I fully agree with you. I found your channel ,quite by accident , while searching for different knife styles. My uncle had a Case Trapper for years, and I have too. We were on a hunting vacation in the 1970's when I pulled my trapper out to cut some rope to hang our deer. He said that it was probably the best pocket knife to ever carry, then pulled out his. We played a game trying to come up with how many uses our trappers had. He told me that an old woodsman explained why he thought it was called a "trapper". He said that a fur trapper would use the clip point for the traditional uses like sharpening trap stakes and such but used the spay blade for skinning to avoid puncturing the pelt. The old woodsman said that he also used his to carve spoons. Great video, thank you.

I was taught by an old-timer to use the spey blade for general use and save the clip point for detailed work.

I like a spey blade, especially a broad spey blade like those on the Panama Trapper and Case's limited run Copperhead trapper which makes them even more versatile. The size of a traditional trapper is another strength - it's small enough to be portable but big enough to take on the vast majority of chores and be comfortable in the hand. Your point about the blades being similar is spot on. For some that is a bonus, for others, a stockman is a better choice... 😉

I’ll tell ya you have some beautiful traditionals……. Great collection you have thanks so much for showing them I appreciate that😊

Love my Trappers…I’ve gutted deer, cut the breast off of a wild Turkey, cut the beard off from a Wild Turkey, cut up a steak, skinned wire, cut up a tomatoes, sliced up potatoes…I’ve seen other men use the Spey blade for different things…I grew up with the Trappers! Awesome video and great collection

Made it to the end, been a busy day, about 6 hrs to get this vid in.. again, thank-you for sharing. Iam in love with these trappers even more now! I have 3 son inlaws and two grand sons to share these with. Excellent variety here!

I enjoyed this, very entertaining; nice collection. Good analysis of the spey blade and clever mods also. Thanks.

Awesome Video my man. I grew up around Trappers and love them about as much as I do a SodBuster. I’ve seen that Spey blade used for everything from skinning deer to like you said, scrapping gaskets of the block of a SBC. The trapper is about as handy of an EDC as you can get! I love the Buffalo Horn.. now I’m gonna be looking!

Nice collection. I like trappers a lot. You have some nice ones there, like the buffalo horn. Great deal. I like the spey blade for a lot of tasks. It will slice right thru one of my pan fried pork chops, which is no easy task. Cool video and thanks for showing your trappers.👍

No way that burnt trapper you did looks fabulous I have to get you to do that on one of my trappers😊

Great vid. I bought 3 new xx trappers to give to my son inlaws at Christmas. Iam making leather carriers for them. I wish I had come across this vid first, I wouldve shopped harder for various models.. love the scant cut on the one

Been collecting pocket knives for a handful of years, lots of modern ones-button/axis/compression locks and autos. The more years that go by the more I’m attracted to these traditional folders. Something about the classics that scratches the right part of my brain. Great lookin collection!

I now have a much renewed interest in the trapper. 4 (54) Trappers, 1 (07) Trapper with a warncliffe blade, and a red stag trapperlock. Enjoyed seeing your collection

Great video! Loved seeing your collection. You got me on the hunt again 😂

appreciate the stories and the good camera work. Keep up the good work!

Hey buddy! I'm a big fan of Case Trappers and I've noticed the same thing with the spey blade by pushing it forward a bit. I really enjoyed this video, it went by fast! You're a good speaker and I'm now subscribed. 👍

You could have talked him down to $35 on that Buffalo Horn!!! LOL…. The $40 would have flown out of my wallet.. just a phenomenal collection and you have great knowledge on Case Pieces. Great Video!!! Thanks for the shout out as well.

My favorite pattern by far. Don't understand the hate on the spey blade I use it all the time except if I need to poke open a bag or something like that I use the clip point. Thanks for the video man. I'm a huge fan of Cv also🇺🇲

Wes, the Black Bone is a Winterbottom jig. Love that full size Saddlehorn. Just an awesome collection. 💪🏻

Nice collection, I love my trappers and their spay blades !!

Great collection and video, my favorite pattern is the trapper. Love your knives

I am a fan of the Case Trapper and the Stockman so I carry both . One in each jeans pocket, both are CV and both yellow scales . Use the Trapper spey blade almost as much as the clip . Handy to dress out fish , small game for the table and to open packages with less risk of poking the contents . Very nice collection Sir , thanks for showing .

Great tutorial.. you have a great collection..

I have two trappers from the 90`s that I have rotate carried for the past 20 something years (a black synthetic and a stag). I use the spade blades for utility like opening cans, cutting rope, screw driver (rough work) the heavy tips hold up well. The other blade I save in case I need a super sharp blade for skinning, splinters etc.

