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Oh, my goodness...what do you know...today is Taco Tuesday...um...er...I mean...2-4-Tuesday...Two-for-Tuesday...aka, TWOsday!

Consequently, here are TWO (2) Genuine Winterbottom Bone Queen #51 Mini-Ts. :D :D

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doglegg wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 3:47 pm ::nod:: ::nod:: ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
I agree with Floyd!! 👍🤩👍
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QTCut5 wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 3:20 am Oh, my goodness...what do you know...today is Taco Tuesday...um...er...I mean...2-4-Tuesday...Two-for-Tuesday...aka, TWOsday!

Consequently, here are TWO (2) Genuine Winterbottom Bone Queen #51 Mini-Ts. :D :D


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Beauts both. ::tu:: ::tu::
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QTCut5 wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 3:20 am Oh, my goodness...what do you know...today is Taco Tuesday...um...er...I mean...2-4-Tuesday...Two-for-Tuesday...aka, TWOsday!

Consequently, here are TWO (2) Genuine Winterbottom Bone Queen #51 Mini-Ts. :D :D


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8) ::tu::
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QTCut5 wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 6:45 am
TPK wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 4:58 pm Sweeeeeeet! ::tu:: ::super_happy::
Papa Bones wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 11:43 pm That's deep red for sure!! Very nice "Q"!
Mahalo amigos (including all of you who I didn't tag). :D

Although I've previously posted this one in other threads on different forums, I feel dutybound to future generations of Mini-T collecting/curious AAPK members (as well as current members too, of course) to post it on this thread as well since it is a Mini Trapper, after all. The thing that sets this Mini-T apart and makes it a bit more exotic, unique and one-of-a-kind is the modification from a basic factory knife into a semi-custom knife, i.e., there's not another one exactly like it on the entire planet.

2002 Case 6107W Custom Mod w/mosaic pins, handle material unknown...possibly interior elephant ivory based on handle color and the cracks in mark side cover that are typical of E. ivory. Apart from that, although it looks and feels very much like ivory, I can detect no discernable grain that would convince me it actually is ivory. More likely it's a very nice faux ivory (probably acrylic). But, as we in the OCD Knife Collectors Community are fond of saying: "I knows what I likes/wants when I sees it."
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QTCut5 wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 3:20 am Oh, my goodness...what do you know...today is Taco Tuesday...um...er...I mean...2-4-Tuesday...Two-for-Tuesday...aka, TWOsday!

Consequently, here are TWO (2) Genuine Winterbottom Bone Queen #51 Mini-Ts. :D :D


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I’m a huge fan of Queen, and Winterbottom bone. That pair of mini trappers are awesome. I have a slimline single blade Queen trapper with Winterbottom scales. Awesome knives.
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I appreciate all the kind words, amigos. :)

Here's one that's a bit unusual with a fully serrated spey blade. Can't say as I've ever seen that on a Mini-T before; a serrated Wharncliffe secondary on the Case 207WHSS 1st Issue Mini-Ts, yes, but never a serrated spey blade. This is also the first Western brand I've added to Mini-T Mountain. At 3¾" it's pushing the upper size limit for a Mini Trapper, but it still qualifies (by 1/8"). The handle is cocobolo wood.

The perfect bread & cheese knife--all it lacks is a corkscrew to be the perfect French picnic knife! :lol:

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We are all just prisoners here of our own device.
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QTCut5 wrote: Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:10 am I appreciate all the kind words, amigos. :)

Here's one that's a bit unusual with a fully serrated spey blade. Can't say as I've ever seen that on a Mini-T before; a serrated Wharncliffe secondary on the Case 207WHSS 1st Issue Mini-Ts, yes, but never a serrated spey blade. This is also the first Western brand I've added to Mini-T Mountain. At 3¾" it's pushing the upper size limit for a Mini Trapper, but it still qualifies (by 1/8"). The handle is cocobolo wood.

The perfect bread & cheese knife--all it lacks is a corkscrew to be the perfect French picnic knife! :lol:


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Beautiful knife. I’ve not seen one with serrated blade either. A great find.
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Just came by this mini trapper today. Single blade slimline with walnut handle. Fit and finish are excellent. Gator snap. Bear & Son. This brand is underrated in my opinion.
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I like single blade Mini Trappers. Unfortunately, I have not had very good luck with Bear & Son knives...mostly fit & finish issues which probably wouldn't be a big issue for an EDC user but, for me as a collector, my Mini-Ts are all safe queens for the most part.

Here's the latest to join The Monkey's Mini-T Mountain. :D

Bertram Cutlery Hen & Rooster 212DS with thick, gnarly Stag handle.
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We are all just prisoners here of our own device.
In the master's chamber they gather for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast.
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QTCut5 wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:50 am I like single blade Mini Trappers. Unfortunately, I have not had very good luck with Bear & Son knives...mostly fit & finish issues which probably wouldn't be a big issue for an EDC user but, for me as a collector, my Mini-Ts are all safe queens for the most part.

