SOG's new knives for 2010?

[David Bowen]

This is being discussed on another forum and thought I would see what you folks think as well. Looks to me that it looks alot like a Spyderco Delica or Endura with a messed up opening hole. Is this like another case of the Skeletool/Crucial or something different?

http://sogknives.com/store/SP-24.html

http://sogknives.com/store/SP-21.html

http://sogknives.com/store/SP-01.html


Picture of one of the new knives...


Military for comparison.


Centofante


Endura


LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Magnus]

the steel handles on the first one look nice, but other than that I am left feeling a little "meh"

[jzmtl]

Looks like a weird cross between endura and cara cara.

[J-sews]

What is the point of the incomplete hole?

[Viking]

I don't care for SOG's folders, but some of their fixed blades are ok.

I think the point of the incomplete hole is so it's not a total copy of Spyderco.

[J-sews]

I don't care for SOG's folders, but some of their fixed blades are ok.

I think the point of the incomplete hole is so it's not a total copy of Spyderco.

DOH!! I get it now.

[PyroJames]

I think the point of the incomplete hole is so it's not a total copy of Spyderco.

 

[David Bowen]

Maybe it's a half attempt at making at "wave" feature like an emerson? 

[cliosguy]

I think the point of the incomplete hole is so it's not a total copy of Spyderco.

LOL

[Witmen]

My first ever SOG knife was a first gen tiger shark.  Back then SOG was awesome when you had a blade from them it was sharp and functional and useful. I remember back in the day saying you had a SOG told everyone you had a quality knife.  Now not so much.  It's sad but every year they come out with more gimmicks and items that just plan suck.  It brings down the over all image of the company,  Things like the kilowatt and the muscle car and now these knives just make me ashamed of loving SOG like I do/did,  I don't understand what happened to them but more and more SOG as a company leaves me scratching me head  

I honestly just hope the multi tools don't start to suck as well.  As far as I'm concerned their knives,  both folders and fixed have sucked for a while now.  All in one day we got a peice of great news with them re issuing the micro tool clip and then we got sucky news  with this post.  

What happened to "SOG ingenuity"?  This is a total rip off.  Oh well

[J-sews]

I don't have the history with SOG that you do Witmen but I too have to wonder what happened to them. The line that starts with the Kilowatt and runs through the Muscle Car and Contractor 2x4 and then last years Fish On! are surely the most ill conceived knives ever made. How out-of-touch must a company be with its consumer base to ever let crap ideas like these get past the drawing board?

On a related note, I'm anxiouly awaiting news of what this year's new theme knife will be.
 

[Witmen]

How out-of-touch must a company be with its consumer base to ever let crap ideas like these get past the drawing board?

 

Exactly,  How could they think making knives like those were a good idea?

[Freudian Frog]

How out-of-touch must a company be with its consumer base to ever let crap ideas like these get past the drawing board?

 

Exactly,  How could they think making knives like those were a good idea?

HOLD ON! ... don't be bashing them without having any sales figures.

Who knows? Maybe the bikecurious really do love that motorcycle folder?

As to it being a rip off... this time I can only agree.
And I don't think that'd work as a wave.

[Witmen]

lol I loved that episode of South Park,  I ride a crotch rocket. But I know a lot of Harley guys,  and they were all very offended.  Matt and Trey are braver then I am.  I wouldn't want to call every biker in the world the things they called them. 

[Sean]

That hole design is a bit of an eye roller for me   Whats up with that?  Were they thinking
fully closed = lawsuit?    They do have that Spyderco Endura thing going on with it for sure.
Interesting that they seem to be going in the direction of foreign steels which
might not be so surprising.  People have been crying for years that Sog needs a higher
end steel than their Aus-8.

[cliosguy]

How out-of-touch must a company be with its consumer base to ever let crap ideas like these get past the drawing board?

 

Exactly,  How could they think making knives like those were a good idea?

HOLD ON! ... don't be bashing them without having any sales figures.

