Cold Steel: new for 2012

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Here it is.

Some interesting stuff, as you might expect. And some "what were they thinking?".


- A gargantuan Hold Out I.

- Back lock "traditional" folders

- Mini and Micro Recon 1 (woot!)

- And of course, some incredibly stupid stuff: a Medieval Buckler shield?!!

For my part, I'll being looking into the Mini and Micro Recon 1. And the back locks. The Hold Out is not really my thing, but who knows. Its hard for me to say no to some of this stuff.

Thoughts?
 
The kopis and jungle machetes look nice and light. I hope they're not the same 2 mm stuff they use for the latins.

The survivor edge looks like a mora and like everybody else I'm really interested in the tang on that thing.

The "traditional hunters" look like a neat start, but with just little slabs of stag instead of real scales and bolsters its not as it could've been.

EDIT: The buckler is silly and small, but a ton of people have asked cs on their forums and facebook about it, so at least they listen to customers.
 
I can't wait to see the "Solid Proof" video of the Medieval Buckler.
Just imagine two screaming fat guys charging each other with pizza pan sized shields. lol
 
Gobbo_the_civet said:
The kopis and jungle machetes look nice and light. I hope they're not the same 2 mm stuff they use for the latins.
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The rep on Facebook mentions that the Cutlass machete is 2.8mm thick 1055. I would think it would be the same on the Kopis and Jungle machetes.
 
How big is that Hold Out I, couldn't tell from the pic too well, I like the look of that series for some reason.
 
I'd wave and double edge that Hold Out.
 
What I would want to see is a persian style folder and a japanese tanto style folder.
 
I was expecting more better stuff but I like the jungle machete and spear point recon 1 is definitely on my radar and the lone star hunter looks good also.hunting knife with a tri ad was a good idea.
 
I like the look of the hunters very much....just all depends where they're made
I have the the Mini-Recon on my radar, as well
Everything else is not so good
 
+1 to mini-recon. My only reason for buying a CS would be to use and abuse at work, and the 3" blade rule will get you escorted to the gate! Never much liked the mini-lawman grip, but the spear point mini recon looks like it might be my next purchase.

Anybody hear anything about release dates?
 
MassMatt said:
? They've had Persian and Tanto style blades for years.
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I meant more like bringing back the talwar folder not just an up swept blade and I didn't mean an american tanto. I meant something more like the hissatsu.
 
I'm liking the machetes. A nice touch on the Cutlass Machete is that the knuckle bow is steel reinforced. Really didn't expect that. Also liking the shashqa and the 5-ball spadroon. The Survival Edge looks...interesting? I guess? 5" blade so it's actually pretty large! I'll have to see a real one in person before I pass final judgment on it but I can see both some advantages and disadvantages to the piece. Really curious about the tang.
 
I like the large 6" Hold Out, the Viking axe [ not cheap] the Russian sword , the Kopis machete , new Samburu spears and the Buckler. Hate the faux stag folders . Cold Steel should leave that stuff to the wussie companies. I'd also lose the boring American officers swords.
I hope there's more to come. When will CS finally bring out a massive kickass Smatchet?
 
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