Case WR XX Pocket Knife Rough Black Synthetic Sod Buster Jr Item #18229 - (6137 SS) - Length Closed: 3 5/8 Inches

I got a good one ! One concern I had is that the grind on the side of the blade, in the photos, looks very coarse and file like compared to the CV blade and other Case knives which are very flat and polished (some times hollow ground obviously). Well I went ahead and ordered the SS steel Sod Buster and figured I could smooth it my self if I had too. I have smoothed and polished the sides of knives this way before so I knew what I was getting into. No problem. Running my fingernail over the side of the knife it is much smoother than it looks and I am happy. It is a work knife and I will use it just as it came. Good stuff ! The blade is centered well enough, There are very minor gaps between the scales and the liners but they are way thinner than a sheet of paper. Hardly anything. The brass pins and pivot look great with the blue handle and I like the color of the blue super well. Just what I wanted. The blade was plenty sharp enough out of the box. It had some wire edge but most all factory blades do. I touched it up on a hone and all is great. I cut up some stuff before this and the edge performed well; many people would be pleased with how it cut out of the box. Certainly NOT DULL by any stretch of the imagination. This is, as some have said, a good sized knife. Just what I wanted. Compares to the Buck 110. About half the weight or less though. Other than the kind of long length (closed) it is very pocketable where as the 110 is like having the head of a hammer in your pocket it is a must to carry the 110 in the pouch it comes with. I carry the Case Sod Buster in an ammo clip belt pouch as I do with many of my larger folders; my Benchmade Griptillian for example. The Sod Buster is too long to carry in the Buck 110 pouch. Bottom line : Case can still do it right and this is a VERY inexpensive knife and considering that it is made in the USA for the price they are practically paying you to carry their knife. For this price they aren't making much considering the vendor has to mark it up. Truth be told if I buy a good size pocket knife made in the US for under a hundred dollars I feel like I am under paying so keep that in mind. I wish I would have bought one of these years ago. It is "my kind" of handle shape and the blade shape and relation to the handle is very useful and comfortable. The smooth handle is a little slick (at this price you won't feel back about taking a file and adding some texture if it is too slick for you. I say buy it; very useful. Good quality.

Case: I have many higher end knives. 10 or so Benchmades, CRK, Spartan, ZT, among many others. I have 4 or so $400+ knives. Case is one of the first knife brands I recognized when I was a kid. Dad grew up 30 minutes from the Case/Zippo factory and my grandfather always carried a small stainless Case everyday. When I knew next to nothing about knives, I knew that Case was one of the standards. My 1st and 2nd "Real" knives (not some cheap fleamarket/hardware store counter knife) were Case knives and I was very proud of them and still have them. What I love about Case is that they are handmade in the US and are very very affordable. Arguably the best traditional pocket knives made. The knife itself: Iv been eyeing this knife for about 4 months. I added it to my basket, then "save for later". "Add" "Save" "Add" "Save" for months. Not really needing it but really wanting it. Finally bit the bullet and I couldn't be happier. This knife is everything I was hoping it to be and more for the price. First off, its a monster. I knew it was big but after finally getting it in person, its huge. It is a full size folding knife but also fairly light for its size due to the use of Delrin for the handles. I believe the knife handles are sanded on a belt by hand. You can tell its not by machine because of the "imperfect" symmetry of the grinding. I honestly love the hand ground look/feel. I feel like it is perfect in its "imperfection" and kind of cool knowing that no 2 knives are exactly alike. This particular model of SodBuster has a harder CV blade over the more common Stainless blade on the majority of their knives. So far I am a fan and think the CV is the obvious choice of steel over the stainless. There is a slight higher risk of corrosion with the CV blade but I am not even slightly worried about this. As long as I oil it after any excessive prolonged use in water/acidic liquids/environments and maybe every other month depending on use, It should be fine. The blade has a bit of a mirrored stonewash finish, personally love it. Steel is very easy to sharpen/touchup compared to my other higher end steels. I use a spyderco sharpmaker and it only takes a few swipes on the angled white fine stones before hair is falling everywhere. Also really love the brass liners/pins in these knives. This knife is a slip-joint (no locking mechanism to keep the blade from closing if force is applied to the top of the blade) however it has excellent strong retention when opened and closed. Really the only thing that made me a teeny tiny bit sad about this knife was that the blade is not centered. However it isn't that big of a deal for a $28 knife. I bought this knife specifically to throw into my hiking/camping/overnight/daypack for abuse. It will be my primary outdoor knife for whittling fine tinder, cutting cordage, and all other task until I need one of the fixed blades. The quality for the price is outstanding and I have no desire to baby it, at first sight you can tell its made for abuse.

Decided to try a Case tradition knife because my Victorianox floral knives have gone way up in price on Amazon. This is large Sod Buster in yellow and carbon steel came to me in very nice condition. Really nice smooth action and blade centering. 🌟 Way better than I expected from the Case baseline Sod Buster. Winner winner lets skin a chicken dinner. 😋

Husband really loved it he said it was good quality. He said the color was good and it fits nicely in his pocket

Three months ago, I didn't know what a "sodbuster" was. However, since 1970, I have carried a wood-handled single blade knife that I picked up in Amsterdam while backpacking around Europe for a year. The pattern was somehow familiar to me; I just didn't know what it was called. Then, while prowling a knife forum, I came across a picture of my knife, right in the middle of a thread on sodbusters. Since it was made in Germany, it turns out my old knife is more properly called a "Hippekniep", or pocket knife. On these shores, it became known as a sodbuster, probably after the prairie-homesteading immigrant settlers who brought the knife from Europe and made it popular here. The Sodbuster is a no-nonsense working knife with a versatile drop point blade. The Sodbuster Jr. is a 2/3 scale version of the full-size sodbuster, about 6 1/2" overall with a 3" blade. A lot of manufacturers make this pattern; I chose Case because it is readily available and has a reputation for quality, which was evident in the full-sized sodbuster i had bought earlier. The Junior is more pocket-friendly than its big brother, and gets carried a lot more. The stainless blade came very sharp out of the box. I have not yet been tempted to sharpen it myself. I generally prefer carbon steel blades, particularly Case's chrome vanadium steel, but I am thoroughly satisfied with the performance of this blade. The stainless is a bit better suited for use with food, always a part of an EDC's agenda. One niggle: the blade does not center well when closed, and rubs slightly on the liner, something I was not able to catch buying online. A guy might want to phone the order in rather than ordering on-line, which would at least allow you to ask the vendor to check the knife over before sending it out. It is not serious enough to want to send the knife back, however, and apart from this detail, the fit and finish of the knife are excellent. One last thing: This knife looks fabulous in orange.

First case knife, wanted something I could carry around from day to day without a pocket clip for more discrete carrying. Out of the box love the weight and feel, plus the friction folder is stiff enough without feeling like it’s stuck. Only gripe is the factory blade sharpness is really bad, with an extremely bad burr. Going to sharpen it myself, and then should be a 5 star knife from there.

Great single blade folding knife. Replacing one I lost last deer hunting season. Just a nice pocket knife!

I love this knife. Sharp and easy to open.