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Posted: **Tue Jan 01, 2019 6:57 pm**

BEAUTIFUL collection Q!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's to 2019!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: **Tue Jan 01, 2019 7:09 pm**

~Q~ that is just a splendiferous pile of Mini-Trappers. Excellent my friend.

The other 48 as promised.

Posted: **Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:58 pm**

Q !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: **Sat Jan 05, 2019 6:05 am**

Apparently, seeing jerryd's beautiful GEC Stag 48 gave the OCD Mini Trapper Monkey "Stag Fever" which gave him the strength to overpower me and escape from the cage in which he was locked at the end of 2018, crawl up onto my back and force me to buy this Stag Carl Schlieper Mini Trapper. At least he's going after ones I don't already have; he has a well-documented, notorious predilection for accumulating multiples of certain knives he really likes, but this is my first German Eye Brand Mini T. At 3 3/4" closed length it's kind of an unusual size compared to the rest of my collection which measure 3 3/8", 3 1/2" or 3 7/8".

When it comes to Stag, it's all about the "gnarl."

~Q~

Posted: **Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:21 pm**

That right there is one fine example of the cutlers art.

I would be remiss if I didn't post the Case Mini-Trapper that Mike dropped on me. She's no safe queen but she is quite the beauty. She's also in excellent condition for her age (1972). Mike is probably experiencing some "gifter's remorse" right about now. I feel for ya buddy but ya can't have her back.

Posted: **Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:59 pm**

As Gene Autry sang, "I'm back in the saddle again", at least for a short while. There are four but I'm going to stretch 'em out and just post one a day.

I'm not overly fond of lock backs but I bought it anyway, just for the Black Cherry Bone handles.

Seller's stock picture. Maybe I'll get inspired today if we get some sunshine and take my own pictures.

Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:47 am**

jerryd6818 wrote:As Gene Autry sang, "I'm back in the saddle again", at least for a short while. There are four but I'm going to stretch 'em out and just post one a day.

I'm not a fan of lock backs on Mini Trappers, either, jerryd, but I sure do like the look of that Black Cherry Bone...nice choice.

The suspense of waiting to see your other three new acquisitions was killing me (I'm sure it must have something to do with a lack of solar cooperation in IL for taking photos), so I guess I'll have to fill in the gap and pick up the slack (as you've done so many times for me) and post this Made In China Buck 382 that I recently picked up to temporarily satisfy my insatiable Mini T appetite. Not a bad little knife for less than $15.00.

~Q~

Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2019 1:02 pm**

I rather like that Buck, ~Q~. I like the handles better than the wood handles on mine. Soooo, click, click, click, I bought one. MSMD

Speaking of Monkey See - Monkey Do, today's contribution to the thread is another one you influenced me into buying. Mom says you're a bad influence and I can't hang around with you anymore.

Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2019 1:14 pm**

Nice minis guys!....
Glad to see y'all got this thread going again!

Mike

Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2019 4:46 pm**

jerryd6818 wrote: Mom says you're a bad influence and I can't hang around with you anymore.

Between your Mom and my wife it's a wonder we manage to maintain our Mini T addiction at all.

Although the Case 107W is still my favorite Mini Trapper design, the Queen Schatt & Morgan model #51 runs a very close second. (More of both of those will be posted later.)

For today's Mini TrapPER DIEM I present this 1982 Queen Fish & Wildlife Service Special Agent SFO. I'm generally not particularly fond of blade etching, but the deep, gold-colored etch on this one I do find somewhat interesting...Who knew that 1982 was the year of the eagle? Well, now you do. Anyway, blade etch notwithstanding, I also love the bone on this one, and, as everyone knows, I'm a sucker for unusual tang stamps, too.

~Q~

Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:52 pm**

Here's another one with a unique tang stamp; an SFO from 1984 for the Virginia Division of Wildlife Management.

~Q~

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:03 pm**

My contribution for the day. At this point there's only one left in the queue.

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:03 pm**

This one was already posted in another thread, but being that it's a Mini Trapper, I think it deserves a showing here as well.

~Q~

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:38 pm**

Ahh, so good to be back in the Mini Trapper saddle again...even if it's just for short spells at a time. But, hey, I'll take 'em whenever I can for as long as I'm able.

Now, today's Mini TrapPER DIEM is another one with illustrious gray/grey bone (see DAY 114, page 35, if you're wondering why the seemingly unremarkable color gray might be considered noteworthy). But, I must admit that this one comes with a bit of a backstory.

