SOG Seal 2000 Underwater Video Destruction Test Completed

Here is a photo of the tang. No way this handle was ever going to come off during hard use. The tang is nice and wide,heavy and radiused.

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I enjoy watching your videos. Great work

Edit: btw, how long was the knife underwater? I saw the after test photos and was just wondering how stainless it was.
 
I'm impressed, no rust inside the handle? the water did't go through the handle?

That was a great test+pic! I appreciate

Thanks

Mark
 
legendary test noss. Very cool seeing all the debris from chopping and cutting floating upwards out of the screen. I'd be afraid of chopping my air hose with those over hand chops though.
 
johnu2 said:
I enjoy watching your videos. Great work

Edit: btw, how long was the knife underwater? I saw the after test photos and was just wondering how stainless it was.
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johnu2: The rust occurred after I let the knife air dry on the surface.

demoteamone: No problem.
 
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generallobster: Thanks. Chopping your air hose is a possibility. However They are positioned out of the way.
 
Tomahawk23: I have carried A few different knives over the years. Currently I carry two. A Kershaw amphibian and a Spyderco Endura.
 
You still edc that beast of a folder from extrema ratio bro?

noss4 said:
Here is a photo of the tang. No way this handle was ever going to come off during hard use. The tang is nice and wide,heavy and radiused.

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Thats a hell of a good looking tang, may have to pick one of these up.
 
Hey Noss, Just wanted to join in with everyone else and say "Thank you" for such gratifying and informative knife tests. I really appreciate your web site and all the hard work you put into every test. I could see that this SEAL 2000 test was quite unique and I for one am grateful for these insightful assays of yours.

Btw, as I viewd the SEAL 2000 videos I couldn't help but wonder how a SOG Tigershark would perform in the same tests. It being basically the same knife as the SEAL 2000 but on a larger scale... dude, the Tigershark would be awesome!

Also, any plans to try out the new and improved versions: SOG SEAL TEAM ELITE/TIGERSHARK 2.0 with AUS 8 blades?
 
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Noss

I just want to tell you how impressed I'm with your tests.
This last one is really insane!!! :eek:

Is incredible the amount of work and time you put in your reviews. Great work and thanks for sharing it with us!

Now.. when you start testing folders :p


BETO
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Sorry for my english :o
 
macgregor22: Contact me if you want to do this.

LoneWolf X: Your Welcome. Thanks for the kind words. Testing a Tiger Shark under the same conditions would be interesting. The weight would be an advantage over the Seal 2000. I'll look into the new ones when they come out.

Alberto Salas: Your welcome an Thanks. It looks like the first folder is going to be a Syderco Byrd.
 
That thing just snapped in half? There was a thread a week or so ago with somebody's SOG knife that had snapped in half. I don't think it had the abuse you gave this one.
 
Silverdagger: I read that thread. It was a SOG Field Pup. This one broke when I did the side impacts on the tang. Only a few I have tested can't be broken like this. The Seal 2000 took just about everything I threw at it.
 
noss4 said:
Silverdagger: I read that thread. It was a SOG Field Pup. This one broke when I did the side impacts on the tang. Only a few I have tested can't be broken like this. The Seal 2000 took just about everything I threw at it.
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Cool, you wouldn't have a link to the field pup would you? I can't find it. I couldn't believe it broke? Sounds like the 2000 is a much better knife. I actually was thinking of the pup, but not now.
 
noss4 said:
I didn't dry it off afterwards and it rusted. Most all carbon stainless steels will rust if not cared for.
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I didn't think that it was a carbon blade, your original post said AUS6? I would think they wouldn't use a carbon blade in seawater due to corrosion, but then again, I'm no diver.
 
heelflip_kid said:
I didn't think that it was a carbon blade, your original post said AUS6? I would think they wouldn't use a carbon blade in seawater due to corrosion, but then again, I'm no diver.
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He said:
Most all carbon stainless steels will rust if not cared for.
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A stainless steel is a steel with a high chromium content(>12% I think). When carbon is added to "make it harder" it becomes a carbon stainless steel. But carbon increases the rusting ability at the same time. So these can still rust if not cared for.(like this AUS-6)

A carbon steel is a steel with added carbon without the chromium, and will rust much much faster than the chromium steels.

Only a few stainless steels have nitrogen added instead of carbon, like H1, and are truly "stainfree"

I hope this makes things clear for you. Otherwise you can read the steel FAQ made by Joe Talmadge when you want more information regarding steels.
 
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