Latest CS Special Projects brochure- is this a No-No??

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The latest Fourth of July sales brochure from Cold Steel just arrived- when you look at one of the pages, they're selling a "Hai Hocho" with the description of the serrations as "blade needs minimal care and the Spyder-type serrations are ground extra-high..."
How close is CS coming to infringing on a patent or trademark?? I own CS and I also own some Spyderco; I'm just curious if this is an example of riding on somebody else's coattail...Maybe Sal would like to take a look at this.
 
I somehow doubt that serrations are patentable -- but your mileage may vary.

Certainly from Sal's post about the accurate history of tactical folders where he talks about Lynn Thompson paying royalties even when they weren't needed, I would tend to think that if there is any question Thompson is doing the same thing again.

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Bugs
 
Sounds more like a case of "giving credit where credit is due" to me.

Leo

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"Though the meek shall inherit the Earth, they won't keep it past Saturday night..."
 
I just made a neat trade with a fellow Forumite for a Cold Steel Triple-Action Folder. It is a serrated Tanto.

I took this because it is basically something for me to play with and not something I am going to run out and cut something with...

That having been said, I have owned Cold Steel serrated knives and they are BLAH.

They are a perfect pain in the ass to sharpen and CS won't sharpen them for you. Nice huh?

I prefer Spyderco Serrations.

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CS's early serrations were SpyderEdge. The recent ones are their own creation. The knives shown in the brochure are probably old stock.

Paul
 
You are right ..If you read the print . these are closeouts and CS is trying to get rid of them.Still a good price if you ask me. I will probably order a couple of things.

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I used to be disgusted .Now I am just amused....I feel much better now that I have given up all hope
 
I think I have to agree with Leo that Cold steel is more on the "giving credit" and "description" of the teeth, rather than "copying".

sal
 
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