Who knows? Maybe the bikecurious really do love that motorcycle folder?

As to it being a rip off... this time I can only agree.
And I don't think that'd work as a wave.

south park reference FTW

[hawkchucker]

Well I kinda saw the writing on the wall monthes ago for SOG. I knew by the questionare that they were going to start the China syndrome and that the company would go this route. Shame on the new Sog, and bring back the Old SOG we respect. I for one will now never buy another sog item.

[Freudian Frog]

Jeez you guys are overdramatic, just one line of knives and you're already boycotting?

[hawkchucker]

Well It kinda goes to show how the company is going to do buissness in the future. They are now not only "borrowing" a design but also insulting peoples intelegence by changing it a little to  fool the masses. I for one feel that it is a Copy of the endura and all they did was slit the hole and change the texture of the handle.

[J-sews]

Well I kinda saw the writing on the wall monthes ago for SOG. I knew by the questionare that they were going to start the China syndrome and that the company would go this route. Shame on the new Sog, and bring back the Old SOG we respect. I for one will now never buy another sog item.

Dozens and dozens of new variations introduced by SOG this year, and nearly all of them were Chinese imports. More details to follow....

[Medic82]

Well I kinda saw the writing on the wall monthes ago for SOG. I knew by the questionare that they were going to start the China syndrome and that the company would go this route. Shame on the new Sog, and bring back the Old SOG we respect. I for one will now never buy another sog item.

Dozens and dozens of new variations introduced by SOG this year, and nearly all of them were Chinese imports. More details to follow....

I hope that you voiced our opinion on that matter.................and it looks like I have to start buying SOG's really fast before the modells that I want is made in China.

[hawkchucker]

Yup I voted accross the board on it how I felt about the Fusion line. I understand a company has to make money, but if they are doing bad this is not the way to go. Remember Camillus and Schrade. Both doing poorly on the financial front and when they started to knowck out poorly made stuff. well the companys tanked.

[Medic82]

I think that the Fusion line is great since the people that can’t afford the high en stuff have an option. But if they move the entire production line to China I am very disappointed with SOG, I think that they will lose a lot of customers if they do that and they are better of keeping the production in the US

[zepla]

If the quality is no different who cares where the production line is 

[Magnus]

If the quality is no different who cares where the production line is 

exactly

[Medic82]

I am not debating that you can get quality stuff from China, but history has shown that when a company moves the production to China to make more money the quality will get worse.

If SOG can make good quality tools and knifes in China then I am going to keep buying their stuff, but I am afraid that this is not the smartest move SOG have done.

[Woz]

Dunno, Spyderco, Benchmade and other have pretty good quality made in China. If the SOG products are as good as Spyderco or Byrd I´ll keep loving them.

[Witmen]

Like I've said before,  I think the new foreign powerlock heads are an improvement over the USA made ones.  So getting quality from China is completely possible.  But at the same time I would never even consider getting one of there new knives.  For example look at the new tech bowie.    That kind of money for a Taiwan made, AUS8 knife is insane if you ask me. You can get so many better fixed blades for that kind of money.  Like the Fallkniven A1  

But what  I'm most worried about is the stupid,  corny designs and the garbage steel SOG continues to use.  
All just my own personal opinion.

[Viking]

Dunno, Spyderco, Benchmade and other have pretty good quality made in China. If the SOG products are as good as Spyderco or Byrd I´ll keep loving them.

I personally think that the USA made Spyderco and Benchmades are better quality than the China made Spyderco and Benchmades.  I own a couple China made Benchies and IMO, there's a big difference in quality.

It all depends on what your standards are.  I am willing to pay the extra money for what I believe is a better made knife.

[Woz]

Absolutely. The US made Spydies ARE better, and the blue or black class Benchmades are better than the red class. But this does not mean the Red class is bad - just not as good. If the Micro ToolClip is close to the quality standard of a Spyderco Tenacious it will be great. Maybe it would be even greater if US made, but still great.