Nice trapper Collection. I came over to your channel from RJ's recommendation. Glad I did.

I like a Trapper - and Case make a grand Trapper. They're my go-to fishing knife, with the Clip used for processing the catch and the Spey for eating my lunch. Just landed one in Giraffe Bone - awesome! Some folks turn their noses up at Trappers, but that's just passing fashion I reckon - it's a great pattern. Seeing your collection Sir was a real treat thank you.

Love me a carbon steel trapper. Thanks for another awesome video.

It wasnt JUST for castration, it was for skinning-dressing game. That steep clip lets you invert and keep the cutting action where you need it. Thus the "trapper" part. Great blade profile. Also notice how "high" that blade sits when fully opened compared to the other blade? Thats to help when using it "blade up" Many traditional hunting/skinning knives had a similar shape too. Castration is just another thing that shape blade does well. Guarantee most the folks saying that don't hunt.

Wow you have a beautiful collection of Case Trappers!

Really like your videos buddy! Found you from a shout-out from Big J’s knives! You have a new subscriber buddy!

We’ve used 54 pattern Case trappers for years skinning deer and hogs. Also great in the kitchen for food prep. If one blade dulls just open the other and keep going.

I know this is a bit of a late reply but one other thing the spy blade is good for is fleshing hides, like deer hides, raccoon etc. love the video! Nice collection. 👍🏻

TOTALLY agree about the spey blade. Forget the last 5% (i.e. the tip), it's a long, straight sharp blade! And like you said, you shouldn't be stabbing into stuff with a slipjoint anyway! I really can't think of many real-world pocketknife cutting tasks that can't be done with a spey. Great video ..... and a darn nice trapper collection you've got!

Omg, you got me cruising ebay for knives I dont really need ... lol. This has been an excellent educational vid on case knives.!

Great video, brother. Just FWIW, it is "Antique Bone Barnboard." Usually has that darker tint on the scales. The Natural Barnboard is quite a bit lighter. Love those natural Barnboards. Good job on this vid, and great collection.

Not going to lie, that jimping job was done pretty damn fine if you ask me. Case Trappers have a special place in my heart. My first ever knife I bought to really use was a Case Trapper. I got one brand new in package at a flea market for 20 dollars, from a man and his son selling a few things. It's a CV steel knife with the yellow synthetic handles. Got it to cut weedwhip string for my first summer job as a landscaper. Still have that knife, and it's been with me for quite a few life events.

Awesome collection, I'm a new sub I just found your channel. I enjoy the trapper bc my dad carried a case trapper. He skinned enough muskrats with a case trapper to buy his 1st car a 67 camaro.

The spey blade on my trapper stays razor sharp because all I use it for is castrating bull calves. Now I am definitely not saying it couldn’t be used for other things. It’s definitely a great blade design and has a multitude of uses! Great vid bro!

Man you got me itching to get a mini trapper with the Spey Blade. I have a mini trapper already with the wharncliffe blade that is probably, if pressed name a favoate traditional knife pattern it would be a toss up between it and the medium stockman. So saying I love that knife would be an understatement. I need me a good standard mini trapper in my collection, perhaps it will be my next purchase! Thanks for sticking up for the Spey blade, I thought it was useless at first my main EDC being a Case medium stockman it was always on me so I have since warmed up to it and appreciate it greatly. It’s The best box opener there is! The walk and talk on the Trapper is always the best of the best even on a Chinese made knife. Such a satisfying click that it makes when the blade shuts and they always have good lockup. I wish medium stockmans were at this same level!

Love Case knives, thanks for sharing, cheers!

Nice video, and nice collection, good Sir. I really loved the Case 3 blade hunter trapper. I've considered trying to get one myself. In regards to the spey blade, I personally don't care for it but it doesn't make me hate the Trapper Pattern knife. My dislike of It is based on my uses and tasks. I love the primary clip point and would like to have a trapper with a Warnclift blade as the secondary. I actually have a Case Hobo Trapper that I often carry with me when I go out to eat because you just never know if the restaurants are going to have those flimsy utensils made of crappy thin sheet metal. I have considered getting a Case Trapper in CV, because I prefer it as well, and modifying the Spey blade into a Warnclift. I've also considered getting a cheap Rough Rider and modifying it first and carrying it to see if I'd want to do that with a Case. My father carried a Large Stockman in CV for a very long time even after breaking and reprofiling the main blade a couple times. He got another one later on but just didn't care for it as much because it wasn't the same color/pattern bone handles. They stopped making it we've heard. I don't remember offhand what it was called.

