Cold Steel= flat out liars

BenchMyke said:
Some of these guys think they're cool for bashing Cold Steel. Just remember, these same guys spend 3 to 400 dollars on a knife that originally sold for 139.99 new. It's all hype. I have a SRK and love it. It's easily bought for under $50 and will last. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it think.
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BenchMyke said:
You ever heard of Swamp Rat knives?
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1. Who are these guys you keep talking about? Point them out.

2. Why do you care about how much someone wants to spend on any certain knife, even if you (And I) think it is too much?

3. Again- what is "all hype"? that statement is unclear.

4.
BenchMyke said:
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it think.
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What does this mean- Nothing at all? :confused:
Please enlighten me about your theories regarding equine thought processes, or how a horse can still be alive if it is not "thinking". Who knows, maybe horses don't think at all! (I know dead ones don't) Maybe if they had thumbs they would play chess.:D

5. What does any of this have to do with cold Steel?:confused:
 
BenchMyke said:
You ever heard of Swamp Rat knives?
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I guess if people think enough of a Swamp Rat knife that was $139.00 to pay $300.00-$400.00 for it that says a lot about that knife. When I think about it, there are knives that people originally paid a few bucks for that others now purchase for thousands of dollars. There are probably even some CS knives that people will pay more for than the original price.
 
Keith Montgomery said:
I guess if people think enough of a Swamp Rat knife that was $139.00 to pay $300.00-$400.00 for it that says a lot about that knife. When I think about it, there are knives that people originally paid a few bucks for that others now purchase for thousands of dollars. There are probably even some CS knives that people will pay more for than the original price.
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True, wasn't there a Randall that sold on Ebay recently for something like $28,000?

This one went for quite a bit, as well. . .:D (I wish I was the seller)
 
Seeing how CS marketing is done I would prefer that everyone here refrain from speaking about horses. A horse is a wonderfull ( stinky ) loving animal and I would hate to see one get it's head chopped off by a CS katana in the next dvd:D .
 
Well, I have to say I had my concerns about getting a cold steel but I recently got my hands on a zytel handled ti-lite for a decent price and was pretty impressed. Solid fit and finish as well as shaving sharp. As for the alleged wave stealing, the quillion/guard on it seems pretty similar to traditional stillettos and i find it to be more effective tapping it off my leg and using wrist action as opposed to hooking it on my pocket a la "wave". I also have a microtech that can be waved. Anyway, i think it all comes down to a matter of personal preference, I've spent $50 on an knife and I've spent $450 on a knife and i can find pros and cons of each.

-Lindey
 
lotus1972 said:
Seeing how CS marketing is done I would prefer that everyone here refrain from speaking about horses. A horse is a wonderfull ( stinky ) loving animal and I would hate to see one get it's head chopped off by a CS katana in the next dvd:D .
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Who wouldn't want to see LT galloping around, brandishing a cavalry Saber and chopping watermelons on sticks. That is such a good idea, they should do it:thumbup:

I just hope he wears something other than spandex. . .:eek:
 
Hm, so, CS borrowed the wave feature. Funny because I accidently made a thumb ramp on a Gunsite II which doubled as a catch, so that became very handy for me- before stumbling upon photos of Emersons and the 2006 cold steels. The positioning of the thumb studs with the machined threading made it possible to attatch a folded and drilled piece of sheet metal to them.. Whoever makes use of this in thier products will catch my eye for sure.
 
I must confess I probably have more CS's in my collection than anything else, so you can now say I have a bias. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with CS knives. Most I have I like a lot, some I'm indifferent too. Most knives I have I could find fault with, my 2 3" Spydies have up/down lock movement, SOG kydex sheath are poor, etc. CS are no different. The DVD has good bits and bad bits, some is laughable, some is informative. The meat cutting I found informative in what wounds a knife would do.
On the point of ripping of other designs, this happens all the time, look at the Gerber range and for that matter how many Gerber and CS's have been ripped off. I worked in a knife shop in the 80's and every time a good design from Gerber, Buck Kershaw etc. came out a copy would be along 6 months later. The CS tanto's have been copied again and again, nobody seems to be jumping to CS's defence in this. To say the knives are not as good as Spyderco or BM is fair but they're not as expensive for a compairable item. CS's knife variation is far greater. Just how many 3" Spyderco's can you own?
And you still have not put me off buying a CS R1 Classic.
 
