J. Carl
Cornelia, GA

Dec 16, 2025

Pros: Blade Material, Blade Sharpness, Ease of Opening, Handle Feel, Handle Material, Lock Ease of Use, Lock Type, Overall Quality

Cons: None

Perfect Classic Pocket Knife

Having collected knives of all sorts for over 60 years, I must say that this knife is THE best made classic trapper I have ever owned or handled for that matter. The other reviews are spot on with the ease of operation and the quality, which is superb! you can tell that the employees assembling these knives take great care to ensure they are PERFECT before they leave the factory. And the D2 steel cannot be beat. Pictures being what they are, my handle is slightly lighter in color towards red than is pictured which is fine, but it IS genuine jigged bone and not a plastic substitute for which I am grateful. My Very First knife was a Tree Brand 3 bladed Stockman that I still have and this Trapper will surely accompany me for the rest of my days. Buy it before they quit making it!

Kiyoshi H.
Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Apr 10, 2026

Pros: Blade Material, Blade Sharpness, Ease of Opening, Handle Feel, Handle Material, Lock Ease of Use, Lock Type, Overall Quality

Cons: None

Simply breathtaking

When hunting deer, the very first task requiring a knife is coring. This involves cutting a circular section of the soft yet tough skin around the anus to remove the rectum. For this task, I have always relied on the Trapper. Featuring a thin clip-point blade for cutting through the skin and a spade blade for removing the rectum without rupturing the bladder, the Trapper is the perfect knife for this job. I’ve used Remington and Case Trappers in the past. While they served their purpose well, being slip-joint knives, the blade would often start to retract in the middle of complex movements. I’d long thought, “It would be great if there were a lockback-style Trapper,” but I couldn’t find one. But I finally found this knife. As soon as I got it, I was impressed—just as others have noted in their reviews—by how smoothly the blade retracts. Yet once locked, there is absolutely no play. This is truly the work of German craftsmanship. Furthermore, my experience testing this knife for the first time during a recent deer hunt was nothing short of shocking. Its overwhelming sharpness was far beyond anything a Remington or Case could offer. The soft, slippery yet hard-surfaced skin tissue accepted the blade’s edge as easily as if I were cutting wet paper. My hunting companions, who were watching me work, all exclaimed in unison, “What incredible sharpness!” But I was probably the most surprised of all. It was truly spectacular. I can say this with certainty: this is the greatest trapper knife humanity has ever held. As long as hunters exist in this world, it must continue to be made forever. I refuse to believe this knife will ever be discontinued, but I’ve come back here to buy another one. It will be for my son.

Kenneth
Mountainair, NM

Mar 03, 2025

Pros: None

Cons: Overall Quality

Beautiful and unique

I will do my best to be brief...I have owned and handled many trapper style knives in my life, but this one immediately caught my attention. With it's double lock-back design it was quite unique and I knew I had to have it. Apparently, I am not the only one who feels this way because the knife keeps going out of stock. When it arrived I was immediately struck by just how handsome it is. I own many "modern" knives but I have a love for the classics and I find them aesthetically pleasing and this one is quite lovely. The scales are expertly jigged and flush with the springs and bolsters. The blades are centered well enough for a traditional folder and at this price point. The grinds were even and the blades were sharp with a slight burr on one side. 15 seconds on my Work Sharp Field Sharpener ceramic rod took care of that to my own personal standards. Easy peasy. Another reviewer talked about how soft the pull of these blades are and he is correct, they are in fact quite soft. The spey blade being softer than the clip point, but that is to be expected as it has a smaller spring than the clip blade. This being due to accommodating the lock-back mechanisms, which brings me to my next point,...this is NOT a slip joint knife. Yes, it functions similarly, but it IS a lock-back. This means that unlike a slippie it doesn't depend on the strength of the spring to keep it open, the lock does that, and these blades both lock up with zero blade play in any direction.The springs are also strong enough to keep the blades closed and you cannot flick them open and there is zero rattle. The easy pull will also please those with bad nails or arthritis and the long pull instead of nail nicks will check some collectors box. The knives are made with D2 steel, which according to Dr. Larrin Thomas of knifesteelnerds.com holds it's edge as good as Magnacut or S35VN and is as tough as M390, depending on geometry and it's tempering regimen, which being produced by Boker I imagine is very good. It is also more stain resistant than the carbon steel knives often found in traditional folders, but will be more difficult to sharpen if using natural stones. The blades are slicey and the clip blade is nice and pointy, unlike most Case Trappers that I have used, which are often a little obtuse. Another interesting feature is that the spey blade stands much more proud than on other trapper knives and can be pinched open even with work gloves on. There is something of a mystery,...or perhaps, a doubt concerning the actual origin of this knife, due to the lack of the Solingen stamp on the tang. Knifecenter has this knife as made in Germany, BokerUSA.com has this knife as made in Germany, and the box it came in says Made in Germany. Germany is also on the knife's shield and it has always been my understanding that Tree Brand knives are exclusively made in Germany, in contrast with Boker Arbolito, Boker Plus, and the Magnum line of knives. I have no real reason to doubt that this knife is in fact made in Germany, although that missing Solingen stamp does make one suspicious. Haha. All said, this knife is beautiful, unique, with very good fit and finish at a great value and should hold up well to regular, everyday use. I recommend you get one as soon as you can....so much for brevity.

Happykat
Austin, Tx

Feb 07, 2025

Pros: Blade Material, Blade Sharpness, Ease of Opening, Handle Feel, Handle Material, Lock Ease of Use, Lock Type, Overall Quality, Weight

Cons: None

Handsome trapper lockback knife with soft detent

I own many traditional slipjoint and lockback knives (over 200 of them). When I pull the blades out of the handle of a slipjoint trappers, stockmans, sowbellys,canoes or a traditional lockback knife like a Buck 110, there is usually a detent (a medium to strong force or pull needed to lift the blade out of the handle of the knife) because of the springs in the lockback or slipjoint knife. Unusually this Boker trapper knife has a minimal detent on both blades. The spey blade has what I am classifying as a 3/10 pull, while the clip point blade has a 4/10 pull, something I've never experienced before with a traditional slipjoint or lockback knives I own, including chronic fingernail breakers like Rough Ryders, Marbles, Rosecrafts, Schrades and other inexpensive traditional knives mostly made in China. Despite the unusual detent on both blades of the Boker trapper, I am giving this knife a 5 out of 5 because it is an unusual double lockback, has D2 steel blades, the blades are sharp and passed the paper cutting test, the nicely done jigged bone handles and the great size and weight knife, making for a handsome, unusual, lockable and fairly affordable traditional pocket knife. Again, I've gotten so used to very hard to impossible pulls on cheap to inexpensive slipjoints and lockbacks from Rough Ryders, quite a few RoseCrafts (with pulls so strong or defective with pulls so strong that I've had to use pliers to pull the blades out of the handle and severely broken many fingernails) that this knife has surprised the heck out of me.

Mike O.
Texas

May 12, 2025

Pros: Blade Material, Blade Sharpness, Ease of Opening, Handle Feel, Handle Material, Lock Ease of Use, Lock Type, Overall Quality, Weight

Cons: None

Beautiful Dbl lock lock blade trapper

Added to my collection of trapper models. 1st German made trapper and what a bargain! Beautiful polished bone handle and blades perfectly centered up in slots! Really nice perfect spring pulls and snaps open and closed. Locking blades is just a little bit of insurance that you can use it without worrying about accidentally closing on your fingers.