Nice collection buddy and I couldnt agree more with ya on the spey I've carried a case knife all my adult life trappers and medium stockman are my go twos put a edge on it and use it lol people definitely get bent out of shape over little things

Great video. Subscribed. I agree with you on the spey blade. I just ordered a Case Trapper in chestnut bone. Can't wait to get it.

Stockman is probably my go to pattern just because it's extra blade the sheepsfoot adds a lot of versatility but the Copperhead has become my favorite pattern because it doesn't have the spey blade. I don't exactly need the spey most of the time, the pen blade is more useful to me. That being said, I have been using my 1095 SMKW case trapper a lot of late. It is a joy to use and sharpen. I personally like just grabbing all of the patterns in the classic amber jig bone.

beautiful collection of knives.

I personally just find the tip of spey blades to sometimes be tricky to sharpen. It really is dependent from one to another. I have a few trappers myself and like them but find my go to pattern to be the stockman specifically the 3.5 inch to 5 inch patterns. I like my self a good large to jumbo stockman/cattle knife. I use the sheepsfoot the most on the stockman. When I carry a trapper I will typically add a shepherds knife to the pocket just to have a sheepsfoot available to me.

I'm a stockman kinda hick. For me, the spey is there to abuse. It's great to have when you're cutting through something onto a hard surface. It also makes a handy scraper and light pry. (Big J recommended you)

Country boy here also, been trapping since childhood. After pulling critters out of traps all morning, the clip point is used to open the leg cuts, then spey blade for rest of skinning task. Always skin critters after eating a quick lunch, lighten the canoe by a few hundred pounds. Makes much less work at end of day. I guess that's why it's called a Trapper. 3 blade Stockman is used for castration duty, hence the name.

Love the knife , one blade poky , the other blade for digging in drywall or wood, both nice for cutting and slicing

Man, That black buffalo is nice. Great find!

And you can use clip blade to pierce all day long IF you always pit positive pressure on blade while piercing, and for added safety if you wish, use the pinch grip when doing it.

I only have one large Amber bone trapper, but I use the spay blade for food prep. Works great. Thanks 🔪🎸

La hoja secundaria ¡¡claro que tiene muchos usos!!, personalmente he notado en todas mis trappers que la secundaria adquiere mejor filo. No solo castrar cerdos o chivos, en el escritorio abro todos los sobres, cajas y envoltorios de cartón, papel y plástico con la speer. También soy un fanático de las Trappers. Saludos y bendiciones.

I personally think spey blades are a great stand in for fileting a trout in the field on camping trips. Gives a clean cut, no point to lacerate the meat when working on a rough surface. Also makes quick work of skinning rabbits clean, their skin being like tissue paper the spey is very forgiving. Doesn't matter if your not using the fur, but, I use it. You have a nice collection, each knife seems to bring back memories and adds to the patina. God bless!

Clip blade is my food prep blade. Keep sharp delicate cutting. My Spey is the work blade. Strip wire, scrape gasket, cut cardboard I’m not scared to dull that blade cause it’s a work horse. The cv holds a good edge and easy to sharpen.

Interesting. Recently I became curious about Trapper variations, added blades. blade locks, opening mechanisms. I've always liked the Trapper pattern and my original trapper is a Case with a yellow delrin handle I bought from a hardware store that was discontinuing thei Case line. That was long ago. My take on the Trapper pattern and the spey blade is that you can field dress a deer with it. I keep the spey blade razor sharp and use it for cutting artiocles out of paper and things like that while I use the California clip blade for rougher work. Two of the prettiest trap;pers that I have is a Kershaw mini trapper with a red bone handle and a Bear and son's with a rose wood handle.

Hey guys I just wanted to make a pinned comment that hopefully y’all will see and maybe shed some light on the premise of this video. So- the idea for this video was to discuss the “Hate” for the Spey blade in a trapper knife that would be carried by the average person. I’ve notice that most of the comments left on this video (and I appreciate them all!) seem to go something like this- “I skin deer with my Spey blade” or “I use my Spey blade to process squirrels” or any sort of skinning/ meat processing work. And while I applaud all of you for carrying on the tradition because I’m an avid outdoorsman myself the idea of this video was to show the “non-hunters” and “non-outdoorsmen” that there were many if not any and all chores that can be done with the Spey blade, and that’s why my examples were things such as opening packages, cutting straps and rope, sharpening a pencil, peeling an apple, etc… skinning game was sort of the kind of task that a lot of younger/less experienced knife enthusiast find irrelevant in todays society and therefore that’s why they find the Spey blade so useless. So once again I applaud all you fine men for skinning and processing game/fish with your Spey blades but the real idea for the video was to show the more day to day things you could do with the Spey blade 👍🏼

Great collection bud, I personally prefer stockmans I get pretty excited with knives as well. Case and boker are my favorites. I wish Buck would get a little more involved in scale designs.

