I just love the long penetrator swedge Dan put on this. In fact, I like everything about this knife, the balance, the weight, the feel.

This knife feels as good in the hand as my KSF Custom Bowie, and that is saying a lot. The KSF is a little less blade heavy, but close. The BR KSF Bowie is 5/16" thick at the spine compared to 1/4" for the SOD. Both are plenty thick enough.

The KSF chopped a bit better than the SOD, but then it came with a full convex edge, too. The knives weigh about the same. I really appreciate the Res C handle when hammering on hard old maple. BTW: this SOD came with one of the best edges of any Scrapper I have purchased. Just a little work, and I'm sure it will hold its own against any of my 7" choppers.

The SOD slashes through live palmettos with ease.


It took out this pine sapling in just a few strokes.



The thick wide 7.5" blade batons with ease.



After reprofiling the SOD's edge a bit, I put it up against my fully convexed Camp Tramp, which is an awesome little chopper.
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The newly sharpened SOD LE chopped as well. I love it. The new SOD LE is everything I hoped it would be!
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