Cold Steel Bushman Broke

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My new Cold Steel Bushman broke with just a little chopping. The blade is a thin slicer. Not thick enough to chop.:grumpy:
 
I guess the new ones are not like the old ones. I have the new Bowie and the edge rolled chopping wood. :thumbdn:
 
K-Dog said:
My new Cold Steel Bushman broke with just a little chopping.
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Pictures? What were you chopping?

I have a CS Bushman that is probably 8 or 9 years old. Chipped the heck out of the edge but never broke it. Attached it to a 4 ft shaft and threw it like a spear. The knife flexed like a spring and returned to true. Never broke.

Unless yours was flawed, I can't understand how you broke it with just a little chopping!
 
noss4 said:
I guess the new ones are not like the old ones. I have the new Bowie and the edge rolled chopping wood. :thumbdn:
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If memory serves, I heard that the newer ones were made in China, whereas the older ones were made in Taiwan. I remember hearing that they started having them made in China around the time they introduced the Bowie version. The blade coating changed around that time too, as did the gap in the handle. Perhaps the OP can ask Cold Steel where his was made.

Regards,
3G
 
Yeah, I have an older one, and I have beat the hell out of it for 7 or 8 years. Chopping, batoning, throwing, etc. Nothing has really damaged it besides some dings in the edge that were easily sharpened out.

I'm glad mine is holding up, because it looks like the replacement for it is pretty lack luster.
 
I chalked it up to a learning experience. After watching the knifetests.com video, I decided to try one. I should have listen to my self. It is too thin.

I chopped on a green tree sappling about 3 inches thick. Cut a 4 foot stick and really started chopping. Ping! Never made it through. "What a P.O.S., and I'm a dumb A for buying it", was my first thought.

I have a Kabar Kukri and it is good. I was going to picking up a Cold Steel Gi Tanto and the True Flight Thrower, but that that incedent makes me wonder what I'm really getting. I'm, thinking of spending the extra bucks for a Ranger RD7. .25" should not go ping!
 
Thickness isn't a measure of anything, other than thickness.

I say send it back, for two reasons. One, to get a replacement, and two, so CS learns how poorly the Bushman is faring in the world.
 
K-Dog said:
I chopped on a green tree sappling about 3 inches thick. Cut a 4 foot stick and really started chopping. Ping! Never made it through.
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When you say, "ping!" do you mean the Bushman broke? If so, where did it break?

Saying the knife is too thin proves nothing. That is a matter of opinion because sometimes thinner is better. If it broke, by all means send it back to CS!

Without pictures or exact descriptions of the failure, this thread is pretty much useless.
 
Don't read it, if it is useless. It snapped at the base of the blade, the flat part, just before the knife is rolled for the handle.

My previous post was not clear enough for some. I Inserted a 4 foot stick. Shortly there after it the blade broke cleanly, just past the handle. To late to send back its gone.

I loved the knife the steel sharpened great and it is light weight and easy to carry. I was disapointed.
 
I don't know, maybe since CS outsourced the Bushman to China the quality control has gone down the tubes? But, there really is no proof other than your post here. The knife is "gone" as you say. Without a picture or "habeus corpus" this cannot be substantiated until someone recreates what you were doing, has the same result, and (at least) takes a picture.

Forgive me for being sceptical. People are generally well recieved for bashing anything CS does in this subforum. So, for someone to come in making a claim they destroyed a CS knife is not surprising. What this will do is give more fodder for the CS haters to say, "I told you so." Problem is there may be no basis but someone will still use it as "evidence".

My Bushman has gone above and beyond the expectations I have for any $15 knife. If it's going to break, I hope someone here does it! I would be interested to see the results!
 
I know! I sound like a jerk, but I think of it like this:
"I broke a insert name of hyped-up knife with cult following after some light chopping!"

Everyone would be asking for pictures. Heck, I can point to a recent thread by a certain knife testing guy on this forum where people were ready to crucify him just for posting his results!

On the other hand, I say, "I broke a CS!" Some people are ready to believe it. So, in this case I am basically saying...
THG said:
Pics or it didn't happen :D
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Thanks guys! Ya'll just called me a liar.

I don't have a problem with Cold Steel or free trade. You have to hold your nose to vote or anything else you do. I just wanted a decent cheap knife, and the bushman has always caught eye since they came out. Too bad I didn't buy one then, like yours. Just send me your Bushman and I'll edit my posts to suite you.

I'll probably still get the GI Tanto and True Flight Thrower, this weekend. They look too beefy to pass up. I also plan on looking at CS Double Agent neck knife, Pocket Bushman, and new Black Rock Hunter. But I will pay attention to my instincts.

Oh Yeah I would include a pic with post but it would probably get deleted.
 
K-Dog said:
Thanks guys! Ya'll just called me a liar.
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Oh Yeah I would include a pic with post but it would probably get deleted.
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Uh, your welcome?

No one said you were a liar. :confused:
You could post the pic and see me post this...:foot:
 
I don't have love or hate for CS. In fact, I'm going to very soon purchase a CS Ti-Lite alongside a Spyderco Delica. Both will be on the same receipt.

I'm too new to have love or hate for any of these brands.

I simply would like to see pics :D

K-Dog said:
Oh Yeah I would include a pic with post but it would probably get deleted.
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Why?
 
K-Dog said:
Oh Yeah I would include a pic with post but it would probably get deleted.
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Why would you think that?:confused: Unless your only picture is of a naked person holding the pieces of your knife, I just don't see that happening!

I agree with the others, that pics would be nice, but I don't think you're a liar. Especially after having seen several pics of broken Cold Steels that cost a heck of a lot more than a Bushman.

Regards,
3G
 
K-Dog said:
I'm, thinking of spending the extra bucks for a Ranger RD7. .25" should not go ping!
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Justin's knives; even the thinner ones; don't go ping. The current version of his RD series is tougher than all get-out while being much thinner at the edge than his first few versions. The only folks who've 'regretted' getting an RD-7 were ones who wished they had ordered an RD-6, RD-9, or a Justin Gingrich custom instead.
 
Sad to hear that a Bushman broke. I too am lucky in that mine is an older one and it and my two mini bushmans are good cheap knives. I guess when some things start getting made in China the quality control can be an issue. I also collect binoculars. While not owning a pair of Nikons myself. There have been reports of some of their cheaper binoculars such as the Monarch series leaking moisture internally or coming with only one set of lenses coated. This is obviously a quality control issue. Who oversees the manufacture of the goods once out sourced? With large volumes being imported does every item get inspected? With a binocular it's easy to see something like one set of lenses missing a coating. But what about a knife. Once it's made and coated how do you know without testing if it was heat treated properly? How do you know what the steel is? Sure things are supposed to be made to specifications. I'm sure most are but.........
 
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