CS Spartan

I've never owned or even seen a Cold Steel knife in person, so it's hard to say anything good or bad about their quality, but I have to admire them for producing modern takes on various classic blade shapes from many places and times. Spyderco and CS seem to be the only two manufacturers who experiment like that on a regular basis; I wish more did.
 
I think the spartan will be a pretty good fighting folder, if one has to fight with a folder this would be in my top 5. The regular price won't be to bad either. I think it will be a good knife for someone who doesn't want to spend over $100 bucks for a knife.
 
Kaizen1 said:
I don't like the looks of the Spartan but the Tri-Ad lock seems to be extremely strong and secure, the handles look comfortable and AUS8 isn't that bad considering the whole package if the street price stays under $70 or so. Still, not my style but it seems like the knife can do what many people come to these forums looking for- a tough and relatively cheap knife.
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Bought a Rajah II and like it. Impressive it is.

Not sure on the Spartan, but the Lawman looks more like a future buy.

Edit: oops, too tired to comprehend pricing.
 
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DemkoKnives said:
the spartan is very strong and duarble. in fact, it may be stronger than any 4" production folder.
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Just out of curiosity, has there been any deformation issues with the steel liners near the blade stop pin from batoning/chopping action stresses?
 
I like the Spartan design and have been looking forward to its release.

I hope the price does come in at $50 as some have suggested because there comes a price point at which we seem unwilling to use the knife for the purposes we originally got it. :(

It should make a good companion to the Rajah II, which is also on my wish list. :thumbup:
 
Mr Demko.

I've been trying to get a cold steel rajah 1 since easter.

I live in oz and customs have been giving me grief :barf:

I will keep trying though........

after i get that (fingers crossed ), next will be the spartan, again, though the god of customs, fingers crossed.

Very nice design, Triad lock looks amazing! :thumbup:
 
3Guardsmen said:
You shouldn't have posted that, kiahs! Sharp Phil's going to throw a fit! He may even call Andrew Demko out on 'unreasonable testing' of his own knife!:rolleyes::p

Regards,
3G

P.S. Those Tri-Ad locks are ridiculously strong (I know, I tested mine)!!:thumbup:
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Don't involve me.
 
Hmmmm lets just say this thing is no light weight the steel liners run throughout the entire knife. The lock bar is close to 1/4 inch thick if not 1/4 inch. Action is very firm but smooth enough to flick open.

The thumb disk works just fine and it waves good. The spring on the lock bar is very strong and the lock bar falls deep into the blade notch, therefore it requires you to press deep and hard on the lock bar to release it. This makes one hand closing a somewhat a task.

That grip is great. The front portion of it guards your pointer finger quite well and rear guards the pinky finger very well.

You can argue whether the triad lock is the best lock out there or not (I don't know) but I do like the fact that a the blade rests against a stop pin rather than the lockbar. Whatever the case I can say this thing is BUILT like a TANK, SOLID THROUGH AND THROUGH.

If large solid hefty folders are your thing then you don't want to miss out on this. The blade is AUS8 which I like, the price you pay is much less than it is worth quality wise and I have to say this design in a folder is unique.

This thing has TOOL written all over it.
 
pagey1973 said:
Mr Demko.

I've been trying to get a cold steel rajah 1 since easter.

I live in oz and customs have been giving me grief :barf:

I will keep trying though........

after i get that (fingers crossed ), next will be the spartan, again, though the god of customs, fingers crossed.

Very nice design, Triad lock looks amazing! :thumbup:
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Never try to sneak a knife past ACS in Oz - all parcels are X-rayed these days and/or Opened for Inspection! If you have any doubts about a knife then send specifications and pictures to ACS in Canberra. If they say the knife is prohibited but you know it is legal in your State, submit a B709 request to your local State Weapons Licensing Branch then submit a B710 to ACS with the original B709 approval for a Ministerial Permit to Import - then you won't have any hassles. Takes 4-6 weeks but it's free.
 
greater said:
Whatever the case I can say this thing is BUILT like a TANK, SOLID THROUGH AND THROUGH.

If large solid hefty folders are your thing then you don't want to miss out on this. The blade is AUS8 which I like, the price you pay is much less than it is worth quality wise and I have to say this design in a folder is unique.

This thing has TOOL written all over it.
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Well it's finally happened and about time too. Judging by the number of positive comments on this thread CS supporters now outnumber the knockers. :thumbup:

While everyone's entitled to their opinion, I was getting kinda tired at the vituperative comments and snipes that seemed to be aimed at making people feel guilty for liking CS knives. I don't like all of their knives but the Spartan, Rajah and Voyager are now on my wish list from CS - only I want to get their 2 Konjo's first.
 
Knife Outlet said:
Marketing. Remember Carbon V steel?
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I consider Carbon V (Camillus 0170-6C) to be an an excellent alloy, with better properties than 1095. Since Camillus developed it specifically for Cold Steel, and Camillus only put 0170-6C in a few of their own premium line blades, I don't see how advertising Carbon V as something special was hype on the part of Cold Steel.

Please explain your comment.
 
I sure get sick of a-holes knocking CS knives. I guess they've never owned one. I have many and have no complaints about any of them.
 
Originally Posted by SecSpyral
First time actually watching a demo for it. Thanks for sharing, while we're on this subject, what makes Cold Steel's Triad lock better than the standard Lock-back?

The Triad lock design possesses a couple of improvements.

One is the use of a blade stop pin -an obvious improvement in my opinion- this allows the lockbar to perform the single function of locking the knife versus the common additional function of also limiting the blade in the opening direction.

Second, since the lockbar now only need perform the locking function, the shape of the lockbar and interfacing blade can be shaped for better performance. This in itself is a good thing.

Third, the larger pivot pin hole creating a "sloppy" fit allows the blade/lockbar interface to interlock a bit more than a tight fit does. A more pronounced "hooking" action than seen with common lockbacks results.

I was working on a similar design with solidworks (a CAD program), but I didn't think of the "sloppy" pivot pin fitment. In such small details can success be found.
 
Nice looking knife , handle seems a bit off but until I actually hold one and get a sense of it no point in making too much of a judgement, hm ?


I like the vid test of the lock , very impressive.


I too own several CS knives and have never had a bad experience thus far.

Too each thier own , the world of knives and knife lovers is small and under constant attack , better we band together instead of making silly judgements and name calling.

Tostig
 
I'll be getting one eventually. Spartan style and Cold Steel's resonable pricing, plus a solid lock and design are too good to pass up.

Could anyone who already has one post up some pictures? Thanks.
 
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