Tactical Knives goes all soddie

bdws1975

bdws1975

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I picked up a copy of tactical knives magazine today and was SHOCKED to find a really good article about sodbusters. It had some great pics and talked about soddies as working knives, etc.

Brett
 
Steve Dick, the editor of TK (and a friend) is a BIG fan of slipjoints and traditional knives.

Many of you may be familiar with his book: The Working Folding Knife
 
There's a good article abouit a new Charlie May Survival type straight knife in there,too.
He also came out with another that has a firesteel slot in the handle
-Vince
 
Blues said:
Steve Dick, the editor of TK (and a friend) is a BIG fan of slipjoints and traditional knives.

Many of you may be familiar with his book: The Working Folding Knife
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very cool. I really enjoyed the article. You could tell he was a fan by the way he presented it.

Thanks for the insight. I went ahead and ordered the book.
Brett
 
Brett, I think you'll enjoy it.
 
Blues said:
Steve Dick, the editor of TK (and a friend) is a BIG fan of slipjoints and traditional knives.

Many of you may be familiar with his book: The Working Folding Knife
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You are fortunate to have Steve as a friend. I met him at the SHOT show, a few years back, and I was most impressed. He seems to be a real gentleman.

I strongly recommend Dick's book. For all I know his comments about "tactical" folders might be a bit dated but his observations about traditional folders are "spot on". He is a bit more detailed about Sodbusters in the book than he is in the article, too.
 
The Working Folding Knife is a great book. I think I got mine when it first came out, and particularly like the sections on the slipjoint patterns and SAKs. And you can tell he used the heck out of a lot of those. I'm looking forward to getting that issue of TK.
Jim
 
I've bought a couple of Sod Busters, and I love 'em. Their backspring is strong enough to not have to worry about having a lock.

Another nice thing: both were cheap enough that I can afford to dull the edge a little, and work the point down, and make one a good 'first knife' for my son; later I can restore the edge & point. (My wife keeps asking me "how many 'first knives' does a kid need?!")

Blues said:
Many of you may be familiar with his book: The Working Folding Knife
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(edits mine) Sigh. Another one I'll have to go find . . . ;)

thx - cpr
 
Is the text from this article available online? I don't have access the this magazine and really wanted to read it.
 
I read the article and it was very good. Steve dick is a fine knife writer and I like his articles on knives and his testing methods. I have learned a lot from him and Wayne Goddard on knife sharpening and testing. As a result of this article I got out my Queen Sodbuster and thinned the edge and sharpened it. It was a new knife a had a terrible edge from the factory. It sharpened very nice and took a great edge. The D2 took a a most aggressive edge. My complaint with Queen is the sorry job they do on the edge. I bought Steve's book when it first came out and recommend it highly.
RKH
 
I got my first and only, large Case Sodbuster for 5 bucks from a sale table at Lowes.
I was just lucky because I was there as they opened the store and they only had the one in stock.
 
555 said:
I got my first and only, large Case Sodbuster for 5 bucks from a sale table at Lowes.
I was just lucky because I was there as they opened the store and they only had the one in stock.
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how do you like it so far? I have a soddie and I LOVE it. Strong yet simple.

nice score!

brett
 
Is the article available online? I looked at a few stores and can't find the magazine. I'd really like to read it.

Sam
 
Steve is a BIG fan of 4 1/4" stockman's. He wrote an excellent article a number of years back for one of the "KNIVES" annuals on stock knives. It's a GREAT article, if you get an opportunity to read it!

Ron
 
Yep. The stockman is his fave, followed by the trapper pattern though he admittedly always has a SAK nearby.
 
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