SOG Pillar or Benchmade Nimravus

SOG Pillar or Benchmade Nimravus

  • SOG Pillar

    Votes: 6 31.6%

  • Benchmade Nimravus

    Votes: 13 68.4%
  • Total voters
    19
Irish_Iron_Spring

Irish_Iron_Spring

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Any personal experience with either, better yet both, and which way you’d go. Looking to use it as a combat/field knife.
Thanks in advance!

-Jack
 
Combat eh?

Let me ask you this, just to help pin this down for you...

What features, materials etc. made you narrow your choices to these two knives?
 
Owning neither, but having had both in hands before, I would choose the SOG. The handle scales being micarta instead of the Nimravus' metal mean better grip. I prefer the 5" over the 4.5" blade length and it has a useful choil area for fine work. The Pillar would be my choice.
 
Velitrius said:
Combat eh?

Let me ask you this, just to help pin this down for you...

What features, materials etc. made you narrow your choices to these two knives?
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Yeah for sure. Looking to add it to my plate carrier/chest rig. I’ve had a Gerber strongarm for a while. I like a fixed blade better than my multi tool knife and find uses for it. I don’t expect to be using it to knife fight bad guys, I’ve got a good old m4 for that. *but* I’d rather stack all odds in my favor. I’m infantry national guard and like to have a fixed blade, don’t mind the weight. Umm, like the blade lengths and materials. Really fond of corrosion resistance. Also bit of a knife fan lol. Hope that helps out in a recommendation.
 
It does.

The Nimravus comes in a Tanto configuration, which is pretty useful for piercing stuff, prying open boxes etc.

I like me some good micarta like the SOG has, but if you think the aluminum scales might be needed, the BM offers this.

The BM has a nylon sheath and the SOG offers a kydex rig... this might be important to you. Both are MOLLE capable though.

The steel choice in either piece is perfectly acceptable to me. You might like the characteristics of one over the other for your projected usage. There are literally hundreds of knife steel comparison charts that you could consult to pin down which one you like better for mix of corrosion resistance, toughness, ease of sharpening and edge holding and such. I'm sure there are a lot of folks who have the decision between two pieces come down to the steel charts.

I like the Benchmade warranty and customer service. To be fair, I have never used SOG customer service so I can't comment. I did have a Nimravus, but I never needed it serviced or warranteed. I've owned a ton of SOG stuff too in my years that never needed warranty or customer service work either though.

If someone told me I was heading back in to the service and I needed to grab one of these fixed blades... I'd bring the Tanto Nimravus.
 
Velitrius said:
It does.

The Nimravus comes in a Tanto configuration, which is pretty useful for piercing stuff, prying open boxes etc.

I like me some good micarta like the SOG has, but if you think the aluminum scales might be needed, the BM offers this.

The BM has a nylon sheath and the SOG offers a kydex rig... this might be important to you. Both are MOLLE capable though.

The steel choice in either piece is perfectly acceptable to me. You might like the characteristics of one over the other for your projected usage. There are literally hundreds of knife steel comparison charts that you could consult to pin down which one you like better for mix of corrosion resistance, toughness, ease of sharpening and edge holding and such. I'm sure there are a lot of folks who have the decision between two pieces come down to the steel charts.

I like the Benchmade warranty and customer service. To be fair, I have never used SOG customer service so I can't comment. I did have a Nimravus, but I never needed it serviced or warranteed. I've owned a ton of SOG stuff too in my years that never needed warranty or customer service work either though.

If someone told me I was heading back in to the service and I needed to grab one of these fixed blades... I'd bring the Tanto Nimravus.
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Thanks man! Super insightful and solid reasonings.
 
Irish_Iron_Spring said:
Any personal experience with either, better yet both, and which way you’d go. Looking to use it as a combat/field knife.
Thanks in advance!

-Jack
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Here's a review I did on the SOG Pillar: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/sog-pillar-usa-s35vn.1652346/

I've had both, several nimravi including the older G10 handled version, and I'd get the SOG hands down. You get more for your money in better materials and better sheath, IMO. I also like the SOG design better as a field knife, the BM is more tactical. No way would I pay what the nimravus is going for now. I was buying them in the $120-$150 range, with the G10 version at $150ish. The Kydex sheath on the nimravus is junk IMO, the Nylon is okay but the SOG Kydex is great for a production sheath. I'm sure you've watched it but gideonstactical review on the youtube is a very good representation.
 
I coincidentally had the SOG Pillar in Craytab's review. I'd go with that. Great knife, great design.
 
craytab said:
Here's a review I did on the SOG Pillar: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/sog-pillar-usa-s35vn.1652346/

I've had both, several nimravi including the older G10 handled version, and I'd get the SOG hands down. You get more for your money in better materials and better sheath, IMO. I also like the SOG design better as a field knife, the BM is more tactical. No way would I pay what the nimravus is going for now. I was buying them in the $120-$150 range, with the G10 version at $150ish. The Kydex sheath on the nimravus is junk IMO, the Nylon is okay but the SOG Kydex is great for a production sheath. I'm sure you've watched it but gideonstactical review on the youtube is a very good representation.
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That is a good review of the SOG, Cray.

Have you taken that pommel off the back end yet? Seems like that would be an improvement.

And yes, Nimravi is the correct plural there. :cool:
 
Velitrius said:
That is a good review of the SOG, Cray.

Have you taken that pommel off the back end yet? Seems like that would be an improvement.

And yes, Nimravi is the correct plural there. :cool:
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Nope, sold the Pillar. In the review you can see the competition it was up against. In that size range, my CPK FK1 & FK2 have that slot filled.
 
craytab said:
Nope, sold the Pillar. In the review you can see the competition it was up against. In that size range, my CPK FK1 & FK2 have that slot filled.
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Agreed, that would be a tough field in which to compete. Thought you might keep it as the "micarta slot" representative maybe.

I like the micarta, and it's the reason I got rid of the Nimravus... it was replaced by a Camillus CUDA CQB-4.

I mighta shoulda kept the Nimravus maybe, but having 3 brothers who like to have my "rejects", it just couldn't stay in the drawer.
 
Velitrius said:
Agreed, that would be a tough field in which to compete. Thought you might keep it as the "micarta slot" representative maybe.

I like the micarta, and it's the reason I got rid of the Nimravus... it was replaced by a Camillus CUDA CQB-4.

I mighta shoulda kept the Nimravus maybe, but having 3 brothers who like to have my "rejects", it just couldn't stay in the drawer.
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I love micarta. The CPKs are all micarta, though two are buffed and the Veggie knife is G10. I've got a kydex sheath coming for the BK62 so it will also be thwon into the 4-6" blade range that I'll carry and use. That size in my collection has a lot of competition or I would have kept the pillar!

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