My new Tomcat 3.0...GREAT!

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SterlingHammer

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Hiya folks, this be my first post here. I waited three excrutiating days for my new SOG, and when it finally came (not like I waited 3 weeks, mind you...) I was not disappointed, that's for sure!

Can someone tell me the characteristics of VG10, please? I'll search a bit some more, but I would also like to know what the blade material of the original Tomcat was.

I've carried my Benchmade around for years as my "dress knife"; not a scratch on her. The locking mechanism, which is similar to the SOG, is machined into that blade perfectly whereas I was rather surprised to find that the locking mechanism on the Tomcat is apparently left roughly cast. Also, the thumb grip grooves on the blade spine are roughly cast, as well. Is this a matter of difficulty in machining VG-10 (as opposed to lapping/honing, which can be done to any material, but probably not in intricate, complex shapes like the blade tang lock without great manufacturing cost), or is SOG kinda cheap in their finishing?

Don't get me wrong, this thing is beautiful, and I'm very happy with it. But I like perfection, and finish-wise, it looks like it was brought to the 97th percent mark.
 
Sogs are , IMO, a middle of the road knife. as for vg10 , with spyderco its a very good steel. i`ve never used sogs vg10 , so i can`t really comment on that.
 
SIRGALANT said:
Sogs are , IMO, a middle of the road knife. as for vg10 , with spyderco its a very good steel. i`ve never used sogs vg10 , so i can`t really comment on that.
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Were the original Tomcats "middle of the road"? I heard they were SOG's first "Knife of the Year" in Blade magazine years ago.
Did they go downhill a bit?

...And why isn't there a Benchmade forum here?
 
wouldn`t know, never even handled an original tomcat. the Benchmade thing came up recently, i`ll see if i can find it.
 
i can`t find it , but it was something about they don`t need or want one on here, as there is a chat forum on the website.
 
That's too bad. A BM forum would make this site as complete as any collection.

Getting back to SOG (as this IS, afterall the SOG board... ;) )...
Does anyone know what the original Tomcat balde material, hardness, and length is? I can't seem to find specs on it anywhere.
 
The original Tomcat had the specs below.

Blade 3.75"
Steel AUS 6
Overall 8.25"
Weight 8 oz

These specs applied to the Tomcat II also. The main difference was the addition of a thumbstud to the Tomcat II. I have attached images below.

Tomcat
SOG_S4-opening.jpg


Tomcat II
S94-Closed.jpg


SOG_S94.jpg
 
Chris, I see by the properties tag on the photos that you actually modified the site today just to post those.
Thank you!
 
Just received my Tomcat I and Stingray.
Very nice!

M-u-s-t h-a-v-e T-o-m-c-a-t-II !

...I've been bit. I'm already searching Ebay for my next acquisition!
 
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