Truth on the Spey blade! Subscribed!

No use for a spey blade can actually be a reason to carry it. That useless blade is pretty handy when that clip blade you ALWAYS use, and been meaning to sharpen these last three years, finally gets so dull you can't cut spaghetti with it. Liked the video, was recommended, it's unusual that KZfaq suggests something I like...I used to have a rather large collection, around 350 pockets and bowies. A couple of your Trappers brought back some memories. They were all pretty much destroyed in a house fire about 10 years ago. Just started rebuilding it last year. Love a Case Trapper, or any Case for that matter. There's only one blade that's useless...a dull one. and remember what Confucius said .. "He who collects blades also collects bandages" ⚔

I am not a trapper fan, I prefer the stockman. Stockman knives also have spey blades. I have re-examined my view on the spey blade. On almost every trapper or stockman that I have ever owned the spey blade is the sharpest blade on the knife. That is due to the excellent hollow grind that manufactures put on the spey blade. The spey blade is the best design for skinning an animal. That blade shape will prevent punching holes in the hide. I carry a trapper quite a lot during the summer as I have found that the spey blade is the best tomato sliver I can have in my pocket. It gets used every day at lunch. One last note on the spey blade, look up a surgeon’s scalpel. You will find that the shape is very much like a scalpel. If you are every in a life or death emergency situation that requires someone to be cut on, the spey blade would make the nicest cuts. Maybe it should be referred to as the scalpel blade instead of the spey blade.

To change or alter the color of the bone covers or handle,is to use paste wax shoe polish.I’ve been using it for years to make my knives look like I want them to.Brown,tan,cordovan,black.Mix a couple of different colors together and have at it.Just remember that you don’t get but one chance depending on how you do it.

My wife and I were on vacation in California back in the 80's and we drove thru the redwood forest. I pulled out into a rest stop and we hiked a little ways back into forest to experience all the giant redwoods. At the base of one tree was a brand new Puma Hunter. We waited around the side of the road for a little while, but no one showed up, so I put the knife in my pocket and drove down the road. I was managing a cattle feedlot at the time southwest of Phoenix, Arizona. I would receive about 60 calves a month, half of them heifers and the other half bulls calves that weighed approximately 250 lbs. I used that Puma knife for 3 years castrating a little over 1,000 head. I sharped it so many times that it could no longer hold an edge. I'm 75 yrs. old now and I still have the Puma, but only pull it out occasionally to reminisce about the "good old days" I spent as a feedlot cowboy.

I was indifferent to the spey blade until I found a wharncliffe trapper. Now that's my favorite trapper.

I'm new to collecting knives just started in the new year.

I love my trapper. I got it cause it's a trappers skinnin knife, an a good pointy blade. It works great !

Hey fellow knife lovers, When I first got into collecting knives in 2014 I started with Case Knives. I have 75 case knives in all there patterns and handle scales. I’ve never used any of them and I have all the box’s for them. I am trying to sell my whole collection. I have genuine stag knives and Buffalo horn and 2,000 year old wood knives with the papers for it. Dominick

My issue with the spey blade is that it's there, making the grip less comfortable. I had once a single blade full size Case Trapper. I liked it better. Nice collection!

I am a huge Trapper fan. I love my Case trapper.(just have one so far.) Those are super nice! How did you get all the good ones? oh yah gifts and ebay. How did you get all the perfect Cases? Ive gotten 2 bad ones that almost turned me off. That jimping is awesome! Amazing Deals on all of them! Id buy them all day for under $50 if I could find them.

