Great Eastern Cutlery Tidioute #72 French Creek Trapper Pine Bark India Jigged Bone 1095 Carbon Steel Two-Blade Pocket Knife (3.87" Closed) 728226

This Great Eastern Cutlery #72 French Creek Trapper carries Pine Bark India Jigged Bone covers. It is a traditional pocket knife with a clip point and a drop point in 1095 carbon, both long enough to be the main blade.

• 1095 Clip Point & Drop Point Blades - The long clip main handles detail work and the drop point secondary takes the heavier push cuts. 1095 sharpens easily on a plain stone, though it will rust if you put it away wet. Wipe both blades down after use and keep a light oil on them.
• Pine Bark India Jigged Bone Covers - India jigging cuts a deep, irregular pattern across the bone that gives wet fingers something to hold. A nickel silver Orleans shield is inlaid into the presentation side.
• Full Size Trapper Frame - This one runs wider through the handle than most trappers its length, which gives your fingers a flat to press against instead of a narrow spine. That matters on daily cutting chores where you end up bearing down on the blade for longer than you meant to.
• Two Stiff Backsprings - Each blade rides its own spring with a firm pull and a hard snap at both ends. Nothing wanders open in a pocket and nothing drifts shut mid cut. Plan on two hands and a thumbnail you trust until the springs break in.

The Great Eastern Cutlery #72 French Creek Trapper

The Great Eastern Cutlery #72 French Creek Trapper is a full size two blade jack built on a frame Great Eastern Cutlery has run for years as a lockback hunter. The trapper version trades the lock for two backsprings and a pair of working blade shapes. That puts it closer to a farm knife than a slim pocket folder. The name comes from the creek that runs south through Crawford County and joins the Allegheny on its way to Pittsburgh, a few miles from the Great Eastern Cutlery shop where the knives are pinned and finished by hand.