I don't know Tobias for someone that says they don't like Trapper's you sure have a bunch of em LOL

Great video Tobias. I love the Trapper pattern! I really enjoy traditional knives that have 2 or 3 blades. I love that the trapper has 2 full size blades on the same end. It just feels like a true “Jack knife” (to me). My favourite is just a plain Jane Case trapper in bone or synthetic. You’ve got great collection! Thanks! 👍🤙

Thanks Tobias for another great video! Had me laughing at the beginning, that was awesome! When I saw Mark’s video it made me think. I had not started out to collect trappers but I looked around and I guess I do like the pattern because I had more than a few of them. If someone asked me what’s my favorite I would answer the copperhead. But I have more trappers. They are useful but not better than anything else. And I agree with you on marketing. I am honored that you watch my videos and I hope they entertain you. All the best, RJ.

I love the fact that you watched my video, and I’m glad that you enjoyed it and I saw that you commented on it! Loved your comments and your reasoning. yet again another great video!

I'm in the "I love trappers" camp, I guess. I don't care much about the myths or advertising, I just like the way they feel in my hand and the way they carry in my back pocket. Thanks for this video, there was awesome humor in this one!

Missed it dang it!!! But I am in the 'I love old time Trapper' Case knife fan 🦉

I believe knife names point out who the knife was designed for; Farmers, Sodbuster, Ranchers, Stockman, Trappers for Trappers. However; the point is, the name is a general description. If you do a lot of processing of furs and hides you likely don’t use a folding knife. However; if you process just a few animals or fish for eating any folding knife works fine. A whittler used for occasional whittling works well too. If you clean a few trout for a shore lunch about any knife will get the job done. A straight cutting edge and fine point blade like a Wharncliffe can make small precise cuts and makes a good whittler too. It is useful preparing small game animals, game birds and trout for eating too. Up swept curved cutting blades make good skinners. A Cotton Sample makes a good skinner and a Wharncliffe makes precise cuts. Combine the two shapes makes a compromise that works but, not perfectly. That might be the idea of the folding Rough Rider Trapper with a Saddle Horn fashioned handle. Whittling with any curved blade is a sure way to need some bandaids. I like the description some collectors use describing a Spey blade as being an eraser blade. Trapper Spey blades shave wood and hair well but don’t work well for precise cuts. I have little interest in most Trappers; with the exception of ones that don’t have traditional Spey blades. Collecting Trappers furnishes plenty to pick from.

I had to take stock of the different types of Trapper Knives that I have found over the years. Surprisingly I found about 12-14 knives in each of 3 categories: 1. regular bladed 4.12" Trappers, 2. 3.5" mini-Trappers some with spey some with wharncliffes as second blade, and 3. other off-sized or one-bladed Trappers. Thanks for the inspiration Tobias. Also I think that Frost Cutlery (et al) made their fortunes on the back of many many commemorative Trappers maybe more than Case even.

I like the trapper pattern just fine, though I'm not big on commemorative knives. Rough Ryder makes a mini in VG10 that fits comfortably next to my wallet. But having just gotten my first canoe, my allegiance might be changing.

My favorite pattern is the Barlow, because that was my first knife my grandfather gave me. The trapper is down on the list of favorites. I like the Moose better than the Trapper even though they have the same blades. One trapper you didn't mention was the trapper nut, the peanut with trapper blades.

I am in agreement with you. I have 2 trappers. One was given to me by my dad. It isn’t going anywhere. The other is a Bear & Son that I purchased a few years ago. It has black plastic handles and no bolsters. No pretty at all. The lack of bolsters reduced the weight of the knife. That is an unintended benefit. I carry that trapper only during home grown tomato season. I have found that the Spey blade is excellent at slicing ripe out of the garden tomatoes which I will eat every day at lunch. The rest of the year it will be a stockman or a congress.