See this is why i like cold steel. They offer very small knives to very large knives, fixed and folder. There knives that i have seen are unique looking and i have never had one not be sharp out of the box than many other knives.

The reason i don't buy more spydercos is because of that hole. Don't get me wrong i love the hole (:D ) but you can tell that the knife is from spyderco by that whole. I like people to ask what brand the knife is than already knowing.

Back to Lynn on a horse: What they should really do is have him with a spear riding up to a foam lion and then hurling the spear through the air at it.:thumbup:
 
danceswithblade said:
I realize there is a search function, but it's not working on my end, I've tried for the past 3 days.
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Mine never works either! Anyone else?
Oh and yea.. cold steel make some cool stuff.
 
danceswithblade said:
I realize there is a search function, but it's not working on my end, I've tried for the past 3 days.
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Mine never works either! Anyone else?
Oh and yea.. cold steel make some cool stuff, but they should stick to fixed blades because their folders are hideous.:barf:
 
danceswithblade said:
Thompson may be an idiot as some claim, but I wouldn't want to tangle with him in a knife fight. Come to think of it, I wouldn't want to tangle with anybody in a knife fight, especially him.
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Hehehehe.
Idiot or not his bank statement should be rather impressive. :eek:
I think Bill Gates is an idiot.. his software sucks..BUT $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ :mad:
I gave up knife fighting when John Browning invented the 1911.......... ;)
 
Archer26 said:
Most knives I have I could find fault with, my 2 3" Spydies have up/down lock movement. Just how many 3" Spyderco's can you own?
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I've owned several Delicas over the years. I have a Spyderco Standard. And a Spyderco Centofante III as my current EDC. All of them have rock-solid locks. Did you get your examples from a particular online store?
 
Here's my favorite Cold Steel sporting it's new tang conversion prior to the bead blast,parkerizing and Micarta scales.
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My only beef with them is that someone with tiny hands and a grip like an old lady must design their knives.
 
they sent me a catalog along with the dvd..................

all i can say is,

welll i dont know what to say, but it almost gives knife owners a bad image lol.

all the dvd shows is every knife they have cutting meat stuffed inside a denim sleeve...........how much the lock will hold.............and more cutting meat.

its nothing that a benchmade or any quality knife wont do.

in some ways its almost a sick display.

know i know why the coldsteel hate..............



sorry lynn, i dont carry a knife to a gun fight....................
i carry a knife to cut things that need cutting
 
It's advertising. They are happy with the rise in sales since they've been making videos. Nobody sells to everybody, but they have their customer base.
 
I think they could do some major editing to that DVD, it goes on and on, and is extremely repetitive. I like the idea of a company putting out a demo DVD even if it is cheesy, so I'll give Cold Steel credit for doing it.

I also get a great deal of enjoyment from observing the look on LT's face when he finishes a cutting demonstration; it's a highly amusing expression of smugness.
 
I just hope nobody like that joker that wrote the recent Wall St. News article gets their hands on one of those videos. That could be bad. Those videos are hilarious. My family watched one after Christmas dinner one year and it was so funny when they were stabbing the bastard sword and war hammer through the car doors. "Boo-yah! Take that you stinkin' car!"

The meat cutting is a bit too literal for public release. If sheeple start to realize what that 3" or 4" blade clipped in my pocket can really do, they may very well take steps to remove it. The Cold Steel videos make it almost too easy for some punk psuedo-journalist that wants to make a name for himself. You don't see any body making videos of what a brick can do to a watermelon, or a basic kitchen knife doing the same meat cutting that Lynn does in his videos. All sorts of everyday things can do serious damage, you just don't see this happening in slow motion with dramatic music.
 
I think it's safe to say that coldsteel make "weapons", and therefore that's how they test thier knives. -Yes, it likely does make the knife community look bad to the general public who may view such a vidio. But, I also feel that the general non-knife public as we known them are unlikely to see the video in question.
Edit: Just read moonwilson's post and that raises a new point of view.
 
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