a good 1/2 lb kitchen knife will work just as well

you’ve used this knife before eric?

Certainly looks like a solid knife. Priced right to me, as well.

Mr. CHan,

I’d have to disagree. The blade on this knife is over 1/8” thick and held up to hammering and many other misuses that I did not list in my review. While it might fell a sapling and cut veggies- I cannot see a kitchen knife performing near the SOG.

Thanks for the review. Within the SOG line I would also recommend the Seal Pup Elite as a great camping companion. It is available with a partially serrated blade which I find very useful over just a straight blade. SOG also offers the Aura – Hunting version with a zipper blade for field dressing. I like the SOG product line.

I have absolutely no practicle need for this knife but strangely…I WANT ONE!

SOG knives are serious tools. I’ve owned one of their pocket folding knives (that is obsolete now) and the smaller Pentagon for several years. Tough as nails. Benchmade quality at a reasonable price.

im still trying to decipher which wild animals youd want to kill with this knife … im sure there it can probably decapitate bears in one fell stroke … however unless you want to slaughter every critter you encounter there are better choices

a kitchen knife will do any reasonable task that most backpackers will want to do in the woods … in fact most decent knives will

i guess if you want to clear cut trees this may be a good choice … leave every rather than no trace

now if this was one of those hunting or survival forums ….

Chan,
who said anything about killing animals with the knife? The review is clearly written about a camp knife. And at the very reasonable price point on this SOG I’m confused as to where you are going to find a “kitchen knife” that will hold up to the same abuse in that price range?

I’m glad to your comments regarding backpacking. The most use a backpacking knife usually gets is making shavings to start a fire, cutting cheese and cord. For that a pocket knife works just fine.

We’ve got lightweight backpacking knives being tested currently, so stay tuned!

Mr. Chan, you do realize that the site you’ve found is called Gear Junkie? That means most of us are here to see what cool new gizmo’s/gadgets/knives are on the market, this SOG clearly being one of those items. 101 uses for a kitchen knife sounds boring for a website, which is probably why it doesn’t exist. As a matter of fact, I think that I’m going to buy one of these just for kitchen duty.

Junkie …. Hmmmnm

well if you must kill small pets then by all means buy all the junk ya need ;)

kinda like those soccer moms that need monster suvs to go to the mall…

Eric…what kitchen knife do you recommend? You know your stuff ..I can tell.
Please help. Want to take it hunting bear or elephants.