Finally got a cold steel...

[JPD1998]

Glad you like your knife! I haven't found the triad lock difficult to disengage, but it does needs to break in some and is not as user friendly as an Axis lock or a liner/frame lock imo. My last was an American Lawman. I had stripped the coating from the blade and lock bar, and tried to give it to a member here, but a UPS employee stole it somewhere in the shipping process. Sadly all I have left of it is this pic.

Beautiful knife, this is the knife I'm waiting for CS to make... an AL or AK without the coating.

 

[fielder]

I bought a new Mini-Lawman for a gift. It is a nice folder, but the spring is too strong on the overly-stout Tri-Ad locking mechanism. It is difficult to operate, IMO.

I had this trouble with a Mackinac Hunter. I used a little light oil, worked it and left it half open for a few days. It is fine now.

 

[Whetstone39]

Beautiful knife, this is the knife I'm waiting for CS to make... an AL or AK without the coating.

Removing the coating wasn't too difficult. A torx driver and bits to disassemble/reassemble the knife, some medium steel wool to remove the coating, a little elbow grease, and about 45 minutes of time. But agreed if CS would produce an AL without the coating that would be fantastic. Doubly so if they would use a better steel, like 154cm.

An AL in m390? Now THAT would be something

 

[JPD1998]

Removing the coating wasn't too difficult. A torx driver and bits to disassemble/reassemble the knife, some medium steel wool to remove the coating, a little elbow grease, and about 45 minutes of time. But agreed if CS would produce an AL without the coating that would be fantastic. Doubly so if they would use a better steel, like 154cm.

An AL in m390? Now THAT would be something

Probably not a bad project to do during the winter months. :thumbup:

 

[cncpro11]

There was a time when I thought Cold Steel was a joke, but then I got one in trade and my perspective changed.

They are well built, solid knives for the money and I have a few in my collection now.

The XL Vaquero carries so well for how large it is that it is my go to sd blade when riding my bicycle and for the money it is at the high limit of what I would consider disposable, so no worries about losing it.

Here is my humble CS collection...