Cold Steel American Lawman Taken Apart

Wow I'll say that I've not been a fan of Cold Steel, but that is a lot of meat locking up on that lockbar. I've had many a Spyderco Endura and Delica apart and that is WAY more lockup than they have.
 
mine looks like crap now , i wanna take that coating off with some chemical paint stripper .
 
The Government said:
+1

Now look at what you made me go and do:D:

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I used some rough sand paper. Maybe later I will go back and polish it up to a nice shine, but for now I am going to enjoy the Road Warrior look. :D

Thanks again!
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Looking good. :D

David Lowry said:
Wow I'll say that I've not been a fan of Cold Steel, but that is a lot of meat locking up on that lockbar. I've had many a Spyderco Endura and Delica apart and that is WAY more lockup than they have.
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Yes, it's very beefy and with that stop pin there just isn't any way that lock is going to let got without something major breaking first. :)
 
Thanks for the great pics, Jim. It is good to see an illustration of just how strong those Cold Steel knives are, of course we owners already knew that. ;)
 
trix2004 said:
mine looks like crap now , i wanna take that coating off with some chemical paint stripper .
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get something strong.

as easily as the coating comes off just during cutting, it is particularly stubborn with the paint stripper.
 
Hi Ankerson -

Cool pics - thanks for taking time to post them up here.

There are not many parts to that knife - it looks like it would be a rugged companion.

best regards -

mqqn
 
hardheart said:
how would the pivot pin get loaded?
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Got to be after a little movement, the hole is oval so got a little room. After negative force, assuming stop pin experiences a strong enough force to cause deflection, then the force experienced by the pivot pin increases.

Hope that is ok, I see it in my head, to draw out from head to text is not easy for me.
 
Cotherion said:
Got to be after a little movement, the hole is oval so got a little room. After negative force, assuming stop pin experiences a strong enough force to cause deflection, then the force experienced by the pivot pin increases.

Hope that is ok, I see it in my head, to draw out from head to text is not easy for me.
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For that stop pin to deform it would take more pressure than anyone could possibly put on it by hand using the knife. One would have to pound on it with a hammer or a mallet to possibly even start to do any damage.
 
Ankerson said:
For that stop pin to deform it would take more pressure than anyone could possibly put on it by hand using the knife. One would have to pound on it with a hammer or a mallet to possibly even start to do any damage.
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Yeah I know. And after that the second pin does the job too.
 
Cotherion said:
Yeah I know. And after that the second pin does the job too.
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Yeah in short if one gets that lock to fail they really did something because it just not going to happen under any normal or even very hard use. :thumbup:
 
Ankerson said:
Yeah in short if one gets that lock to fail they really did something because it just not going to happen under any normal or even very hard use. :thumbup:
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True. However if some people can break a blade from batonning then a folder experiencing high force is not unheard of. Though it is not a good idea to baton with a folder blah blah (disclaimer). However you could be stuck in a mountain and wanna chop some wood blah blah. Though highly unnecessary, I still like overkill, I feel like I'm getting my money's worth.

This is the reason I'm waiting for (and saving up) the new Voyager line. I have the tanto and the clip point in my sights. With this kind of lock, only thing I'm gonna be worried about is accidental unlocking, rare enough thing to happen I think.

Coming back, I'm not saying it isn't strong enough, my main point was that whatever happens, the second pin in the pivot is there to backup.
 
Cotherion said:
True. However if some people can break a blade from batonning then a folder experiencing high force is not unheard of. Though it is not a good idea to baton with a folder blah blah (disclaimer).

This is the reason I'm waiting for (and saving up) the new Voyager line. I have the tanto and the clip point in my sights. With this kind of lock, only thing I'm gonna be worried about is accidental unlocking, rare enough thing to happen I think.

Coming back, I'm not saying it isn't strong enough, my main point was that whatever happens, the second pin in the pivot is there to backup.
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I really think the blade would break before the lock gave out. :D
 
Ankerson said:
I really think the blade would break before the lock gave out. :D
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Hmm... I think you might be right! :D

Solution: Get a Custom Tri-ad lock folder with a fat blade from the man himself! Wonder if there is any way to prevent accidental unlocking.
 
Cotherion said:
Hmm... I think you might be right! :D

Solution: Get a Custom Tri-ad lock folder with a fat blade from the man himself! Wonder if there is any way to prevent accidental unlocking.
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I have one already. :D :thumbup:

There ain't no way it will ever let go IMO. ;)

Nothing short of a sledgehammer could hurt it IMO. :D







 
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Any chance of a shot showing the placement of the lockbar spring in its correct position? I took mine apart to get rid of the blade coating and am not certain I have it positioned correctly. If shot exists, then thanks!
 
redbike said:
Any chance of a shot showing the placement of the lockbar spring in its correct position? I took mine apart to get rid of the blade coating and am not certain I have it positioned correctly. If shot exists, then thanks!
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As long as it's all the way back in the slot it's good. :thumbup:


There is only one way to put it in, the Bent end goes up towards the lock bar.

Here is the Black Rhino so you can get the idea.

 
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