SOGBowie 2.0 Fixed Blade Knife-Tactical Knife with 6.4 Inch Blade, Hunting Knife with Hard Case TiNi Coating and AUS-8 Steel, Leather Knife Sheath (S1T-L),Brown

This knife is a close replica of a knife that played a prominent role in the war In Viet Nam. If you're interested in that role and history just search for "MACV-SOG knife" on the web. I had purchased an inexpensive knockoff of this knife which got me interested in learning more about this historic knife. The more I learned the more I knew I had to have this knife. I know the actual knives varied somewhat over the years, but this SOG S1T-L Bowie 2.0 knife was designed and crafted to accurately represent the appearance and salient features of the original MACV-SOG knife and its successors. Of course over the decades better materials, a titanium coating and advanced manufacturing have contributed to a knife much improved from the 1960's while retaining the uniqueness and qualities of the original.This knife is very well made. The unique blade is perfectly ground, shaped, polished and sharpened. It is beautifully coated in black titanium nitride (TiNi) as are the cross guard and the butt cap. The handle is made of leather washers slotted and stacked along the blade tang. They are shaped to provide a smooth finish and flat finger grooves along the bottom. The handle is oval shaped and is said to be epoxy coated. There is a hole in the butt cap for a lanyard.The sheath is well made of high quality leather dyed black and follows the pattern of the original SOG knife sheath with a small pouch on the front that includes a sharpening stone. The retention strap wraps around the top of the cross guard and snaps to the front.I have only two minor complaints The handle is quite slippery. The finger grooves are helpful, but not quite enough. Also, there is a rivet through the lower portion of the belt loop that attaches the retention strap. As the blade is slid into the sheath the cross guard can slide along the rivet cap which can put a scratch in the cross guard. This can be avoided if the belt loop is pulled back while inserting the blade in the sheath, however, this isn't practical if the sheath is on the belt. I like the knife enough overall to not mark it down for these issues. Carrying and using any knife will cause wear, so either keep it for show or use it and accept the wear. If you like knives, you'll like this one.

The media could not be loaded. SOG is amazing company they make great knives this one in particular is very well balanced, great material, and full tang. I have several from this company and love them all.

I didn't look at the reviews before ordering this knife--very stupid, I know--but I wouldn't have been interested in it if I had known that the sheath was so poorly done. The knife is okay as far as I know--since I haven't used it yet--but I'd not have spent over a hundred dollars on it the way it is.

The SOG Bowie, is actually the SOG Bowie SF ( US Army 5th Special Forces Al Mar based knife) made in the early 90’s by SOG. The only thing missing is the Special Forces crest which was on the blade and sheath.The blade is tough and sharp. You can survive with this blade. SOG knives are made for military and law enforcement operations. This knife was seen in the 1991 Terminator 2 movie.

Love the knife! Practical and beautiful to look at. I do wish the handle was providing more grip, but this is good enough.

Sexy blade, light, delicate though so not recommended for survival duty.

I purchased the SOG Bowie 2.0 through Amazon because the price was great. I'd wanted a MACV SOG CISO knife for a long time, but never could find one that was correct enough and in my price range.The SOG Specialty Bowie 2.0 is a great knife! I've been using it as a hunting knife, which it is great at. The steel is very well polished and finished. The TiNi coating looks a lot like gun blued steel. It's a uniformly shiny finish, that doesn't look too think like paint does. The grip washers are epoxied for strength and durability, and feel great in that hand. The pommel and guard are perfectly sized and shaped historically correct.The SOG Bowie 2.0 is a beautiful knife.This knife makes a great survival knife, hunting knife, or fighting knife. And it's one of the best repros of the Ben Baker-designed CISO indigenous hunting knives on the market.I love this knife.

I've been wanting this knife for a while now. I have other SOG products that I love but this knife was a let down. First and foremost I expected it to be made in the USA. "Tiwan" is stamped right on the blade. Whoever dyed the leather for the handle was either blind or working late on a Friday. The bluing of the steel is poorly done and starts wearing off with just a few passes in the sheath. It is sharp and sturdy and probably more than capable of handling any job you throw at it, but it isn't the overall quality I expected from SOG.