SOG Seal Pup Elite — 4.85 inch clip point blade in AUS-8

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SOG Seal Pup Elite · Clip Point
4.85″ blade · 0.185″ spine · 5.4 oz · ~1.2″ tall

Spine thickness, same scale

0.185″

Length and spine thickness drawn to true scale from published specs. Outline traced from the maker's side-profile photo.

SOG

SOG Seal Pup Elite

Bushcraft & CampFixed Blade

SOG's fixed-blade counterpart to the Terminus XR folder, and the knife most people mean when they say SOG. A 4.85" clip point in AUS-8 at .185" thick, with a spine rasp for notching and a hard nylon MOLLE sheath. AUS-8 is a soft steel by modern standards; the trade is that it comes back on a stone in the field in about a minute.

Blade: 4.85″
Weight: 5.4 oz
Steel: AUS-8
Price band: Mid

Best for

A hard-use camp and utility fixed blade at a mid price

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Specifications

Manufacturer-published figures, cross-checked against knifecenter.com.

Blade length: 4.85″
Spine thickness: 0.185″
Blade shape: Clip Point
Grind: Flat
Steel: AUS-8
Overall length: 9.5″
Weight: 5.4 oz
Lock: Fixed
Handle material: Glass-Reinforced Nylon

Why a clip point

The front third of the spine is 'clipped' away in a concave sweep, dropping the point below the spine line and putting it out in front. That makes a finer, more controllable tip than a drop point — better for piercing, slightly weaker under load. The Buck 110 pattern is the archetype.

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About AUS-8

Japanese mid-tier that aged well: tough for its hardness and very easy to bring back.

Edge retention

1/5

Toughness

4/5

Corrosion resistance

3/5

Ease of sharpening

5/5

1-5 is a relative ranking drawn from published composition and hardness, not a lab measurement. Higher is better on every axis, and no steel is a 5 across the board — edge retention and toughness pull against each other. All AUS-8 knives