Seal Pup without Handle

Kilroy Higgins · Feb 17, 2009

Does anyone have an idea of what the steel of the knife looks like without the polymer handle on the regular M37? I'm curious since I'm wondering if it would be a wise decision to, in short, destroy my handle leaving me with just the steel so that I can thin out my gear and rewrap the handle with paracord.

johnu2 · Feb 17, 2009

Is the Seal Pup still made in Seki Japan? If it is, it should be similar to the Seal 2000 pictured below

For those interested, this knife did not break under normal usage. It was the test subject in one of the tests at knifetests.com (noss4). It performed very well might I add

Chris@SOG · Feb 17, 2009

All of the SEAL and SEAL Pup knives will have a very similar handle design to the picture above. Thanks for posting that image.

Kilroy Higgins · Feb 17, 2009

Thank you very much for the reply; doesn't look like I'll be going through with the plan for now after all.

macgregor22 · Feb 17, 2009

Sog does some of the best hidden tangs out there, beefy with no stress risers.

I remember when I first saw that above picture, I said "Thats a great tang".

SubaruSTi · Feb 17, 2009

How do you get the zytel handle on the knives?

macgregor22 · Feb 17, 2009

They are molded right on the tang.

SubaruSTi · Feb 17, 2009

Looks like theirs a line on mine like it might have been two peices melted somehow.

Chris@SOG · Feb 18, 2009

It is over molded on the handle. Basically the tang is inserted in a mold for the handle and then the Zytel is injected. The line you see is where the two halves of the mold come together.

clearytja · Feb 19, 2009

Not to hijack the thread..but does anyone have a pic of the bowie tang?
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Chris@SOG · Feb 19, 2009

I posted one somewhere before. I can't remember where it is though but it is somewhere in the SOG forum.