Is it still a trapper if it only has one blade?

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jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:55 am Go ahead Ferg. Spit it out. You know you want to.
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Not that it matters but I'm no fan of calling any knife pattern a "half-whatever". It never made any sense to me, but neither do many of the commonly used collector names.

Regarding the so called "half-whittler", I don't agree with blaming that one on Case. I recall hearing the term in use by collectors in the early 1970s, but it never appeared in any Case catalog before the 2000s. Here's an old post on the topic viewtopic.php?f=4&t=59394&p=685248&hilit=Half#p685248.

Back to the topic at hand, Levine says "A 'Trapper' is a jack knife with two specific full length blades. The master blade is a clip-point with a very long clip. The second blade is a long spey.".

Various marketing hype aside, that's my story and I'm sticking to that definition. ::huff:: :lol:

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Meridian_Mike wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 8:01 pm SO.....

Maybe it's a ...
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OR___ SCSEOFJHT for short.
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Mike, maybe it's just a Trap. ::rotflol::
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FRJ wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:41 am
Mike, maybe it's just a Trap. ::rotflol::
Yep, if it were a half Trapper.... it would be a Trap.....
And a half Wittler would be a Wit....
And a half Congress is about what we have in Washington right now.

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Meridian_Mike wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:35 am
FRJ wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:41 am
Mike, maybe it's just a Trap. ::rotflol::
Yep, if it were a half Trapper.... it would be a Trap.....
And a half Wittler would be a Wit....
And a half Congress is about what we have in Washington right now.

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I believe there is another word wedged in between half and Congress.
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jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:40 pm I believe there is another word wedged in between half and Congress.
Does it start with an "A" and end with "SS"..???
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I think this thread took a turn to "Have you heard a good one lately?" Some very funny comments. :lol: :lol: ::tounge:: ::tounge::
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doglegg wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:53 pm I think this thread took a turn to "Have you heard a good one lately?" Some very funny comments. :lol: :lol: ::tounge:: ::tounge::
Things like that tend to happen on Friday.
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Re: Is it still a trapper if it only has one blade?

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It's not considered a trapper. It is a #11 Queen Utility knife, EZ open. Made after 1984.
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