Cold Steels Blade Weaknesses

KyleTuck said:
This Monday will be a month since they received my damaged knife. Shoud I call them up and bitch at them? My dad said if I didn't he would for me.
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Daddy won't help you here. It takes time to get a knife back from a "maker". Just hold tight and let us know how their CS is.
 
I've had a mixed experiance with Cold Steel. The Trail Masters and Gurkha Kukri I use are exceptional and I don't think there are better knives out there in that catagory. However, I did buy one of there folding knives with a 440A blade and it can't keep and edge for anything while my Scimitar can.

GrayWall04
 
The Trail Master, many would argue, is the best knife CS has ever made. I've heard mixed reports on their kukris, but I certainly wouldn't rank theirs better than Himalayan Imports'.
 
I finnaly got my replacement knife today. Today makes it exactly one month since Cold Steel received it. They didn't send me two but I think they sent me a factory second bacause on the blade where COLD STEEL is stamped on the blade, the C is barely stamped on there, you can barely see it. But if thats the only problems I have I'll be happy.
 
valleytinworks said:
have cold steel send three of thier toughest blades and if put them thru what i put my busse hell razor thru and they come out in one peice (they dont even have to be sharp) then i will change my tune....
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First off CS will never be half the company that busse is. I dont think anyone would argue that point.

Second CS does go over the top but so do alot of companies. Where LT goes awry is the fact that he disrespects other companies. I have never heard Mr. Emerson or Mr. Busse disrespect another company in the way he does. Also he wrote a very inflamatory remark about the karambit style knife. He then proceded to make a karambit style knife. This on one hand extremely agravated karambit enthusiasts, While firmly establishing him as a hippocrite.


I will not say that all of the cs kniveas are crap. The srk is fairly solid. But for the price of a CS srk you can get a ranger knives RAK, or RD-7.

So if it is worth it to you then go ahead and get it just remember that you can get better for less.


I for one will never forgive LT this little incident:

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/csstoreonline/Karambit.pdf

:barf:
 
I never had a coldsteel,but I'm interested in the "caledonian edge" a folder from coldsteel. Wondering if I should buy it or not. I did not read all the threads about coldsteel, but some say that CS is not a good knife. Can anybody give me a good advice if I should buy it or not?:confused:
 
In fact I am almost positive the new knife I got is a factory second because in Cold Steel catalogs it says that all of their factory seconds have a 2 stamped on them somewhere and there is indeed a 2 stamped inside where the blade goes when it is closed. Man I am pissed. Is there anything I can do?
 
KyleTuck said:
In fact I am almost positive the new knife I got is a factory second because in Cold Steel catalogs it says that all of their factory seconds have a 2 stamped on them somewhere and there is indeed a 2 stamed inside where the blade goes when it is closed. Man I am pissed. Is there anything I can do?
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What did you expect from CS Customer service & LT?.. a BRAND NEW KNIFE..:barf:

Come on Kyle?:rolleyes:

Look, make some real $$$ and purchase something you will be proud of!!;) :cool:
 
Well, when you consider the percentage of knife buyers represented on any forum, I doubt it.

Spyderco, Kershaw, Benchmade (at least they have their own forum), and all those manufacturers/makers that have sub-forums here are actually showing an awful lot of concern, especially considering the big scheme of things.

Then, too, consider that many people fail to praise good or better products/service, but sure as water flashes on a hot schidel will complain when expectations are not meant (sometimes unrealistic ones).
 
sunnyd said:
What did you expect from CS Customer service & LT?.. a BRAND NEW KNIFE..:barf:

Come on Kyle?:rolleyes:

Look, make some real $$$ and purchase something you will be proud of!!;) :cool:
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What would you recommend?
 
Oh, I don't think Cold Steel's reputation is suffering. You've got folks here who just don't like CS and others that do. To me, I don't care what Lynn Thompson says -- knives aren't religions and there's no such thing as blasphemy. People wanted karambits and so Thompson gave them some. (He may still secretly hate them, but so what?)

