Please Tell Me About This SOG

[SpySmasher]

Got this absolutely beautiful Seki-made SOG folder for free from a friend of a friend. After doing some internet searching, I'm 99% sure it is a cocobolo-handled Tomcat 1.

Am I right? Blade is just under 3 3/4" long, 0.2" thick.Marked SEKI-JAPAN on the opposite side. No clip, no thumb stud (obviously). For what it's worth, the action is buttery smooth.

Anyway, if it is a cocobolo-handled Tomcat 1, can you tell me when it was made and from what steel? I presume it originally came with a sheath. Was it cordura or leather or what?

Thankee kindly.

 

[Barman1]

The original Tomcat with the kraton handles had a 440c blade and came with a nylon sheath.
Released in 1988, won overall knife of the year.
The cocobolo handled version was a limited later release of the original with the same steel and accessories I believe.

 

[GIRLYmann]

Very nice!
Not that my opinions are ever worth anything,
However, you might wanna go through some of these old threads linked below
For good measure...
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/what-model-sog-is-this.416449/
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/numbers-stamped-on-the-bolster-of-my-cocobolo-tomcat-why.391099/
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/discontinued-knives-tools-for-2003.236767/
https://web.archive.org/web/20010902031047/http://www.sogknives.com:80/stingray.htm

 

[davidolsen]

all the cocobolo limited run in early 1990s were all serial numbered up to 1000. I see no number where it should be.