Cold Steel Recon 1 or SOG Flash 2?

I'd say Recon 1.

I own the Flash 2 and a couple of my friends have the Recon 1 and I just think it's a better knife overall. The SOG isn't bad but as others have said it does have blade play. The Recon 1 is just a tank, I've seen one of my friends do all sorts of horrible stuff to it and it's never had a problem.
 
Get the Recon 1. I'm a moderator here, so you HAVE TO do what I say.:D.
 
No doubt that the Recon 1 is a better pick between those 2. You cant go wrong with a Tri-Ad lock Cold Steel knife for being tough. Good Luck! Kevin :D
 
I never got why Cold Steel never put out any spring assist knives. Combine that strong lock with a reliable and easy way to open it and it would be a perfect tactical knife, since you could never fumble to get it open which would be especially easy to do under stress with as stiff a lock as they have.
 
Recon 1, its stronger and much better looking.
The flash 2 is just soooo ugly, I would never buy one.

Funny....I don't think I would buy any SOG knife. They just don't float my boat.

-orangish ducktape
 
Free2game said:
It's got nothing to do with it not having liners. The Cold Steel doesn't have liners, a lot of older spydercos were linerless. It's more just poor tolerances.
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You are correct in saying that strictly speaking, linerless does not directly equal play. The real answer is because of both poor tolerances as well as linerless zytel/FRN will flex.

Linerless G10 does not flex nearly as much (and tighter tolerances certainly helps)
 
I'd definitely go with the Recon 1. While I think that the flat grind blade of the Flash 2 makes it a marginally better slicer, I just can't get over the amount of blade play present in every Flash 2 that I've handled. That Tri-Ad lock's a beast on the Recon 1, as well.
 
bean_sips said:
I'd definitely go with the Recon 1. While I think that the flat grind blade of the Flash 2 makes it a marginally better slicer, I just can't get over the amount of blade play present in every Flash 2 that I've handled. That Tri-Ad lock's a beast on the Recon 1, as well.
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I don't fault people who are really into FFG blades, but lately I have been really coming around to high shallow hollow grinds, especially like the Recon 1 (IIRC, the clip point version comes in 14" wheel). They make terrific slicers, present very thin edges, and are flat enough to prevent most shouldering problems.
 
I have owned two Flash II's and they both had blade play. Both disappeared via my workers (or lost on jobs) and I didn't loose a minute's sleep over it. I however really like the SOG Twitch XL, but it is a bit smaller. The Flash is the only SOG I would have reservations buying (added: except for the Spydie copies). The SOG Mini-Vulcan is beefier, a heck of a blade, and very fast to open one handed.
 
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I'm going to jump on the bandwagon here and recommend the Recon 1. Actually, for EDC, I'd go with the American Lawman. Same materials and lock as the Recon 1, but in a design that I find more useful (I like the choil, I tend to choke up on the blade for detail work).
 
If you want a blade to have to use hard, go with the Recon. If you want a reasonable EDC, go with the Flash.
 
I sometimes edc a Recon 1, as mentioned before it rides well for a larger knife and still fills in as a slicer too. If your going to edc one of these two, get the Cold Steel. I would not categorize it as a "sharpened prybar".
 
akula83 said:
I sometimes edc a Recon 1, as mentioned before it rides well for a larger knife and still fills in as a slicer too. If your going to edc one of these two, get the Cold Steel. I would not categorize it as a "sharpened prybar".
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The Recon 1 is the furthest thing from a "sharpened prybar"!!!
 
Free2game said:
I never got why Cold Steel never put out any spring assist knives. Combine that strong lock with a reliable and easy way to open it and it would be a perfect tactical knife, since you could never fumble to get it open which would be especially easy to do under stress with as stiff a lock as they have.
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you kind of answered your own question. the tri ad lock tends to be rather stiff on their knives. so youd need a rather hefty spring assist mechanism, which would not seem as handy whenever you had to close it.
 
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