SCUBA DEMO Questions

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santino34

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How long has SOG been making these? Where are these being made? Japan or Taiwan? Is there a difference in quality? :)
 
According to A.G. Russell, the scuba/demo is made in Seki, Japan like those rockin' "ole-skool" Pentagons were!

On this Scuba, you can just make out the blade stamp.

Fun Fact: Illegal to sell in California or Massachusetts
 
Hey Santino, I wondered that myself and finally found one in a B&M yesterday. I held it for the first time and fell in love, will be picking it up next week prolly. Out of town this week and the shop was closed today. Anyway, the blade is stamped Seki/Japan. They are extremely hefty, a lot more so than I originally thought it would be.

Lagarto
 
My new DEMO SCUBA arrived today and man is it cool!! I love the blade and how the words DEMO/SCUBA, SOG and SEKI JAPAN appear to be stamped.
 
uhhhh... what's the deal with amazon?

That's not illegal by any stretch of the imagination... Maybe the mods should have the office contact amazon.
 
It's a big double edged knife, which is illegal in The People's Socialist Republics of Massachusetts and California.

I've seen the same warning "No sales to CA and MA" for years in outdoors and surplus catalogs. Some super savvy sellers on eBay have the same warning in their auction, especially for double edge knives.

If I'm not mistaken (and I might be), both those states in particular aggressively pursue sellers in other states who send prohibited cutlery to their unfortunate and much-oppressed residents. In other words, some Commiefornia or Massachusnik AG will start prosecuting you. Warrants, extradition, the whole works. The folks in the AKTI forum could fill you in with all the super-depressing details, if you truly want to wreck your evening.
 
double edges are supposedly illegal in australia too. doesn`t seem to stop my local knife shop though
 
you only need a import permit in Australia to bring in a double edged knife in. I had to do a ton of paperwork to get my daggert2. The people at customs are not to bad to deal with if you get the right one
 
Better late than never. I picked up a SOG Scuba/Demo with the 20th Anniversary logo on the blade. It is a Seki, Japan knife. A close inspection showed that the surface of the blade could have went through some extra finishing. Further sanding with wet 600 grit by hand exposed the lack of these last steps in the finishing process. It's a good knife at a reasonable price. Especially, for a conversation piece or working knife. But I'm going to continue with the finishing process on the blade by hand to get rid of the machining strokes and put something in between a satin and mirror finish to the blade. The blade sharpens very well so be careful because it already comes with a fairly sharp edge. I think it is a superior quality knife for the money and recommend that people don't actually use it as a diving knife because of the flaws from the originals using it as such. To give you an idea of the cost benefit of having one of these in your collection I placed a custom Randall Attack Knife and the Scuba/Demo next to each other and the Scuba still looks like a quality knife; my acid test for "factory" knives. I would also like to see SOG come up with a "Classic" collector line. As such, this company has the resources to come out with better 1917/1918 WWI trench knives and the US M3 trench knife made famous during WWII. Especially, the US 1918 trench knife. This knife originally came with a gun blued blade and a chemical additive to the handle to make it darker. The cheap reproductions we see skip a lot of the details. But what would you expect for $19.95. Just an idea. I like being the CEO of a company online :)
 
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