Here's the latest to join The Monkey's Mini-T Mountain. :D

Bertram Cutlery Hen & Rooster 212DS with thick, gnarly Stag handle.
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O'ya; nice thick, juicy stag. Now that's what i'm'a talking about baby.
Monkey get's his banana.
8) ::tu::
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Beautiful Knives Gentlemen! ::nod:: :D

Recieved my 2016 - 6207 Mini Trapper this week. More pictures of it in other threads. ::tu::
Thanks for looking friends! :D
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Ya done good, Tom. ::tu::
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jerryd6818 wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:15 pm Ya done good, Tom. ::tu::
Thanks Jerry! ::handshake:: Appreciate it! ::nod:: ::super_happy::
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QTCut5 wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:50 am Bertram Cutlery Hen & Rooster 212DS with thick, gnarly Stag handle.
TPK wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:07 am Recieved my 2016 - 6207 Mini Trapper this week.
Two excellent examples of the Mini Trapper!
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Dan In MI wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:16 pm
QTCut5 wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:50 am Bertram Cutlery Hen & Rooster 212DS with thick, gnarly Stag handle.
TPK wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:07 am Recieved my 2016 - 6207 Mini Trapper this week.
Two excellent examples of the Mini Trapper!
Thanks Dan! ::handshake:: :D
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QTCut5 wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:50 am I like single blade Mini Trappers. Unfortunately, I have not had very good luck with Bear & Son knives...mostly fit & finish issues which probably wouldn't be a big issue for an EDC user but, for me as a collector, my Mini-Ts are all safe queens for the most part.

Here's the latest to join The Monkey's Mini-T Mountain. :D

Bertram Cutlery Hen & Rooster 212DS with thick, gnarly Stag handle.
::tu:: ::tu:: ::nod::


TPK wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:07 am Beautiful Knives Gentlemen! ::nod:: :D

Recieved my 2016 - 6207 Mini Trapper this week. More pictures of it in other threads. ::tu::
Thanks for looking friends! :D
::clapping:: ::tu:: ::tu:: Very nice Tom. Beautiful blue on that one and I've always liked the Case red shields.
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Papa Bones wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:27 pm
QTCut5 wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:50 am I like single blade Mini Trappers. Unfortunately, I have not had very good luck with Bear & Son knives...mostly fit & finish issues which probably wouldn't be a big issue for an EDC user but, for me as a collector, my Mini-Ts are all safe queens for the most part.

Here's the latest to join The Monkey's Mini-T Mountain. :D

Bertram Cutlery Hen & Rooster 212DS with thick, gnarly Stag handle.
::tu:: ::tu:: ::nod::
TPK wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:07 am Beautiful Knives Gentlemen! ::nod:: :D

Recieved my 2016 - 6207 Mini Trapper this week. More pictures of it in other threads. ::tu::
Thanks for looking friends! :D
::clapping:: ::tu:: ::tu:: Very nice Tom. Beautiful blue on that one and I've always liked the Case red shields.
Thanks Smitty! ::handshake:: ::super_happy::
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TPK wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:07 am Beautiful Knives Gentlemen! ::nod:: :D

Recieved my 2016 - 6207 Mini Trapper this week. More pictures of it in other threads. ::tu::
Thanks for looking friends! :D
Really noice Tom, love the color combo on that 'un.
::tu::
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WillyCamaro wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 2:28 pm
TPK wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:07 am Beautiful Knives Gentlemen! ::nod:: :D

Recieved my 2016 - 6207 Mini Trapper this week. More pictures of it in other threads. ::tu::
Thanks for looking friends! :D
Really noice Tom, love the color combo on that 'un.
::tu::
Thanks Buddy! ::handshake:: Appreciate it! ::nod:: ::super_happy::
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Here's an unusual Mini-T: A single blade factory sample Queen #51 with Rosewood handle. OCD Mini-T Monkey is all in a tizzy because the "Big Q" tang stamp dates this one as a 1945-1955 release, and yet it came in a white (DFC era) Schatt & Morgan box with an ID label that is correct for this knife. It certainly doesn't look 66-76 years old, so how that happened is indeed a mystery. ::hmm:: ::shrug::

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Unless this is actually a "Small Q" stamp from the 1971 transition period--which would make more sense, but still doesn't explain the S&M box. ::undecided:: :?
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S&M 51
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QTCut5 wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:16 am Here's an unusual Mini-T: A single blade factory sample Queen #51 with Rosewood handle. OCD Mini-T Monkey is all in a tizzy because the "Big Q" tang stamp dates this one as a 1945-1955 release, and yet it came in a white (DFC era) Schatt & Morgan box with an ID label that is correct for this knife. It certainly doesn't look 66-76 years old, so how that happened is indeed a mystery. ::hmm:: ::shrug::


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Unless this is actually a "Small Q" stamp from the 1971 transition period--which would make more sense, but still doesn't explain the S&M box. ::undecided:: :?
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Q, It even has your name on it. Lovely. ::nod::

Iman, great looking knife. ::nod::
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