Love your videos! I spend a lot of time touring with my band out in cowboy country. I have to say that a bunch of those cowboys carry a trapper for edc! I never cared for the pattern myself until a recent purchase from a custom knife maker I'm friends with. He built a gorgeous stag single clip blade trapper pattern with damascus steel, & it is a freaking little razor. & I'm in love with a trapper pattern for the 1st time! Great channel & lots of great knowledge! Thanks brother...

I only have one Trapper, a cheap 3 3/4 inch, yellow handled Schrade Old Timer, that to me is a beater knife. But the construction is excellent, the shape fits nicely in hand. The clip point is slim and the point is very useful. The Spay blade is fine for a secondary blade, but yeah, a spearpoint would be more useful. But, it really fits well in the hand. It is a very comfortable grip. I only own one, but if I lost it I would absolutely replace it, even though I like lockbacks best and Scout/Camp knives next, followed by Canoe knifes. Great video topic. Thanks.

I have five Trappers ( 3 Case. 1 Uncle Henry and 4 Old Timers) I love ‘em and can be found carrying one 3-4 days a week. Great knives for food prep and general utility knife.

I'm kind of surprised that they didn't do this to the sunfish and elephant toe knives. Those blades are like billboards with a sharpened edge. Perfect for advertising or commemorating something or other.

I used to not buy a knife unless it was a congress or a stockman. But sometime in the last 25 years I was bit by the collecting bug and started buying lots of different patterns. I kinda figured out the The Trapper was more for trapping buyers than skinning a mink or small game. lol but I do think they're a good looking knife and very useful.

I'm kinda in the middle with trappers! Not my favorite of the traditional patterns but I own a few of them...lol!!!

Absolutely there is no reason to be a problem to someone because they like and collect and carry even a certain knife or knife company. There are plenty of knives and as a community we can and should include everyone that enjoys the hobby.

Appreciate the humor and discussion.

The jack knife pattern goes way back, and the trapper is a variation on that theme. The jack knife's utility survives in the trapper, no question.

I have a funny one for you ... I have a pricy little peanut with mastodon ivory scales that has a somewhat odd "spey" blade in place of the usual secondary pen blade. It's almost like a coping blade with a little bit of a belly and an upsweep on the edge. Case called it a "Trappernut".

I prefer the gun stock pattern

I like that Buck fish Trapper. At first I didn't care much for the Trapper pattern. Then I found the classic carbon Wharncliffe Trapper. I love that knife. It was a marketing ploy that worked. Boy they really covered that Lunar landing blade with a bunch of billboarding. The Upswept Trapper, I'd call it a skinner. I guess if you make it, you can call it whatever you want. They like to confuse us with names.

Hey Tobias I love the trapper bc it's the first pocket knife I used to skin Muskrats Racoons Foxes with. And yes the clip point is perfect for making precise cuts most furbears has delicate skin . So yeah I enjoy the trapper, the muskrat is a great trappers knife as well but the spey blade is used to remove fat off the hide before fleshing and stretching the fur. But like alot of old times say theres more than 1 way to skin a cat.

I've got the Rough Ryder classic carbon yellow trapper with the Wharncliffe blade. I really like it.👍

I dislike trappers, but I have and love one of those little bow trappers. I never thought of it as a trapper, lol.

I fall somewhere in the middle, don’t love or hate them. I can say I don’t go out of my way to grab any lol… I mostly go after Barlows, peanuts, canoes or stockman patterns. Interesting how the modern trapper came about, Thanks as always Tobias 👍

I have two Case Trappers and neither of them is a commemorative. The blades and covers are completely free from billboarding/etching. I use them both. For fly fishing. The one in Burnt Salmon Jigged Bone for salmon, and the Olive Green JB for trout. I use one blade for processing the catch, and the other for eating my lunch (the brass divider keeps things hygienic). They do a grand job. And they look nice. I know nothing of real/fake 'Trapper History', and care little for it anyway, but then I use knives rather than collect them. Have I missed something?

