Sog folders

[jzmtl]

Do all sog folders have steel liners or just plastic handle? If not, how's the strength compare to ones with steel liner?

 

[spencetron]

All of their folders have steel liners, to my knowlege. They do not use plastic handles, they use zytel, aluminum, kraton, and titanium.

 

[SPXTrader]

...and plastic (or something other than brass/copper) washers at the pivot...an area SOG needs to seriously look at.

 

[my9221]

According to my knowledge some have steel liners some are not. The Trident has no steel liners.

 

[thebullfrog]

Nor does the Zytel Flash. But I've never had a single complaint about the Zytel. I've never had it crack, chip, or even flex for that matter. I suppose ultimately, no it's not as strong as a steel liner, but in most situations that you would use a folder in on a day to day basis, the Zytel is plenty sturdy enough.

 

[Keencutter]

I have an Air Sog that I have had a fairly long time. It does not have metal liners, only the Zytel handle.

 

[Chris@SOG]

We do use a mix of steel liners and solid Zytel construction. Here is a quick list and be no means is it complete.

Flash - Solid Zytel with no liners
Trident - Zytel liners at the groove
X-Ray, Mini X-Ray, Pentagon Elites, Spec Elites - Zytel with steel liners

Hope this helps out, if you have a specific question let me know.

 

[jzmtl]

Thanks! Been looking at SOG folders but it's kinda hard to tell which ones have liner from pictures on the website.

 

[batosai117]

All of the folders with the arc-locks are going to have the steel liners. The arc-lock wouldn't work otherwise. The steel from the arc-lock goes against the steel of the blade and the liner. The SAT knives vary, but are mostly going to be the zytel. I would like to recommend the new Vulcan, it is a very thick knife and is VG-10 stainless steel, this is above the 154cm and ATS-34 range. This knife has worked great and has held its own against everything that I have put it up to. If you question the durability of the zytel handles, there is a thread called the 'unstoppable flash' this pretty much covers the durability of the flash II. Hope this helps, J.