Furious Kang
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I own two medium Voyagers, an Hombre and Rescue knife. They were inexpensive and hold up very well.
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HoosierQ
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Hai Hondo
I have the little, serrated, Hai Hondo. A great little neck-knife. Good rubber handle and very well executed blade.
I have the little, serrated, Hai Hondo. A great little neck-knife. Good rubber handle and very well executed blade.
gwillis6
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I carry a Cold Steel Ti-Lite every day. Very nice knife and with assisted opening it's very fast to deploy.
My EDC gear..
Glock 23 in an Alabama Holster Co. "Hooker" holster, spare mag in Alabama Holster Co. IWB mag carrier, LCP with C/T Laser grip in an Alabama Holster Co. pocket holster.
And last but not least a Cold steel Ti-Lite.
My EDC gear..
Glock 23 in an Alabama Holster Co. "Hooker" holster, spare mag in Alabama Holster Co. IWB mag carrier, LCP with C/T Laser grip in an Alabama Holster Co. pocket holster.
And last but not least a Cold steel Ti-Lite.
Mokwepa
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Saw a CS urban dart today, oh my goodness.......must have it. If you bowhunt and have seen the urban dart, you can imagine the hole that it will leave in an attacker. One big "Y" hole.
Definately getting one soon.
Definately getting one soon.
PA Freedom
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I also think, for the most part, CS offers good products for the money. I have a USA made Carbon V Trailmaster Bowie, a Safekeeper II made in Taiwan, and a Bushman, probally made in China. Im happy with them all. The company does get rather creative when describing their stuff, but they do back up the durability on the DVD's. Ive yet to see other knife company,importer, etc. put out a DVD of them beating up their stuff, and it holding up just fine. BTW- Anyone remember the "Edge Company Store"? That outfit also did some outrageous marketing.
JTW Jr.
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One "company" making a laughing stock of themselves is enuff for the knife world. Other companies sell on their products merit , without the ninja like hype...if you cut yourself with a CS knife , its a ninjury....
Joe Demko
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Cold Steel markets some nice knives. They just aren't worth what they usually retail for.
I have a few I picked up at around 50% off, and I am perfectly happy with them at that price.
You can get them cheap on ebay from time to time from poorly described auctions that don't attract many bids. Got a NIB Tanto shockingly cheaply that way.
I have a few I picked up at around 50% off, and I am perfectly happy with them at that price.
You can get them cheap on ebay from time to time from poorly described auctions that don't attract many bids. Got a NIB Tanto shockingly cheaply that way.
I have a Cold Steel Recon Scout that is about 13 years old. It has been put through Hades and back. I'll try to post a pic sometime. It really holds an edge. Too, at 5/16ths thick, it's heavy enough to use as a light axe. Link: http://www.coldsteel.com/reconscout.html
Own a few CS knives. For what I paid they are great.
Ti-lite is good, but a bit bulky, carry a griptillian now, with a zip-tie pocket catch. Got a bushman, great fixed blade, gets sharp, stays sharp. A few Kudu knives, great for keeping places, less than $10.
But THE stand out thing that cold steel makes is the machetes. For $15-$20 you can get a kukri machete. and that is one of the most versatile things I have ever used. It's a light axe, heavy knife. And you can't break it. The sheath is Ok, but does it's job.
The other machetes they make are top notch as well. With a little work on the factory edge you can get them near shaving sharp ( not bad for 12-24" of metal )
I own 2 kukri and a 24" latin style machete, and that was like $40
Ti-lite is good, but a bit bulky, carry a griptillian now, with a zip-tie pocket catch. Got a bushman, great fixed blade, gets sharp, stays sharp. A few Kudu knives, great for keeping places, less than $10.
But THE stand out thing that cold steel makes is the machetes. For $15-$20 you can get a kukri machete. and that is one of the most versatile things I have ever used. It's a light axe, heavy knife. And you can't break it. The sheath is Ok, but does it's job.
The other machetes they make are top notch as well. With a little work on the factory edge you can get them near shaving sharp ( not bad for 12-24" of metal )
I own 2 kukri and a 24" latin style machete, and that was like $40
Travis Bickle
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This is why some people don't like Cold Steel.
LOL
lol. You forgot the music for your post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoDPamnXom0
Anyway, ol' Lynn looks more sumo than samurai to me.
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I think that's because the economy is in the toilet right now and a lot of distributors are having to sell inventory at a loss just to pay the bills and keep their heads above water. I just bought a stock for one of my rifles from a distributor for almost $30 less than what it cost direct from Ruger.
Cold Steel's prices are higher than their dealers for the same reason any knife manufacturer's prices are higher than their dealers'. It would be cutting their throat to sell "onesies/twosies" to the public for anything other than MSRP while trying to sell hundreds/thousands to their dealers. Competing directly with your major clients is a quick way to destroy business relationships. As it is CS creates some enmity with their dealers by selling anything direct to the public at any price and adds to that by running specials and selling their seconds (and claiming they're every bit as good as the unmarred knives).
Think about it for a second. You buy widgets to sell from Widget, Inc. You buy them for X and sell them for Y. The difference is what you operate your business on and how you put bread on the table. Widget, Inc. decides to go into direct competition with you by selling their widgets directly to the public. That's food out of the mouths of your children. The only way Widget, Inc. can keep your business is if they sell for the suggested retail instead of what they could slash prices to AND they tell you they're not competing with you because they're not in YOUR market. They're just selling to folks who can't get them anywhere else. You resent it, but it does make a little sense and you can still sell Widget, Inc. widgets and make money.
No one eats their own young in the business world without consequences and CS comes very close to being viewed that way by knife retailers.
