Sodbuster...and lots of them!

The four I found on Euro web sites are selling for 49 pounds to 70+ Euro...that's about $82.00 to about $97.00 US; and that's before what I'm sure would be very high shipping costs, plus any customs costs. Better off having a US based custom knife maker do one for ya'.
 
I've found one for 24 pounds, about $36, before shipping on a UK site. I would imagine the shipping is going to be $20-$30 dollars though.
 
I am checking with a dealer I have worked with before to see if they can order the bone version. If so, I'll let you know Trev.
 
Going to start posting pics of the sodbusters I get here in the thread, been slacking a bit!


Case Fathers Day sodbuster in Green jigged bone
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Case Red Jigged Bone Southern Pride- Not a fan of the confederate flag shield or etch but the bone is great. Luckily, Case is putting out a Christmas sodbuster in the same red jigged bone with a Case shield, I'll be picking a couple of those up!
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Case Collectors Club Special- Jigged Olive Bone
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Case 125 Year Commemorative Sodbuster(Split from set) Mint Jigged Bone. Looks a lot like the Olive Jigged Bone.

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Group shot of all my Case Bone Soddies!
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Got this last week to Scandiland via the Bay. Really pleased with it and the fit&finish are excellent. The Chestnut Bone and cv are a great combo in my view and patina is colonizing the blade as I write. The bone makes a nice alternative to the more robust woods or composites of the usual Sodbuster. Thanks, Will

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I picked up this big beast in the market a few months back. Unfortunately, any etch or stamp has long since disappeared. European I suspect. Any guesses?
 
Great one Willgoy, Case has a winner with that handle and steel combo!

Jack, it sure seems to be a European sodbuster since it has the wood handles, carbon blade and pivot pin that are generally found on knives from that region. My guess would be a German made knife but no tang stamp is strange on for an older knife from that region. From my experience they usually have at least "Solingen" stamped on them. Either way it looks like a beauty that has seem some work and is ready for some more:thumbup:
 
Trev, i bought the knife from a market trader who told me the blade had been used to stir red paint! :eek: His subsequent heavy cleaning may have removed any provenance that still existed. The steel is good and it locks up like a bank vault. If you'd like it for your collection, I'd be happy to gift it to you, just PM me an address :thumbup:

Jack
 
Though I posted these in another thread about getting my grail Sodbuster I figured I needed to post pics over in my dedicated sodbuster thread. Big thanks to Andi(Humppa) for getting these shipped to me:thumbup:

These sodbusters are made by Heinrich Schmitz in Germany and are called Hippeknieps. The Schmitz Co makes them in an assortment of handle materials and two sizes, small and large(Klien and Gross in German) but the coveted one for me was the snakewood scaled version. I ordered a plumwood just to add to the collection of which I have cherry wood and stag. Good slicers these knives, nice thin blade profile and meaty handles, thicker than the case counterpart.

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Plumwood
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Pic with Cherry and Stag
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Pic with Case Sodbuster Jr and Bullnose for size comparison.
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Jack Black said:


I picked up this big beast in the market a few months back. Unfortunately, any etch or stamp has long since disappeared. European I suspect. Any guesses?
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Kissing Krane. I have one that I broke down to modify and it looks exactly like that.
 
I won't say that it can't be a kissing crane but from my experience with seeing them they usually don't have lanyard holes and bails, though that could be added by a user. Also, the older ones generally had a pretty deep stamp in the steel of the double cranes kissing. There would have been quite a bit of steel taken off the blade to remove that stamp. I have a few other knives that look identical to that knife, one made by A.Winger Jr, another made by an unknown with just Solingen stamp and even my Fred Hrdr & Sons look like that minus the stamping on the blade. I think it's a pretty common design and pivot pin for the German area. Jack has generously offered to gift the knife to me for my collection, I'll be certain to post pictures of it with it's like counterpart and all my Kissing Cranes, the German, Italian and even Chinese made ones!
 
Nice one Jonny, that particular version of the Bullnose has been riding in my pocket since it arrived. It will be sharing time with the new snakewood soddie but it's still one of my favorites. The tan canvas has great detail and character, just screams tough user knife!
 
Here are some sodbusters made by Maserin, an Italian company. These come in Olive wood and Horn handles. Fit and finish are a bit sloppy with gaps in the liner, scales pulling away from the liners and blade wobble. These are relatively cheap knives with the wood handle running about $27 bucks from a dealer here in the US. The horn are a bit more pricey compounded by the fact that they cannot be found here in the States so you will need to pay extra for shipping and the Euro is stronger than the dollar.(Just realized that the US dealer who carries the wood version is now stocking the horn version, they run $45) Here is a link to a more in depth review if you care to read it, it's also posted in my OP reviews section.

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