Trapper Knife

[uno676]

Would a Trapper style knife be close for a PC patch knife?

 

[Rifleman1776]

PC patch knife

If there is/was such a thing.

 

[Idaho Ron]

Would a Trapper style knife be close for a PC patch knife?

Russel Green River makes a blade called a patch knife blade. I have built several knives and this one would be very easy to make.
https://www.knifemaking.com/product-p/rh6k.htm

 

[Black Hand]

Would a Trapper style knife be close for a PC patch knife?

No such thing as a patch knife, it is a modern term for a imaginary item.
Use whatever knife you have - I use my belt knife or folding knife when needed. That said, I make pre-cut & lubed patches at home, avoiding the need to cut patches at the muzzle - faster, easier and less waste.

 

[LRB]

+1

 

[bob308]

when I first started I used precut patches. then I used cut at the muzzle. for a patch knife I used a old hickey pairing knife. it has a blade about 3" long after a little use and the handle getting wet you don't even see the old hickory on the handle. it fit in my shooting bag nice. now I use precut patches again. the knife is in the kitchen being used.

 

[tenngun]

I don't know exactly what you mean by trappers knife. Hc knifes tended to be in 5-6 inch range. Cheap knifes were imported heavily from England, while there were some hand made knifes and both crude and fancy hand made knifes and lots of repaired handles, most knifes were plain butcher style which plain handles. Short blades that could serve as a patch knife were common, but most seem to have just grabbed the same knife they used to butcher the deer, slice the onion, clean under the nails, scoop up food, and whittle a peg with. There is no reason a small knife isn't hc, nor is a small knife on your person a must.

 

[uno676]

Thanks I was just looking for a smaller knife to keep in my possibles bag. Like a folder knife. After the first response it dawned on me that they would just use their belt knife.

 

[Black Hand]

I also keep a folding knife in my gun bag as a backup along with my Flint & Steel. Nothing wrong with having another knife.

 

[Vaino]

There's a 2 blade folding knife w/ a blade on both ends and it's called a "trapper style"...saw many at knife shows.....Fred

 

[tenngun]

Folding knifes were common and handy. I would suspect most boys moving on frontier carried more then one knife :idunno:

 

[Bo T]

Maybe not. It probably depends upon the historical period you are interested in. I don't believe they came into their own until the 20th century. There are several other folders that would suffice. Sodbusters, Barlows, Penny knives, come to mind.

 

[Scott_C]

The steamboat Arabia went down in 1856. It had hundreds of pocket knives: one, two, three and even 4-blade. The museum is in KC and impressive.

 

[Bo T]

Thanks for the info. I saw a couple of pictures of quite a few knives, but didn't see any that resembled a modern trapper pattern.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Thanks for the info. I saw a couple of pictures of quite a few knives, but didn't see any that resembled a modern trapper pattern.

That is because the modern 'trapper' folders are a modern pattern.

 

[Bo T]

Yep, and pretty much everything that I have seen that is called a trapper, is a pattern that was not show in those pictures.