I love Benchmade knives, and Spydercos, but they don't give me what I like in a knife, and that's a long blade length. I can't get Voyager, Vaquero, or Gunsite equivalents, so I love Cold Steel. Lynn Thompson, as far as I can tell, is a businessman and I know a lot of guys who buy his products based on those videos he produces.
 
KyleTuck said:
In fact I am almost positive the new knife I got is a factory second because in Cold Steel catalogs it says that all of their factory seconds have a 2 stamped on them somewhere and there is indeed a 2 stamped inside where the blade goes when it is closed. Man I am pissed. Is there anything I can do?
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CS does not sell or move 2nd folders, with the exception of old style Voyagers with plastic clips that were broken off. They replace those old knives with new ones and then grind off the jegged idge from the break and have then sold them at their sidewalk sales and such. They won't sell anything with a compromised lock or other such flaw, and since the old style Voyagers have not been made in several years, their numbers in the public are going down.

As for the #2 on the inside of your knife, from my understanding (I have heard this before) it is actually a stock number stamped into the zytel. It is for inventory purposes for the Zytel maker. It does not effect or compromise the handles integrity in any way.

When CS gets and ships a FIXED blade 2nd, they make the #2 stamp very obvious so there is no doubt that it is a 2nd. It would be foolish to hide the fact that a knife is a 2nd for anyone. They want the public to know that they have received a 2nd, and they do not want 2nds to go out to potentially unscrupulous dealers that might try to move them as 1sts, therefore the #2 is very clearly stamped.

As a rule, CS won't move a folder in a 2nd (even though 2nds are cosmetic flaws only) because of their devotion to safety and lock integrity. Again, even though 2nds are cosmetic flaws only, they don't even want the buying public to think that there might be something wrong or substandard with any of the mechanisms. I have heard of entire case lots of knives being destroyed because of slight flaws.

Some of the fixed knives became 2nds for something as simple as "Cold Steel" not being stamped on it and similiar stuff to that.

If you still aren't happy with the knife, call CS. I can tell you that it is not a 2nd, but if you still aren't satisfied, just call the company. I am sure that they will do everything they can to keep you happy.
 
DngrRuss1 said:
CS does not sell or move 2nd folders, with the exception of old style Voyagers with plastic clips that were broken off. They replace those old knives with new ones and then grind off the jegged idge from the break and have then sold them at their sidewalk sales and such. They won't sell anything with a compromised lock or other such flaw, and since the old style Voyagers have not been made in several years, their numbers in the public are going down.

As for the #2 on the inside of your knife, from my understanding (I have heard this before) it is actually a stock number stamped into the zytel. It is for inventory purposes for the Zytel maker. It does not effect or compromise the handles integrity in any way.

When CS gets and ships a FIXED blade 2nd, they make the #2 stamp very obvious so there is no doubt that it is a 2nd. It would be foolish to hide the fact that a knife is a 2nd for anyone. They want the public to know that they have received a 2nd, and they do not want 2nds to go out to potentially unscrupulous dealers that might try to move them as 1sts, therefore the #2 is very clearly stamped.

As a rule, CS won't move a folder in a 2nd (even though 2nds are cosmetic flaws only) because of their devotion to safety and lock integrity. Again, even though 2nds are cosmetic flaws only, they don't even want the buying public to think that there might be something wrong or substandard with any of the mechanisms. I have heard of entire case lots of knives being destroyed because of slight flaws.

Some of the fixed knives became 2nds for something as simple as "Cold Steel" not being stamped on it and similiar stuff to that.

If you still aren't happy with the knife, call CS. I can tell you that it is not a 2nd, but if you still aren't satisfied, just call the company. I am sure that they will do everything they can to keep you happy.
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Well why has the knife showed signs of being a second every since I got it? For example the C in Cold not even hardly being visible on the blade. And anyway Cold Steel said that the only thing that makes a factory second a second is cosmetic things.
 
Some things are more cosmetic then others.

HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Maybe DngrRuss1 can personally pick a a "first" for you.
 
Jeez kyle if you don't like the knife just get rid of it and use the money to get something you do like. It isn't that hard to do.:rolleyes:
 
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