Marble's 213 Jumbo Trapper

[@KnifeDetector]

I really like that faux tortoise shell. Looks like it will just slide in your pocket. Thanks for showing it!

[@herbertsmith6416]

I enjoy your vids very much.i enjoy your comments.

[@christianentertainmentoutdoors]

The pull on Marbles knives is one of the things I love. As I get older, more arthritic, my nails more brittle, I look for that now.

[@HobieonYouTube]

Gotta love that jigged cherry! Gorgeous.

[@bionicbaer]

I would be happy with that Marbles.

[@Tobys-Glue-Bomber-Circus]

It's a good knife!

[@Checkmate1954]

I dig that beaver shield!

[@BigRedEDC]

Jumbo is a pretty good description!! Thanks for giving us a look Tobias!!

[@theedcden5515]

Thanks for showing these beauties side by side. That Marbles is quite nice 👍 I like the blades and overall shape better than the Marbles Saddlehorn that I have. Thanks for the video!

[@Mr71paul71]

I just got my first trapper today, a marbles Jumbo trapper. Very pleased with it and hoping to put it to work as my regular allotment (vegetable garden) knife.

[@thornekimroberts8502]

I love the look of the GEC and the marbles.

[@chrisosh9574]

Great, thanks for showing this one, I have been looking at the Stag bone version with a view to buying it. I bought a Utica Kutmaster Pigman Hog Buster (long silly name!) with yellow composite handles earlier this year, it has a liner lock on the skinner blade and all steel liners, it was around the $20 mark and is a good chunky worker. These large trappers with this type of frame appeal to me a lot more than the usual skinny trapper frame that most people call a trapper.

[@rhino5419]

Hello. I prefer of course the GEC but for the price i would have no problem with the Marbles. All the best.

[@alexw1544]

Both of these are awesome. Thanks Tobias!

[@triumphant39]

Jumbo trappers are my favorite pattern. I do own both of these in the video, but I also own 10 or more of the gec's, and i have 3 or 4 camillus made remington bullet trappers. I also have a queen mountain man trapper, a test production version in red bone, and a colonel coon lockback version. I'm always looking for more brands that make them, but it isn't the most common pattern.

[@badmunkyedc1]

Really liking that Marbles, great size! Looks like another addition to the wish list!

[@jgbullen]

I am sticking my nose in today to mention that I just bought 2 out of stock RR's and just might be lucky that I found them new for less than double the original price. An RR1202 Toad Sticker that in my community was called a Saturday night special since they so neatly fit in a sock. Also an RR204, how could I possibly ignore a knife called the French Tickler, which reminds me of Vincent Price announcing that the trembling badass is loose in your theatre

[@kevinbufton7118]

Hi Tobias, yes, difficult to compare the two knifes, but what a good value knife to put in your pocket when you are out and about doing manual work and may need a robust knife. Again very informative best wishes (KB Wales UK)

[@mattadams1024]

Wow that’s a beautiful trapper. I don’t claim to be an expert on trappers or know much other than I have carried a few before and am quiet fond of them. I think I need to get one of those Marbles trappers though it is quiet a beauty, I personally own two trappers an older Case trapper and what seems to be a very old Ka Bar trapper because Ka Bar doesn’t seem to make traditional style knives anymore. Both were gifted to me by my grandfather who got me into collecting knives.

[@tomweingart2337]

As you said, for the money, you just can't beat it!

[@mikehook2835]

Love the Beaver.

[@jimrowland6089]

I think I am going to have to get some of the Marbles knives in tortoiseshell. I love the look.

[@slick_slicers]

They’re both lovely knives, but I love the flush fit tangs. TEW do them on their Barlows. I know it really doesn’t matter, but it’s the little things that matter! I really love these larger knives!

[@rustyknifelover4463]

I have the Large Marbles D2 Tapper and it's a great knife. I have the GEC #23 Pioneer Trapper in Woodland Micarta. The pull on the main is a 9 and the spay is a 7/8 on mine. I don't think they are that close the spay on the D2 is upswept and the blades are not as tall. I also picked up a #97 Beaver Tail looks great.

[@mangojack1]

I’m not much of a trapper guy, but I picked up the Marbles cattleman in stag. it’s awesome, as good as any Rough Ryders in my collection. I am pretty much a budget knife guy but love the looks of GEC knives

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

Marbles Cattleman is rock solid knife!

[@ronniefoster5099]

Another tortoise shell to I can add to my collection.

[@rickkerans8485]

That was interesting. Could definitely see the difference in quality between a GEC and a Marbles. The biggest difference being price. If Marbles sold for that they might be able to pay more attention to quality. Both looked good in their own right. Heavy items from the slides.

[@peterpuleo2904]

Your examinations teach neophytes how to see nuanced distinctions between knives that are superficially the same in quality. Well done. Marbles and R/R and others make knives widely available to enthusiasts on a budget. GEC, Case, and others appeal to those who are able and willing to spend more freely. Do you have any auto or flipper knives worthy of review in your collection?

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

Not much of Modern Folder Guy. I have a playlist but I'll be honest, most of these a re under $10 budget "Tactical" knives commonly thought of as Gas Station knives.

[@peterpuleo2904]

@@KnifeChatswithTobias I just thought as a leading enthusiast you would be tempted to get a few modestly priced quality flippers (need not be "tactical") to "round out" your collection. I will check your plalylist. Thanks Tobias.

