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Hailed for its slim profile, ease of carry, and utility, Brad Zinker’s Urban Trapper is one of the most popular knives in the EDC community. While it’s been recreated with many materials, never before has it been crafted with linen micarta scales like the ones found on this version Read More
Steel purists will argue against VG-10 I guess; but these wonderful Micarta scales make this an irresistible choice! The Urban Trapper is pretty by itself, it's very hard to resist it with these scales!
a steel upgrade will make it more attractive for me... perhaps a micarta scales with m-390 steel will be awesome. or even just s35vn will be much attractive than the standard vg-10.
Totally agree with each of your statements, especially at the end where you’re saying you put a critical eye on a product priced low but featuring expensive steel...
In my “world,” with headphones, I think people expect too much from $100 and less Bluetooth headphones. The cost of manufacture has to take care of a Bluetooth receiver, DSP/Decoder, DAC, and Amp (usually all that on a system on a chip, but the best implementations are a bit more compartmentalized and specialized) before they even get to sound quality. A Bluetooth Gaming headset has to additionally absorb the cost of licensing from Dolby, Sony, Microsoft, etc.
Now, there’s something to be said for an amp with the power matched to the needs of the headphone, by the headphone maker. Is there any equivalent to that in the knife world? An “all in one” ready to go option with everything you need? Would that be like a fixed blade with a honing surface, or something?
EvshrugThere's a few examples of knife and sharpener setups where the knife is meant to suffice for just about any task life could throw at you and the means to sharpen it is incorporated and sold along with the knife in some singular fashion. Some of which are new, like combat knives with ceramic sharpener rods in the sheathes, and some of which are extremely old, like the kukri -- a Nepalese peasant knife with a pronounced bend in its large blade, useful as both work and fighting knives. The Gurkhas (the Royal Gurkha Rifles) are famous for bearing them in combat to great and genuinely fearsome effect but Nepalese peasants just as famously use their kukris all day long to do everything from dig holes and chop wood to harvest and prepare food. They traditionally come with two much smaller knives also tucked into the same sheath (either wood or thick rawhide). One of which can be used for work that the kukri blade is too large to do, and the other of which is unsharpened and has a very hard quench to it, that ends up being used to sharpen the edge of the kukri so you sort of get the complete package that way.
Oooooooooh I want one! I’ve been looking at the Urban Trapper for a long time (missed out on the last Massdrop exclusive Urban Trapper – Yep long enough ago that the site was still Massdrop), and I’ve wanted a Micarta handled knife for my collection... this looks like such a gentleman’s carry knife!
Does it have this greenish tint? I might’ve preferred a more saturated, darker “marble green” color, to hide wear and look more premium, but I feel like these might darken with use. Anyone with Micarta experience willing to chip in some knowledge?
Just received mine. Comfortable in the hand (the scales don’t meet the liners) and the flipper works well. Liners and clip are non magnetic. So assumption is they are titanium. Blade is sharp. I would give it ding for not having a reversible pocket clip. It seems it would be very easy to do. VG 10 is better in my opinion than D2, which is offered in the less expensive versions. Be aware that the pivot screw is covered by the scales. So easy adjustment isn’t there, if not set to your liking. Pocket clip tension is medium +.
cynicalI've got a couple knives where the scales aren't size on size with the liners. As long as the liners are chamfered, which it looks like these are, it's perfectly comfortable.