Comrades! Prompt please.

[Vemon]

Cold Steel Spartan and Recon 1 with a new steel - Brand steel blade INDICATED ??
if possible with photos ...

 

[Sikael]

I need to run that through some kind of translator first... you can probably find plenty of people who know about that sort of thing in the Cold Steel forum, if a CS fan doesn't turn up here soon. I have no idea.

 

[Sikael]

Actually, that was a lie, I do know... I think Cold Steel switched to Carpenter CTS-XHP for their knives, instead of AUS 8, or whatever it was before.

 

[craytab]

Yes.

Google also does this thing where it searches for photos of whatever you ask.

 

[Vemon]

I apologize for difficulties of the autotranslation! The matter is that I received by mail couple of knives from shop which ordered because of new steel. On blades there is no marking, but the seller claims that it is new release. Here I also asked owners to show a photo of the knives. Google says that the text shall be.

 

[Goosey]

I apologize for difficulties of the autotranslation! The matter is that I received by mail couple of knives from shop which ordered because of new steel. On blades there is no marking, but the seller claims that it is new release. Here I also asked owners to show a photo of the knives. Google says that the text shall be.

On the Recon 1 and Spartan I believe there is no marking.

Example: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1190146-XHP-Recon-1?p=13704008#post13704008
Example: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1275508-Cold-Steel-Recon-1-CTS-XHP
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=44&v=l0QJhL51-G0

So the answer is "no" for those two knives.

But on the AK-47 and American Lawman it should say "Taiwan" and "CTS XHP".

 

[Vemon]

Goosey,Thank you very much! Now I am calm

 

[craytab]

I am still a little confused about what is being asked here but I'll try to help. If you are looking for blade markings to indicate authenticity on the Recon 1 with the new steel I think you will end up confused. Even the pictures on CS webpage are not consistent with reality. My Spear point Recon 1 has the steel clearly marked on the blade. Got it from knife center: