SOG Pentagon OTF Automatic Knife - Overview and Review
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- Full review of the SOG Pentagon OTF.
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Purchased a SOG Pentagon OTF end of April. No issues whatsoever! Razor sharp. Nice weight. Solid sized firing mechanism. Really like the design, so I am going to purchase the fixed blade version as well.
A self-dulling knife. Ingenious! If they're going to have the blade rubbing on the way out (and in) they should have it rubbing up against some 6,000 grit material, so it sharpens itself.
I feel like that's a pretty ingenious idea 🤔
LOOL
That actually a good idea for any knife lol ...
I just got a lightning otf (first Otf) with a dagger blade. It self dulls the blade from slight rubbing on the upper side of the blade. I find it slightly disappointing, but it was $30.
If I had that issue on a “good” knife it would not be acceptable. That’s ridiculous.
Is a sharpener 6000 grit?
I commend SOG for trying, and really if they want to improve their image, they should take what you've said into consideration and make a V2 like you said because it looks like a solid knife.
I really wanted this thing to be good. I'm rooting for SOG honestly
@@metal_complex I've read online SOG will replace the knife with a new Pentagon OTF that doesn't have the dulling issue if you send it in. Maybe their newer batches don't have the problem anymore?
Bought my first otf last month because of your review of the guardian tactical 40. I haven't carried it much but I do when I'm not carrying a firearm plus I just got a Medford m48.
My hopes have been high for this model. I’ve been cheering SOG for the attempt at creating an OTF with virtually no blade play. Such a sad thing that they’ve come close to doing it only to fail in other areas. I hope they can get the bugs worked out of it and make it more reliable and fix the blade dulling issue.
I've heard if you send the knife back SOG takes care of the issue, but that kind of begs the question...
MC , Thanks for your honest opinion. I'm disappointed to hear about the blade being dulled during deployment. Now that S.O.G. has been sold I wonder what the future holds for this company as well as Cold Steel? Happy New Year & as always thanks for the review 👍.
I just picked one up today. The blade on mine doesn't contact the inside of my handle. This has less blade play than my microtech halo 6 at less than half the price. I am a cnc machinist by profession and SOG machined these very well. I make orthopedic implants and hold very tight tolerances. This is a great dual action OTF auto.
Was it worth the money. I was thinking of getting one?
Hearing you call my EDC knife “probably the best all around OTF in existence made me really happy lmao.
I almost bought this one. Thanks for the valuable info MC!
Happy new year love your content.
Thank you for this review & saving people money, I was kinda thinking about trying one just to see but glad I didn't!
Appreciate your 💯 honest reviews!!
Dude, you just saved me $350.
Thank you.
I was really wanting to get a Pentagon OTF, because I really like how the thumb switch is designed, having concave area in the middle.
Oh well.
Get one, and see for yourself (as is applicable always for all areas in life 🙂) - if it does not meet your expectations, return it.
I own a GT Recon 0-35 & I replayed it a few times when you said "it's probably the best all around OTF in existence"😂✌️👍
Yup. I love OTFs and I always tend to grab my gt recon 35 on my way out the door. So easy to deploy
Just received my SOG Pentagon OTF and had several misfires right out of the box. It seems the more I work it the better it has been firing. Also: That little cube you talked about how it retracts after you release the slide... My little cube stays up when the blade is out. Maybe they are still tweaking the operation?
It's great that you are honest with your opinion even if you have monetary insintive attached to the viewers purchase of a knife. Of coarse opinions being the way they are someone will buy it anyway but that's on them right? I don't agree with all your assessments but I do respect them.
I purchased both SOG pens. My black is solid never gone off track…yet.
However my FDE variant always deploys great but not so good on the retract tho. Seems to go off track between a 1/4 or 1/3 of the time.
No biggy I’d prefer it NOT do that. Does anyone know why it does this and how to fix if there is a way to?
Waited so long for this knife and want it like yesterday, but I can wait some more. I don't mind paying for quality. I do mind paying to be a beta tester essential tho. Thanks for the review. Hope your new year has been going good so far!
