2022 CS Product Line - Is this the end of the road for original fanboys?

[Juan Lopez]

Obvious differences aside, Cold Steel folding knives remind me of the old Nikon F2 and FM2 cameras, supreme all-mechanical pieces of engineering, strong, of excellent quality, built to be used and to last, the pinnacle of an era that will never be reproduced again. New things will emerge, some of them surely of a very good quality, but nothing like them.

 

[gardenrambo]

Compared to the product images shown on the website, the images in the catalog look a lot more promising. The construction of the new locking mechanism also looks very interesting. I'm really looking forward to the first reviews

 

[Mitchell Knives]

The majority of those designs are garbage.

Making knives from poor quality steel and still charging a premium price takes a lot of nerve and assumes that their customer base is comprised of idiots.

I feel like Cold Steel is now making knives for children that don't know any better.

I'd give them 3 - 5 years before they either disappear to go full flea market mode.

 

[jlauffer]

I'd give them 3 - 5 years before they either disappear to go full flea market mode.

3-5? I like the optimism!

 

[Juan Lopez]

3-5? I like the optimism!

Too bad I´m starting contributing to the Cold Steel forum precisely when Cold Steel is about to dissappear! Horrible timing!!

 

[nephron]

A big conglomerate vs an innovative, imaginative individual, yes I can see where that is going.

 

[upnorth]

The 2022 Line looks like ten pounds of sh$t in a five pound bag. Glad that I have a lot of the old stuff. Many suspected that C.S. was in a death spiral, now there is confirmation.

 

[JAF1973]

Cold Steel is as dead as Al-Mar and Camillus. The sooner cold hard facts are accepted by diehard fans. The better. I don't say this to be mean or a jerk. I grew up on Cold Steel from 1988 until GSM takeover. But facts don't lie. Cold Steel are only a name now. Instead of a legacy.