Couple of New Case Sodbusters Jr's- Chestnut CV, Workman Blue & EZ Open

trevytrev

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So the last few days have seen my sodbuster collection grow a few new Cases:D In the mail I have received the much anticipated new release Chestnut Jigged Bone in CV, the new American Workman Blue and a surprise new release that was an SFO by a non BF supporter, the EZ Open Sodbuster JR in Antique Bone. The Fit and finish on all is on par with most my Case soddies, which is good to very good. All the knives came toothy sharp with no major gaps, good walk and talk, nice easy pulls with solid lock up and no blade play. None of the knives have perfect centering but none of the blades hit the liners either so no complaint from me.

First up is the Chestnut Jigged Bone in CV. Everyone's been wanting CV in a different handle choice for the sodbuster and Case has delivered! This blade is a real beauty! I bought two, one to use and one to throw in the drawer. The color is fantastic, a nice rich reddish brown! You can also see that it's thinner than it's delrin kin and right on par for thickness with the Amber Jigged bone. These will ride extremely well in your jeans or khakis. I say always I'd prefer no shield but it's a good looking shield so it's ok by me. Here's a few quick pics, I'll try to get better ones tomorrow.

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Next up is the American Workman Blue Sodbuster Jr in Stainless Steel. I'm glad they finally released this color, never made sense why they had the large in this color but not the small. The odd thing about this knife is that it's actually thicker than it's yellow delrin kin.

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The last is an SFO EZ Open Antique Bone Sodbuster Jr in Stainless Steel. As you can see from the cutout and, this is an easy open sodbuster. Not sure I've ever seen and EZ open on this pattern before and though it's a bit strange it's definitely easy to open:D I love the Antique Bone and can only hope they release a standard in this handle choice, VERY NICE! It's very thin as well though feels a bit heftier than the slim counterpart jigged bone versions, not sure if that's in my head or an actual deference in weight.

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Also, the Fathers Day knife by Case is a Sodbuster Jr so I'll have another incoming along with another SFO that's being released. Looks like Case is trying to bankruptcy me:D Let me know what you guys think!
 
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If my oldest gets his math grade up I'll be shopping for one of those CV versions.
 
I really like that chestnut CV. It's now on my short list. I suspect your post will push a few others into ordering one. Thanks for the great pics.
 
Those are all really nice, it gives me a lot of hope for Case. They really are making nice stuff, and have made good efforts to improve quality. I think the Chesnut CV Sodbuster Jr. will be a classic.
 
Very cool man! I love the Sodbuster. I prefer the big daddy and wish it was offered in as many patterns as the Jr.
 
I like 'em all, but dang, I wish they would have retained the bird's eye pivot in place of the diminutive little thing currently on the bone and carbon fiber models.
 
I think that using the birds eye pivot isn't feasible when using a handle choice that is uneven such as stag or jigged bone due to the fact that they won't be able to buff it even. When I went and looked at all my soddies that are jigged bone or stag almost all had the pivot similar to these smaller pin pivots. That includes makers from Queen, Case as well as some over seas manufacturers. The closest I can find to that pivot on a non buffed surface is on my Queen Stag soddie seen here, though even still it's different from smooth birdseye pivot.

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I watch your collection grow with great delight, Trev! All great knives this time around.
A Case yellow Jr has somehow snuck into my edc rotation. Sneaky knives those Soddies!
 
Thanks Charlie! I'm still greatly appreciative of you helping me acquire one of the harder to find soddies in my collection:thumbup: They are sneaky and they have some sort of spell on me:D
 
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I think that using the birds eye pivot isn't feasible when using a handle choice that is uneven such as stag or jigged bone due to the fact that they won't be able to buff it even. When I went and looked at all my soddies that are jigged bone or stag almost all had the pivot similar to these smaller pin pivots. That includes makers from Queen, Case as well as some over seas manufacturers. The closest I can find to that pivot on a non buffed surface is on my Queen Stag soddie seen here, though even still it's different from smooth birdseye pivot.

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A simple solutiton would be to smooth out the ends of the scales, as they do with the other folders. Makes for a nice transition since the smoother ends typically fade to a lighter shade than the jigged portions.
 
You have any examples of that with that particular pivot style? I know the gradual fade you refer to but I typically see it fading to a bolster of some sort, not a pivot. It would be interesting to see though on a soddie, just don't know if there is some reason why it hasn't been done before other than it's not cost effective or not very attractive.
 
One of the things that sets really good stag apart is that the texture and figure runs all the way to the ends of the covers. To buff the ends for a pivot would ruin the aesthetics and not remain true to the pattern.
 
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