yes, my tan sod came in today. the first thing i did was compare it to my recon scout. let me say ive had my recon scout about 10 years and it has been an incredibly tough knife that has been used extensively and has held up fantastic. i do not regret buying it one bit and will never part with it. now then, after i tore open the box the sod came in and held the knife in my hand i was like okay, wow just wow. the knife is just fantastic. the handle is about ten time more comfortable then the scouts.its just made for my hand. and the blade though a tad thinner then the scouts keeps its thickness almost all the way to the to the tip where the scout tapers of from mid way.knife feels like a chopper.and seems waay more heavy duty.(and the scout is heavy duty).the blade lenghts are exactly the same at 7 1/2. although the sod's blade is much wider. there just is no comparison between the two the sod's just such an improvement i almost feel bad. if there is one complaint i would say that the space between the blade and the handle is to big but thats just for the sake of finding something to nitpick at. only big complaint is that i just bought one. [censored] it i need a dog father next. i cant see that i would ever buy another brand of fixed blade knife again.