CK Edition Maserin Plow Sodbusters

Either way it's a hole guys. It's just that the Maserin Plow thong hole is not lined with a tube such as GEC's #71 Bull Nose. The Maserin is more likely to chip when a bail is installed. The Maserin 126 Hunter has a thong hole tube so it's not like Maserin doesn't know how to do it or doesn't have them available.
 
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Ed

I’m going to disagree with you and say that’s a pretty wild guess on your part....
Unless you have lengthy experience with a thong hole/ bail vs thong tube/ bail......and if you do please share
 
No, I wouldn't say it's a wild guess. It's my opinion. If you put a metal bail in a hole in a wooden cover such as bocote, I think it's more likely to chip away than if it were mounted in a steel lined hole. Now when it comes to micarta, that may very well be different as I believe it would likely be less prone to wear than wood.

I'm not knocking Mike's knife at all. I think it's great that he's on this trail of new ideas for what have been traditional knives in the past. They interest me. All I did was say in an above post that I had noticed that this new Plow did not have a thong hole tube. It doesn't. Other Maserin knives at lower prices do have thong hole tubes so I was just wondering why Mike didn't choose to have one installed in the Plow.
 
Many thongs are used in the place of a pin, thus they actually have a function to the frame. Mine does not. And I don't anticipate a large bail usage as opposed to a simple lanyard; it is my opinion that bails look silly in sodbuster's. Just an option I put little thought into and am happy with the result.
 
Ed

Much better...clarifying points of detail are always a plus in a discussion
 
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Many thongs are used in the place of a pin, thus they actually have a function to the frame. Mine does not. And I don't anticipate a large bail usage as opposed to a simple lanyard; it is my opinion that bails look silly in sodbuster's. Just an option I put little thought into and am happy with the result.
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Thanks for your line of thought Mike.
 
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What with all the bantering back and forth between knifeswapper knifeswapper and myself about this thread's subject knife, I thought it would be a good idea if I actually bought one to give it a first hand look and personal handling.

Well, the knife came in yesterday and right away I put a bail on it and posted a pic. I couldn't resist one last go at Mike.:rolleyes:

Here she is without the bail.

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It's a really good knife. Solid and well put together. Along the spine of the knife, I can see a junction between a liner and the spring but really wouldn't call it a gap. Heck, it's finer than a silk thread from a starved silk worm. I even looked for a spec of light looking into the well and through the liners and spring and couldn't see anything. As to the screws, you notice right away that the pivot pin is a screw but it's not objectionable and you've got to look twice to see that the two pins are in fact screws not pins. I didn't buy this knife to work it or even use it. I just wanted to see what knifeswapper knifeswapper was up to.

I think he's done a great job - looking for fresh ideas for the knife world and actually acting on those ideas. No, I wouldn't want screws on the annual Blade Forums knife but other than that, I see nothing wrong with screws used this way. Go to LVG 4 and you'll find a pic or two of knives with screws.

That's it. I think Maserin did a really great job with the Bocote covers. Some really nicely colored with nice grain.
 
I've had the Maserin Plow about a week now, enough time to break down some cardboard and whittle some sticks. My impression so far is this is the best bang for the buck sod buster you'll find. For the price, fit and finish is very good, walk and talk is excellent.

The first thing I noticed was how smooth it was right out of the box. With traditionals you get used to the fact that a new knife needs to be flushed out and re-oiled, not so with the Plow. Part of the smoothness has to do with the fact the tang corners have a nice smooth radius. It gives the initial opening movement a more refined feel than a square cornered tang with the same spring rate.

Modoc ED commented that the screws might be noticeable in hand, that's not the case. The handle is comfortable with no hot spots. The blade is thin and slicey it measured .084 at the tang and .020 Behind the edge. It's also a tapered blade and measured .015 BTE just behind the tip, super slicey.

Several years ago I bought a Case sod buster as a tackle box knife for the wife and any kids in the area. I couldn't find one in the display that was any where near centered. My Queen Country Cousin had no such problems but the edge was so thick it wasn't a good cutter. I thought about the GEC Bull Nose but wanted something more Stains Less that 1095.

I bought this as a work knife something for the yard and car repairs but now I Almost wish I had bought a second in Bocote wood.
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Side by side with the Shuffler
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These certainly look great, at the top of my next list right now.
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I received this Italian made sodbuster from my mother last Friday. (She is using her pandemic time to go through my father's things). So about the best I could give you is the pile side tang is stamped Italy and it's at least 50 years other than that who knows. I will tell you it snaps closed harder than any other knife I own :eek:. It inspired me to finally pull the trigger on a plow though.

Nice work Mike this is a very nice knife at this price point.
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Jiki said:
I received this Italian made sodbuster from my mother last Friday. (She is using her pandemic time to go through my father's things). So about the best I could give you is the pile side tang is stamped Italy and it's at least 50 years other than that who knows. I will tell you it snaps closed harder than any other knife I own :eek:. It inspired me to finally pull the trigger on a plow though.

I have a CK Maserin plow in olivewood...... I really enjoy using it..... Very thin behind the cutting edge....... D2 steel...... Half stops....... A great beater knife......

Nice work Mike this is a very nice knife at this price point.
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I was gifted this Maserin last year by Half/Stop Ron .

I like the knife and have used it . Put this thong through the hole and Round off sharp corners at the back of the handle and it then makes a pretty nice User .
Shown with both another knife gifted to me by Ron


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Somehow, I missed this thread when it first came around. I should have been all over it, since I had bought two examples of each iteration of this knife. In each case, I bought one in bocote and one in micarta. The bocote ones were both very nicely patterned, which made them very nice gifts, so I ended up with the micarta examples.

I have to agree with the conventional wisdom: the first knife was a heckuva bargain, an excellent blade with not quite first-rate fit and finish. Mike did a nice job of getting these knives out at such a good price. The second round was just really, really nice. The bocote was really excellent; I almost wish I still had it. In my grandson’s hands it’s a little bit of pearls before swine right now, but he’s only eleven, and I think he will come to appreciate it.

Since I resolved to keep only one, I think the blue micarta is the one to have.
 
I really enjoyed the first iteration but the 2nd was such a fantastic knife I sold off the first iteration I had. I would say this and the Viper EZ Open that Mike had made are easily my two favorite knives he had done. I have the Blue Micarta version of the 2nd iteration of this and love it. I really would enjoy another in the price bracket the 2nd iteration of this landed where we had really good fit & finish along with very respectable materials I don't care if it is D2 or some other budget stainless N690 is a common one used by the Italian factories.
 
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