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    Default New knife. My review.

    So typically I don't do much gear review. What works for one person may not work for another. Add in preferences and prejudices and it typically turns into "mine is better"
    I picked up a new knife today and I really love it.
    It's the SOG tech bowie.
    It's full tang, got some weight to it, and it comes sharp as h*ll out of the box.
    It's very comfortable strapped on and it comes with a ballistic sheath for a variation of mounting options.
    I wandered around in the woods for about 6 hours today. I fileted 1 fish and performed a bunch of other various tasks with it. Still as sharp as out of the box.

    Here's the catch, it costs aprox. $125. I was lucky, it cost me $15 out of pocket. I live down the street from a Bass Pro Shop and had a bunch of gift certificates.

    If you're willing to spend the money, and looking for a good fixed blade belt knife... This baby certainly has my endorsement.

    I've got a picture I'd like to show ya, but I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to do that from my iPhone... Too much tech for this guy.
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    SOG makes some nice knives. Are you sure it's full tang? Looks like it might be a stick tang to me.
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    No, it is indeed full tang. According to SOG, all of their Bowies are full tang.
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    Not meaning to be confrontational - and as I said - they make great knives (I'm kind of partial to their Super Bowie) - but I believe they have full length tangs, not full tangs. With a full tang knife the tang is as wide as the handle. The handle would be in two pieces and metal would be showing top, bottom and end. Doesn't really matter I guess - good, well built knife.
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    Definitely full length tang... All my full tang knives are like you said. I prefer full tang as I've had others break on me.
    A SOG rep told me it was full tang, he may indeed have misspoke and simply meant full length tang. I don't really know for sure as I haven't taken it apart. It's got a pretty beefy handle. And certainly has that "full tang feel".
    I don't know for sure, just parroting what the SOG rep told me. I will defer to your knife expertise though.
    But, like you said, Good and well built knife! Either way, I'm not disappointed.
    EDIT: the only reason I talked to the rep was to ask him about the tang. I went and window shopped first. Found the ones I liked, then went online for some reviews. Couldn't find info easily about the tang, so I emailed SOG directly. He told me it was full tang, all their Bowles are full tang. Again, he could've simply meant full-length tang.
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    .... And with all the gift cards I had... Less than $20 out of pocket? It was a steal!!
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    SOG makes great tools. I use the Fasthawk and Tactical Tomahawk, but have yet to use a knife by SOG. Looks like I should try one.

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    If you can find one, the SOG Northwest Ranger is my favorite SOG knife.

    SOG knives are indeed stick tangs. It's a non-issue.
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    agreed,,sog is good stuff

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