What's the matter with SOG?

3Guardsmen · Jan 16, 2010

I guess nothing's new under the Sun!

http://sogknives.com/store/SP-24.html

http://sogknives.com/store/SP-21.html

http://sogknives.com/store/SP-01.html

:barf:

LorenzoL · Jan 16, 2010

It is a Spyderzilla! What's with that open Spyderhole?

3Guardsmen · Jan 16, 2010

LorenzoL said:
What's with that open Spyderhole?

My guess is it's the amount they needed to change "their" design to avoid the wrath of Spyderco's attorneys.

jiggyfly16 · Jan 16, 2010

:grumpy:...nuff said.

ousanas · Jan 16, 2010

saw those earlier today, am I the only one that looks at the FRN texturing and thinks it looks like Byrd texturing? The open Spydie... or Sogie hole looks ugly

Murdoc370 · Jan 16, 2010

....and not even the "zilla" thing is new. CRKT's multitools were first (well, at least before SOG came up with it

).

The FRN handle pattern screams "byrd" to boot. (EDIT: ousanas beat me to it by a few secs

)

Pathetic.

Dennis

cgmblade · Jan 16, 2010

No thanks, I'd prefer a Byrd over any of those, and they don't even come close to a Spydie.

THG · Jan 16, 2010

That's nasty.

Josh K · Jan 16, 2010

cgmblade said:
No thanks, I'd prefer a Byrd over any of those, and they don't even come close to a Spydie.

+1 on that. :thumbup:

yablanowitz · Jan 16, 2010

I don't know what's with the cut hole either. The hole being oval is enough to stay clear of Spyderco's trademarks (round and comet). Maybe they think that little notch will let it act as an Emerson Wave. Maybe it will. I'm not buying one to find out.

gundude73 · Jan 16, 2010

opening holes on anything not spyderco that isnt liscenced makes me sick. :barf:

Murdoc370 · Jan 16, 2010

yablanowitz said:
I don't know what's with the cut hole either. The hole being oval is enough to stay clear of Spyderco's trademarks (round and comet). Maybe they think that little notch will let it act as an Emerson Wave. Maybe it will. I'm not buying one to find out.

I bet no one of us will.

That is really LOW imo. They can't even come up with their own FRN texturing, and the byrd's one is not even the prettiest one to begin with.

Well, we've seen such things happen before. Shouldn't surprise us.

Dennis

Josh K · Jan 16, 2010

gundude73 said:
opening holes on anything not spyderco that isnt liscenced makes me sick. :barf:

It's not just the holes. It also looks surprisingly similar to the Delica / Endura shape.

MattWRog · Jan 16, 2010

That is a pretty homely knife. I'm embarassed for them.

jill jackson · Jan 16, 2010

Sal, has stated in the past that the opening hole should remain unbroken, because it's an important part of the blade's strength. So it looks like SOG has compromised the blade's strength. Foolishly in my opinion. Doubt those will be around long.

gundude73 · Jan 16, 2010

Josh K said:
It's not just the holes. It also looks surprisingly similar to the Delica / Endura shape.

now that you point that out. :barf::barf: it gets a double barf

Josh K · Jan 16, 2010

gundude73 said:
now that you point that out. :barf::barf: it gets a double barf

Heck even the double screws after the lock are carbon copied.

So how is this delt with? I mean it's "technically" not a hole, and it's "technically" not a knock off. SOG does have their own forum here. The design similarities are obvious.

jill jackson · Jan 16, 2010

Looks more like a Pacific Salt to me.

gundude73 · Jan 16, 2010

Josh K said:
Heck even the double screws after the lock are carbon copied.

So how is this delt with? I mean it's "technically" not a hole, and it's "technically" not a knock off. SOG does have their own forum here. The design similarities are obvious.

as others have said it looks a lot like a byrd knife. i would rather have a byrd.

Joshua J. · Jan 16, 2010

Is this the right forums for this?
I agree that the new SOG stuff is (mostly) very amateurish, but I think this thread it better suited for the general forum (or better yet whine and cheese).