I like Trappers. They have a very solid feel, and the spey blade is a great slicer. But your points are valid, especially that we shouldn't give grief over others' taste in knives. Patterns you don't like can always be used as trade fodder! Your rant on leg knives oughta be good...

Not a fan of the trapper though I have a few. The master Case dealer near my house complains that Case sends him too many trappers when he needs other patterns. I think the spey blade could be replaced with something more useful.

I only have one trapper , Rough Rider with acorn shield and tobacco stained handle scales .

My Case 4 1/8” trapper with blue jigged bone and red Case shield is one of my favourite user traditionals. It’s great for chopping apples. But I’d be surprised if I have more than 2 or 3 trappers, and I’m not sure I have another with a spay blade. I’ve one with a bottle opener and another with a Warncliffe. I’ve probably another one, perhaps 2, but I can’t remember.

I have one it's a smooth chestnut bone case, it's beautiful and i don't need any more 🙂

I am in a like/dislike relationship with trappers. The standard 4.125" size trapper I do not like. The 3.5" mini trapper is more to my liking. I have both representing the pattern in my collection

I have many different patterns, love the canoe, don't have a single trapper, yet. I do however have a moose. So maybe you could state i do have a trapper knife. I don't hate trappers, i just love the other patterns more. Also i don't have a leg knife, i really hate those. I'm curious about whittlers, there are different bladeshapes on whittlers, maybe you would do a video about whittlers or maybe you allready did and i missed it? Thank you for contributing to the discussion Tobias.

Boker Arbolito has a supercool belt sheath that makes carrying a trapper fun.

Hello Tobias. It is a bit like the traditional german work knife. It became the Case Sodbuster and now the style is known as a sodbuster instead of a german name.

I have come across so many commemorative knives that were never used, I imagine because the previous owners did not want to damage the etching on the blade, or because they did not want the value to decrease. I have about 4 or 5 trappers, but they are not my "go to". One pattern I intend to pursue more is the moose pattern, that style is just more appealing to me. Thanks amigo, thanks for all of the great insight into this pattern :)

I like the trapper pattern. My favourite one is my old timer heritage trapper (I think the 940th or ht).

Great rant! :-)

They can start calling the Moose the 'Symmetry-enhanced-Trapper' I always felt on the fence about getting a standard Trapper; I already love 4'' Stockmans and Muskrats, so do I really need to take a gamble on a redisgned Jack version of those patterns?

Hey, what happened to the Classic Carbon standard Trapper that you won???

Most RR large Leg knives have the same blade as a 5" Toothpick.

Did you see the tiger tinker SMKW exclusive? Maybe a good one for the cat collection?

Your video reminds me of a pet peeve of mine regarding language. Some words over time become so overused or misused that they lose their meaning. "Trapper" may fall into that category. I enjoyed your trapper rant.

I would love the "trapper " patter more if they made more with sheepsfoot or wharncliff blades instead of spey blades

I like the standard trapper I have three of them in my collection.

I tried with all my might to like trappers but I can´t get myself to it. Don´t know what it is with trappers for me, I guess we will never be friends....

I have some and like the look, but i don't carry them as i find the clip blade (as in many other Classic US knives) to be too thin and tapered for my needs, i like the spear blade better. I do always Carry a sunfish for working around the farm and sometimes a Barlow in my free time. Also the two blades are too similar. For the same size and Number of blades i would carry a far more practical (for me) victorinox pathfinder.

Whats the difference between a trapper and a jack knife ?

Yay kitty. I love Trappers.

Interesting I have No Trappers. But. I just picked up a R.R. single blade one hand open liner lock TRAPPER. Its no trapper.

A single blade I like. The spay is ...ugly... Peanut butter spreader..

Bojack!

No you don't trap mushrooms, you harvest them so surely a mushroom knife isn't a trapper? Only mushrooms with legs can be trapped.

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