Case Sodbuster

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Thom Lambert

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I have an old Case Sodbuster....I have probably had it for 20 years. I recently "rediscovered" it with a renewed interest in knives. I love the blade and handle shape, but wish it had a lock. Any fans of this knife out there? What can you tell me about it?

Thom
 
Hey Thom,

I also have an old Sod Buster which I used and abused as a kid. I've had it since about the mid 70s. Mine does have a lock, a brass liner lock of some sorts with a swell at the pivot end used to disengage it. The "plastic" scales on mine are no longer black but fading into some kinda grey black. I wonder if there is something that will turn them black again? The blade is scratched and I can barely read "Sod Buster" on it but the blade is tight and locks up fine. Not bad for a knife that was used hard by a teenage kid :)
 
I used to carry a Case Sodbuster when I was a kid. I used it hard, and it held up well. I finally wound up either giving it away or trading it off one.

It had the old Case carbon steel and took a wicked edge.

One thing I remember liking about it was that it had a really strong backspring.
 
I didn't have a Case Sod Buster, but from all the great comments,I wish I had. It is good to hear the memories come flooding back to the previous owners of them. Thom, you have a great knife to cherish or to pass on to a child or grandchild.;)

Bouncer
 
....somehow, I managed to use non-locking folders for most of my life, without ever cutting myself. (I have only cut myself with a folder once - it was a linerlock). Yes, the Sodbuster takes a great edge, and doesn't rust easily. Yes, it has one powerful blade spring.

When I was a kid, I was crazy to have it...it was the first trailing point knife I had ever seen (this was about the time that Loveless was starting the drop-point revolution and I thought it looked like a "modern" knife) I don't carry it much because it is so heavy and has a tendency to sit "sideways" in the bottom of my pocket. It ends up being a garden knife most of the time. Makes me wonder what ever became of those Case bone-handled stockmans that I couldn't be bothered with once I saw a lock-back.

Thom
 
I carried an old carbon steel sodbuster and used the fire out of it. I started working for a man who sold and put down carpet and he talked me into selling him my knife.:( I wish I had it back. He usually went through a knife a year cutting the jute backed carpet but the sodbuster was still going strong after two years. It would take an edge and and hold it through several cuttings. He said no other knife he ever had did as good as MY little sodbuster. Surely one tough little knife. Fond memories. I wish I had it back.:(



Thanks for reminding me.

Dean
 
Love them too. The second knife given to me by my dad was a sod-buster. It still sees quite a bit of duty after all those years.

One of the most amazing collections I have seen was a collection of sod-busters put together by Ed Halligan's grandson.
 
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