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Interesting that Queen got rid of the birdseye on that Micarta, good heads up on that Al. I know you are big fan of it, and I do prefer it as well, but it hasn't kept me from liking some of the versions out there without it, especially the Case bone handle knives.
As for the Carl Schlieper brand, as Al pointed out, the more recent production is sloppy, very sloppy in some. The pattern is a user so I tend to give some slack in the finish department on a Soddie, but for what you have to pay to get one, you could buy a couple of Case soddies and have less problems, or spend $10 more and get near perfection with a GEC.
As for the Carl Schlieper brand, as Al pointed out, the more recent production is sloppy, very sloppy in some. The pattern is a user so I tend to give some slack in the finish department on a Soddie, but for what you have to pay to get one, you could buy a couple of Case soddies and have less problems, or spend $10 more and get near perfection with a GEC.
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Alnamvet68, thanks for that recent history of the Eye Brand knives. You can find Eye Brand Sod Busters on ebay but learn to spot the difference in handle appearance and go for the original (pre 1993) ones.
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Speaking of near perfection, it does appear one of our favorite vendor/member's will be offering the GEC Bullnose in black micarta, as well as orange, and quite possibly other cover materials sometime this year.
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Yes, there is a run of bullnoses coming up soon. This run will be in 1095, they no longer use 01. I believe the orange, black linen micarta, od linen micarta and nifebrite are standard dealer run. There are few sfo handles being run too, natural canvas micarta, tortoise shell acrylic and sunbrite acrylic are all on the sfo front as well.
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I was talking with a neighbor yesterday who does fine wood work and custom furniture making, and we were discussing the sodbuster knife which he himself has carried for decades. Anyway, the subject of custom soddies, and why some makers will not use a large bird's eye pivot when offering covers that are jigged, or are in stag, and he said the so called excuses for using a small pin/rivet is that they don't want to take the time to do one simple thing, make a "fake" bolster; by that he meant, the bird's eye pivot could easily be set into a smooth portion of the bone or stag, embellish with a "border", and jig everything else beyond the "bolster". Anyway, here's a challenge for wood workers to come up with a set of scales for the sodbuster that utilizes a full size bird's eye pivot in jigged bone. Here's my poorly drawn concept if I've confused some...
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Not using 01 is a tradgedy. There has just been a special association between the sodbuster, and bull nose style knives using 01 Tool Steel. The cost can't be that much of a factor nor do I think it is that much more difficult, if at all, to use 01 vs 1095. Instead of going to 1095 for this upcoming run, I'd have much more preferred that GEC had gone the 440C stainless route.
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I have a Bull Nose in 01 and a Bull Buster in 1095.
The difference in performance, as far as I can tell, is slight if even noticeable.
The 01 MIGHT take a slightly finer edge, but again, the difference is very small.
The difference in performance, as far as I can tell, is slight if even noticeable.
The 01 MIGHT take a slightly finer edge, but again, the difference is very small.
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Don't ask me why, but of all the sodbuster's I have, I can't help but feel that my Case is the best there is, and at any price...
Don't own one, but when I get one it will be a Case.
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I have a Jr in the yellow synthetic (or is it delrin, I can't figure it out), which I really love. Its in my pocket at this very moment. I've only got one pic of it and that was in the clam shell package, which isn't that sexy. Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm not sure if I posted it in here, but might have, LOL.
Just a bit off topic here: I saw that GEC is making the Smith and Sons' Mudbuster. At least I think that's what I saw. Is that accurate?
Just a bit off topic here: I saw that GEC is making the Smith and Sons' Mudbuster. At least I think that's what I saw. Is that accurate?
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Don't ask me why, but of all the sodbuster's I have, I can't help but feel that my Case is the best there is, and at any price...
Don't tell anyone, but I feel the same way!:thumb up:
I've had Case, Kissing Krane, Henkels, Eye-Brand, and one to two others. The Case was always my favorite. Not really sur ewhy, but it had a feel, something on the gut level, that just ticked for me.
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Perhaps this foto will have you wax poetic on the virtues of a Case Sodbuster?
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Took this today. I couldn't NOT have a good pic of it.
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