What's the matter with SOG?

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

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

Pathetic.

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

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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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).
 
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