Cold Steel= flat out liars

no they didnt make them. they were china made and cold steel was selling them in their catalog claiming how "great" they were!,,VWB.
 
I love this thread. It's good to see that it's back again - like the relative that you once lent money to. ;)

For those of you who've become members more recently, the best part of this thread is the picture on page 18 featuring Lynn Thompson's outstanding handgun safety tips. :D
 
gattsuru said:
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Keep your booger hook off the bang switch until you're ready to fire!
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Friggen Classic! Havent heard that one in a very long time!
 
Bronco said:
I love this thread. It's good to see that it's back again - like the relative that you once lent money to. ;)

For those of you who've become members more recently, the best part of this thread is the picture on page 18 featuring Lynn Thompson's outstanding handgun safety tips. :D
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I'm keeping my fingers crossed to see if the Strider=Flat Out Liars thread gets to 28,000+ hits. I hope we get the Mods backing to merge all Strider-Hate threads like done here! :)
 
SlamFire said:
Folks have claimed that Cold Steel simply rips off others designs. Well recently the RAT series of knives by Ontario have received a lot of buzz.

And yet, a side by side comparison between a RAT blade and a Cold Steel Scalper blade shows amazingly similar blade profiles.

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So, is Cold Steel being ripped off by Ontario?
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big difference in those two knives. I would not mistake one for the other, but I could see someone mistaking the CS for a strider. Bingo that is the difference.:D
 
brizbane said:
I guess the following are important. (I should say you're damn right they are.) Do the knives perform or not? (Sometimes. It's hit and miss) How do the CS knives compare to other similar knives of other companies? (Not as well as you think) Are CS knives a good value? (not really)
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For the record, I went down to a local shop with about $170 in my pocket to find my first "real knife" and handled almost everything in the store. The CS knives had a chunky, impractical feel. Kinda like using a claymore to peel an orange. I settled on a BM 10300 Monochrome for about 40 bucks. I haven't regretted it since.
 
Hey Guys...

That Cold Steel cold be a Loveless or a Bark River for that matter..

I don't see the Rat 7 and coldsteel even being similar... other than that maybe they are both flat ground..

ttyle

Eric
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DngrRuss1 said:
I have heard this before. I need to check this out for myself. If it is there, then I can almost gaurantee that it is simply an editing error. The company is not out to deceive anyone with their DVD. There are hundreds of hours of video of not only the Proof material, but all the testing that the company does with their knives. This is done so that, again, what is stated is backed up with evidence.

I will research this for myself though.
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I've never watched one of these videos, but I can't help but imagine "hundreds of hours of video" with knives exploding and flying shrapnel and people flinching and ducking in order to capture the few times a knife didn't disintegrate from such vigorous and thorough abuse and "testing".
 
Redgearhead said:
I can't help but imagine "hundreds of hours of video" with knives exploding and flying shrapnel and people flinching and ducking in order to capture the few times a knife didn't disintegrate from such vigorous and thorough abuse and "testing".
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You got it. That's exactly the problem. These aren't tests, they are staged demonstrations.
 
SlamFire said:
Yes, of course, but is anyone else hanging 100 pounds of weight off the end of their lock blade knives? I would like to see other manufacturers stage some demonstrations to prove the worth of their knives.
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Google some of the Busse or Swamp Rat tests some of which have been done at blade shows in front of the public. The CS DVDs are marketing BS, plain and simple.
 
How much of the tests are of people hanging from knives and how much are of knives slashing meat and cardboard?
 
A.L. said:
...and event he neat toys are crap. Like the bad axe and spears: look nice in promo picture but when you handle them they look like donkey ass from the other side, are too light and thin to stick anywhere.
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IDK. I can stick the hell out of the Norse axe I got on Friday. It's def worth the 20 bucks I paid for it, since I never believed it was going to allow me to frigging ravage the Western European coast like LT would have some believe. :cool:
 
razorsdescent said:
Your missing the point, I think people could care less if lynn was a homosexual or a right wing nut-job. Tony marfione is a tad bit eccentric and people still buy microtechs.

The thing is though that hes a plague on the knife community.

Back before i knew much about knives i bought an SRK, its a good knife. so yes he may make a few decent knives.

But y would you want to give money to a company owned by a man who slanders other knife makers, demonifies knives as weapons, and in general is a leech.

http://www.coldsteel.com/80ft.html

I dont know mick. but lynn saw fit too take a shot at him in a public venue in this way. thats a real ass move.

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/csstoreonline/Karambit.pdf

lynn went from that to this: http://csstoreonline.stores.yahoo.net/49ks.html :jerkit:


So either he was talking out his a@@ to undermine other knife makers and a ligitimate knife style. Or he comprimised his own values and beliefs to turn a buck. Either way your supporting that kinda behavior whenever you buy a knife from coldsteel.

Its your own personal decision wether to buy from him or not.

P.S why do people whine about people whining? that doesnt make sense.
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For more 180's, check out the link to the 2003 Blade account, paying special attention to the bit about how Cold Steel refuses to associate their knives
with military use or even with special units like the Navy SEALS. See how the scowl upon such base behavior. Then watch the latest Solid Proof DVD and count the military references, including the Navy SEALS. For shame, Lynn. :eek:
 
SlamFire said:
Yes, of course, but is anyone else hanging 100 pounds of weight off the end of their lock blade knives? I would like to see other manufacturers stage some demonstrations to prove the worth of their knives.
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If you base you knife purchasing dollars on such antics good for you.

Personally I don't plan to stab any car doors.

My free weights were always stored in factory made storage racks or on the floor. I'm don't know why anyone would want to store their weights on a knife. Seems like a strange practice.

Ginsu knives will cut through a pop can and still slice a tomato! :eek:
 
The Swiss Army knock-offs Cold Steel was selling were called "Swiss Steel" by CS. That was some years ago. But it was obviously the same junk knives you can find at any 99-cent store. And CS was wrong; the real SAKs (Victorinox and Wenger) are definitely NOT overpriced when you consider the quality and usefulness. In fact, IMO a lot of the CS knives themselves are overpriced. Though I still have a few Voyagers that are pretty decent values.
Jim
 
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