The best sodbuster

[Swedge]

Thanks for the replies so far. To clarify what I meant by price is no object, I meant that if you felt an expensive knife was the best one, you shouldn't feel that it was disqualified by price.

BTW, what does a Kerry Hampton KHnutbuster go for?

 

[DennisStrickland]

cnoyes the letters are'nt patent numbers but something the german gov. requires on so many models from eye. i do'nt know if it's for export rules or something else. incidently your knife is what we call the 3 eye pattern & haS some of the best carbon steel to ever put used in a factory knife.
dennis

 

[pepemrtnz]

I may be wrong but I think Kerrys wait time is in the neighborhood of 1.5-2 years. I too am dying for a KHnutbuster

 

[Seals]

I like Case soddies,big and small.But they are very simple knives and all of them are pretty nice.

 

[John G]

I've got a couple of the plain black Case soddies, one from Lowe's and one was a gift. They're easy to keep sharp and I don't worry about messing them up or losing them. Great little knives. :thumbup:

 

[Will Power]

Seals, I've said it before but you dress up those Sodbusters really well:thumbup:

I don't believe you're going to try your hand at any of that funky Blue stag though...

 

[Seals]

Seals, I've said it before but you dress up those Sodbusters really well:thumbup:

I don't believe you're going to try your hand at any of that funky Blue stag though...

Thanks! They are fun to play with. Blue dyed stag is a definate special request item only...

 

[woseyjales]

Since the sodbuster style knife seems to be designed & destined for the
inexpensive affordable user market is there really a need to label one as the best?
Not like we're picking out an orthopedic surgeon, bullet proof vest or a home delivered pizza.
That's when aiming for the best would seem to be relevent.
But a sodbuster? About like searching for the best shoelaces or best window cleaner.

I guess all these searches for the best fixed blade, best handle material, best steel,
best sheath are basically byproducts of the competitive society we are all part of.
In a more cooperative setting each knife could be appreciated for it's strengths,
all (except that $8 RR) with some merit and all able to cut slice or dice as needed.
But no, one always has to be the best and all others relegated to the 'also rans'.
What a pity, what a waste.
Apologies to Swedge for choosing this thread to vent my disappointment with the
prolifery of 'The Best' lists.
I do have some soddies to post, one of which I seem to have a preference for.
But I'd hardly consider that sufficient to declare it far superior to all the rest.

I will have to admit this cup O coffee is the best one I've had so far today!

 

[Swedge]

Fair comment about "best," woseyjales, and no apologies needed. And very nice pics by the way. I would like to point out that the main point in my asking is not to pick some kind of winner in an irrelevant contest. I'm not running a poll. As I said in my original post. "Knowing what others like about their sodbusters can help me pick one."

Custom knives need no explanation. I am more interested in what separates one mass-produced brand from another. For example, some like the way the Case CV sharpens. Others like D2 steel. Some like the size of the Jr. better.

In looking at another thread, I saw that some like the blade shape on the Country Cousin much better than the traditional sodbuster shape. I never would have noticed on my own that the Country Cousin blade had a different shape (or that there was a "traditional" sodbuster blade shape).

The "best" kind of question tends to bring out what you correctly call the relative strengths of each brand (or in some cases the relative weaknesses). That's what I'm interested in, and that's why I asked for posters to say "why" they thought something was best.

 

[TLARbb]

I have to vote for my Keith Johnson clipped sodbuster:

 

[Mack]

I don't know about which is best but I know that the one I want is the Eye Brand sodbuster with the saw blade. Ever since I saw one it has been on my must have list.

Borrowed picture.

 

[Knife Crazied]

The one in my pocket. Protourist where can one of those EB soddies be bought at? (BTW please email me link so we don't cause a problem and cause Blues a clean up in aisle 5.)

 

[neeman]

I only have one, so it both my best and worst

I like the profile but would like for the blade to be deeper to be a better slicer

Queen Country Cousin

I will get a Case in CV one day

 

[Noddy]

Moore Maker is the best currently, I think - fifty dollars!

... though the GEC #12s are good - but not quite sodbusters

 

[Will Power]

Actually, the No.73 pattern from GEC has a Sodbusterish atmosphere about it dependiing on model. The Tidioute Beaver Tail in Smooth Bone or the square bolster UNXLD slim version come to mind. A kind of top of the range Sodbuster when in Barehead form.

At the other end, RR does a decent small sodbuster in its Old Yellow line, nothing to complain of there,rather more pointed blade than most Sods. They also do a Large Liner Lock Sodbuster, can be good but far too big for my taste.

 

[Swedge]

Noddy, why do you like Moore Maker the best?

 

[Noddy]

Dunno - maybe I was lucky, but I picked up two yellow delrin ones cheap - large ones - and I just love them. Good snap - firm to gatorish. Well shaped blade and handle, as is with all Moore Makers. And in 1095, which helps.

They're better than the Case ones, but something like twice the price. So, big surprise there The Case Sodbuster is the only Case I have any time for

I got a small yellow bone MooreMaker a few years ago. That's what switched me on to them. I'd like to get some large ones made up in boxwood, ebony, maybe a posh one in amboina burl

I had an Eye one just recently but was really disappointed - usually I am a big fan of Eye - very relaible in the f&f dept, and this one was OK there too, just felt a bit weedy. somehow. Anyway it's gone now

 

[kamagong]

I have a Moore Maker sodbuster also. It's a solid knife and has served me well. I bought it because it came with bone scales. Maybe it's just me, but I don't like yellow composite, traditional as it may be.

The Moore Maker is an expensive knife though. You are definitely paying a premium for the bone scales. Something to take into account since it won't work any better than the Case CV version.

- Christian

 

[Noddy]

I find with the the large Case that the spring tends to close up too easy - even the friction from an apple can close it - the MM is more reliable

 

[biglmbass]

I don't have a Sod Buster yet, but have to say IMO, the blade shape of that wood handled Brown Mule appeals the most to me.