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Note: I decided to share my SOG experience with you guys. I know it is a little condecending, but I have the right to be a little mad after this whole thing.
Back in september, my birthday was comming around. My girlfriend knew I was eyeballing the SOG line, especially the topo meridian. It being my first SOG knife, I didnt know what to expect other than reviews. So my girlfriend bought the topo meridian for me as a birthday gift.
When it came, I opened the package promptly. I was actually quite impressed in the small, but smart build of this knife. I went to open it with the flicker, and it was very very hard to open. So I took it to my workbench and put a few drops of 100% silicone oil on the blade pivot. The blade became so hard to open, I couldnt even open it with two hands. I had to press the flicker on a hard surface extremely hard to make the blade even budge. You could see where the problem was, the liners and the blade were contacting eachother very tight, preventing the blade from moving freely.
But here is the bad part. I contacted SOG about the problem, the guy there seemed very helpful and sorry about the defect. I sent the knife back, I got it back about 2-3 weeks later. I was finally getting the opportunity to actually use this knife. I opened the package once again, I went to open it. And the same exact problem still existed. I am completely convinced that SOG didnt even take a look at it, let alone test it out before reshipping. This was meant to be a birthday gift, it is a little disappointing to have this happen twice.
Once I find some time to contact SOG once again, I will be requesting my money back and go buy a kershaw knife.
Back in september, my birthday was comming around. My girlfriend knew I was eyeballing the SOG line, especially the topo meridian. It being my first SOG knife, I didnt know what to expect other than reviews. So my girlfriend bought the topo meridian for me as a birthday gift.
When it came, I opened the package promptly. I was actually quite impressed in the small, but smart build of this knife. I went to open it with the flicker, and it was very very hard to open. So I took it to my workbench and put a few drops of 100% silicone oil on the blade pivot. The blade became so hard to open, I couldnt even open it with two hands. I had to press the flicker on a hard surface extremely hard to make the blade even budge. You could see where the problem was, the liners and the blade were contacting eachother very tight, preventing the blade from moving freely.
But here is the bad part. I contacted SOG about the problem, the guy there seemed very helpful and sorry about the defect. I sent the knife back, I got it back about 2-3 weeks later. I was finally getting the opportunity to actually use this knife. I opened the package once again, I went to open it. And the same exact problem still existed. I am completely convinced that SOG didnt even take a look at it, let alone test it out before reshipping. This was meant to be a birthday gift, it is a little disappointing to have this happen twice.
Once I find some time to contact SOG once again, I will be requesting my money back and go buy a kershaw knife.