Sodbuster...and lots of them!

5K Qs said:
trev, thanks for the recommendations! The Celayas you showed in smooth bone and stag were real eye candy :thumbup::thumbup:
If I see soddies in Spain at a fair price (you may have to email me a definition of "fair price", since I currently have no sodbusters), do you have a preference for either carbon or stainless? I noticed that most of your navaja de campana are stainless; was that intentional or just something that happened? :p

I'm certainly looking forward to my trip, since my daughter lives in Madrid, and I hope to return with at least one sharp souvenir!

- GT
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Atentos, amigo, yo quiero uno de estos, y sí, el dinero no es un objeto

 
Alnamvet68 said:
Atentos, amigo, yo quiero uno de estos, y sí, el dinero no es un objeto
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That's a beauty, Al :thumbup::thumbup:
But I'll have to get my daughter to translate your message, since when it comes to Spanish, I know nada :eek:
(Although I think I get the gist of what you wrote, and I fear el dinero ES un objeto :()

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
trev, thanks for the recommendations! The Celayas you showed in smooth bone and stag were real eye candy :thumbup::thumbup:
If I see soddies in Spain at a fair price (you may have to email me a definition of "fair price", since I currently have no sodbusters), do you have a preference for either carbon or stainless? I noticed that most of your navaja de campana are stainless; was that intentional or just something that happened? :p

I'm certainly looking forward to my trip, since my daughter lives in Madrid, and I hope to return with at least one sharp souvenir!

- GT
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They seem to put a lot more out in INOX, which is stainless, than in carbon so that's why more are stainless than carbon. You can find them in carbon, one Martinez is carbon, though the fit and finish is sloppy on that one. To be fair though, it was really cheap and meant to be a user knife.

Enjoy the time with your daughter and safe travels!
 
Alnamvet68 said:
Thanks trev, and yes, in the short time I've had it, I have to say I know of no production soddy that beats the GEC #71. I have Case, both in bone and Delrin, and while the Case's are work horses that can take a beating, this GEC is definitely a cut above...it just feels so much more rugged and heftier than my Case soddy's; and I have to add, the addition of lanyard tube is just the cherry on top. Looking at my Case sodbuster's, I see no reason why they cannot include this feature...the room is there.

Yes, I'm a big sodbuster fan, but I've been so busy chasing down SAK grail's, that I haven't been paying much attention to my other knife passion, the sodbuster.:)

Oh, and yes, this is my first GEC Bull Nose, and I'm lucky to get it seeing as they're hard to find in most places.
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I figured you would like it, such a well built knife that fits in the hand nicely. GEC has really knocked the pattern out of the park for a very reasonable price! The alox SAK's are addicting, but I only have room for one addiction right now in my budget:D
 
On another note, it appears that Case will be releasing the Sodbuster JR in a few different handle options, they include:

Rasberry Bone Sodbuster Jr in SS
Hunter Green Bone Sodbuster Jr in SS
Burnt Oatmeal Carved bone in SS
and, get this!
Barnboard Jig Burnt Natural Bone SodbBuster Jr in Raindrop Damascus! This should be interesting!
 
Just placed an order for a Country Cousin at one of our sponsor's Black Friday sales, GP Knives...could not resist.:o
 
trevytrev said:
On another note, it appears that Case will be releasing the Sodbuster JR in a few different handle options, they include:

Rasberry Bone Sodbuster Jr in SS
Hunter Green Bone Sodbuster Jr in SS
Burnt Oatmeal Carved bone in SS
and, get this!
Barnboard Jig Burnt Natural Bone SodbBuster Jr in Raindrop Damascus! This should be interesting!
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If they would just go out of their way and use the bird's eye pivot, I'd be all over them.:(
 
The Country Cousin is a good one! It's my least favorite blade profile out of the big three but the D2 holds an edge!

All three of the new bone are the smaller pivots and I'm assuming the damascus version will be the same due to the jigging, though I have not seen a picture of that one. I will say that the Burnt Oatmeal Bone looks pretty cool!
 
trevytrev said:
They seem to put a lot more out in INOX, which is stainless, than in carbon so that's why more are stainless than carbon. You can find them in carbon, one Martinez is carbon, though the fit and finish is sloppy on that one. To be fair though, it was really cheap and meant to be a user knife.

Enjoy the time with your daughter and safe travels!
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Thanks again for your advice and well-wishes, trev. I've been sifting through some Spanish websites, but I think I'll just have to make up my mind when I get there and can actually handle some cutlery.

- GT
 
Country Cousin just arrived. Superb F&F, nicely centered, but backspring is noticeably lighter in pull than on the Bullnose. It is also slimmer than most other synthetic clad sodbusters.

 
monstrum said:
Al how big is the country cousin compared to your bone case sod
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About the same size...they're both listed at 3 5/8" closed, but the Cousin has a slimmer waist and pointier blade, whereas the Case's blade has a full belly and wider waist.
 
Big ol' grand daddy sod buster by K.R. Johnson :eek:

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I have a long list of Bullnose slabs I'd like to see:D But if it can't be don't cheap, then it won't be done. From everything I've read and heard they have no desire to raise the price point of the Bullnose, at least not right now. Not only has Mike Latham of Collectorsknives.net informed me of this but I've heard it straight from the horses mouth on GEC's facebook page. G10 sounds like an economical option but I'm not sure if they've used it since it's not considered a traditional material.
 
trevytrev said:
I have a long list of Bullnose slabs I'd like to see:D But if it can't be don't cheap, then it won't be done. From everything I've read and heard they have no desire to raise the price point of the Bullnose, at least not right now. Not only has Mike Latham of Collectorsknives.net informed me of this but I've heard it straight from the horses mouth on GEC's facebook page. G10 sounds like an economical option but I'm not sure if they've used it since it's not considered a traditional material.
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I'm not so sure that micarta is considered any more a "traditional" material than G10. While canvas, paper, and linen are a natural product, when it becomes micarta, it's a synthetic just like G10.

Both are resins...one is reinforced with glass, while the other is reinforced with paper, linen, or canvas.
 
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Micarta is older, and typically gets its "traditional cred" that way, along with cellulose, acrylic, and delrin.
 
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