Think about it for a second. You buy widgets to sell from Widget, Inc. You buy them for X and sell them for Y. The difference is what you operate your business on and how you put bread on the table. Widget, Inc. decides to go into direct competition with you by selling their widgets directly to the public. That's food out of the mouths of your children. The only way Widget, Inc. can keep your business is if they sell for the suggested retail instead of what they could slash prices to AND they tell you they're not competing with you because they're not in YOUR market. They're just selling to folks who can't get them anywhere else. You resent it, but it does make a little sense and you can still sell Widget, Inc. widgets and make money.
No one eats their own young in the business world without consequences and CS comes very close to being viewed that way by knife retailers.
Mokwepa
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I highly(let me refrase, i kinda) doubt it, although the bushman is crude it seems to be made tough.
I have heard that there machete type panga things are made by our local company called lasher that make regular garden tools for the sa market. I dont know for sure but a local knife dealer told me to buy a lasher for ZAR30 about $4 rather than pay for CS. I think that they might be pushing their luck in certain departments but their "propper knives" are still good for their price. I WILL BUY THAT URBAN DART.
That Bushman is a knife worth every penny of the $20 it will cost you. It's designed to be sharpened on a rock and it holds and edge like many other carbon steel knives, not a damn thing wrong with it. I've recommended it many times as an effective skinner and hunting knife on a budget.
I've been using a Cold Steel Tanto as my hunting knife since 1985, and while there might be 'better' knives for the job (like the specifically designed Wyoming knife which I also carry) I've found that knife to be worth every bit of the $135 bucks I paid for it in 1985 dollars.
I've been using a Cold Steel Tanto as my hunting knife since 1985, and while there might be 'better' knives for the job (like the specifically designed Wyoming knife which I also carry) I've found that knife to be worth every bit of the $135 bucks I paid for it in 1985 dollars.
KevininPa
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I've owned a CS Rifleman's Tomahawk for......
........about 15 years now. I've used it for camping, kindling cutting, clearing brush off logs, hammering,...etc. It's one of my "go-to" tools. Only just now ordered a new handle. It's proven its worth to me many times over. And they still only run around 20-25 bucks around here.
........about 15 years now. I've used it for camping, kindling cutting, clearing brush off logs, hammering,...etc. It's one of my "go-to" tools. Only just now ordered a new handle. It's proven its worth to me many times over. And they still only run around 20-25 bucks around here.
JTW Jr.
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rumor I heard was CS had a booth at blade but didnt show ?
interesting...
interesting...
KINGMAX
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GLOCK 78 Field knife for around $35.00 is a great buy.
BigGuy52
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Dylan,
I'm curious, How do you kill a large poisonous snake with only a knife?
CS knives are good quality, I have a 5" Voyager that works well, and holds a edge fairly well.
Great pics, very nice.
I'm curious, How do you kill a large poisonous snake with only a knife?
CS knives are good quality, I have a 5" Voyager that works well, and holds a edge fairly well.
Great pics, very nice.
Joe Demko
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Cut a stick with the knife. Beat the snake to death with the stick. WRT killing snakes, the One True Sword seems to be nothing more glamorous than a hoe. I tend to just leave snakes to their own devices, but folks I know here in PA have sent goodly numbers of our two venomous species on to glory with garden hoes.
Mokwepa
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I used a 7ft boar "spear" to cut a mambas head off. You wont find me atempting that with my leatherman.
Must have been 20 years ago, maybe 15, but my first Cold Steel was a Voyager. I used the heck out of that knife till I lost it. Then I bought another. I was impressed with the abuse that plastic handled knife could take.
I have purchased a number of Cold Steel knives since then. You get what you pay for. The cheaper knives, they function fine.The expensive Japanese made knives are some of the finest production knives on the market. Those that criticize Cold Steel for being a “marketer” and not a maker are willfully ignoring that SOG, Fallkniven don’t run their own factories but use the same Japanese manufacturers.
I really like the Canadian Belt knife. It does not come with an expensive leather sheath, it is not full tanged, and does not have a walnut handle like the Grohmann, but it does have the same blade steel, and costs $10-15.00 instead of $70.00 -$100 for the Grohmann.
I use the Colt Steel knife in the kitchen, my Grohmann, I take better care of it. It is more like an art knife.
I really like my special forces shovel. I have several. A very useful gardening tool. It will chop roots that will break lesser shovels.
When the Chinese made Trailmasters were clearanced for $50.00, I bought a couple. The factory edge had "feathers", but once those were stoned out, I find the knives take an excellent edge and hold it. I cannot say that the Chinese made Trailmaster are better/worse than the Camillus.
I have purchased a number of Cold Steel knives since then. You get what you pay for. The cheaper knives, they function fine.The expensive Japanese made knives are some of the finest production knives on the market. Those that criticize Cold Steel for being a “marketer” and not a maker are willfully ignoring that SOG, Fallkniven don’t run their own factories but use the same Japanese manufacturers.
I really like the Canadian Belt knife. It does not come with an expensive leather sheath, it is not full tanged, and does not have a walnut handle like the Grohmann, but it does have the same blade steel, and costs $10-15.00 instead of $70.00 -$100 for the Grohmann.
I use the Colt Steel knife in the kitchen, my Grohmann, I take better care of it. It is more like an art knife.
I really like my special forces shovel. I have several. A very useful gardening tool. It will chop roots that will break lesser shovels.
When the Chinese made Trailmasters were clearanced for $50.00, I bought a couple. The factory edge had "feathers", but once those were stoned out, I find the knives take an excellent edge and hold it. I cannot say that the Chinese made Trailmaster are better/worse than the Camillus.
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