Boker looks like it will continue to offer modern tributes to traditional knife designs this year. They’ve already lavished plenty of attention on the Barlow, and now the Trapper pattern is a renovation of its own called the Modern Trapper Uno.
The Trapper pattern hasn’t crossed into the mainstream knife fan’s consciousness to the degree that the Barlow has. However, amongst the traditional cognoscenti, the Trapper sits in the pantheon of great patterns. In its more, well, traditional incarnation, a Trapper typically has two blades, but unlike many other multiblade models, these blades are the same length. One of the two is almost always a spey blade, a shape with a stubby, dropped tip, designed for skinning (or, heaven forfend, speying), where a pronounced tip can be a liability more than anything else. These blades folded out from the same end of the knife, and into a handle that, typically, sported bolsters on both the front and back ends.
Trappers, and Barlows, and Wharncliffes. Oh My!
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Boker Turns Eye to Trapper Pattern for Next Traditional Tribute
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