Eye Brand Sodbuster, need info

Mad_Maxx

Mad_Maxx

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so,
I'm ordering my first soddie, will be a Carl Schlieper Eye Brand yellow small soddie in carbon steel, slipjoint for 30usd

distributor doesn't know if it's new or old stock, I assume it is carbon (any other versions like stainless or china made I should be aware of?)

what carbon steel is used?
I'm used to GEC's 1095 and Case's CV, the Cv is a bit soft (still love it), how does the carl soddie compare?

put also if you like, pics and info about it, will appreciate it

thanks as usual! have a nice sunday afternoon
Maxx
 
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Here is mine in it's current, well loved state. I do not know what steel is used but in use it performs and sharpens more like 1095 than Case CV. It is definitely harder than CV.
 
WOAH! thanks man! that's what I was hoping for
man did I try to find their website for a while, thanks

saw on the catalog that they list "carbon steel 55 or 56hrc" isn't that too low? looks like case's (??)

Maxx
 
Mad_Maxx said:
WOAH! thanks man! that's what I was hoping for
man did I try to find their website for a while, thanks

saw on the catalog that they list "carbon steel 55 or 56hrc" isn't that too low? looks like case's (??)

Maxx
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Don't underestimate knives at 55/56 hrc. Case has a well-deserved reputation for making blades that perform well AND are easy to re-sharpen. Eye Brand has a similar reputation. Before the knife world became obsessed with super-hard steels, pretty much everyone used knives in this range, and got by just fine.

BTW, I have an Eye Brand soddie (large one). Also have a bunch of Case knives. All of them perform at a level that seems higher than the RC numbers might imply.
 
I have a yeller trapper CV, takes a wicked edge with 2 stroppings on the compound (green)
not keen about it like GEC's 1095 but still like it
Maxx
 
A lot of Case's blades are hollow-ground and pretty thin near the edge (the small Case soddie being a perfect example). This might have some influence as to why their HRC is relatively lower than some others. Too hard, and they might be more prone to chipping. Having said that, that thin, hollow-ground edge can be sharpened into an easily maintained, wicked slicer. I think it's a pretty good balance.
 
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Eye brand knives are just great. The pieces are well enough assembled - it's not Saville Row tailoring mind - and the blades can take a real bludgeoning and just be brought back on the kitchen steel

They make quite a thing of being hammer forged, but whilst I have read a lot of commentary on this, I haven't figured out what the advantages of that is

I also love the logo - somehow comforting and sinister at the same time :D

I think you are going to like the knife a lot
 
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eye soddie
this one is from the 80s & will cut up there with the gec 1095. the eyes were some of the best carbon steel ever produced--will equal henkels & herders made in the 60s.
dennis
 
DennisStrickland said:
eye soddie *pic snipped*
this one is from the 80s & will cut up there with the gec 1095. the eyes were some of the best carbon steel ever produced--will equal henkels & herders made in the 60s.
dennis
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I have to agree. I had a large EYE soddie about '72 that I used until the scales fell off (literally) and that thing took and held an edge as well as anything on the market at that time.

The fit and finish were a bit suspect, but it was purchased as a work only knife for somewhere around $10, and only saw the light of day when I took it to work with me while I was landscaping. It took every job there was to do without a problem.

When the wood scales came off, I finally traded it off to a guy that wanted a project knife about '74. The scales broke because the knife had been repeatedly dropped on its butt onto concrete, and I suspect the butt had been used as a hammer by some of my idiot coworkers.

Boy, I would love to have that one now.

Robert
 
I had an Eyebrand Sodbuster from the eighties and another on from the nineties. All were good knives that held an excellent edge. I have a newer Sodbuster I bought 2 or 3 years ago and it has held a very good edge but the QC on fit and finish is not the best. But the knife is a great user. A little thinner than my Case and Queen Sodbusters in the handle as well as the blade. The Eye sharpened easily and took an excellent edge.

RKH
 
forgot to write I got it
arrived here like on the 20th december, used it at home a bit and fonlded with it pretty much
very light and thin but good lookin'
F&F are good for a 30usd knife, some light gaps and imperfections but IMO nothing seriuous, stropped a bit and it's plenty sharp, will rise the edge do 30degs someday

the spring is pretty weak but it's fine, the handles on the other side looks veeery nice with their creamy colour, weight nothing or almost nothing

mine is stamped 99jrY, is 99 the year or the model #?

looks like this one (google pic)
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Some very nice EyE Brand Sod Busters showing up here.

I've owned this large 4 1/2" Carl Schlieper Eye Brand sod buster since 1963,
a gift from my dad.

I do not know the steel, but the backspring is wickedly strong.
The blade holds a keen sharp edge. You do not want this knife to close on your finger.

This knife has cocabola handles.

Obviously, I haven't used the knife much, but I did carry it for a year or two when I first got it.

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