As someone who gets made fun of for finding the shape of a Spey beautiful I think it’s more of an aesthetic thing for people than a functional

Amen you are saying what I've said right along,btw I've seen my grandfather castrate hogs with the pen blade of his Barlow knife

I started this year giving my one nephew a knife for Christmas because hes old enough to actually have a real truck driving job and not have to sell everything when the farming season is over. I also gave him an old rifle i shortened the stock down on for his girlfriend to use. Hes been going out with her for at least four years now and she likes to go deer hunting on her dads farm

I'm not a hunter, but do a fair bit of general camping, gardening, and cooking. The really long trappers aren't my favorite, but I love the 3.5" size for the pattern. As far as speys, I find them more useful in that size or on a stockman and love the more curved shapes. It's a small skinning blade. I like them better for peeling fruit, processing chili peppers, rocking motions on a cutting board, opening boxes where you don't want to stab too much, some whittling tasks, and they often have a nicer shape for cutting rope and nipping fruit off plants. Carrying nothing but a stockman for 6 months and doing ALL size appropriate chores, tasks, and food prep was a great exercise for learning blade shape uses.😂

I would love that pheasant trapper that's so cool be ideal for catty hunting set up

I like the Spey blade for general cutting tasks especially cutting food and situations where I’m concerned about poking myself.

What a wonderful collection! I very much enjoyed looking at your trappers. I’m like you, I think a trapper is a great all around knife. I need to be a better eBay hunter, lol! Would you be interested in coming on the livestream?

i have a nice case a custom one i found in a dumpster after an apartment renter had to just throw away alot of his shit - can i send u a pic and can u tell me what it might be worth? its a case with a custom engraving and alll

I like using the spey blade for skinning when I'm peeling fur from critters.

I saw this video a few weeks ago looking for Case knives and have to agree with you on the spay blade. Why in the world anyone would be hung up over it. I think it’s great and use mine to peel and slice meat, cheese and on fruits.

Facts about the spey blade💯💯

The spey blade is a great blade for skinning. I have used a Case XX Trapper for decades when I go deer hunting the the belly of the spey blade makes quick work of skinning out a deer. I for one love that blade shape. But then I am not a knife collector per say, I am a deer hunter that will take between 3 and 5 deer a season for meat.

Works great for skinning

I tend to use it like a skinner blade for game. Eating blade for steak n taters round the fire lmao. For a single blade I like the swingguard/cheetah, will change it out for the large trapper sometimes and just got another. And always a medium stockman handy...

Great collection! I don't get the spey blade hate thing either. It either cuts or it doesn't, it works ir it doesn't for the purpose you. It could be shaped like a dolphin and if it worked then carry on 😂 Just curious what's your take on Case Russlock knives? I've been looking at them and thinking about trying one just haven't pulled the trigger. Thanks for sharing.

i use the spey blade when carving spirals in walking sticks.

About the spay blade, as a fight'n rooster collector that is the go to blade for me. I have always used the spay blade to do what ever I need to use a knife for. Except to eat with or to gently poke something like a splinter. PS I do have case knives also so don't hate on my fight'n Roosters to much. Us the spay and don't scare up the clip.

I have an old trapper carbon steel blades xx on the blade no bolster on the end I wish I knew how old it is

My blade on my case did that when I picked through a gut pile to see what he was eating. I was bummed out. Not so much now.

Sweet collection. I like Spey blades, for whatever reason they always end up being my sharpest blade. Perhaps they are not photogenic enough for Instagram?

in my little cityboy brain the trapper makes perfect sense. right now i´m using a minitrapper at work to dull down the speyblade...once thats done the mini trapper will be my picnic and bbq knife. its a perfect butter knife!

I actually like the clip blade on the Boker Trappers a little more than the Case because they dont have that round spot right before the tip. They are more pointy.

I personally don’t get thst….. I like a Spey blade quiet a bit

I completely agree, matter of fact, I use the spey blade way more than I use the clip point. Also, Case doesn't make nearly enough CV/carbon blades.

Rough Ryder has decent knives as does Marbles and Brother (which I just picked up one). Case is just a step up from those brands. My Case knives are all inherited from my father and a couple were my grandfather’s.

I love the look of the knife you burned the edges of myself.

I carried a USA made schrade old timer trapper and field dressed many deer with the spay blade for over 20 years with that knife until 2021 when I lost it after dressing out big 8 pointer and laid it on the ground. Looked for that knife for hours.

I think the one long-tailed C trapper looks like the olive bone they have. The Bulldog knives at one time had all the blades, even stainless, hand forged, not stamped. Their stainless is probably close to D-2. With German eco-laws, including noise, individually forging got to expensive .

I also have three mini trappers, which I prefer more than the regular trapper. Also don't see what the fuss is about the spey blade, it's sharp and can be used. Spent a few childhood summers on my grandparents' farm in the Philippines, but never saw any spaying, and nobody had folding knives there. Cool bullet shield there. Yep, RJ is a cool dude.

Those are nice.

Always use my Spey blade for the slicier cutting tasks at work always sharper I love my carbon steel lockback trapper