Sog jungle canopy

wroughndt

wroughndt

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I just recieved one of these knives for christmas and was wondering if any of you have experience with them. At .200 thick it is a huge heavy knife and makes my Ka-bar large heavy bowie look..... Kinda wimpy. I am really interested if anyone has chopped with it as I have never had a stainless, hollow ground knife this big before. Any info would be very much appreciated! Thank you, Wroughndt.
 
Not sure about the Jungle Canopy , but they tested a SOG FUSION JUNGLE PRIMITIVE on knifetests.com


HOLD MY BEER AND WATCH THIS !
 
Better choppers out there for the money, but if you got one for free then it's a steal! :)
 
I have the jungle primitive it does ok but can chop pretty well for the price
 
I'd eat one of those up if it were in a cheap high carbon steel instead of 420... I've read reports on here of people breaking them right at the haft. Another instance of awesome design, less than sufficient execution. Kershaw's Model 1077 is available for pre-order right now in the pricerange as well.
 
Steel is 8Cr13MoV, not 420. Yea, its a 'cheap steel' but it's sufficient for the role it is being used in.

Yea, the new SOG machetes are budget items for sure. That's not actually a negative thing though, because they are still more than adequate for camp chores and light chopping they are designed to do - and that sure isn't bad, especially when you can get them for under $20 at Walmart.

They are replacing the older budget machetes the Big Box stores used to push - garbage like Coleman or Ozark Trail machetes - that were made of totally untreated J2 stainless and came dull as a butter knife. China made SOGs and Gerbers are a big step up from that crap, especially in the same super budget range. Now you can walk into just about any chain store with a sporting goods section and have a good chance of finding a serviceable knife - and they deserve a big thumbs up for that.
 
The Jungle Canopy is about double the street price of the machetes, unfortunately. This puts them in competition with the Condor Speed Bowie and Kumunga, the Kershaw 1077, the Kabar Heavy Bowie series... all made with quality reputable high carbon steels. It's a kick butt design, no doubt about it, but these other designs are kick butt too, and the materials are more suited for their intended purposes.

Could have swore I saw 420 on SOG's website a few weeks ago-ah well.
 
I have to check these threads more often! I did take my large knives out today and did a bit of a chopping contest. The jungle canopy was the second best chopper of the bunch, right behind my Becker bk9. I chopped through a 5 inch pine tree in 4 separate spots with the Jungle canopy alone. After all of the chopping the edge was not chipped or even rolled over. In fact it still shaved hair off of my arm! I understand that chopping pine isn't the toughest test for a knife but I was still very impressed with the knife. I will post more as I beat on it in the future. Thank you to everyone that replied, I appreciate it.
 
A Becker bk9, a crkt Razel ss7, an esee 5 ( I know it's not a chopper, I just wanted to see what it would do) and a condor hatchet looking thing. I don't remember what the condor is called but it is sharpened on all sides. The competition wasn't too stiff but I was pleasantly surprised. My kabar heavy bowie was not included as I am in the middle of stripping it and putting an elk antler handle on it :)
 
By the way, you just reminded me to buy that Hudson bay i have been eye balling off of your website. Thank you.
 
I want to see that elk antler Heavy Bowie when it's complete. Being a high desert bum, I feel wierd tramping around the Wild West without a good traditional style bowie strapped to my waist, but most of them you see these days are more fighter-based than bush-based. The Svord custom bowie showed up around here recently and that appears to fill the role, but so would a custom-handled Heavy Bowie.

I'm going to have to research 8Cr13MoV-I really want to justify this blade.

The Hudson Bay is badass-it's so utilitarian and classy looking... even with the 8 inch blade it feels like a little companion. One of those knives you can't help but keep close at hand, and it will eat up any task you give it. Stole this from a recent thread, but it's 'like a sasquatch in a suit'. Limber, slicer, stabber, pryer, digger, pounder... all for less than 40 bucks.
 
"Sasquatch in a suit"...I like it! :D:D:D

The Svord Von Tempsky is around $250 so not a good piece for comparison because of the big difference in price point. I think a Condor 12" Bolo would be a good comparison piece though. :):thumbup:
 
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