Let's see your good old basic fixed blades, Bowie's, Stickers, etc.

Jack Black said:
Weren't their knives made in Seki then?
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Probably. Their best and most expensive were made in Japan, anyway, and their tanto was fabulously expensive by my standards.
Mid-range in Taiwan and bargains in China.
Anyway that's my recollected impression. I think AGR was the same way.

I'm looking at the CS tanto lite, by the way, which is good enough for the likes of me. As long as I'm on this Japanese kick.
 
screened porch said:
Probably. Their best and most expensive were made in Japan, anyway, and their tanto was fabulously expensive by my standards.
Mid-range in Taiwan and bargains in China.
Anyway that's my recollected impression. I think AGR was the same way.

I'm looking at the CS tanto lite, by the way, which is good enough for the likes of me. As long as I'm on this Japanese kick.
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My recollection is that, when CS first started up, they only made 3 knives. I think the tanto was the first, and there was the Urban Skinner push-dagger, and a smaller push-dagger, possibly the Urban Pal. I think they were all made in Japan, as are my early CS Ultralock folders.
 
Jack Black said:
My recollection is that, when CS first started up, they only made 3 knives. I think the tanto was the first, and there was the Urban Skinner push-dagger, and a smaller push-dagger, possibly the Urban Pal. I think they were all made in Japan, as are my early CS Ultralock folders.
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The first time I was aware of Lynn Thompson/Cold Steel, he was featured in a magazine, plugging the Urban Stroll and the Urban Shiv.
I'll add a pic in a bit that's nothing to do with CS.
 
Monarch of Japan, and a surplus Western sheath from Hazy Eminence.
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Really nice little knife, probably from the long gone Bank Street flea market.
 
My wife's grandfather's knife that I sharpened for the mother-in-law. Looks like it was taken apart at one point. Has what appears to be the Queen Steel logo but it is partially covered with the grip panels. Has to be the hardest blade I have every sharpened. Hours with a medium diamond lansky stone to get a bevel. It is sharp and she wants to put it in her safeIMG_20230824_085241004.jpgIMG_20230824_085820516.jpgIMG_20230824_085807166.jpg
 
screened porch said:
Thanks, I didn't know that.
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They've made both fixed and folding Tantos, in many sizes over the years, but originally, they only did one.
screened porch said:
The first time I was aware of Lynn Thompson/Cold Steel, he was featured in a magazine, plugging the Urban Stroll and the Urban Shiv.
I'll add a pic in a bit that's nothing to do with CS.
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The first piece I ever read by Lynn Thompson, he was advocating a 3 knife system, comprising a 10-12" machete, his Tanto, and a Spyderco Mariner. I think Spyderco did 3 knives then, and CS just did the American Tanto. The next article I read by him was about the knives of Robert Parrish 👍
 
Jack Black said:
They've made both fixed and folding Tantos, in many sizes over the years, but originally, they only did one.

The first piece I ever read by Lynn Thompson, he was advocating a 3 knife system, comprising a 10-12" machete, his Tanto, and a Spyderco Mariner. I think Spyderco did 3 knives then, and CS just did the American Tanto. The next article I read by him was about the knives of Robert Parrish 👍
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At 13", probably my best wild grape whacker.
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Jaws 721; by United Cutlery, I'm pretty sure.
 
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DocJekl said:
I found this for you


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Thanks. I'd forgotten the mini-tanto. And it would be quite a coincidence if the butt-cap on mine were not a deliberate homage.

I've still never used this one, I'm so afraid of scuffing that pretty finish.
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Wacky Grackle Bazaar carbon. Maybe German, maybe American. They had just transitioned.
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Anyway, it's 3 & 3/8 inches from the shoulders to the end of the tang, so I was thinking I'd have to do some fancy drilling to attach a long enough handle.
But I'll just find a nut for it and inlet it into a two piece handle, inspired by Bernard S. Mason's hook tang.
 
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