All Rights Reserved. Back to my shed I went. I set the board out on top of the buckets (bucket at each corner) and, with an overhand swing, managed to punch the knife through the wood. The SEALs are one of the most specialized elite military groups in the world today. I have been taught - by someone I know to be well versed in matters of hand-to-hand combat - that a combat knife needs to have a minimum blade length of 6.5". Let's look at it and why I've come to like it... Remembering that SOG has a family of SEAL knives which started out with the SEAL 2000 (shown right), they had to stay true to the relative design. I thought about traveling down to the Chesapeake Bay (not far away) to get some Bay water to soak the knife in... but I wanted to get this review knocked out. SOG is AUS6 stainless which is not one of my favorite steels. Second SOG SE-37 was replaced with SEAL 2000.Thanks SOG repair team.So far ,so good. I like them both, I am unsure about how the blade is partially serrated on the SEAL, but the grip looks more comfortable. Suspect Arrested Following Deadly Stabbings at Church. But we think, you will think, that we have done it right. What next? Bright, long-lasting and takes great abuse. Blade finish: Black Hardcased TiNi (matte). I looked around the back yard. SOG Knives has consistently put out knife designs that I have an appreciation for. If you compare the photos between the SEAL Team Elite and the SEAL 2000 you'll see that the SEAL Team Elite has improved over the original design by: While these may not seem like significant changes in the overall design, they add up to increased utility in the end user's hand. Then I started pushing, pulling and wiggling on the knife to get it to come back out. It does pull off an aggressive "tactical look" of a military knife and it is no slouch out in the field too. Though the Seal Team Elite is manufactured in Taiwan, quite a few users have positive feedback for it and likewise its popular little brother, the Seal Pup Elite. Featuring a more aggressive turn-out, the Seal Team Elite is the revamped version of the popular ". These features are common in the SEAL 2000, the SOG SEAL Pup, the SOG SEAL Pup Elite and now the SOG SEAL Team Elite. I tucked that into one corner of my patio and left it there. All in all, in my opinion, another good knife from SOG. It took everything we had to top ourselves. Looking for a fixed blade type survival knife that will perform multiple tasks. If you're looking at this knife as a gift or for yourself as a working blade, you obviously need to know the particulars and you have to decide whether or not it matches your needs. S OG Seal Team 2000 knife; Seki, Japan. The SEAL Team Elite handled all that without any issues and showed no signs of real use. This past Saturday evening when I returned home from travel, I emptied the bucket and examined the knife. 3 - Has been around for at least 2 years and are selling reasonably well, with retailers favouring other newer models over this knife. Details Released from Recent Officer-Involved Shooting. The SEAL Knife surpassed one of the most extensive testing and evaluation programs ever undertaken by the U.S. Government. http://www.sog-knives.net/sog-knife.php?prodnum=E37-K, http://www.gigatech.co.nz/Knives/Camping 2/IMG_8430.JPG, http://www.gigatech.co.nz/Knives/Camping 2/IMG_8431.JPG, http://www.gigatech.co.nz/Knives/Camping 2/IMG_8432.JPG, http://www.gigatech.co.nz/Knives/Camping 2/IMG_8433.JPG, http://www.gigatech.co.nz/Knives/Camping 2/IMG_8434.JPG, http://www.gigatech.co.nz/Knives/Camping 2/IMG_8435.JPG, http://www.gigatech.co.nz/Knives/Camping 2/IMG_8443.JPG, (You must log in or sign up to reply here.