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Hi I am new,,,I love this site..I have a SOG Winder 11 Hoffritz It has to be 12-15 years old..it has seki japan on the blade and EDM.Wa. I know it was expensive back then how does it compare now..if anyone is interested in a trade let me know.. Thanks for you time
 
Don't know how to tell the older ones from the newer ones, but I do know they changed the steel on the newer ones. The older ones had AUS8A blades and the newer ones have been downgraded to 6A. Still a decent steel, but the older ones were a lot better.
 
you don't take hints too well eh?
I know you're new here, but someone already told you,
this ain't a trading forum!
 
Originally posted by Danbo
Don't know how to tell the older ones from the newer ones, but I do know they changed the steel on the newer ones. The older ones had AUS8A blades and the newer ones have been downgraded to 6A. Still a decent steel, but the older ones were a lot better.
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I hate to correct people, but the Tomcat has always been of the AUS6 steel. There's never been a change.

Regarding telling the age of a SOG product...the first several years (about 4-5?) of SOG's existence, they were located in Santa Monica, California. So there'd be an abbreviation referencing there. Then, SOG was located in Edmonds, Washington. Only in the past 7 years were they located in Lynnwood, Washington. They've been a company about 17 year’s total, so you can kind of figure the years out.

Regarding the “Hoffritz” model, I’m a bit foggy here, but I think it was engraved for a store.

Hope this has helped.
 
Hoffritz was a chain of knife stores. OK, not just knives :) but they were the first outfit that sucked knife money out of me on a regular basis! We had them around New York for a long time. Some of their products were just standard production that got their name engraved alongside the manufacturer, but others seem to have been unique to them. I got a picnic knife, made in Italy, with a fruit tester blade, and equally long serrated sheepsfoot bread slicer, and a tiny two-pronged fork that folded out from the other end.
 
If it's always been made of AUS6A, then it was being advertised incorrectly, as I definitely remember reading 8A.
 
I remember that as well Danbo. I think in some of the old Cutlery Shoppe catalogs that the specs listed them as aus8. Not sure if maybe that was a typo on their part or what.
 
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