TRAPPER TUESDAY

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TheJon said:
Looking through all the posts has got me thinking. What makes a knife a trapper? The blades the shape of the handle?
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It was a pattern that was developed in the 1920's for folks that did a lot of fur trapping and skinning. The shape of the handle is nice for cutting away from your body and historically you have the clip blade for puncturing/cutting and the spey blade for the skinning. The sizes can vary since back then you could get anything from coyotes down to little mink. Once the pattern became popular I'm sure manufacturers varied blade types, made single bladed versions, etc. just to increase their product line. :):thumbsup:
 
veitsi_poika said:
It was a pattern that was developed in the 1920's for folks that did a lot of fur trapping and skinning. The shape of the handle is nice for cutting away from your body and historically you have the clip blade for puncturing/cutting and the spey blade for the skinning. The sizes can vary since back then you could get anything from coyotes down to little mink. Once the pattern became popular I'm sure manufacturers varied blade types, made single bladed versions, etc. just to increase their product line. :):thumbsup:
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Hmm I know the lines get a little blurry between patterns sometimes, but for example GEC 54 Big Jack, with two full sized blades. Clippoint and spear. GEC calls it a Jack, but it's never really fit that well to me. Seeing another cigar pattern called a trapper got me thinking.
 
TheJon said:
Hmm I know the lines get a little blurry between patterns sometimes, but for example GEC 54 Big Jack, with two full sized blades. Clippoint and spear. GEC calls it a Jack, but it's never really fit that well to me. Seeing another cigar pattern called a trapper got me thinking.
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I don't think a cigar pattern is considered a trapper... that's just an equal end jack knife. Trapper's historically are a swell end shape with a definitive curve to them that is opposite what a swayback pattern would be. Here's a good article I found...

https://knifethoughts.com/the-trapper-pattern-you-know-it-when-you-see-it/
 
veitsi_poika said:
I don't think a cigar pattern is considered a trapper... that's just an equal end jack knife. Trapper's historically are a swell end shape with a definitive curve to them that is opposite what a swayback pattern would be. Here's a good article I found...

https://knifethoughts.com/the-trapper-pattern-you-know-it-when-you-see-it/
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JohnDF said:
Since a Trapper is a Jack Knife, I'd assume the handle shape and the blade selection is what has to be used to identify one.
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That a good way of thinking, sort of a a square is still a rectangle kinds of logic. I suppose I've always thought of jack knives as having a large man blade with a smaller secondary on the same end. Although that link was a good source, they make the point that trappers most likely come from jack knives which makes sense. Anyway thank you all.
 
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