The sheaths were a total surprise - the sheath I picked up and most of the others available were from A&M Leatherworks out of Texas.
 
ddavis said:
It was a "local chain" of hardware stores here in the SF Bay area is the best way I can put it. But the one location my son and I visited where I picked up the knife and sheath turned out to be a Case platinum dealer. Oddly, their other store locations closer to our house don't have any knifes at all even though they are under the same name. The sheaths were a total surprise - the sheath I picked up and most of the others available were from A&M Leatherworks out of Texas.
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what store? I'm in the bay too and have never heard about it!
 
I'd forgotten that I had this one. Ran across it in the cross-bed tool box in my truck. It was a bit grungy so I cleaned it up with a bit of sandpaper. You can see the verdigris working up from the brass liners via the pins and also starting to show at the bolster-cover transitions. I'll just put it back in the tool box but wrap it in a piece of oiled flannel.

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I don't currently own any traditional knives. Just moderns. Last year Wal-Mart had case trappers for Christmas. I got one shortly after they discounted them twice. Got it for $17.
I used it almost all year before selling it. It was a EDC for me. I took it to work framing. I also heavily got into learning how to sharpen on that knife. For the first time I was able to put a edge on a knife and got compliments at work for having a sharp knife. I didn't work in a office. Construction framing, so i could pass my knife to whom i want to test it. I never carried it in a sheath though. I have a sheath now that would be good. Has no pocket clip. Which is how I prefer for this style of knife. Not clipped on a belt. In a sheath in a pocket to stop clings with change etc.

I am hoping this Christmas that Wal-Mart gets them again. I did fall in love with the simplicity of the trapper. Here is my only pic remaining of her.
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Been carrying this case trapper in my back pocket alongside my wallet for about 20 years. Bought a new larger wallet and now the knife won't fit. Now that I have this belt sheath I don't know how I got along without it. Knife is a lot more accessible especially when sitting down.
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Modoc ED said:
I'd forgotten that I had this one. Ran across it in the cross-bed tool box in my truck. It was a bit grungy so I cleaned it up with a bit of sandpaper. You can see the verdigris working up from the brass liners via the pins and also starting to show at the bolster-cover transitions. I'll just put it back in the tool box but wrap it in a piece of oiled flannel.

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I just started carrying this exact Case Trapper today! It fits perfectly in my front pocket with my money and truck key but I'm thinking about a belt sheath
 
Been edcing a Curly Maple handled CASE trapper in a CASE pouch on the belt for the past few weeks.. Lovin is so far..
John
 
Wowbagger said:
I do live in the Wild, Wild West but I'm sorry to disappoint.
Well being a city slicker you won't see any outdoor work with mine. I mean as good as it gets is working outside near the dumpster; who wants to see that. Lots of indoor work though.

The full size Trapper (Case or Boker) are some of my very favorite knives period as far as handle size / shape and blade shape. The only thing that kicks them out of my pocket (sheath) for long is something with some more durable steel (CASE ARE YOU LISTENING TO THIS ? !)
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Yup . . . got to have the belt sheath.
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The Trapper is a favorite for me to mod. I either remove the spay blade or shorten it into a wharncliffe.
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These are all knives I use at work except the polished scale black Slimline Case Trapper (top knife in photo below) which is a dress knife.
I have several more full size Trappers.

I just got these two Case Slimline trappers a week apart. The laminated canvas is going to be a dedicated work knife and I will keep the polished handled one for very light careful use. Translation; I don't want to scratch up the polished handle.
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I like how you cropped the spey and made it into a wharncliffe. I tried this once, but botched the nail nick ... can you please tell us how you cut that nail nick so nicely (what kind of tooling / machinery was used) ? Thank you -

John
 
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