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.
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.
Here is a great video of a SOG user sharpening his Trident Tanto. This technique will work with most knives and should give you great results with a little practice.
Just got word from Law Officer.com that they posted a press release on the new SOG Aegis knife. You can read it here and while you are there take a look around the site. There is some great LE related info there.
Just because I know that everyone wants to know. we are expecting the Aegis knives to arrive in September. So you still have a couple months to wiat but it will be worth it.
Just received a great image of the Battle Ax from our distributor in Finland.
It is always nice to receive images like this from our customers. If any has anything they can send them to me at marketing@sogknvies.com or post them to the SOG flickr pool.
I am trying to compile a list of apperances of SOG products in various TV shows and movies. Here is the list I have so far. I am sure that there are I items I am missing so if you know of anything please let me know.
Lost - Tigershark
House - Twitch XL
Kill Bill - Desert Daggert
Shooter - Twitch XL
Terminator 2 - SOG Bowie
Battlestar Galactica - SEAL Revolver
Bonus point if you can provide or point to an image of the knife in the TV show or movie.
Update: I have also posted this on bladeforums.com and gotten some good answers to add to the list.
The movie “SOLDIER” with Kurt Russell has at least two SOG’s that I have seen.
Shows Kurt in action with a SOG Seal 2000.
Also, shows Jason Scott Lee in action with a SOG Pentagon in the final one-on-one fight scene with Kurt.
