Please name ONE thing this knife can't do ... Thank you

Primble said:
Looks like a reproduction of a Cattaraugus take apart camp knife - how does it come apart ? Have any pics of the not shown side when it is apart ? 😳
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A. G. Russell calls it a Boxcar Jack because it's designed after the Hobo Knife. This is the only picture I have on hand. It works the same way as other Hobo knives. You have to open the fork to separate the halves. That way, if you're only using the knife blade, there is no worry of the halves accidentally separating.
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It can't whittle. Not the right blade and handle shapes.

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Railsplitter said:
A. G. Russell calls it a Boxcar Jack because it's designed after the Hobo Knife. This is the only picture I have on hand. It works the same way as other Hobo knives. You have to open the fork to separate the halves. That way, if you're only using the knife blade, there is no worry of the halves accidentally separating.
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I figured it had to slide - I have never handled these types of knives and I thank you for taking the time to show this. Very cool piece ! :thumbsup::) This is the Cattaraugus version:

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Well you knife addicts got me thinking the other day about my very first knife purchase, back when I was about 12 years old. It was a green Case full size Sodbuster, purchased at the local hardware store. My second purchase was a Case XX small stockman. I purchased them with my paper route earnings and I carried these knives for many years, eventually losing track of their whereabouts. I always blamed my older brother for their unknown whereabouts.

I stopped by the newer hardware store after breakfast this morning to purchase some adhesives. As I walked past their Case knife displays and suddenly, there was a little jet black Sodbuster Jr. calling out my name. So thanks to you knife addicts, 55 years later, I am back where I started from. I had to stone a mild swedge on each side of the blade to suit me, not complaining though for the price was fair for sure. Now I got to put er to work and see what I can get done ! ☺️

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Primble said:
Well you knife addicts got me thinking the other day about my very first knife purchase, back when I was about 12 years old. It was a green Case full size Sodbuster, purchased at the local hardware store. My second purchase was a Case XX small stockman. I purchased them with my paper route earnings and I carried these knives for many years, eventually losing track of their whereabouts. I always blamed my older brother for their unknown whereabouts.

I stopped by the newer hardware store after breakfast this morning to purchase some adhesives. As I walked past their Case knife displays and suddenly, there was a little jet black Sodbuster Jr. calling out my name. So thanks to you knife addicts, 55 years later, I am back where I started from. I had to stone a mild swedge on each side of the blade to suit me, not complaining though for the price was fair for sure. Now I got to put er to work and see what I can get done ! ☺️

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Just goes to show the old adage is correct - "Great minds think alike" :thumbsup:;)

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Primble said:
Well you knife addicts got me thinking the other day about my very first knife purchase, back when I was about 12 years old. It was a green Case full size Sodbuster, purchased at the local hardware store. My second purchase was a Case XX small stockman. I purchased them with my paper route earnings and I carried these knives for many years, eventually losing track of their whereabouts. I always blamed my older brother for their unknown whereabouts.

I stopped by the newer hardware store after breakfast this morning to purchase some adhesives. As I walked past their Case knife displays and suddenly, there was a little jet black Sodbuster Jr. calling out my name. So thanks to you knife addicts, 55 years later, I am back where I started from. I had to stone a mild swedge on each side of the blade to suit me, not complaining though for the price was fair for sure. Now I got to put er to work and see what I can get done ! ☺️

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This may be an appropriate time to retell my own Sod Buster Jr. story. I will just quote it from my post from a couple of years ago:

“Back in the mid 70’s when I was in elementary school, I got one of those for my birthday. I think I may have been in 5th grade or so. Also about that time I was given a pair of maroon crushed velvet bell bottom slacks as hand-me-downs. They were still a little too big. I was used to wearing jeans and carried a knife every day without worrying about it falling out of my pocket, so I didn’t think twice about dropping my new knife into the loose pocket of these abominable maroon slacks and heading to the school playground to play basketball. Of course the knife fell out and was lost, as I discovered when I got back home. I retraced my footsteps but never recovered it. As you can tell by my clear recall of these events more than 4 decades later, this incident scarred me for life. I think I had that knife at most 2-3 days.”

Thanks for listening.
 
Primble said:
Well you knife addicts got me thinking the other day about my very first knife purchase, back when I was about 12 years old. It was a green Case full size Sodbuster, purchased at the local hardware store. My second purchase was a Case XX small stockman. I purchased them with my paper route earnings and I carried these knives for many years, eventually losing track of their whereabouts. I always blamed my older brother for their unknown whereabouts.

I stopped by the newer hardware store after breakfast this morning to purchase some adhesives. As I walked past their Case knife displays and suddenly, there was a little jet black Sodbuster Jr. calling out my name. So thanks to you knife addicts, 55 years later, I am back where I started from. I had to stone a mild swedge on each side of the blade to suit me, not complaining though for the price was fair for sure. Now I got to put er to work and see what I can get done ! ☺️

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Just Tom. said:
This may be an appropriate time to retell my own Sod Buster Jr. story. I will just quote it from my post from a couple of years ago:

“Back in the mid 70’s when I was in elementary school, I got one of those for my birthday. I think I may have been in 5th grade or so. Also about that time I was given a pair of maroon crushed velvet bell bottom slacks as hand-me-downs. They were still a little too big. I was used to wearing jeans and carried a knife every day without worrying about it falling out of my pocket, so I didn’t think twice about dropping my new knife into the loose pocket of these abominable maroon slacks and heading to the school playground to play basketball. Of course the knife fell out and was lost, as I discovered when I got back home. I retraced my footsteps but never recovered it. As you can tell by my clear recall of these events more than 4 decades later, this incident scarred me for life. I think I had that knife at most 2-3 days.”

Thanks for listening.
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I'll share my Sod Buster story too. Mid 70's and at the mall one evening. An older gentleman had a table set up from which he was selling knives. I didn't even have a pocket knife at the time. He had so many styles and choices I was overwhelmed and couldn't make up my mind which knife I wanted. I spent quite some time looking over the wide assortment and just couldn't decide. I explained my dilemma and ask for a suggestion. He said well, what are you going to mostly use a pocket knife for? I mentioned that I'd just started work at a new factory in town that made industrial pumps and would use the pocketknife around there as needed. With no hesitation, the gentleman picked up a Black handled Sod Buster Jr. It was one in CV ... so no "Stainless" in the blade etch of course. He said that would be the only pocket knife I'd need and let it go to me for the total sum of $8 brand new. He was right. I carried that knife as the only pocket knife I owned and used it many times daily for about half a decade. It never let me down or was inadequate. No idea what happened to that knife. Whatever it was, I may quite well have blocked from memory. I was so fond of that knife, whatever the circumstances of loss, it was a traumatic experience :D
 
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I used to have a knife with a FLEAM, a blood letting blade used by vets on animals but could be used instead of leeches on humans :eek: That's certainly something the Sodbuster could not do- as efficiently...;)

Anybody got a knife with a Fleam to show???
 
Will Power said:
I used to have a knife with a FLEAM, a blood letting blade used by vets on animals but could be used instead of leeches on humans :eek: That's certainly something the Sodbuster could not do- as efficiently...;)

Anybody got a knife with a Fleam to show???
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IIRC, Jack Black Jack Black has one or more of them.

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Fleam Blade

A short, double-edged blade is made as an extension on the side of a long tang. Fleam blades 1/2″ wide or more are veterinary instruments. They were struck, on the blade’s spine, with a “bloodstick.” Single, folding fleams are sometimes found mounted next to a liner, and without a spring, in...
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Not my knife or pic but you get the idea, bloodletting :eek:
 
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