Cold steel scottish dirk

[Liam Ryan]

Anyone own one? Around 100 bucks on ebay, wonder if I should pull the trigger? Much more a part of my history then a katana anyway.

 

[rifon2]

The Cold Steel "Culloden" Skean Dhu?
They don't come up on the 'bay very often...
And they're OOP
And there's nothing quite like them being made today by anyone else
5" blade
I know they made it in AUS8 stainless (in Seki, Japan), and I think they also made it in their 'proprietary' Carbon V
Removable clip on the Concealex sheath

Then there's the Mini-Culloden, 3.5" blade - no clip on the sheath
AUS8 stainess, made in Seki Japan.
Also OOP
Also nothing quite like it being made today, not even Cold Steel's own "Braveheart"

 

[Liam Ryan]

http://www.coldsteel.com/88sd.html

Some mix up there. Looking for info on that one^^^.

What does OOP mean?

 

[rifon2]

http://www.coldsteel.com/88sd.html

Some mix up there. Looking for info on that one^^^.

What does OOP mean?

Yes, a mixup, sorry - the Cullodens were also generically called dirks - I'll edit my prior post

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OOP=out of production

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Sorry, no info on the particular knife you linked to...

 

[senoBDEC]

http://www.survivalarts.com/archives/001428.html
and here's a pretty decent review by Dale Seago (I think he still goes to Swordforum)
http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71416

 

[Liam Ryan]

Looks good enough for me! Cold steel has some stuff that's not junk, it always surprises me.

 

[senoBDEC]

Looks good enough for me! Cold steel has some stuff that's not junk, it always surprises me.

It kinda depends on which of their many factories is any good.. Cold Steel basically advertises and (IIRC) designs some, re-markets others.