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

​@@peterpuleo2904, one of these days I might pick up a Kershaw Leek (and actually keep it!) I like the Leek and have bought it several times but I always end up giving it away. I know as a knife Enthusiast I'm supposed to want a Bug out and a Para2 but I've held them and fooled aroudn with them and they just didn't do anything for me. Maybe some time a RAT-1 As it is. I'm more that happy with my Dragonfly 2.

[@peterpuleo2904]

@@KnifeChatswithTobias If you're happy, I'm happy!

[@Cameron_OKG]

Great video . I hope that with GEC not taking SFOs they will be able to make more of the knives in each run so that they might be more available. Great video tobias ?

[@user-ov4um8uk6u]

That tortise slide show was nice indeed. Not really my cup of tea on this one. I have been eyeballing a few lately. Well have to see what eventually hits the mail box some day. Thanks though for a great comparison video Tobias. P.S. Great production kitty :-D

[@EdAtoZ]

Tobias, I do like it. i assume about 4.5 inch closed.

[@jerseyknifeguy6382]

Yeah Tobias I might have to get one for beatin the day lights out of it so I don’t have to kill my GEC thanks bud!!!!!

[@thevolkskrant]

Wish I could afford GEC, but that Marbles doesn’t look half bad.

[@johnhannon8372]

Yeah Tobias so I also picked one of these Marble's Jumbo Trappers up myself a few weeks ago at a antique shop it's in a brown bone but nowhere on either blade have China on it?

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

Any way to tell how old it was. Did it have a pattern number?

[@linasmagnum]

And wich one "Knife Detector" would buy? ;)))

[@GromMolotok]

Only a touch longer than a typical trapper, but way heavier. Either one might want a belt holster.

[@beeferbaron]

Good quality knife for sure

[@fossilimprint2954]

Nice knives, thank you.

[@jimmyj4811]

Tobias, just curious why you say it is way better than a standard Trapper? Thanks for the video!

[@shadowstalker130666]

Id be happy to buy a GEC at the msrp. But i never see them for sale, gone instantly, and the second hand markup is insane. I want a real good knife to USE, but not gonna use a $300+ knife.

[@christianentertainmentoutdoors]

I love Marbles!

[@forrestslrHankd]

Not my favorite pattern but nice knives. Have you had a chance to look at a GEC boys knife?

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

I'm on the fence about getting the boys knife. Sad to say, but I'm more interested in the art work on the tube than the knife! It's a cool knife; don't get me wrong. It's just I've got a few other ones that are really solid and were a lot less expensive.

[@jcalderon176]

Both Knives Are Great Looking . I'm Really Not A Trapper Fan .But Marbles Is More My Budget & Won't Be Upset If I Scratch it From Daily Use. I Saw Your Video From Hen & Rooster Michael Prater Feather Macaw Skinner Loved That Knife So I Order The Combo The Skinner & Trapper Just Because So Colorful & Vibrant. Tobias You Did A Video On Your Drop Dead Knife. You Should Make A Video On Beauty Knife Pageant Runway. Meaning Which Knife Is A Man's Pocket Jewelry. Eye Candy 🍬,Design, Handle Material, In Other Words That Knife That Royalty would Carry. Using Your Collection Of Rough Ryders, Marbles, Case & So On. You Get The Gist. I Think You can pull it off. Knife pageant pocket Jewelry. Just a Suggestion.

[@jamieryall8341]

In general, are Marbles & Frost Cutlery comparable to Rough Rider?

[@felinebline7154]

I might pay a little more than the Marbles which far above its price.

[@thornekimroberts8502]

Who makes marbles? Is it a SMKW house brand?

[@jesterskull38]

Another trapper for Tobias, lol, thanks for the chat

[@HollywoodTacticool]

i still have trouble justifying the price tag of a GEC. as you mention, while it's pointless to try to compare the workmanship, materials, and fit and finish between the two, is it enough to justify the cost difference? to me as a consumer, and only a casual admirer of traditionals, a GEC or even case, while 5 or 7 times the price is not 5 or 7 TIMES better...

[@WilliamsKnifeLife]

I wonder if the GEC got offended touching covers with the Marbles? Maybe they like each other. Upper class hob nobbing with the peasants.

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

LOL. If the GEC got offended it then I'd refer it to Kipling's poem , "IF" -- which is pretty much my mantra for life. Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowances for their doubting to; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting Or being lied about, don't deal in lies Or being hated don't give away to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream -- And not make dreams your master; If you can think -- And not make thoughts your aims, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools Or watch the things you gave your life to , broken, And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the will to say to them "hold on!" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings -- nor lose the common touch If neither foes or friends can hurt you If all men count with you but none too much If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it And -Which is more- you'll be a Man, my son!

[@jgbullen]

I have a couple of others but really fell in love with Marbles over all stainless. First a MR551 that looks like what my girlfriend carried when she foredeck crewed an ocean racer. She wore it like a religious pendant And now she is gone. Their MR 409 Hawkbill , again quality that will hold up. If they invent a new mousetrap with blades and all stailess, I will buy it.

[@michaelvana2457]

so f****** beautiful , just great.

[@visverkoper1]

I thought you wouldn't be caught dead with a trapper.

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

I said i wouldn't be caught dead with a Standard Trapper. That said, I am annoyed by how the knife companies are calling just about any two blade knife a trapper these days.

[@visverkoper1]

@@KnifeChatswithTobias Good Call!