Sog folders

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Do all sog folders have steel liners or just plastic handle? If not, how's the strength compare to ones with steel liner?
 
All of their folders have steel liners, to my knowlege. They do not use plastic handles, they use zytel, aluminum, kraton, and titanium.
 
...and plastic (or something other than brass/copper) washers at the pivot...an area SOG needs to seriously look at.
 
According to my knowledge some have steel liners some are not. The Trident has no steel liners.
 
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.
 
I have an Air Sog that I have had a fairly long time. It does not have metal liners, only the Zytel handle.
 
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.
 
Thanks! Been looking at SOG folders but it's kinda hard to tell which ones have liner from pictures on the website. :D
 
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.
 
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