Where to begin......
For a while now I've been wanting to try out one of the Cold Steel mega folders. I had come down to the Rajah II and the 6" Ti-Lite to choose from, and as the title says, 6" Ti-Lite. Somewhere in the Mall Ninja part of my mind I thought the Ti-Lite would be easier to carry than the Rajah II
Then it dawned on me, WHY, why would I carry such a knife. Of course with it being new I will include it as a come along knife in order to show it to several friends of mine.
My very first impression upon taking the knife out of the box and bubble wrap pouch was to smile, then open it and smile even more. It does make quite a first impression!
A few other first impressions; It is heavy, and at 9 ounces, it should be. The blade is centered in the handle when closed, there are bronze washers in the pivot, lockup is very solid, and no blade play at all. The blade grinds are nice and even and symmetrical, with a nice sharp edge that slices newsprint without problem.
Now, a couple of things that could be improved in my eye's; an aluminum back spacer would be nice, along with thicker liners ( with the L shaped lock though there is more locking area on the blade tang being used, making for solid lockup) as they would be more appropriate for a knife this size. The lock on this one goes over farther to the right than I usually like for them too, but I will disassemble it and do some internal polishing, then it may go back together with a more "proper"
lockup. It would have been nice if the pocket clip had been mounted all the way up on the butt end, but as is, only about 1/2" looks like it will stick out of the pocket.....not that really matters much.
All in all, not a bad piece of knife on first inspection, and for a sub $100 knife I can live with the fact I purchased it. I know, from a search on the forums, that these knives have been talked about a lot, but if anyone has anything to add, please do.
For a while now I've been wanting to try out one of the Cold Steel mega folders. I had come down to the Rajah II and the 6" Ti-Lite to choose from, and as the title says, 6" Ti-Lite. Somewhere in the Mall Ninja part of my mind I thought the Ti-Lite would be easier to carry than the Rajah II
Then it dawned on me, WHY, why would I carry such a knife. Of course with it being new I will include it as a come along knife in order to show it to several friends of mine.My very first impression upon taking the knife out of the box and bubble wrap pouch was to smile, then open it and smile even more. It does make quite a first impression!
A few other first impressions; It is heavy, and at 9 ounces, it should be. The blade is centered in the handle when closed, there are bronze washers in the pivot, lockup is very solid, and no blade play at all. The blade grinds are nice and even and symmetrical, with a nice sharp edge that slices newsprint without problem.
Now, a couple of things that could be improved in my eye's; an aluminum back spacer would be nice, along with thicker liners ( with the L shaped lock though there is more locking area on the blade tang being used, making for solid lockup) as they would be more appropriate for a knife this size. The lock on this one goes over farther to the right than I usually like for them too, but I will disassemble it and do some internal polishing, then it may go back together with a more "proper"
lockup. It would have been nice if the pocket clip had been mounted all the way up on the butt end, but as is, only about 1/2" looks like it will stick out of the pocket.....not that really matters much. All in all, not a bad piece of knife on first inspection, and for a sub $100 knife I can live with the fact I purchased it. I know, from a search on the forums, that these knives have been talked about a lot, but if anyone has anything to add, please do.