It seems that once-upon-a-time, an arrogant and (semi) affluent mini trapper collector recklessly boasted that he "pitied the fool" who bid against him on a knife he was determined to own. As time went by, circumstances altered the fortune of the arrogant collector; his house deteriorated and required extensive and expensive repairs and then his health also took a turn for the worse which led to costly medical bills. Suddenly, the poor collector was indeed poor and found himself unable to afford even the cheap mini trappers made in China, which caused him great shame and distress in addition to the agonizing symptoms he was already suffering due to withdrawal from his mini trapper addiction.

To make matters even worse, one of his very good friends and fellow knife collectors alerted him to a mini trapper for sale that the previously affluent yet now penurious collector passionately coveted. Impoverished though he was, the poor mini trapper collector was determined to possess the knife at all costs. So, he devised a plan whereby he would use a sniping app to enter an outrageously high bid that would ensure a certain victory and win him the knife he so desperately desired. What he didn't expect was that he was not the only mini trapper collector who had thought of and was employing the same strategy.

Long story short: He won the knife...for exactly $1.00 less than his "outrageously high bid."

Moral of the story: For a true addict, no price is too high to pay for the object of his desire. Also...always bid way more than you think is "outrageously high" since there are a lot of addicts out there all vying for a limited supply. And, lastly, who is the real fool deserving of pity in this scenario, the so-called "winner" who vastly overpaid, or the ones bidding against him, aka, the losers, who went home empty-handed but with full pocketbooks?

Although this (apparently) highly desirable Case 6107W is clad in what might otherwise be considered rather mundane jigged gray bone, for the price it sold for, it may as well be ivory, gold or platinum. But, the main thing is...I got it!

Nothing worthwhile is gained without some degree of sacrifice.

~Q~

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:13 pm**

You probably think you're the only one to pull a shenanigan like that but you're not. Mine was the final piece of a set of eight Family Tree Doctor's Knives (see below, on the end to the left). I knew it existed but had never seen one for sale. When it popped up on eBay, I was determined to have it and complete the set so I set a price in my mind that was more than double what I had paid for any of the others. This was before Gixen so I was sniping manually. When the time counted down to three seconds I hit the go-giddy button and won the knife. For exactly what I had bid. I just sat there and stared at it being unable to believe that it had gone for that much. It didn't put me in the poor house but it was a whale of a lot more than I thought I was going to have to pay. Taught me a lesson. If you don't want to pay that much, don't bid that much.

Today's contribution to the thread.

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:11 pm**

That is a beautiful set of Doctor's knives, indeed. Although you may have overpaid for one of them, it must have been very satisfying to complete the set, nevertheless. Completing a set like that is the sort of thing that would totally appease my OCD; and yet, I find it curious that one of the knives has a different shield than the other other seven--which is the sort of thing that would totally trip my OCD trigger and send it into overdrive. Why would Case put a different style shield on just one knife in a set of eight? That makes absolutely no sense to me.

~Q~

Posted: **Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:07 am**

If I remember correctly, they are an homage to four different old Case Family brands and that's probably why they were called Family Tree and there are three different shields.

Crandall - Blue Dahlia w/pen secondary
Crandall - Goldstone w/spatula secondary

CPlatts & Sons - Abalone w/pen secondary
CPlatts & Sons - Butter & Molassis w/spatula secondary

Kinfolks - Duck Feathers w/pen secondary
Kinfolks - Blue Swirl w/spatula secondary

Standard Knife Co - Christmas Tree w/pen secondary
Standard Knife Co - Cracked Ice Swirl w/spatula secondary

Edit: There were also one of each tang stamp with bone handles and one of each with stag handles but I didn't go for any of those.

Posted: **Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:01 am**

My MSMD Buck came yesterday.

Posted: **Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:28 pm**

QTCut5 wrote:Ahh, so good to be back in the Mini Trapper saddle again...even if it's just for short spells at a time. But, hey, I'll take 'em whenever I can for as long as I'm able.

Now, today's Mini TrapPER DIEM is another one with illustrious gray/grey bone (see DAY 114, page 35, if you're wondering why the seemingly unremarkable color gray might be considered noteworthy). But, I must admit that this one comes with a bit of a backstory.

It seems that once-upon-a-time, an arrogant and (semi) affluent mini trapper collector recklessly boasted that he "pitied the fool" who bid against him on a knife he was determined to own. As time went by, circumstances altered the fortune of the arrogant collector; his house deteriorated and required extensive and expensive repairs and then his health also took a turn for the worse which led to costly medical bills. Suddenly, the poor collector was indeed poor and found himself unable to afford even the cheap mini trappers made in China, which caused him great shame and distress in addition to the agonizing symptoms he was already suffering due to withdrawal from his mini trapper addiction.

