Cold Steel Tri-Ad Lock: The New Strongman?

Very impressive, Andrew!:eek: You designed one heck of a darn strong knife there!:thumbup:

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Awesome. I own the Rajah I and it is a very impressive knife. Your folding kukri is a winner. Cheers, Andrew.
 
Wow, thanks for the impressive video Mr. Demko. Going to have to push my Rajah II a little harder.
 
"No, officer, I didn't know it was illegal to carry here in New York City. I'll just take it home and won't carry it here anymore, okay?"
 
kiahs said:
I noticed you had the Lawman in your hand at the end of the video. I've been considering picking one of these up.
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The American Lawman is just an excellent EDC folder. The G-10 is on the very rough side (it's not the American manicured nap-junky folder), the thumbstuds don't get in the way of cutting and sharpening, and it comes with two pocketclips (one weird one that serves no purpose and one for left-handed users). The blade is a deeply hollow ground drop point of AUS-8A and has a blade coating so you can something to hate about it. Takes a hair-whittling edge with ease and if you are careful when deburring, it holds the edge as well (not that I left the burr on mine or anything once :o ).
 
An Amazing video.

I have a Rajah 2 and it is by far the finest knife in its class, period!

For the price, it is untouchable.

I couldn't be happier with it.
 
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i wouldn't consider many folders fighting knives for various reasons but that one Lynn is holding looks to be one of the few
 
It doesn't surprise me that Cold Steel has yet another great lock up. I have said for some time that much as you can say about LT he does focus and demand some of the best lockups for reliability and strength that I have tested. Even the regular line up of the Vaquero, Voyager and the super strong lockup of the Ultimate Hunter are exceptional but when you step up to the Black Sable or one like this one here you do indeed have a lock you can trust for multiple reasons.

Great design Andrew. Good to see you hanging out here some.

STR
 
DemkoKnives said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZslOb1pdYY
check this out
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Nice video. The Rajah looks like its built like a tank. I do have a question though on the steel Cold Steel used for the blade. I own two X2 voyagers. The first (in Aus-8, like the Rajah) didn't impress me very much with its edge holding ability. Cutting even small (1/2') green branches would cause the edge to roll. Part of this might be caused by the serrations, which could weaken the edge a bit. I have not had this problem with the new voyager with VG-1 steel and plain edge. In fact, I like the new voyager so much its one of my EDKs.

So my question is, how does the AUS-8 steel hold an edge on the Rajah?

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The Rajah is an incredible buy in my opinion. I know at least one company (won't mention any names, but its initials are CRKT:D) that claim using its knives is like using a fixed blade. I'd love it if Andrew would attach weights to some LAWKS-equipped knives to see how much they'd take, but at 300 pounds and holding, the Rajah probably could survive most fixed blade type pressures.

Keeping it at a reasonable price also is highly commendable. Not only can you not get large folding knives from other companies, if you could, like from, say, Boker, it most likely would cost you considerably more and not be anywhere near this strong. I was most impressed by the knife not showing any play after being exposed to 300 pounds. Even if it had showed a little more play, it still would be quite a tribute to the knife.

Most knives of that size, fixed, would be used for small chopping jobs and perhaps even clearing small patches of vegetation. It also would be a most formidable weapon, yet it could fit in a rear back pocket.

If I had any criticisms of the knife, it would be that I'd like it to have a bit sharper of a point, but the blade's configuration is clearly intended to chop and slash. The Espada XL would be just perfect for me, plus it's gorgeous.
 
Cool test - And that lock was under a much bigger moment than a normal size folder would be from the same weight due to how looong the handle on that gigantic folder is - the same weight a couple inches closer to the pivot results in proportionally less stress on the lock. You may have to hang 500 lbs off a regular size folder to achieve the same moment (force against the lock).
 
your right BROOS, we try to use a standard of 4 inches from the pivot, but you will notice that the rope slipped down the handle maybe an inch further. so we had 350 pounds 5 inches from the pivot
 
Very impressive testing. And now I can say to my wife, "see honey? My skirmish isn't a big knife at all!"
 
I'm not sure about what he said with the weights swaying would kill a liner lock or a frame lock. I defy a AutoLAWKS folder to fail....
 
I have had a Lawman in my hands for a few months i believe....
Lock has very little blade play.... And locks up solid as any other I have used....
Just aint sold on it being that much better....
That video was impressive though...
 
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