cold steel yay or nay?

John T Wylie Jr said:
you mean like ripoff custom makers designs without royalty fee's or even giving credit ?:thumbdn:
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I have heard this said a lot. But is it true? Has any designer ever come out and said that "LT ripped off my design and is paying me squat" or is it urban myth. On the Busse forums Jerry came out and gave credit to LT for first using flared tubes as handle pins. Is there any proof that LT uses a design and does not give credit or royalty to that designer, from the designer himself?
 
And I'll say again, if a knife company has stolen from someone, a lawsuit should be filed. It's really easy to throw around terms like "theft" and "rip-off" and "stolen," but these are legally actionable. If they're not, then they're not, but enough already.

I know, I know... Lynn Thompson, the evil, belligerent, scowling, meat-cutting, car-hood-stabbing, design-stealing fat man kicked your puppies, cursed your crops, made your wives barren, pissed in your hallway, knocked up your daughters, defamed the entire knife industry (all while phoning major news outlets to inform them that he was personally going to send a bowie knife and a list of political targets to every minor in North America, 'cause knives are fer killin'), and personally saw to it that every knife his company imports is pressed out of 420J2 in a cardboard sheath -- then published a Riposte article decrying the decline in production quality among major knife manufactures.

AGAIN, ENOUGH ALREADY!

Jeez, I never thought of myself as an apologist for Cold Steel, but the recent avalanche of blame-Cold-Steel-for-the-problems-of-the-universe threads has just made me sick and tired of both the topic and the people who keep bringing it up.

Oh, and he's short. Good gods, no Cold Steel thread would be complete without mentioning that.
 
Cold Steel - Aces and spaces. Some of their stuff is very good for the price. Other stuff is De Riguer for the mall ninja set. Some of it provides great value for the dollar and some of it is grossly overpriced.
 
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I own a few of the CS line. Master Hunter first year it was offered, BEST hunter I have ever used bar none. CS Voyager line is excellant. I have 2 original issue Voyagers with the integral clip and I like'em. CS Recon Scout in Carbon V,best med. duty woods knife I own, and I own 2 of them. I have had 2 Hatamoto's and own one still. Great purpose driven knife. People that don't own one shouldn't comment on them if they dont' own one. The one I kept has developed the tiniest bit of blade play when locked open but I still like it. I also have a Lg Espada and love it. My favorite folder bar none. Very robust design with a great lock on it. I've owned a couple of there hawks and didn't like them at all and the Trailmaster which truthfully didn't care for especially the edge. Don't like convex edge's no matter who does them. Anyways if you can get by all the hype and bs you can find some very nicely made knives from tactical carry, edc, to heavy duty combat/camp/woods knives. keepem shar

PS the Recon line is also very very good.
 
I also like how they make other stuff such as the Shambok flexible batons, blow-dart guns, etc.
 
Sharp Phil said:
Jeez, I never thought of myself as an apologist for Cold Steel, but the recent avalanche of blame-Cold-Steel-for-the-problems-of-the-universe threads has just made me sick and tired of both the topic and the people who keep bringing it up.
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We have to blame somebody...;)
 
longbow said:
I own a few of the CS line. Master Hunter first year it was offered, BEST hunter I have ever used bar none. CS Voyager line is excellant. I have 2 original issue Voyagers with the integral clip and I like'em. CS Recon Scout in Carbon V,best med. duty woods knife I own, and I own 2 of them. I have had 2 Hatamoto's and own one still. Great purpose driven knife. People that don't own one shouldn't comment on them if they dont' own one. The one I kept has developed the tiniest bit of blade play when locked open but I still like it. I also have a Lg Espada and love it. My favorite folder bar none. Very robust design with a great lock on it. I've owned a couple of there hawks and didn't like them at all and the Trailmaster which truthfully didn't care for especially the edge. Don't like convex edge's no matter who does them. Anyways if you can get by all the hype and bs you can find some very nicely made knives from tactical carry, edc, to heavy duty combat/camp/woods knives. keepem shar

PS the Recon line is also very very good.
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got to agree with you on the recon scout and especially the voyager.i have a 5'' voyager, a zt 0301 and a benchmade 630 as my large folders and while i like all of them and wouldnt sell any of them, you really cant beat the voyager for the money.
 
