Monday, February 19, 2007
"SOG" ARC LOCK KNIVES
I HAVE BEEN VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE SOG ARC LOCK KNIVES AS THEY DO NOT IN MY OPINION HAVE TOTAL COSISTANT BLADE LOCK UP.
HERE IS WHAT I FOUND, WHEN TAKING APART ONE OF THEIR ARC LOCK FOLDING KNIVES THE TWO SPRINGS THEY USE FOR THIS SYSTEM ARE VERY INFERIOR AS THEY ARE WEAK AND DO NOT OFFER CONSISTANT STRENGTH TO LOCK UP THE BLADE SO IT IS NOT LOOSE. THE SOG SPRINGS ARE POOR AT BEST.
THE BENCHMADE AXIS LOCK SYSTEM AND THE COLD STEEL SIMILAR SYSTEM AS INCORPORATED ON THEIR RECON 1 AND AK47 FOLDERS ARE FAR SUPERIOR THAN THE SOG ARC LOCK.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SPRINGS ALL MY LIFE ON HANDGUNS AND THIS ERROR COMES WHEN A COMPANY IS MORE INTERESTED IN PROFIT MARGIN. WHEN A COMPANY OR SPRING COMPANY USES MUSIC WIRE IT IS PURCHASED IN PRE HEAT TREATED LOTS THAT VARY FROM LOT TO LOT.
COMPANIES PAY PENNIES FOR THESE SPRINGS. IF THEY WERE TO BUY A CHROME SILICONE WIRE SPRING THAT IS CORRECTLY HEAT TREATED IT WOULD COST THEM MUCH MORE MONEY AND THEIR PROFIT MARGIN WOULD GO DOWN BUT YOU WOULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER FOLDING KNIFE.
THIS IS A RESULT OF MY DETAILED STUDY OF NOT ONLY SPRINGS IN ALL HANDGUNS BUT IN KNIVES.
TO SUM UP AT THIS POINT IN TIME I WOULD NOT BUY ANOTHER "SOG" KNIFE BECAUSE THEY HAVE CUT CORNERS AND THE WOMAN IN WARRANTY INSULTED ME BEFORE SHE HUNG UP ON ME.
NOW YOU MAY UNDERSTAND MY FRUSTRATION AND THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY NEVER CALLED ME AND THE ONLY THING THESE COMPANY OWNERS EVER UNDERSTAND IS WHEN THEY NO LONGER MAKE THE MONEY THEY USED TO.
ITS LIKE WHEN A POLICEMEN GIVES SOME ONE A HARD TIME OR EVEN GIVES THAT PERSON A STREET ADJUSTMENT WITH HIS NIGHTSTICK AS WAS DONE YEARS AGO, IT NEVER HURT THE PERP' AS MUCH AS TAKING HIM TO COURT AND WHEN THE JUDGE FINED HIM AND TOOK MONEY OUT OF HIS OR HER POCKET.
THIS IS THE REAL WORLD. IF YOU WANT THE BEST FOLDERS FOR THE MONEY BUY A COLD STEEL RECON 1 OR A BENCHMADE GRIPTILLIAN.
HERE IS WHAT I FOUND, WHEN TAKING APART ONE OF THEIR ARC LOCK FOLDING KNIVES THE TWO SPRINGS THEY USE FOR THIS SYSTEM ARE VERY INFERIOR AS THEY ARE WEAK AND DO NOT OFFER CONSISTANT STRENGTH TO LOCK UP THE BLADE SO IT IS NOT LOOSE. THE SOG SPRINGS ARE POOR AT BEST.
THE BENCHMADE AXIS LOCK SYSTEM AND THE COLD STEEL SIMILAR SYSTEM AS INCORPORATED ON THEIR RECON 1 AND AK47 FOLDERS ARE FAR SUPERIOR THAN THE SOG ARC LOCK.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SPRINGS ALL MY LIFE ON HANDGUNS AND THIS ERROR COMES WHEN A COMPANY IS MORE INTERESTED IN PROFIT MARGIN. WHEN A COMPANY OR SPRING COMPANY USES MUSIC WIRE IT IS PURCHASED IN PRE HEAT TREATED LOTS THAT VARY FROM LOT TO LOT.
COMPANIES PAY PENNIES FOR THESE SPRINGS. IF THEY WERE TO BUY A CHROME SILICONE WIRE SPRING THAT IS CORRECTLY HEAT TREATED IT WOULD COST THEM MUCH MORE MONEY AND THEIR PROFIT MARGIN WOULD GO DOWN BUT YOU WOULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER FOLDING KNIFE.
THIS IS A RESULT OF MY DETAILED STUDY OF NOT ONLY SPRINGS IN ALL HANDGUNS BUT IN KNIVES.
TO SUM UP AT THIS POINT IN TIME I WOULD NOT BUY ANOTHER "SOG" KNIFE BECAUSE THEY HAVE CUT CORNERS AND THE WOMAN IN WARRANTY INSULTED ME BEFORE SHE HUNG UP ON ME.
NOW YOU MAY UNDERSTAND MY FRUSTRATION AND THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY NEVER CALLED ME AND THE ONLY THING THESE COMPANY OWNERS EVER UNDERSTAND IS WHEN THEY NO LONGER MAKE THE MONEY THEY USED TO.
ITS LIKE WHEN A POLICEMEN GIVES SOME ONE A HARD TIME OR EVEN GIVES THAT PERSON A STREET ADJUSTMENT WITH HIS NIGHTSTICK AS WAS DONE YEARS AGO, IT NEVER HURT THE PERP' AS MUCH AS TAKING HIM TO COURT AND WHEN THE JUDGE FINED HIM AND TOOK MONEY OUT OF HIS OR HER POCKET.
THIS IS THE REAL WORLD. IF YOU WANT THE BEST FOLDERS FOR THE MONEY BUY A COLD STEEL RECON 1 OR A BENCHMADE GRIPTILLIAN.
