Cold Steel Pocket Bushman

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Anyone here have one? I just got mine in the other day. Was just wondering how they're performing for anyone who's bought one.
 
Fingertip guillotine from what I saw when I handled one. Good blade but horrible locking design, its like the designer has a sadistic streak.

There is already enough people cutting themselves closing lockbacks and liner locks
 
Brad "the butcher";8210064 said:
Fingertip guillotine from what I saw when I handled one. Good blade but horrible locking design, its like the designer has a sadistic streak.

There is already enough people cutting themselves closing lockbacks and liner locks
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Not to sound condescending, but you just weren't doing it right--most people don't. :o

It's a GREAT lock design--it's just way different compared to what folks are used to and they have a hard time figuring it out. I've been EDC'ing mine for the past month or so--it's actually taken the place of my Benchmade 530 or ZDP-189 Delica.:eek:

Here's another way to close it, by the way: CLICK
 
I treat the Pocket Bushman as a two-handed knife (opening and closing) and have no major issues with the knife.

The Pocket Bushman has its place as a "open/close little", robust folder IMO, notably so given the selling price. I have yet to see or hear of the lock failing once it is deployed (yeah, I know about the broken lockes on early versions).
 
orthogonal1 said:
I treat the Pocket Bushman as a two-handed knife (opening and closing) and have no major issues with the knife.

The Pocket Bushman has its place as a "open/close little", robust folder IMO, notably so given the selling price. I have yet to see or hear of the lock failing once it is deployed (yeah, I know about the broken lockes on early versions).
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Interestingly enough, mine is one of the first-gen ones and I've had no problems.:confused:

There was a review of a PB on EDCForums where a guy was TRYING to get the lock to fail by hitting it repeatedly with a sledge hammer! The guy managed to bust the blade and sections of the "tail" of the lock bar, but was unable to get the lock itself to disengage and/or fail! That's one tough knife!
 
I have one. Closing it is as easy as pie. Very robust knife, I just wish it had a little more style to it, something that would have been easy to accomplish w/o any loss of functionality. Form follows function, OK, but once functional needs are satisfied why not a little form?

IIRC, the early ones had spring breakage problems that lead to failures. There was a notch in the groove housing the spring that allowed the spring to kink when over-compressed, leading to failure. They eliminated the notch to solve the problem.
 
Thanks for all the great feedback. I didn't know there was already a thread on it. It answered all my questions, too.
 
I had one till a friend talked me into selling it to him, which took him a bit over 18 months to do.

They are a fantastic knife for the money. A very strong lock. While not being as easy to operate as many they more than make up for it in robustness of the knife. It is one of the handfull of folders I consider actualy suited to serious use in the field. And pricewise it is the best deal of the bunch.
 
I have one. Great value for the money. Rugged and simple, just my style and my EDC. Never had a problem of it closing on my hand either. Treat it as a two handed closer. I'd put this as a bushcrafter/field use category, rather than a lightning fast self defence blade.
 
Here is a post I put in another thread, just copied it and pasted.

Opening and closing is second nature. Just don't put fingers where they don't belong. There is plenty of handle space to keep them safe. The thing I do avoid would be opening it left handed if my hands were bloody or slick. With the thumb stud moved over for right handed opening, it is harder to do left handed (especially if the clip is still on the right hand side, not much finger purchase on the other side for left handed opening. Would be easy to bauble it and snip snip).



I love mine too. I carry it all the time. I will often pair it up with a .22 thick GameWarded from Busse, or my modded SS from them.

It is a great slicer, and has a really wicked sharp tip too. Great for piercing.

I have never had any issues with lock up. I believe I have the new version, but won't worry about it until I have an issue. I am not going to disassemble it just to check (some one said you could tell by looking though the holes tapped for the pocket clip).

I have a Recon1 I used to EDC a lot, but now it is usually a combo of the PB and a Busse.

Some one also said, if you broke the lanyard, you could not disengage the lock. (whom ever said that must have really weak fingers, because, when I read it or heard it, I went and tried it. No problem).

The action will get much softer. It is actually fast to deploy if you wanted to. I don't really flick mine (the soft handle metal will deform a bit if you flick it too hard or what not. Hardened spine meeting softer handle metal will eventually dent).



Again, I think it is a highly under rated knife. I find mine comfortable to use in whittling etc. The very thin overall cross section means it pocket carries very very well. Nice and flat.

Here are some comparison pics.
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Closed
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In hand. (it looks small in the hand, but it is actually a good sized folder. 4 inch blade iirc)
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couple other knives for size comparison in hand.
Black Rhino
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Modded SS from Busse.
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Recon 1 old zytel handled Tanto I have had for 10 years.
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Here is a spine shot for thickness
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I am honestly thinking about buying one or two more for each vehicle. I would recommend this as a Boy Scout knife as well (as long as you really spent some good time educating them on the lock, and advising not to let anyone else close it until trained on it).
 
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