What's your take on Sodbusters?

I've never considered a Sodbuster until very recently. The pattern never appealed to me...too mundane...

Then, on impulse, I purchased 3 Kissing Crane Sodbusters for about $8 each. I figured if they were a total bust, no harm-no foul.

I kept one, and gave one each to my official knife testing board...my 11 year old son and 12 year old daughter.

Well, as it turns out, the conclusion of the "official board" after a weeks use is that these are keepers. They are easy to sharpen, and sharpen well. They worked well for the "mundane" tasks that we encounter in our everyday lives everyday. My son and daughter have many knives (more than I had when I was their age), but have been reaching for the Soddies.

Now looking at the Queens......

Chris

p.s. Two of the three KK's were a bit rough to open and close when we got them. A bit of oil and wear fitting smoothed them up.
 
It seems that Soddies place themselves into the same category as Opinels, Victorinoxes, Moras and Buck 110:s :).

This is probably not my last Soddie ;).

~Paul~
 
A 20 spot for a Case Sodbuster is a hard deal to beat. The stainless ones are hard to beat for a tacklebox knife.
 
moonwilson said:
I like the Case sodbusters quite a lot. I don't have any personal experience with the Queens- because I don't collect Queen (per se). I can say that the Cases generally come with excellent edges, and hold them quite well. The carbon versions (which I prefer) come with better fit & finish than the stainless ones do. The carbon Case sodbusters come with a nicely mirror polished blade, and sharpen very easily. The stainless versions have the same finish on the blades that the black G10 series has- which shows the grind marks. The stainless versions have some rough edges on the handles as well, which need few minutes' worth of love with sandpaper to slick 'em up. I have a carbon Case in yellow delrin in my pocket right now. I worked the edge into a polished convex profile, and it eats wood like no tomorrow. Case Sodbusters can take a lot more hard use than their diminutive price tag would indicate. I like 'em!
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Glad to hear your comments.

I bought the black Lowe's model a while back. I know these are very inexpensive knives, but I was still just a little disappointed after reading many reviews on the board. I guess I'll have go ahead and pick up one of the CV yeller handled models.
 
I love the Sodbuster. I like my Boker Trace better; it's lighter, slimmer and the pocket clip is a must for me.
 
Relayer said:
Glad to hear your comments.

I bought the black Lowe's model a while back. I know these are very inexpensive knives, but I was still just a little disappointed after reading many reviews on the board. I guess I'll have go ahead and pick up one of the CV yeller handled models.
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I have two black delrin, stainless Sodbuster Jrs. that I picked up at Lowes on Peachtree Industrial here in Atlanta. They were both a bit rough when I bought them, but I gave them a little TLC with sandpaper and metal polish, and now they're slick as whistles. They're not as finely finished out of the box as the carbon models, but they work great. All of Case's black delrin models are relatively roughly finished, because they're economy models, but they can be slicked up to be just as nice as the yeller CV versions. Don't count yours out just yet- tinkering is fun!

But- get the yeller CV version anyway. :D
 
I have no experience with Queen, but I have a yellow Case sodbuster jr. in CV and I love it. It's a great knife, very sturdy, and the CV steel gets a nice patina on it. It's defilently worth $30, shoot, it's probably the best $30 I ever spent. Highly reccomended. :thumbup:
 
I picked one of those Case Sodbuster Jr.'s up while I was walking around Lowes this morning waiting for my oil change to get done, seems like a good quality knife I'll probably go buy a couple more. A little rough maybe but for a $15 knife, what do you lose?
 
I've got 4 and can't wait to get some more. Very utilitarian, but they that doesn't mean that they're bad...they work and feel good doing it.
 
Leftoverdj said:
I want the lock because I had an unfortunate experience with a deer that came back to life, and I had to stab it to permanently dead.
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If you dress a deer in the same order as I do, then that first step will surely wake anything up that is only partially dead. You have to elaborate more on that story.

Just a thought: wouldn't it be better to double check the deer before chopping off its giblets instead of buying your knives around the possiblity of having to stab another semi-dead deer?
 
Ordered a Queen Country Cousin from DLT Trading Co. on 11/11 and got it 11/13 (less than $20 delivered). Really like the look and feel but the edge is going to take some work.

Lots more practical, size wise than my Large Gaucho Sodbuster.
 
Badhammer said:
Ordered a Queen Country Cousin from DLT Trading Co. on 11/11 and got it 11/13 (less than $20 delivered). Really like the look and feel but the edge is going to take some work.

Lots more practical, size wise than my Large Gaucho Sodbuster.
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I mentioned earlier that I ordered it. I just got it a couple days ago. I Spent ALL of last night reshaping the blade and sharpening. Now I know why DMT makes course and extra course bench stones -all I had was fine/extra fine:eek:.

Other than the sharpening -it is going to be a really nice user. The blade has some serious snap to it when it comes out.
 
I have quickly "fallin' in love" with sodbusters, large and small; so far I've had only those models made with carbon steel (Boker Gaucho, Queeen, and Kissing Cranes made in Italy), but I have two Rough Riders, large and small, on the way with stainless. I expect the stainless ones to be very sharp, as opposed to the Queen, which has outstanding fit and finish but a not-so-sharp D2 blade.
 
The Rough Riders are very nice, except for the weak liner locks. The liner locks on the RR's are a joke. Better off getting the non locking ones.
 
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