[Combat-wombat]

It's a great knife! It comes with a really nice tactical kydex sheath, too. Really comfortable to hold. Nice and compact. I'm really pleased with this purchase!

[Jim March]

No surprise.

SOG does some of the best grip ergonomics of any production knife, AND does a good heat-treat.

Buck's ergos are sometimes a hair better but their metallurgy of late ain't nowhere near, 'cept on a few limited-production pieces.

[Sir Galahad]

Congrats on that fine knife!:D Nothing warms the heart like a fine piece of sharp steel in the hand...

[kannonfyre]

I too own a knife like yours and it is a good choice for a boot knife. Store your pup seperately from the sheath and coat the cutting edges with silicone grease when not in use. It will serve you well for many years to come if you treat it decently.

Enjoy your knife!

[Combat-wombat]

why store it seperately from the sheath?

[kannonfyre]

cos after a hard day's worth of abuse there might be some liquid (dew, rain, river water....etc) in the sheath. Simply stowing your blade back into the sheath for storage would prevent the liquid from evaporating quickly and expose your blade to moisture for quite some time, resulting in stains & maybe corrosion.

Some of the guys I have served with have stored their bayonets in their scabbards after coming in from the field and 2 months later.....viola! Pitting and discolouration on stainless steel M7 bayonets.

[Jim March]

Ya, they're right about storing it unsheathed, or at least making sure the kydex is actually dry. If it IS dry in there, kydex doesn't "attract" moisture so the old rule from the leather sheath days about "not storing in sheath" doesn't entirely apply (leather DOES attract moisture). It's a VERY good stainless steel but it can still rust.

I'm not sure grease on the edge is warranted though. Not in your climate and with that steel (AUS6). Keep it clean and dry and that edge won't "rust away".

I've carried knives in kydex sheaths for hours in a driving rain on a motorcycle. When I got home, the knife came out for a thorough drying and stayed unsheathed until I was positive the sheath was dry. No problems at all. And that was on a $400 custom in a stainless grade less rust-resistant than yours.

Actually, the bead-blasted surfaces are what can rust the fastest, because there's a lot of "microscopic surface area". This problem doesn't exist at the edge. Some people take bead-blasted blades like yours and fine-polish 'em until they shine :). If that's your thing, get some fine-grit 600grade metal polishing paper and have at it. I believe some enamels will stick to that bead-blast surface very well, so you could in theory convert it to dead black if you wanted :). If that's your thing, ask first, we'll do some research on what works. I have a bead-blast-surface CRKT "testbed critter" I can try it out on with automotive touch-up enamel or something.

I'd leave it alone, myself.

[BenW]

On corrosion, perhaps I can pass on some real world abuse data. I have a Seal Pup attached to the stab jacket of my SCUBA gear at work. When I store it, it's in a gear bag, in the sheath with a coating of 10-40WT motor oil on the blade. I'm often out on cruises where gear is less than ideally taken care of for a week at a time (e.g., put away wet in bags overnight or kept wet by being stored on a deck). The rivets on the nylon part of the Kydex sheath are rusted to heck. The knife has never shown the tiniest bit of corrosion on it, and even after a week of abuse I can still feel a bit of motor oil on the blade. It of course gets thoroughly dried and oiled before being stored back in the dive locker.

FWIW, this is the only knife I've used for diving that's never shown a speck of rust, and I take a lot worse care of this one than I have any of my previous dive knives.

[Combat-wombat]

well, its just a smaller version of the NAVY Seals standard issue knife. Exact same everything, except size. One of the tests done by the government on the knife was a two-week salt water immersion. Also their resistance to acetylene/gasoline torches check it out. http://sogknives.com/seal2k.htm

[ReconTech]

I have a Seal Pup, very nice knife! I love it.... After I got it I spent an hour with it on the Spyderco Sharpmaker, and woah! VERY VERY sharp, hair popping and all!

[The-Distinctive-Edge]

They make some damn fine knives! Paul

[Combat-wombat]

Gave myself a small cut with it today. Geeze, that cut through my skin so fast I barely felt it! Seriously, I didn't notice 'til I was bleeding. That knife has cutting power!

[Drjones]

Gave myself a small cut with it today. Geeze, that cut through my skin so fast I barely felt it! Seriously, I didn't notice 'til I was bleeding. That knife has cutting power! Its become sorta a tradition of mine that I seem to cut myself with every new knife I've bought. :banghead:

Unfortunately (fortunately?) I haven't had the pleasure yet with my Strider Tactical GB. Perhaps its some sort of omen? Perhaps when it does happen it'll be reeeeally bad? :uhoh:

I managed to cut myself twice with this thing: http://www.albionarmorers.com/swords/deltin/dt5154.htm

:rolleyes: :banghead:

What do you suppose it means that I cut myself TWICE with it? Maybe it really likes me and we were meant to be together...blood brothers eh? :D

[Combat-wombat]

Actually, I only have two knives, and my first cut with either of them was just yesterday with my Kershaw Ken Onion Blackout, and now today with my SOG! Weird, huh?:D

[DigMe]

Actually, I only have two knives, and my first cut with either of them was just yesterday with my Kershaw Ken Onion Blackout, and now today with my SOG!

That's funny because I cut myself yesterday too for the first time ever with an SOG Pentagon Elite folder that I've had for a couple of years.

brad cook

[gunsmith]

I am not a lawyer but from what I've seen on Jim Marches page
that would be a felony to conceal!
it will keep the creeps away from you though!

[Jim March]

The legalities of that piece have been discussed with him in detail already :). I am quite confident he has a firm grounding in what's legal and what isn't, and he's shown a lot of maturity for his age in understanding the issues.

I have less confidence in the maturity of the COPS of this state. He's liable to be hassled open-carrying the SOG, even though it's somewhat small for a fixed-blade.

But they won't be able to make any charges stick.

[Combat-wombat]

Damn! Cut myself AGAIN with my SOG!

[Harbinger]

Some combat wombat YOU are! ;)

[Combat-wombat]

Hey, I can still fight with a cut thumb!:D

[winstonsmith]

I managed to cut the first knuckle of my pointer finger three times with my hatchet.

I was gonna criticize, but I guess I cant.

[George Hill]

His left thumb... his right is much too powerful.

/Presidio

[Sir Galahad]

In some schools of thought, feeding your blade your own blood gives it Spirit.

[Combat-wombat]

yeah, it kinda bonds me to my knife