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Recently, I discovered that the Seal Pup Elite (and various other models) are being produced twice a year with a plain edge and satin finish. I've been trying hard to find one for weeks. Everyone is out or they're on back order. I'd like too see models come standard with a plain edge and satin finish. Just from reading posts on the forum for years now, it seems that I'm not alone.
All the other knives that I buy from other companies come this way standard. I would buy more SOGs if I could just get them PE/Satin finished. Comments, questions?:thumbup:
 
+1. If I want a saw, I'll buy a saw. I like plain edged knives. Looking for a reasonably price Tigershark, and would love it with a Micarta handle.
 
Many of the older SOGs came in a plain edge, satin finish. I should have grabbed some of them while I could.
 
It is apparrent to me that this serrated blade thing is not what it is cracked up to be. They don't do that much better a job than a well kept plain blade, and I am cutting them some slack because I don't really think they do a better job at all. Also they are difficult to maintain to peak efficiency. Most people I see tear them up when they sharpen them because they don't have the proper sharpener or they don't know how to use one. Not to mention that they look like crapppp!

If you go on Ebay and watcha few thing for a while like Spyderco knives you will see that in most cases the plain edge knives of the same model actually sell for more than the serrated edges. This should be telling somebody in the knife industry something.

Then as you guys also metioned there's the satin finish which not only looks better but cuts better. Any finish is only as good as the care that you give the knife and a well cared for satin finish knife is as good as or better than one with some crappy coating i.e. TigerShark's.

Remember these:
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and these:
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They beat the #*^% out of the current models.

Sorry to rant but the direction that the production knife industry in general has gone is what has forced me to move toward custom knives which in many cases are not that much more expensive than ones from a factory that have lesser performance and style.

At least you could offer some of the models as they used to be made as an option. How many guys on this forum have you heard say that they would love to have one of the old Carbon Steel TigerSharks with the plain blade. I know I have heard it from plenty.

Vince.
 
VJB. has some very good points. I personally believe that serrations have there place. In fact, I love my Urban Trident with serrations for my EDC. However, I personally think for large blades it should be the consumers option. For myself, I have come to dislike the serration on my Tigershark so much that it is now my emergency backup instead of my everyday camper.

My 2 cents.

Cheers!
 
SOG has always made their choices based on statistics of what sells the most. That might not be popular here on a "knife forum" (generally an anti-serrated populous) but the larger buying public buys differently than those here. For me, the knives they sell might not be what I like, but I can appreciate their desire to have a trim product line that will net them the biggest revenue. In the greater scheme, they prefer NOT to broaden their product line with multiple variations that will sell in lower percentages.

If you do a search on this topic with posts I've made here in the SOG forum (when a SOG manager), I addressed this topic in detail several times a couple years ago from the SOG corporate vantage.
 
i for one like serrations . but then again i`m a collector , mostly only using my knives to open boxes , packaging that tools come in etc. honestly , other then that , what do you guys honestly cut each and every single day? do you walk around and just cut things for fun ?
 
I rarely cut anything with big knives. I carry larger knives hunting, but still find myself using the pocket knife for most of the hunting chores. I probably use my small pocket knife at least two times a day for various chores and feel naked without it in my pocket. I was working in South America and was carrying a little Swiss Army knife, the Tinker... it was stolen in my hotel room one day and I literally spent an afternoon looking for a replacement the very next day. Fortunately, I was in a big city at that point and I could replace the knife. That would not have been the case if I was out in the country which I commonly was for extended periods of time. Now I have a backup. The Tinker is not my current everyday knife. But out of the country, it would be with me.
 
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