To make matters even worse, one of his very good friends and fellow knife collectors alerted him to a mini trapper for sale that the previously affluent yet now penurious collector passionately coveted. Impoverished though he was, the poor mini trapper collector was determined to possess the knife at all costs. So, he devised a plan whereby he would use a sniping app to enter an outrageously high bid that would ensure a certain victory and win him the knife he so desperately desired. What he didn't expect was that he was not the only mini trapper collector who had thought of and was employing the same strategy.

Long story short: He won the knife...for exactly $1.00 less than his "outrageously high bid."

Moral of the story: For a true addict, no price is too high to pay for the object of his desire. Also...always bid way more than you think is "outrageously high" since there are a lot of addicts out there all vying for a limited supply. And, lastly, who is the real fool deserving of pity in this scenario, the so-called "winner" who vastly overpaid, or the ones bidding against him, aka, the losers, who went home empty-handed but with full pocketbooks?

Although this (apparently) highly desirable Case 6107W is clad in what might otherwise be considered rather mundane jigged gray bone, for the price it sold for, it may as well be ivory, gold or platinum. But, the main thing is...I got it!

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Nothing worthwhile is gained without some degree of sacrifice.

~Q~

Q - glad you got it ... sometimes, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do in life - this was one of those times. Your epic 107W collection is far better off for it

Side note - I just won a nice older #47 that I intentionally overbid & coincidentally also won it by just a hair at my max overbid. Seems to be alot of people winning with excessively high bids which are almost exactly what our overbids are which I find suspect ... based on mine, yours & Jerry's stories - could there somehow be shenanigans afoot on eBay - makes one think it's not outside the realm of possibility

Or could it just be a case of more often than not, seems there's always that one lone bidder out there in eBayland that jacks up the price and squashes the chances of our coming away with deals - whenever I think I'm about to come out ahead & that one guy jumps in at the end & makes me pay more than I wanted ... I always tell my wife the proverbial "fly in the ointment" bidder got me again...

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2019 3:56 am**

Lansky1 wrote: more often than not, seems there's always that one lone bidder out there in eBayland that jacks up the price and squashes the chances of our coming away with deals - whenever I think I'm about to come out ahead & that one guy jumps in at the end & makes me pay more than I wanted ... I always tell my wife the proverbial "fly in the ointment" bidder got me again...

My wife would be overjoyed if that happened to me more often since she already thinks I spend way too much money on knives. And she's right...of course, she's always right. (I have to say that because she might read this!)

My problem is not with other bidders so much as it is with my own inability to set a limit and restrain myself from overpaying. When I see a knife I really want, suddenly money has no value to me except as a means to obtain the object of my desire. When I look at the knives in my collection, I rarely remember how much I paid for each one. As far as I'm concerned, they're all priceless. When I do happen to remember the cost of a particular knife (usually because it was exceptionally expensive), I ask myself if right now, at this moment, would I rather have the knife or the money I paid for it? You can probably guess what my answer is almost every time.

~Q~

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:01 pm**

When I first began seriously collecting knives I was infatuated with MOP; I absolutely loved the stuff and couldn't get enough of it. But, somewhere along the way, for some inexplicable reason, I suddenly lost my lust for it. Don't get me wrong, I still like it just fine, I'm just not crazy about it like I once was. It's kind of like a high school girlfriend: at one time we had something going on and then it ended, but we still remained friends.

Today's Mini TrapPER DIEM is one of my top two favorite patterns: Schatt & Morgan #51. And, thanks to jerryd for explaining the S&M pattern numbering system, I am pretty sure that 05 is the S&M designation for MOP. The MOP on this particular mini trapper/dogleg jack doesn't have much in the way of "fire" (the iridescent colors you see in some MOP when held at different angles or exposed to different light), in fact, it's fairly flat as far as that goes (dare I say, which is not at all like my high school girlfriend?!

). But, it's saving grace is the fact that it's a model 51, which means that even though I may not be passionately in love with it, she's still a good friend.

~Q~

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:34 pm**

Today's Mini TrapPER DIEM is my all-time favorite S&M pattern: Series 1, 042 151. Some of you may be thinking that I've already shown this one and it's a repeat. But, you would be mistaken. Once upon a time, I had four of this exact model. Two of them found other homes and I was left with just two for myself. However, you may recall me saying that this is the one pattern I can't resist buying whenever I see one for sale (as long as it's for a reasonable price, of course). So, with the recent addition of this one, I'm back up to three...which, for some reason, is very satisfying to OCD Monkey.

And, since today happens to be Threesday, I think it's appropriate to show the trio all together.

~Q~

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:45 pm**

I understand why you can't resist it ~Q~. It sure is a looker. That bone. The threaded bolsters. Mmmm Mmm

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Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:26 pm**

Hey, as long as we're showing S&M 51's I'd like to sneak one in here that used to be in ~Q~'s stable. Thanks a bunch ~Q~. She's a beauty.

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