Future Cold Steel Value

I think his early emphasis of self defense/tactical designs segueing into recreations/redsigns of current and historical ones will hold/increase in value over the years. His reputation for heavy duty knives and testing them will also hold up over time. His is a pretty unique legacy to be appreciated I think for a long, long time. I still prefer Ford's partially due to the family still involved in it after all these years. I doubt if you will see something like LT's Cold Steel again. Down with conglomerates ha ha.:thumbsdown:
 
sharp_edge said:
Cold Steel knives are tough, reliable, and utilitarian, which I like. LT is a bold man. An innovative company? I'm not sure. What did they exactly innovate? San Mai? Last time I checked, it is not a CS innovation. American tanto? That might be only half true at the best. I do applaud they went for those XL folders, if that's what is meant by being "innovative."

If you have some old CS knives, keep them and I don't see their value decrease in the future though I don't expect it increase dramatically either. Inexpensive knives (which most old CS folding knives fall into) rarely increase the value significantly. There might be a few exceptions.
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A long time ago, I enumerated on these pages Lynn Thompson's/Cold Steel's innovative contributions to the knife world. You can read about them in my post here:

A few observations about Cold Steel, Lynn C. Thompson, and Internet inquiries

Based on the title of this post alone, I'm sure that many on this forum are already rolling their eyes and saying, "Not THIS again!" But if you'll bear with me, I actually have some new things to say about this topic, and hopefully an insight or two to add. I've been on a bit of a Cold Steel...
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As you look over that list, bear in mind that new discoveries have shown that a few of my original examples have been supplanted by models that put them even earlier than I first thought they appeared. There are other innovations that I didn't bother to include, as well as newer additions that have arisen since I wrote that.

Also remember that for well over a decade, Lynn Thompson was Cold Steel. He has always employed custom knife makers as consultants, but he was the primary designer for at least the first half of Cold Steel's existence.

You can offer whatever arguments you like defending or deriding Cold Steel. But no one who is knowledgable and honest can deny the impact that Lynn Thompson's pursuit of innovation had on the knife industry.


-Steve
 
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