I did consider Cold Steel ones when I started collecting knifes. But now I spend my time and momey on brands which can satisfy my requirements better.
 
Just out of curiosity, how many of you run macOS/linux/unix/other nix? because bill gates is 10 times the ass then lynn thompson could ever hope to be.

if its a good product, sometimes you have to look past who was involved with it. short of being a war criminal or a blatant racist who likes to sell his weapons as a solution I doubt I will be factoring that sort of thing in.
 
I have a Hatamoto. Great knife although not very comfortable to carry. Im not a fan of the AUS steels. It seems cheapo to me...just my opinion. I like Carbon V though.
 
I have CS master hunter and Recon Scout in carbonV which are very good knives for the price. Some of the folks on here were bent out of shape after seeing Lynn Thompson stab and slash the hell out of hanging meat. You're getting a free DVD shipped to your door and get to see knives in action and you complain? What the hell is wrong with you?
 
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ok guyz...

NO OFFENSE intended to anyone here but here goes...people buy cs for any number of reasons.

some of us cant offord the WONDERFUL Randalls; Loveless (and the names ad infinitum)high quality knives others can

some of us have a hard time justifying spending that kinda coin on a knife if we did

but we would still like to find a decent tribute knife for everyday carry or use that at least performs almost as well as them

some of us have wives who will KILL us if we bring just one more bussie combat through the door..(you know who u are)

some would say that spending 20 yrs collecting cs is most assuredly misspent youth putting it mildly

I had to find something that would outperform my Buck whatevers...

But for the most part...U put out the coin u get kicked in the groin...

Ive never had a problem with any cs that wasnt easily resolved by a little forethought and a reciept..an an attentive customer servics rep (kudos to wendy at Smoky Mtn Knife Sevierville TN)---or a ceramic hone

I said all that to say this..I love all my cs knives and i will continue to put them to the test (that other companies keep avoiding) until im able to

afford high grade custom toys
 
antonio_luiz said:
I personally like a lot of their designs and just took delivery of a Sisu. Have more models in the pipeline. Yes, some of them are rather pricey but semi-custom blades tend to be and they're still a lot cheaper than some of the Sheffield (England) semi-customs.

Anyway I'm satisfied with their quality and they look great in my collection. Would love a TiLite with Ti handles but they're like hens' teeth around here

Can't comment on how they actually perform cause I only collect & don't use them.
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Semi Custom??? What the hell??:mad:
 
Sharp Phil said:
And I'll say again, if a knife company has stolen from someone, a lawsuit should be filed. It's really easy to throw around terms like "theft" and "rip-off" and "stolen," but these are legally actionable. If they're not, then they're not, but enough already.

I know, I know... Lynn Thompson, the evil, belligerent, scowling, meat-cutting, car-hood-stabbing, design-stealing fat man kicked your puppies, cursed your crops, made your wives barren, pissed in your hallway, knocked up your daughters, defamed the entire knife industry (all while phoning major news outlets to inform them that he was personally going to send a bowie knife and a list of political targets to every minor in North America, 'cause knives are fer killin'), and personally saw to it that every knife his company imports is pressed out of 420J2 in a cardboard sheath -- then published a Riposte article decrying the decline in production quality among major knife manufactures.

AGAIN, ENOUGH ALREADY!


Jeez, I never thought of myself as an apologist for Cold Steel, but the recent avalanche of blame-Cold-Steel-for-the-problems-of-the-universe threads has just made me sick and tired of both the topic and the people who keep bringing it up.

Oh, and he's short. Good gods, no Cold Steel thread would be complete without mentioning that.
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LMAO! Heh...I have never replied to one of your posts, Phil, but after this one, I would lift a pint with ya!
 
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