Seal 2000?

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Are there any plans at all to update the SEAL TEAM 2000 knife with better steel? I noticed that the X-42 Recondo has been graced with S30V and is still at a very reasonable price point. I for one would be all over a SEAL TEAM 2000 with a better grade of steel and I feel that it's a good enough knife with such an awesome design that it really deserves an upgrade. I used to have one, back when they were made with 440A and I dearly regret getting rid of it. I beat that thing to hell and back and it just kept on begging for more. Please, please, please have mercy on us all and give this knife an upgrade!!!
But don't change anything else. The handle is great on that thing and so tough it isn't even funny. No Kraton!!!
 
carnifex, for a minute there I thought you were pulling our legs, but then I checked out the SOG site! Both the X-42 Recondo and the X-42 Field knife are listed as having S30V steel blades. :eek: Is it a typo or did SOG really make the switch?

Also I noticed that on the SEAL Pup page there is mention of the Tactical Nylon sheath. I thought that was a thing of the past. Has it come back? I hope so, cause that is one sweet sheath! :D

As far as updates to the SEAL 2000, your guess is as good as mine.

Heber
 
wait how much worse is AUS6 then 440a because i was looking to get a seal 2000 i have a seap pup from like 3 years ago would that be 440 or aus6?
thanks in advance
 
Their web site indicates that both are AUS-6. With respect to the nylon sheaths, my understanding is that these are now a standard item, and are available for both the SEAL Kinfe 2000 and the Pup.
 
Bigdumplings said:
wait how much worse is AUS6 then 440a because i was looking to get a seal 2000 i have a seap pup from like 3 years ago would that be 440 or aus6?
thanks in advance
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Its AUS6.

440A was a misprint from a few years ago.
 
Not so much a misprint, more of a deliberate marketing deception. AUS steel is manufactured in Japan, whereas the 400 series is American. Because AUS-6 approximates 440A, and because the American market was more familiar with its domestic 440A than foreign AUS-6, SOG actively encouraged the misnomer. There is no more to it than a deceptive marketing strategy. Happily, SOG have now done away with that practice and the steel is now correctly tagged as AUS-6.

AUS-6 might actually be a tad better than 440A because of the extra wear resisting ingredient. I believe, all other factors being equal, it would be hard to make a performance discrimination between these two though.
 
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