What makes it more desireable than a Microtech? (not being critical, just interested in your opinion)
@@ItchingJ I think guardian tactical is a little better than microtech. Microtech your paying for the name.
@@ItchingJ when I was younger, in the age of steam power and dinosaurs, I used to lust after the fixed blade pentagon. It's just a memories thing I guess
I gave this knife a try too and found it to be a nice attempt by SOG, but sadly it's flawed. I returned it and got my money back.
the reason for the position of the clip is so it doesn’t sit all the way in the pocket, so its easier to get quick access. That centimeter or so makes a difference in that area. I have the kiku xr, and I always clip the clip into the mini pocket on my jeans, and tuck the rest of the handle in the pocket. Quick access is important.
I bought one of these and it does this thing where it stays stuck open when trying to close the knife
I'm looking at this a year later. Have corrective actions been taken?
Does he have protection? When opened inside the pocket.
Just in regards to materials - I got that fancy-pants M390 Bugout, and I immediately want to petition every knife company to offer their aluminum scales in bare metal. Aluminum anodization offers zero resistance against abrasion, and the slightest misstep ruins the entire look of the finish. Bare aluminum saves a manufacturing step, requires much less babysitting by the user, and it looks awesome.
Mine makes doll itself on deployment as well. Moreover, the blade got stuck couple of times . I could not retract it back with button. Managed to retract after pushing down the blade but hand and retract by button. But still I like this knife and keep it my collection.
I found that if you tighten the screws too far, the lock doesn't work properly. the housing has to be slightly loose to have it lock. I think a spacer would fix that
Thanks for posting, no regrets spending $$$ on my Dirac Delta!
Very Nice Knife Sir! I was checking one out earlier today. I think I need a couple of their knives in my life. :)
🤠👍🇺🇸👮🏻♂️⭐️. B9USA Sr.
Do you know if SOG has updated the knife?
Props to SOG for making moves in the industry ( ZT could take a page out of their book in that regard ) but issues like that are unacceptable. Personally, that giant body and tiny little skinny dagger blade just doesn’t do it for me, but yeah, that is bad lol.
Ok MC, they say cryo D2 is better than just D2 so why not put stock in Cryo S35 VN ?
My recon 035 actually has insane amounts of blade play. Also I need to see if they can fix it because the body cracked from the pocket clip screw hole to the edge. Check out the vespa ripper. Less blade play than any other otf that I've handled, including ultratechs and guardians.
Just got a microtech ultratech through their service personnel discount program. Very pleased with it. I have the knifecenter exclusive sog aegis that is great as well.
You mind if I use your discount?
i found a 40 % off deal that MIGHT include this knife.
would that be a more persuasive deal? say $350.00 minus 140.00 is $210.00.
Mine rubs on the sides of the blade and destroys the edges. It also struggles with misfires.
We got a few of these in and the lockup was most impressive but all of ours misfired, sounded rough and needed extensive tuning to get to work even marginally. We can't sell these so,.. they're going back. :(
The Seal XR is the only SOG I trust right now... In fact it's one of my favorite knives
The Kiku XR, and Vision XR are the ones I trust.
I actually tried the Pentagon OTF and within a day it locked up on me and SOG sent me a new one. I returned it and bought a Wingman Jett.
Edit: I trust the Vision/Kiku XR in addition to the Seal XR. 😉
Never had an issue with mine. I use it several times every day
My MicroTech Ultratech dulls from engaging and disingaging the blade as well.
Yikes, glad I didn't pick up one of those, got to handle one and was surprised how solid it felt, thought it fired a bit weak. I'll stick with my ultratech.
did they fix it at all?
Had to send mine back to the factory, as it had so many issues. The edges were damaged from making contact with the inside of the handle and eventually is completely failed to deploy. The replacement they sent me still had blade rubbing and also blade play.
