

The base of the blade has a large forward choil, for the index finger to comfortably sit within. And with 3V steel, there’s really nothing this blade can’t handle. Our test unit, utilizing the high flat grind with a swedge in the spine of the blade, and matte black oxide coated finish, looks absolutely sinister. Their blades are commonly offered in drop point and tanto variants.

The SnG comes in “drops”, meaning the shop will make a batch of knives in a particular configuration, sell that batch off, and start on a different configuration. But, even with very thick blade stock, this knife is ground thinly enough at the edge, that most cutting and moderate slicing tasks are still enjoyable with great performance.

The thicker blade on this model carries over to the other fatty models, but the standard SnG thickness is 0.16”. This blade is ground very thin near the edge, but retains a stock thickness of 0.19” in this “fatty” variant. It’s a Monkey Edge exclusive variant, but the blade grind is the same as all the standard production model SnG’s. Today’s example of the SnG is a traditional drop point, made from CPM 3V steel. Strider”, comes in a few common blade shapes, and many one-offs and customs. The most current generation, with the blade stamped “M. The SnG has had many generations come and go.
