SOG spine shape, crests, what were/are they for???

I always figured they were just that "look" that companies/makers put on thier knives so one can tell that they are clearly thiers even when the logo is no present.

Sincerely,
Adam

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Self improvement is a hobby of mine :).

 
If you are talking about the "peaks" on the spine of the blade, they are a caricature of the shape of a Randall #1.....despite the reported statements of the designer to the effect that the #1 was NOT an inspiration for the original, leather handled, Viet Nam SOG.

IMO, of course.

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BrianWE
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If you are not laughing, you may as well be crying.

 
HEY !
It was only an opinion.....didn't mean to shut down the discussion...au contraire (or similar)
But, if you want to see what I meant, look at photos (if you don't have access to the real thing) of the pre Viet Nam models.
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BrianWE
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I THINK : THEREFORE I AM.........I think
 
rfrost, are you talking about Becks Cutlery of NC? If so i didnt know that they carried any kind of CISO SOG reproduction. Man, Becks Cullery is only about 20 mins. away from my house!

Oh, and Brian i do agree that the Sog bowie knife kinda' looks like my Randall #1. However, the Sog bowie knife has a double crest on the back of the blade while the Randalls only have one. Just a little observation.

Oh, one other thing Brian, what part of NSW do you live in? I have family in Sydney.
Andrew

[This message has been edited by RenFieLd (edited 02-09-2000).]
 
I have often wondered that myself, but have no clue. My guess is that it is only to make their knives visually distinctive as the above post mentioned. I haven't been able to figure out any other good reason. Hopefully if this keeps going to the top someone will know for sure.
 
Ren

North coast...

As for the Randall/SOG thing, my opinion is not a dearly held one....but some of the very early #1s were ground a bit more radically. Try to get access to pics of older stuff.



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BrianWE

Believe me....being this old and having to live with all this experience is not the picnic I thought it was going to be.
 
One other thing.....in relation to the "visually distinctive" theory : it is worth remembering that original knives were not a marketing exercise and were meant to be "sterile", ie., origins a secret. Also, at the time, the Randall was very popular with troops and, almost, unattainable by most of them.
A Randall lookalike makes a lot of sense.



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BrianWE

Believe me....being this old and having to live with all this experience is not the picnic I thought it was going to be.
 
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