That sucks
I had to send my back for issues with successful deployment. They corrected the problem and I've had no more issues. I will warn you not to dissemble this knife. It's crazy inside to put back together 🙂
Easy to put back together, impossible to put the final 3 handle screws back in. Bout to warranty mine cuz the screws don't take even though everything is flush
Mine misfires and 2 bolts stripped out for no reason!!!! Back to SOG
Mine has not mis fired , and it's got break in bro 😅 dang it 😢
I love Wiha bit drivers
Yeah cryo is marketing. Lots of steels require very cold temperatures to properly heat treat
Makes a good letter opener.
Lol 😆 like I replied on another video for this knife. It is like Hammer Industries trying to duplicate the Iron Man suit tech and failing.
I have friend who have stalleto from his fotrher its all and 40 ares + area and first spring and they use it like every day knife :))
Please make a follow up video reporting on how many people used your link to buy this knife. I think it would be amusing, haha.
Great knife,got one with no rubbing whatsoever,looks like you got a lemon buddy. This SOG and the GT reckon 35 are all you need in a edc otf,hands down. Oi!
mine has mis-fired plenty. frustrating...
They are now selling discontinued versions of this knife does that mean they fixed the problem??
I still have a few Microtechs left, that haven’t been sold off, but their recent collaboration with the Chinese, has made offerings like this look appealing, regardless.
Who cares. They collaborated for one knife. Don’t buy it
@@uniquemeek5520 Jason McCoy didn’t leave Microtech because of “ one” knife. There are other things allegeded to be going on with parts for the “USA” offerings.
Thank you.
Mine was $1,300 at BS Atlanta I was talking with Gavin and the dude next to us paid $1,800🤯
Axial Gear Shift OTF in s35vn with very tolerable blade play is $150.00 cheaper . I'll stay with the Shift.
isn't Axial the people who ripped off the LNW prybar
Well we can have them in my state . I should say carry it …
Me would go with the micro tech , that’s just me .. thanks
Second, I’ve wanted one for a while now. Idk anymore
Mega Cool SOG Pentagon Switchblade Otf Knife
Blade edge banging itself dull is a total deal breaker for me, even though I like SOG.
Is S35VN always CPM?
Yes
BOMBA
Did sog fix the issue?
Exactly my question!!!
"Don't buy this knife"...love the honesty. I have NOT seen a Pentagon II...they should listen to you.
it looks better than my Schrade...for more than 3 times the price
If SOG want's us to say, "Studies and Observation Group" every time from now on, they better fix this issue. They've been doing some great things as of recent; this type 4 malfunction isn't one of them.
First, happy Friday MC
Heck yeah
Another SOG with a good sized price tag and less than average quality. No thanks. Good info MC!
That blade looks thin, cheap, and wimpy... On OTF Knives, I notice that the handles look like your hand would slide onto the blade during stabbing if your using a standard forward grip. Very informative Video. Thank you for sharing. :-) Peace, Stiletto :-)
Almost picked this up a couple a days ago. Glad my wife told me no.. 😂 Thanks MC
Anybody ever buy a knife (In my case it was the Pro-Tech TR3) and wish you would of bought another, same brand but just bigger blade and a little different handle. It was the TR-4 that I'd wish I would have bought idk. My thinking is that, if I'm gonna legally carry my TR-3 with a 3.5 inch blade, might as well have got the TR-4 with the 4 inch blade plus i like the looks a tiny bit more, along with that feathered handle which my TR-3 just has this smooth grooved aluminum handle. :( So now I'm gonna sell it for a big loss. It's basically brand new, so if anyone is interested I can send pictures along with the box it came with and other things for like $150.
Shall not be infringed!
I took a gamble purchasing this knife seeing as right now at the time I'm posting this bladeops has these for $260 at that price if I get one without the blade rub issues it feels like a good deal
Edit: Will let y'all know if it pays off
That's why I'm here watching the review, I'm considering it too!
It pay off?
@@phillipnunya6793 ironic as I'm currently in process of getting it warrantied because it in fact dings it own edge and occasionally fails to retract
@@sekayegaudet131 That sucks. Guess I will be going microtech.
