The Fast and Loose Action The action of the SOG Vision XR is not as smooth us many competitors knives at this price point. With the exception of the bearings, which brings us to the action. If you shine a light in there you almost can’t tell that this knife has liners.Įven though I don’t like the outside of the knife, I have to admit they’ve done some good, detailed work with the inside of it. Also the G-10 scales are recessed so the liners fit into them pretty seamlessly. So this knife is likely tougher than I give it credit for. The liners are thin and skeletonized, but they still feel pretty stiff to me. They’ve done some good work with the inner workings of the handle. The combination of the weight and plastic feeling of the G-10 scales makes it feel a little like a toy, but the same could be said of the Benchmade Bugout and it seems like the entire mid-tier knife market branches off the reputation of that thing. SOG is clearly trying to make a big knife that carries light here. Here I’ll just say that it feels like it’s too easy to disengage the lock up accidently in a full grip. There is one glaring issue with the placement and integrity of the lock which I’ll talk about later. It does all the things a handle should, and I can’t really find a ton of fault in it outside the fact that I just don’t like the way it looks or feels. The handle jimping of the SOG Vision XR is well placed and actually provides traction when bearing down on the knife. I feel it in all the places I need traction when I’m bearing down on the knife, but it doesn’t bite into my hand the way a lot of tactically-styled knives often do. The grip feels secure in my hand through a lot of different tasks, and besides the pocket clip there aren’t really any hotspots. Not sure I trust this XR lock far for hard or professional use Small-bearing action feels a little too loose As a hard use knife, it can take a lot of abuse and it’s comfortable and easy to get out of the pocket, but it feels cheap, the XR lock has some placement issues, and the fit and finish really isn’t where it should be for a knife this expensive.Ĭheck Price on Blade HQ Check Price on Amazon Check Price on SOG Specifications Overall Length: Objectively it’s a good design with a couple of hiccups, but I have to reign myself in on criticism because I personally don’t like how the Vision XR looks and feels. The XR is the latest update to SOG’s popular Vision pocket knife. All of which are changes I can get behind, and the end result is a very functional knife. I never handled the older Visions, but from the look of it those changes involved making it fully ambidextrous, bulking up the handle, filling in the gap between the cutting edge and the handle with a flipper tab, shortening the blade, and slapping on a tougher steel. Supposedly this one is built more effectively for “professional use case situations, with a focus on general purpose utility and combative use” according to SOG’s description of it. The Vision XR is a revision of an older design with a few changes based on user feedback. This is a Pricey Hard Use Folder Wearing Tactical Clothes
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