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History of the MACV/SOG Knife

Randall Chaney said:
Here you go, Bassbob.
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Love seeing articles like this, on anything but especially knives. It's not new information, in fact it's been done numerous ways in the past, in print and online.

BUT, it is new information to a new audience, most have probably never heard of the Sog Knife, outside of what they may have seen on a Sog advertisement, which oddly enough is a company with absolutely no history to its mainline first product copied from the original like Springfield Armory. Many certainly have never heard of Ben Baker's fine work in Sog. They certainly would never dig further in to find the older infornation. It's truly nice to reread and see comments from those who never digested it all before.

There is a book by Cole for those who wish to go down the rabbit hole of military knives. In fact this article inspired me to get it out and peruse it again.

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Sld1959 said:
Love seeing articles like this, on anything but especially knives. It's not new information, in fact it's been done numerous ways in the past, in print and online.

BUT, it is new information to a new audience, most have probably never heard of the Sog Knife, outside of what they may have seen on a Sog advertisement, which oddly enough is a company with absolutely no history to its mainline first product copied from the original like Springfield Armory. Many certainly have never heard of Ben Baker's fine work in Sog. They certainly would never dig further in to find the older infornation. It's truly nice to reread and see comments from those who never digested it all before.

There is a book by Cole for those who wish to go down the rabbit hole of military knives. In fact this article inspired me to get it out and peruse it again.

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And I have more articles coming on other interesting blades. Stay tuned to the Armory Life!

Randall
 
I love these historic articles. Thanks, and keep it up.

as a side note, this one did have the air of a promotional ad with a link to the SOG bowie 2.0 nested in it. I guess that's okay, doesn't ruffle my feathers too much and it doesn't change the that cool history. You don't often get a chance to read about the little things (like this knife) in history... but the big events are covered in depth. I find the history of even the mundane everyday objects can be as interesting and insightful as the big events.
The 2.0 looks cool, but I have to say $200 seem like a lot for a knife made in Taiwan. I know Taiwan is producing some okay stuff and I imagine that SOG is keeping the quality up. It is tempting as I do enjoy a good knife. I have a small (20?) collection, and I'm only sorry I don't have time to use them all!!! Some images of knifes of my own creation (commercial blade blanks)
 

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CCJ said:
I love these historic articles. Thanks, and keep it up.

as a side note, this one did have the air of a promotional ad with a link to the SOG bowie 2.0 nested in it. I guess that's okay, doesn't ruffle my feathers too much and it doesn't change the that cool history. You don't often get a chance to read about the little things (like this knife) in history... but the big events are covered in depth. I find the history of even the mundane everyday objects can be as interesting and insightful as the big events.
The 2.0 looks cool, but I have to say $200 seem like a lot for a knife made in Taiwan. I know Taiwan is producing some okay stuff and I imagine that SOG is keeping the quality up. It is tempting as I do enjoy a good knife. I have a small (20?) collection, and I'm only sorry I don't have time to use them all!!! Some images of knifes of my own creation (commercial blade blanks)
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Thanks, CCJ. I like writing them, so I’m glad you like reading them. The SOG 2.0 was more included because of the original knife inspiring Mr. Fraser to start a whole company around Mr. Baker’s creation.

Looks like nice fit and finish on your knives!

Randall
 
Axperez said:
Calling the action in which Roy Benavides earned his Medal of Honor "an especially violent helo extraction" maybe the most masterful understatement I've read this year.

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Gotta keep it PG-13, Axperez. I surmised that those who know the circumstances get the drift and those who don’t could internet search it out of interest. Thank you for commenting!

Randall
 
Xsgt said:
Thanks for your reply. I'm not a "knife guy" so I've always wondered: since the original Bowie was (supposedly) sharpened on the top of the clip point, why have most Bowie pattern knives (and other combat knives) not been? Again, not knowledgeable about knife fighting, but it would seem the double edge would be an advantage in slashing (forehand & backhand) movements and aid penetration in a stab.
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Under Kali law, sharpening the upper edge makes it a ‘dirk or dagger” and thus illegal. Not sure what the blade length to allow for carry is, the knives discussed are probably illegal for carry anyway, in a city environment, but for shorter blades, the d or d law comes into play. For example, I have carried a Fairbain-Applegate folder for years. Sharpening the upper blade would make it illegal. As regards the article, I carried this in the Nam.
 

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3L120 said:
Under Kali law, sharpening the upper edge makes it a ‘dirk or dagger” and thus illegal. Not sure what the blade length to allow for carry is, the knives discussed are probably illegal for carry anyway, in a city environment, but for shorter blades, the d or d law comes into play. For example, I have carried a Fairbain-Applegate folder for years. Sharpening the upper blade would make it illegal. As regards the article, I carried this in the Nam.
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I have a Gerber Applegate-Fairbairn folder with a single edge, kinda rare.

Is that beautiful fixed blade from Ed Martin? It’s cool.

Randall
 
Warrior9(Ret) said:
The one fixed blade that I carried and used for the majority of my military career is the EK Commando knife #5 Bowie. I ordered it in the late 80’s directly from ECK. I still have it stowed away in my buyout bag
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John Ek was a pioneer. His knives were very identifiable by the distinct three oversized bolts on the handles. EK knives go back to WWII. Your #5 is certainly a keeper.

Randall
 
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