@@phillipnunya6793 honestly if a random asshole on the internets opinion matters microtech knives are relatively quality but overpriced and the company itself has been known to be rather awful hogue axial and guardian make some excellent otfs at reasonable prices I have a hogue hadron that has been 100% reliable
I almost purchased this... glad i didn't
Mine misfires constantly...junk
I really would like to have that knife, even if it is not legal where I live, BUT:
You are talking about some issues about the knife, starting with the bladegrind... and you say, that these are just small acceptable "faillures". On a knife of this price-range, I expect a perfect,symetric grinding and no heavy edges at the bottom. This knife is in a price-range, where we all should expect a perfect product(beside the typical weakpoints of an otf).
This knife costs nearly the price of a custom, in a quality you can also get on wish/ali/dh... and all of us customers just agree with that shit. (I also have some high-pricing knives from different brands, that are not symetricaly grinded, are a roughly fitted together,came dull like a spoon and so on...)
If this knifes would just cost up to 40/50 dollars, I would not give a f***...but anything higher priced should have a quality for that price....and most of the bigger brands do not give a shit about. We buy Spydies, Bokers,SOGs,CRKTs etc. for hundreds of dollars...and some of the cheap replicas from the mentioned plattforms have the same/better crafting-quality for a tenth of the prices. ...but no one wants to have a clone, eh?
t6 screws suck. the tool always strips out, unless u find me titanium t6 i still prefer microtechs way in to the knife. less money wasted on t6 torques.
Have alof of missfires on my brand new one.
loosen screws just a bit see if that helps it did on mine
My infidel is my favorite knife that i own 😅
I've said this so many times....
But I bought a benchmade infedel and a microtech ultratech the same week...brand new from blade hq.
The microtech didn't work out of the box and still don't.
For the most part the benchmade has worked flawlessly barring normal cleaning.
Anyways I'm done with otfs....way too much maintenance....
And I will never buy anything from microtech ever again for the rest of my life even though I probably got a dud.
They need to re-evalute their quality standards if they are pushing $350 knives.
I bought a $30 lightning OTF 5 years ago and have had zero issues with it. I’m actually pretty impressed with it for the price. Carry it almost every day and use it regularly. Haven’t done any maintenance to it. I also own a G&G Deadlock and while it’s really nice, I don’t want to use it that much because of how much it cost.
No way for me. There just no way I would pay more than a microtech ultratech for something that’s not a microtech lol
I've found the pentagon for $249.
Not worth even that with the issues
Telling people not to buy a knife, lol. Oh, and DO NOT press the big red button!
Microtech cryo treats their steel..
wow nice knife
You may have delete your video on the Civivi Crit.
Check the community tab for info on that 👍
@@metal_complex ahaha I’m tired and I had go though it thinking it was an add. Ok, can’t wait for the new one. Keep the good work man.
@@Aurelius_01 😊👍
They should overhaul every one of these dull knives .
This was made to be geared towards LEO and Military wanna be Operators and Mall Cops but it’s a solid Knife and true Military are wearing Gloves 75% of the time so there’s where the Girth comes in lol. I prefer a great Fixed Blade as do all of my Brothers in “Real World Applications Abroad” great review my friend Semper Fidelis
To expensive for a sog
Sog doesn't honor their warranty so bear that in mind. I'll stick with benchmade or microtech at this price point
Biggest disappointment in a long time. Bought it, wouldn't fire out of the box. Replacement took 3 MONTHS through the new company. Got it back and still the same dulling issue as everyone has reported.
The Infidel is the worst otf I’ve ever owned
🔪👍
My lightning has less blade play than my infidel lol
Really? My infidel really has minimal blade play...it has some of course but it's not bad at all lol
Can you please weigh in Oz and in Grams ? For europeans 😅
Save your money. SOG does not stand by there products or warranty.
California compliant. Self dulling
I can tell you are such an infidel fan.
The last I handled I wouldn’t use it for doing anything but maybe self defense? I mean people is not the densest material... 😂
Lol
Mine is a piece of shite
The blade rubs and it fails all the time.
Mine locked up after ONE DAY. SOG sent me a new one after like 3 weeks. Returned it to GPKnives for a refund.