Cold Steel Spartan...It's Future

I got one in a trade. It is definately one of the coolest knives I've owned so far. Yes, it's a bit big for everyday carry. But for camping etc it's really good. And despite what people think. It's got one of the most comfortable to hold handled I've had the pleasure of handling so far.

I love this knife.
 
My first impression:

Rough and unrefined, but certainly practical enough for use. Very bulky in pocket. Not a good EDC for blade length.

Long term impressions.

Rough and unrefined, but certainly practical enough for use. Very bulky in pocket. Not a good EDC for blade length.
 
orca8589 said:
Matt (Charlie Mike) did a passaround of a CS Spartan last year, and I took it on a camping trip. As a big folding chopper, it worked really well for a lot of outdoor camping chores. (It excelled at opening cans.) Not ideal, but adequate for most jobs. Plus, it was just plain FUN. I later traded for one, that I've been "tweaking", and I'm almost done. Most of what I've done isn't readily visible, but a couple of things are: I lowered the lock bar, (sort of a Boye detent-type thing) and reprofiled the top of the blade. (I shamelessly copied Charlie Mike's mod on the passaround knife.) My only complaint with this knife was why Demko left that ugly square hump on top. The next mod will be to take that nasty pocket-shredding-thumb-shelf-thingy off, and reprofile that part of the blade.

For chopping, this thing kept up with my Camillus/Becker BK7.

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~Chris
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so cute matching key board and knife lol jk
 
I was a skeptic of this model (and cold steel in general) but I had some money in my paypal and it's a relatively inexpensive knife; so curiosity pushed me over. I now own a Rajah 2 and have a Recon 1 on the way.

I feel the knife is an incredible value. As many have already said, it makes for a good trail/camping knife, but just too large for practical edc.
 
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