Case Sodbuster blade play after daring to use it.

I understand what some of you are saying; don't worry about it, it is to be expected etc.
And the play is minimal, but it annoys me because I only used it for five (!) minutes.
 
If it was me I'd use the heck outta it till she broke then I'd buy another. Suck it up buttercup! :D J/K I'm just picking on you kid, but honestly I'd use her till she broke.
 
A little blade play, that happened while in your service, is a badge of honor to me. It shows it has been used, and that is all a knife can ask for, to be used. This blade play is not going to hurt anything. It won't keep the knife from cutting. It won't make it close up on your hand or anything, and it will happen with ANY knife that isn't babied. I say leave it as is. The native americans celebrated imperfections. This is one worth celebrating.
Your knife is like you. You have a few scars and a few hang ups. Doesn't mean you get traded. It's just a part of what makes you you. Same with your knife. The little bit of blade play adds character.
Keep it and use the crap out of it.
 
WA Martin said:
Did the magazine and hammer work?
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Maybe we'll never know.

Maybe "the kid" took that Sodbuster down to the basement one last time to hammer it and beat it with a hammer and to squeez it in the vise with the intent of tightening the blade only to have the Sodbuster got mad and take it's revenge on "the kid" who may never be heard from again.:eek:
 
Holy necro Batman!
But it's my own thread so that makes it less bad, right.

I just tried the hammer thing (again) and it worked.
With the knife closed not so good, it was tight but after use it became loose again.
With the knife open it became loose again but only so very slightly.

So far I'm happy with it.

Some comments on the knife, my opinions:
I just used it to whittle some wood and man the knife is good for that!
Much better then my CRKT Drifter, Böker Trance.
Even better then my Victorinox Cadet; I think its the added weight.

I would like for the spring to be a little tighter (like on Victorinox) it almost has vertical blade play because of the weak spring.
But it doesn't seem to hamper the performance.
 
I've been having a lot of luck with a drop of blue loctite in the pivot to take care of blade play. I don't know how long it will last, but it has worked on my 34OT that my wife dropped on the sidewalk, which gave it some play in the main blade, as well as on a soddie and a canoe I recently purchased. I had heard of using super glue, but I didn't have any, so I tried the loctite and it worked great.
 
I think it would have developed eventually,no matter 5 uses or 50
I would not worry about it. Just because the blade wiggles a little,does not mean the knife will fail,fall apart. IOO yr old well worn & well used slipjoint folders,with blades that wobble like an old barn door,still are useable knives that will cut.

If you want a heave duty workhorse slipjoint,IMO,you'll need to get a custom handmade built,w/ beefed up materials & pivot system.
Most production knives will eventually get blade wobble in a blade,under use.Some quicker than others.
If you think it's not so,I think,you are kidding yourself,Just my $.02
-Vince
 
I do think like this.
Sometimes the pivot is just a little bit loose but kind of squised together with the handle. This way the new knife seams to be tigth when handling it but the preasure of a little real use on harder materials will bring it to the position when the pivot holds the knife together in its streched position. This can happen the first time but stay that way after that for a long time.

Bosse
 
after whittling a little and some random cutting chores i have noticed that no matter what i do i cannot make my sodbuster jr as sharp as my buck 301. Sorta weird, although the CV steel is reported to be able to get scary sharp (and it IS sharp) i just cannot seem to get it the same scary sharp as i my 301 gets

oh and to stay on topic...very little to no blade play on my sodbuster (yet), although i cannot say the same thing about my 301 :/
 
A little blade play in a knife that once had none just shows that the knife has been loved. There is nothing wrong with that; it is in fact an improvement in the eyes of many folks.
 
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Same thing happened to this one. I sent it back and they did a wonderful job of fixing it. You can tell by how much of the blade has been sharpened away that it is one of my most used to this day. It was largely because of the fine service of this knife at Case that I am such a loyal Case buyer to this day. They will do right by you.
 
I figured that the hammer trick would work. Ive done it myself a few times to great success. Cant complain at all about it.
 
A friend of mine has a Friedrich Herder Sodbuster (Solingen, Germany) from his dad.
It's 40 years old and not much is left from the Carbon blade so often is it sharpened.
My friend used it daily for a few years now and he uses it HARD, yesterday to demonstrate the toughness of the blade he wacked it repeatedly against a piece of metal. No damage. He uses it to cut big electrical wiring and everything else he can think off.

My point is, after 40 years including a few years of idiotic usage by my friend, IT HAS ZERO BLADE PLAY.
I couldn't believe it when I checked out the knife myself.
Here I have a Case which is supposed to be one of the better brands for Sodbuster which develops blade play the first 5 minutes of usage and there is his Friedrich Herder which after 40 years is still as tight as it was new. He never did the hammer trick or anything else.

A lot of people remarked here blade play is unavoidable and will happen sooner or later. Perhaps that's because with so many things these days they aren't as well build like in the old days.
I noticed the rivets on the Friedrich Herder were made of brass (like my Case) but it had a metal coloured core.
 
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