Gocomma assisted & manual flipper knives

General Knockabout blade.
It’ll be fine.
Just like the SOG I carry on keyring

Whoa, hey, speaking of SOGs… anyone know where to get a genuine SOG knife, surplus or otherwise? “SOG” as descriptive, not brand.

’Nam era nondescript unmarked knife issued to “observers”. :laughing:

Any searches always lead to the brand. :neutral_face: Nothing against ’em, just not what I’m looking for.

@ Lightbringer
You talking about THIS ONE??

SOG (Studies and Observations Group):wink:
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Ooh, gimme!

That’s one of yours?

Ya’ gotta love that “Studies and Observations Group”:wink:

Finding an original might be tough, IDK.

Not that one. That is a stock picture from Wikipedia.

Oh, bugger. You’re just a KT (knife tease)…

And yeah, that’s why I put “observers” in quotes. :laughing:

Problem is that nowadays, all these “surplus” joints just sell mil-style new crap.

I got this nice cotton “army shirt” (damn, forgot what they’re called… the shirt equivalent of cargo-pants) that just ain’t made anymore. My washer did a number on it, started ripping at the seams from the propeller, and any more washes and it’d probably come out in pieces. New crap is poly-blend, not cotton. Hell if I can even find any all-cotton ones anymore.

Damn, way back, you could to pick up a pair of army boots and who knows, find part of a blowed-off toe inside or something. Now? Might as well just order some boots from REI or somewhere.

Just for s&g, I was looking for… think it’s Swiss camo: white, black, and red, made to look like fall foliage in snow or something. That pattern was tres kewl. Surplus? Yah, you could pick up one, probably. Now? Forget it.

Ah, just goggled it. Swiss Alpenflage. Dunno any authentic… probably made in China nowadays.

Yeah, the real stuff is hard to find now a days on the open market. Like you said, much of it is cheap knockoff stuff. :frowning: . Certainly not what you could easily get 30 years ago.

I’ll ask around & see if anyone I know has an original SOG they want to part with… or knows of one. Don’t hold your breath though. But I’ll PM you if I locate one. :+1:

The Gocomma knife with a 8.9cm D2 blade and a G10 handle dropped in price a little, so I snagged one!

Thanks for the heads up rc. :+1:

How often do these go on sale? Looks like current price is $10.99.

It varies, no was to tell. This is a good knife, don’t miss out on one to save a dollar. :+1:

Yup, I did order one. Thanks.

Your welcome, enjoy it. :+1:

@ Lightbringer
No joy. I found two original issue one owner, but neither one for sale.

Check some of the Ontario fixed blades, they might have one similar to what your looking for Lightbringer

Naw, I figured as not. Any searches hit the brand, not the knife. Just Not Meant To Be.

Nah, I saw plenty. Got Ka-Bar knives and the like, but I was hoping for an original.

There was a cheap and pretty decent fixed-blade I got a while ago from GB. “Knife with sharper” was the description. Holster’s a POS, but the knife is pretty decent.

Thing is, neither one had the “sharper” included. Pffft. :confounded:

maybe best bet is to go to a gun/knife show

Try searching “original issue sog knife”.

The two copied & pasted posts below are from HERE . Interesting reading I thought……
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SOG is the term given to them by collectors as this is who used them the most.Men attached to Special Operations Group or as it was also known as Special Observation Group earlier in the War.A friend of mine who carried one of these called it a “throw away”knife.This being if you lost it or threw it away it wasnt like loosing your Randall.Most of the issue ones were sterile for the purpose of not being traceable back to the US Forces on missions across the fence.If memory serves me correctly Ben Baker is the one credited for development and early procurement of these knives through the CISO program.There is various models and styles but they all have similiar style hand guards,leather grips,black or white spacers in the grip,and similiar blade grinds. The two main model differances are shown above.The first type having a longer,narrower blade which I think is an earlier model( or have been told)then the second style with the shorter wider blade.With in this series you will encounter variations in blade finninsh(blue or plum),variations in cross guard thickness(narrow and fat…fat guard)also the material varied in guard and pommel construction materials.These being brass,alumium,or steel.These second types are often the ones seen and used for presentation pieces.The knifes as far as I know were produced by a firm in Japan.There also exsists another style that is referred to as a Marine Recon.Same basic handle configuration but with a broader more bellied blade and it has a blood groove on each side of the blade of the ones I have seen.

There has been several articles done on these knives and books too.Frank Trzaska has done arcticles on them as well as Mike Siveys book and Tom Clinton put out a book on the Special Forces knives.

Im sure there are other forum members who can give you a better run down on the SOG knives.I hope this helps.Take care,

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Hi guys.

I will try to help throw some more light on the SOG knives allong with Doyler. http://www.usmilitar…tyle_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif
The SOG knives were made and issued to SOGs (Studies and Observation Group) clandestine and cross-border
recon teams (RT) and Spike teams (ST) for their across the fence missions.
The knives were made by CISO (counterinsurgency support office) stationed at Okinawa.
Founder of the knife was Conrad Ben Baker.
The longer model was the SOG 7” Recon and the shorter more common one is 6” SOG Bowie.

The 7” RECON, had made total of 1,308 knives.

The 6” SOG “Bowie” was made by many different makers and that is one of the reasons to why the guards, spine patterns, ricassos, etc., can be different from knife to knife.
The hilt and pommel can be of aluminum, iron and brass that is the mainly used material.(if I´v been told right)
The 6” SOG comes in 3 type of blades.
The blade was dark blued but some knives can be seen with the unique plum colored oxidation, and came about because the dark blueing attained by some makers required a longer, hotter dip, which ruines blade temper.
Plum-colored blades were coincidental to manufacturer. Some knives were allso chromed and used for presentation.
There are 4 different type of leather sheaths.

In 1966 SOG ordered 1,200 sterile SOG knives.
In 1967 another 3,700 sterile SOG knives was ordered (numbered 1-3700).
1967 the 5th Special Forces Mess Association ordered 1,700 knives for presentation.
These were dilivered with Dark blued or Plum colored blade and engraves/etched with SF crest and wording,
5th SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (Abn) VIETNAM.
In 1972 50 SOG knives were ordered and sent to Joint Casualty Resolution Center in Thailand.

There allso exist a SCUBA/DEMO model knife, and there were 39 made.

Books and article about the SOG knife and photos an be found in:

-KNIVES OF THE U.S. SPECIAL FORCES, by Tom Clinton.
-KNIVES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY IN VIETNAM, by Mike Silvey.
-UNITED STATES MILITARY COLLECTORS GUIDE, by Gary Boyd and Mike Silvey.
-SPECIAL FORCES OF THE U.S. ARMY, by Ian Sutherland.
-MACV STUDIES AND OBSERVATION GROUP, Volume IV, by Harve Saal.
-in FIGHTING KNIVES Fall 1991, article by, Ben Baker.

I hope that there will be shown more SOG knives in this thread. http://www.usmilitar…tyle_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif

Best regards,

Martin
(Im allways interested in buying SOG knives, mint, used or abused all of interest)