Tsunami

[Tim-Gabz]

I picked up a new Sog Tsunami yesterday. I went in after a Daggart for defense but as the Tsunami was on special and was more able to cut fruit I changed my mind. After spending a good part of the morning with a colleague testing by one sweep shearing of thick cardboard tubing (holding plan paper) I was asked what is the steel.

Can any one help me with the steel spec?

I am sewing up a concealed sheath for fitting it in my trousers at the left hip.

[SIRGALANT]

aus 6 or aus 8

[MuayKiDo]

Tsunami's aren't produced anymore, I believe, so your'e kinda lucky. They were only made in AUS6.

MuayKiDo

[Tim-Gabz]

Thanks, Nice Steel. I am playing with it a bit much and probably will have cut myself by this evening. A shop is selling off it's old stock that is end of line. May pick another up this afternoon as a spare. It is awsomely sharp.

[Tim-Gabz]

Wifey found out and to make up I have gone and bought the SOG Paratool for my eldest for doing well in his exams.

[SIRGALANT]

clearly you are a father who knows whats best for his son

[Tim-Gabz]

Bought him a SAK with saw for Christmas some years back and by lunchtime had some small bread boards.

Was looking at some other multi tools for a while and these paratools came up on special and what is good for Dad has to be good for son. I will give it to him on my return to Gaborone tomorrow, just before I head onto Nigeria. Wify will have to deal with the issues of home engineering.

The paratool seems particularly good for a 10 year old whose lowest mark was 71%. He has had some cheap chineese toys fail on him and this is a good means to show him the value of quality.

[SIRGALANT]

i like my SAKS , but they don`t get used much

[bigocean]

Mate, your son needs the Black Powerlock B63 with v-cutter... hehehe

[platinummatt]

I have a tsunami. I thought I heard something abuot 440 in one thread. Does yours have the handguard.

[Tim-Gabz]

Mine does bave the small hilt on it and I note that most did not. It is a particularly important aspect that I don't see on many other pics. I will post some pics later today that will include the new sheath designed to fit the left inside of my trousers. we drive on the correct side of the road (the left) so we are right hand drivers so it sits edge forward for a cross draw. Made it out of thick webbing hand stitched and tripple soaked in thinned epoxy. The epoxy part came after I was still doing a fitting and it neatly sailed through the webbing and Levis and had to start over. My fingers are stiff from the hand sewing.


My son has been having a ball with his paratool. Only one incident was he asked for some help closing it as it was stiff, with no glasses on I leant over and received the knife point in the joint of my thumb. There should be a section on this forum sponsored by Band Aid. He has yet to dissemble anything of significance, like the hinges of the security gate (found my electric screwdriver) some two years back.

[Tim-Gabz]

Here goes some phone pics:

[Vaako]

Edge up like a samurai, too! I'll give you a great deal on my old Blade Of The Immortal comic books, if you like. j/k

You did a nice job and got pretty decent results. I would have just cheated and called Chris Kravitt. Then again, all of my SOGs came with factory leather sheaths and SOG used to supply really gorgeous leather sheaths back in the '90s.

I wish SOG would offer them again as an upgrade.

[Tim-Gabz]

I was not aware of the Samurai method. Edge forward is great for left hand and right hand draw. I would say that it is very much parallel intuition unless they forsaw right hand drive.

I have been doing my own kit for some time as it appears that I stand alone as a knife knut in Botswana. It has meant trial and error, some great sucesses and in one case super gluing the mrs to the sheets.

The Kydex sheath is well made but inappropriate for civilian daily use. I am looking to do something similar to what I have made in Kydex early next year. Using thick belting is not a fast solution with hand sewing and repeated coats of epoxy needing to cure. We are not allowed to import leather due to Foot and Mouth outbreaks and the local leather is not very good.

[GIRLYmann]

The Steel type for your late model "finger guard" SOG Tsunami
AUS 6 Stainless Steel
-http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:ZqQZdRyscHsJ:www.sogknives.com/tsunami.htm
Always prefered the early guardless type for its slick profile.