Great Eastern Cutlery "Bull Nose Work Knife"

GEC Bull Nose Work Knife???

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Here is a quick cell shot of the blade next to a ruler for you Corso.
 
I love it just the way it is. I love the orange handles. I don't need stag on work knife, or the price tag that comes with it. :)
 
Hi guys!

The knife is pretty nice. The handle color is not my flavor, I would like yellow Delrin better. Stag would is not needed for a working knife, I think.

Kind regards
Andi
 
The trad knife I carry most as a work one is a Northwoods #11. It's in stag. :D So's the GEC Moose I mostly use
 
Hi,

I like it except for the color. I prefer darker, muted colors for handle materials. I could use one in a shimmery dark Mallard green or chocolate brown.

Dale
 
Would love to have one when funds permit, I love bright colors for hunting/outdoors stuff because it is so damn easy to lose a knife in the brush or snow.

Looks REALLY nice!
 
I started using mine for light food prep today just to compare to my 73 drop point. Equally sharp edges and the Bull Nose Knife clearly out performed my 73. This knife is a really awesome cutter!
 
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So far it has been more enjoyable to use than a kitchen knife. Raw meat like butter!
 
goodeyesniper said:
Why don't they call it a Sodbuster?
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CASE actually owns the trademark on the "Sod Buster" name (for a knife, anyway). This is why none of the other makers actually market them as such. Still, CASE made the name so synonymous with the pattern, at least in the U.S.A., that it's become virtually generic to the style.
 
richstag said:
Thanks for the info David. I had no idea :)
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I have seen a lot of dealers refer to some other brands of this style as 'sodbuster' knives (or 'sodbuster class', or 'sodbuster pattern'). The Eye Brand versions seem to get this label a lot. Don't see it marked as such on the knives or on the boxes, though.

A.G. Russell mentioned the Case trademark on the name of the pattern, in his catalog description of his 'Rancher' and 'Cowboy' patterns of similar style:

"...Sodbuster, of course, is now a Case® Cutlery trademark, so I cannot offer you an A.G. Russell Sodbuster. "
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knarfeng said:
The sodbuster pattern (or the German "folding butcher knife" from which the pattern was taken **) is by design and tradition, a workman's pattern. A good working alloy with good workman's scales seems highly appropriate to me.

Black Delrin sounds good to me.
O1 blade steel is great.
If you made another batch, I would buy one.

** http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/848152-solingen-soddy-query?p=9603969#post9603969
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bernard_levine said:
The Germans call this a Schlachtmesser zum zulegen (folding butcher knife).

In this form it dates back to the late 19th century, maybe earlier,
although the fixed blade version goes back to antiquity, if not earlier.

This particular knife is most likely post WWII, but it might be older.

The Case Sod Buster is an American knock off, first made circa 1967.

BRL...
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Close this thread, lock it down............

The sodding Soddie is only from 67
It is new
Ban the damn thing from the Trad forum

Learn something new everyday
So much for romance and nostagia when I use my soddie
Oh well........


Insult to injury
The bloody name is trademarked!!
 
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