| Sodbuster Knives | | | | Homesteaders in the Great Plains. Other inventions |
| Over 150 years ago the Sodbuster Plough was | | | | around this time were, barbed wire to fence off |
| invented to plough the hard dry ground of the | | | | and protect farm land, horse-drawn reapers, |
| Great Western Plains of the USA. | | | | binders and threshers and combine harvesters. |
| | | | The Sodbuster Knife is a large size, low cost, |
| Traditional iron ploughs were not strong enough, | | | | single bladed folding knife. The size has been |
| and the 'Sodbuster Plough' made of steel was | | | | scaled down recently and UK legal Sodbuster |
| introduced to do the job. | | | | knives are available. |
| The 1862 Homestead Act provided 160 acres of | | | | Joker NO77 Sodbuster Knife Olive Wood Handle |
| free land to anyone willing to set up a farm in the | | | | UK Legal carry sodbuster style knife with |
| Great Plains. The top layer of earth or Sod was | | | | stainless, non locking spear-point blade, Spanish |
| so tough that it was used as building bricks by | | | | olive wood handle scales. |