All About Pocket Knives

tvic wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2026 1:48 pm Well, let’s just pretend it’s still Tuesday! Since retiring, I can’t keep days straight anyway!

It gets complicated when you’re retired. The outside world still runs on seven days, but retirement weeks are all Saturdays except Sunday.
I see the day of the week when I look at first cup diner.

I always have a fondness for the older Case trappers with the forward positioned smaller nail nick --->

Real nice, classic look, purdy blue - good one there, John!

THanks Tim - it's my fave trapper

Here is a Case USA second cut stag trapper. Has some use but not used up.

Nice one Wayne!

Harold

Picked this trapper up at an estate sale this weekend.

Queen #51 Mini Trapper

Real nice oldie there, Wayne!
Awesome estate find, Louisville!
Good looking Mini Trapper, Q!
This is my first ever dogleg Trapper. It’s really a real purdy dark green, but no matter what I tried, I couldn’t get the photo to show it the way it is in person.

tvic wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2026 9:45 pm This is my first ever dogleg Trapper. It’s really a real purdy dark green, but no matter what I tried, I couldn’t get the photo to show it the way it is in person.

You might try using a darker background (darker than the knife handle). You’ll probably need to put it on something black; I often use one of those zippered knife cases.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2026 10:26 pm

tvic wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2026 9:45 pm This is my first ever dogleg Trapper. It’s really a real purdy dark green, but no matter what I tried, I couldn’t get the photo to show it the way it is in person.

You might try using a darker background (darker than the knife handle). You’ll probably need to put it on something black; I often use one of those zippered knife cases.

Thanks, Q!

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2026 10:26 pm

tvic wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2026 9:45 pm This is my first ever dogleg Trapper. It’s really a real purdy dark green, but no matter what I tried, I couldn’t get the photo to show it the way it is in person.

You might try using a darker background (darker than the knife handle). You’ll probably need to put it on something black; I often use one of those zippered knife cases.

I did what you suggested, Q, and, yep, now the green shows through! Thanks, my friend!

tvic wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2026 9:25 pm I did what you suggested, Q, and, yep, now the green shows through! Thanks, my friend!

That looks good, Tim.....like something you'd see in a museum

Apparently, NKCA really liked that particular shade of jigged green bone; I used to own this Mini Trapper made for NKCA by Queen in 1999 with the same bone

Dang! Look identical, don’t they! I like the Queens. You got a beauty there, Q!

Here's one of my fave 107's --->

Youre the only poster this week, John, and its a beauty!

Haven't seen many of these. 314 X Buck. 4-1/4" J.O'.

I'm not sure what Case calls this blue ... but it always catches my eye --->

Lansky1 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 1:19 am I'm not sure what Case calls this blue ... but it always catches my eye --->

Beautiful Trapper, John! I think that's their PocketWorn Caribbean Blue from the early 2000s. I personally like it a little better than the Sawcut Caribbean Blue they're doing now.

Lansky1 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 1:19 am I'm not sure what Case calls this blue ... but it always catches my eye --->

I see your cool blue Trapper, John and I raise you two blue First Issue Wharncliffe Mini Trappers I really like the pocketworn Caribbean blue color and the jigging style on yours more so than the corn cob jigging on my minis

Thanks Kevin - now I know what color to search for

Q - those mini-T's are super nice - especially like the "as ground" blades where you can see the tool marks - always wished Case made more of those

Those are beautiful blues, Q!

Here's a few easy open mini-T's --->

A trio of Queen single blade Trappers.....

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2026 1:53 am A trio of Queen single blade Trappers.....

Q, those single blade trappers are mighty fine!

My contribution for Trapper Tuesday is an interesting Case 6254, a "new grind" that came to me many years ago. I have no idea who did the file work, the man I got it from thought it came from the factory like that. I've never seen anything that mentions factory file work on a standard Case. Treefarmer