New to knives question (I guess)

[gcbryan]

I just started to become interested in knives. I bought a Boker Plus Escalibur II folder. I like it.

I also just received a Boker Cinch Sodbuster pocket knife. I bought it mainly because I liked the looks. In the ad it only showed the knife in the open position. When I got it I see that when in the closed position the end of the blade closest to the pivot sticks straight up and it has a sharp 90 degree end.

There is no way to carry this in a pocket or it would shred the pocket with the sharp end.

Why would it be made this way or are all Sodbuster styles made like this?

I have a Sodbuster Lockback coming as well and I think it will have the same problem.

It seems like an odd way to make a knife considered to be a pocket knife.

 

[MORIMOTOM]

many knives have an exposed tang when closed. it is dependent mainly on the design of the scales and whether they are large enough to cover it.

just dont go sanding it down, you'll either reduce or ruin the lock.

 

[Leftoverdj]

Won't hurt any to dull that edge if it's really sharp. It's normal for that bit to be exposed and it rarely causes problems. If it really bothers you, get one of the Rough Rider linerlock sodbusters. The linerlock tab acts as a shield.

 

[gcbryan]

I've now looked at some other pocket knives that I had laying around and I see that some do have this issue but the design covers this area one way or another.

On others it's exposed but it's not sharp and isn't sticking up all that far.

In the case of the knife I just got I guess it's just a bad design. It's not just that it's a 90 degree angle, now that I look at it it's more like a negative 75 or 80 degree sso it acts as a blade in it's own right and it sticks up about 4 mm.

I guess I'll just have to remember to look at this aspect before buying another knife and just keep this one to be carried in my backpack or anywhere other than my pocket.

 

[JAB]

That's how most sodbusters are designed. If you still want to carry a sodbuster without being worried about damage to your pockets then you might want to give one of the Case versions a try. The tangs are still exposed but the edges are rounded and present almost no danger to your pocket linings.

It's probably hard to tell in this pic but, if you look closely, you can kind of see how the edges are broken on both of these.

 

[gcbryan]

Thanks for the pics. I ended up filing the edge off of mine to make it so at least it wouldn't cut my finger. I'll still carry it somewhere other than pants pockets but at least it's usable now.

 

[gcbryan]

I still don't see why you couldn't still have a Sodbuster design and not have that edge. I'm just trying to learn something about knife design here. I'm not complaining.

Why wouldn't a designer simply have the scales on that end of the knife be more or less the size of the scales on the front of the knife? If this was done that edge would be hidden just like the front of the blade is hidden.

I can't see a benefit to doing otherwise.