We were experimenting with the laser engraver the other day and did this the other day on the bolster of the Tomcat 3.0.

What do you think?  if you have any ideas post them below.

The orignal Access Card has been retired. It is always a sad day here at SOG when we have to retier a knife, but sometimes things have to be moved aside for new inproved versions.

The new Access Card 2.0 is a great replacement for the Access Card.  The new version has an extremely light but strong handle, the smooth operating Arc-Lock, and a upgraded VG-10 blade.  We are also doing two different versions of it a silver version with sheepsfoot blade and a black version with a clip point blade.  Both have a low carry reversible pocket clip and are beginning to ship now.

Just received my copy of the March 2009 issue of Tactical Knives, which features the Fatcat knife on the cover.  If you have not seen the magazine go to your local book store and check it out or better yet go buy yourself a copy.  There is also a nice article to go along with the cover photo about SOG’s newest Arc-Lock knives.

The new SOG Flash II with Digi Camo handles are now starting to ship.  It took us quite a while to get the colors correct.  Actually, much longer than we had anticipated but in the end I think it was worth the effort.   So, if you have been waiting to get your hands on one of these knives, you should be seeing them soon.

Enjoy

Found a good honest review of the Fusion Salute on youtube today.  I think he is pretty much spot on with his review and I am definitely happy with this knife and think that you will be too.  Check out the review and let me know what you think.

Great photo of a Mini Pentagon knife paired with a SIG.

A member of bladeforums.com recently posted images and a description of a knife he believed to be a prototype of the original SOG Trident fixed blade.  It turns out it is one of the two prototypes we had made and is a great historical find.  Here are some pictures of it for you to drool over.

We are doing a running change on the Desert Camo Trident folder.  We just go the first run of the new handles in and  they are going out this week.  Take a look at this and let me know what you think.

We just received this email exchange from the father of a US Marine stationed in Afghanistan. A big Thank you for his and everyone’s sacrifice made in the line of duty.

Subject: Fwd: SOG SOG Multitool survives IED  attack

My son is a United States Marine  serving our country in Afghanistan.  His Armored Humvee was hit by an IED  and the attack was detailed in a Fox News video entitled “Courage Under Fire”  as one of their cameramen was involved in rescuing his wounded Sergeant.   Attached is an email I received from him today relating the condition of  the vehicle and its’ equipment after the fire.  While his SOG Tiger Camo  Flash II was destroyed, his SOG multi-tool was the only thing in the vehicle  to survive.   Thank you for making such quality  products.

Dave

Fairfax, VA

Subj:  SOG

Dude,

I forgot  to tell you the story about the SOG.  The SOG   multi-tool that you got for me, was pretty much the only  thing to  survive the incident in my truck.  Literally everything  in the truck was  burnt, and melted.  Even things such as the  heavy duty .50 cal  tripod, rifles, etc., were completely  unrecognizable.  However the truck  frame, the actual .50 itself,  and the SOG multi-tool, were the only things  that survived.  The  .50 cal is obviously destroyed, and will never fire  again, but it kept  it’s shape, which was a big surprise.  But one of the  mechanics  later found my SOG on the floor of the truck.  Still works and   everything.  I thought that was pretty amazing, considering.   The  SOG knife, that I had was also found, although it was welded  to the  floor.  Goes to show you the quality of the product,  thought you would  get a kick out of it.

I don’t know if everyone knew this or has seen the latest issue of Field and Stream, but the SOG Mini Vulcan won a Best of the Best award for 2008.  Check out the article in the September 2008 issue of Field and Stream or read it online.  Here is a excerpt of what they had to say about the Mini Vulcan.

This is a super little knife. Its 3-inch blade, with a recurved edge, is made of VG10 steel and is held open by the SOG Arc-Lock…

Everyone at SOG is very excited about this and we are happy to be in the same standing as the other winners for 2008.