SOG MULTI TOOL KNIFE MOVIE

My SOG tool came in a plain cardboard box. Yeah, that’s where the SOG tool gets its name.

SOG MULTI TOOL KNIFE MOVIE

SOG found its way into popular culture when Francis Ford Coppola made a movie based on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and set it during the Vietnam War.

MACV-SOG remained a secret during the war in Vietnam. Founded in 1986 by designer Spencer Frazer, it set out to make replicas of the bowie knives issued to and used by a classified unit in Vietnam - the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group, or MACV-SOG. Weight: 9.6 ozrnrnMaterial: 420 stainless steelrnrnTools: Gripper, hard wire cutter, wire crimper, blasting cap crimper, double toothed wood saw, partially serrated blade, 3-sided file, large screwdriver, Phillips screwdriver, 1/4-inch drive, awl, can opener, small screwdriver, bottle opener, medium screwdriver, scissors, and rulers Unboxing The rest of my Gucci gear is lost to time and all of the cross-country moves I’ve had since then, but the SOG PowerLock was a standout and didn’t get lost in the shuffle. While none of these products are “cheap,” you definitely get what you pay for, and spending a little extra can net you big results, especially when you’re in the middle of nowhere relying on the tool to make or break your day. At just over $70, the PowerLock fits neatly between my old Gerber and Wave in price but has a feature that literally crushes the competition. I still have the Bianchi shoulder holster I was issued then, my flight bag and Oregon Aero modded headset and the PowerLock. I flew with the Wave for about six months of OJT before Uncle Sugar started dropping gear on me. Leatherman has a new version of the tool I carried, now called the Wave+. Gerber still makes a version of the multitool I carried and cussed at -the MP600 - and it’ll now run you around $70 shipped. It should have, because the Wave was more than twice the price of the Gerber at $80. It had tolerances that were more tool-like. It was smaller, had a much better case, was all metal, and didn’t rattle at all. When I hit my first squadron assignment in 2004, I was issued a Leatherman Wave tool and it was just a different class of tool from the Gerber. Something has to give, and most of the time it’s not the panel, but your multitool that will bend or break. Think about that: When you’re stressed out and it’s an emergency, and you’re trying to pry up that panel to remove a screw, you’re putting the most force you can muster into doing it. They bend and twist and break at the worst time. Over time, the holes in the attachments that the bar runs through enlarge from use. But multitools also have a fatal flaw: the bits and attachments are mounted on a bar or rod, and when you use them, you’re putting massive amounts of torque (twisting force) on a very small surface area. Add a small screwdriver, a bottle opener, a pair of pliers, and a cable saw to your kit, and you probably won’t ever need a multitool. I’ve never really been a fan of multitools because a good knife will do nearly everything you need from a multitool and probably won’t break. Sometimes convenience is the driving factor. I was young, $35 wasn’t the end of the world, and I needed something to get through training. On top of that, the Gerber had plastic locks and circlips holding everything, and the plier head retracted into the tool body with some buttons. Have you ever tried to use the Phillips screwdriver on a multitool? They’re almost always frustrating to use because the tips are off-center, the handle is an ungainly rectangle, and the tips get chewed up because they’re generally not made from the right kind of metal. It didn’t do anything particularly well, and some of the attachments were beyond useless. I carried that tool and used it daily for more than a year and it was a rattly thing made cheaply. I bought a Gerber multitool while I was in training way back in 2003, and I never liked it much. As a C-17 loadmaster, I used them almost every day during my military service. My experience with multitools hasn’t always been positive.

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