Most popular Cold Steel Knives?

[acolonelofcorn]

Cold Steel isn't anything but a marketing strategy. I wish that the makers of the various products would be identified, so that it would be easier to judge quality.(but then they would likely sell alot less garbage).

 

[bzzhewt]

Cold Steel isn't anything but a marketing strategy. I wish that the makers of the various products would be identified, so that it would be easier to judge quality.(but then they would likely sell alot less garbage).

AAAAAAmmeeennnnn!!!

 

[averageguy]

"but then they would likely sell alot less garbage"

"This could explain why certain runs of their products are so inconsistent in terms of intrinsic quality and fit/finish."


Where do you get this trash? Nothing like some newbies to the forums parroting some other newbies uninformed opinions just to be popular.

 

[acolonelofcorn]

"but then they would likely sell alot less garbage"

"This could explain why certain runs of their products are so inconsistent in terms of intrinsic quality and fit/finish."


Where do you get this trash? Nothing like some newbies to the forums parroting some other newbies uninformed opinions just to be popular.

I get "this trash" from my acute observational skills and pure old fashioned common sense. For instance, I dont have to post for years on any forums to recognize that you have Lynn Thompson's sweaty arse firmly attached to your lips. Maybe if you weren't getting all your nutrients from a fat mans sweat glands you could look and see that cold steel is one of the most overhyped marketing plans ever concocted-and that they will always be substandard to other knife makers- because THEY DONT MAKE KNIVES! So continue with your delusions, And keep trying to become "popular" by being an a$$hole to everyone around you.

I will continue to buy knives from companies who make knives, not from shmucks slapping their names on someone elses products, but with piss poor warranty and jacked prices.

Cold steel: overpriced Knives for mall ninjas and accountants.

 

[ayz]

wtf...

I get "this trash" from my acute observational skills and pure old fashioned common sense. For instance, I dont have to post for years on any forums to recognize that you have Lynn Thompson's sweaty arse firmly attached to your lips. Maybe if you weren't getting all your nutrients from a fat mans sweat glands you could look and see that cold steel is one of the most overhyped marketing plans ever concocted-and that they will always be substandard to other knife makers- because THEY DONT MAKE KNIVES! So continue with your delusions, And keep trying to become "popular" by being an a$$hole to everyone around you.

Wow, talk about lashing out. Anyways it can be seen from this thread:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=346703

on pages 3 and 4, that you are basically a conceited trolling douchebag. So to everyone else in this thread, ignore this jackass.

 

[Laceration]

I think Lynn Thompson must have kicked his ass. Why else would he be so venomously angry towards him? I bought a CS Voyager and I was very pleased with it. For some reason Cold Steel gets bashed for having an aggressive marketing campaign. The prices in their catalog are outrageous but I wouldn't pay list price for BM or Spyderco's stuff either.

 

[acolonelofcorn]

Hey, You guys might like to have oral satisfaction with your hero "Lynn", but I don't, so dont get mad that everyone doesnt have your lifestyle. I can lash anytime I want, when I am attacked. I never said that they dont sell ANY good knives. I simply stated the FACT that they dont make ANY knives-so any praise of Cold Steel should be directed at the companies that actually make the product, not at the hype-marketing strategist(s). And "ayzianboy", you still are a Tactical Douche-Bag.

 

[averageguy]

You come to this forum a little over a month ago owning a Buck folder and some misc. (by your own admission) crappy knives and an old machette.

Now you are an expert on Cold Steel and Busse products.

In one of your posts you made this comment -
"I looked at that ken onion knife, and it reaffirmed my previous observation that he is a talentless hack making the ugliest knives around"

You are ignorant of knives.
When you have spent a decade collecting, using and reading everything you can get your hands on about knives and have attended all the knife shows you can reasonably get to - then your opinions might be worth something.

At this time, I am not suggesting you have a medical condition, but some of that corn in your colon is coming out of your mouth.

For your benefit and the benefit of other youngsters new to this forum I am enclosing some comments I made in an earlier and related post.

"I bought a Recon Tanto second from Cold Steel, it is a POS"

Exactly what makes that knife a POS and why would you buy a POS knife like that. Looks like you've been here a month and have almost as many posts as I do in 6 years.
Yes, it is popular for some to bash CS on these forums. But rather than just trying to be popular, take some time to reflect and experience before making a post like that.
Even if I didn't have personal experience with CS product, which I do. And, even if I didn't believe that the Master Hunter - Bush Ranger - Trailmaster - SRK and Outdoorsman represent a standard against which other production knives should be judged, I would have to reflect on the following.

Over the last two decades CS has sold hundreds of thousands of knives. The majority of these made by long standing and respected manufacturers here and in Japan.
During this time CS knives have seen widespread use by outdoorsmen and servicemen. Positive reviews from the same in print, and more recently on the internet, suggest these knives are more than adequate performers.

Contrary to what some recent threads here might lead you to believe, knife / handle failures are quite rare.
The video? Well they were the first and to this date the only ones to offer such "Proof".

Busse, 10 years ago in print - without specifically mentioning CS, used the CS performance claims as a benchmark for promoting the performance of their own knives.

Cs product simply reflects the quality of the manufacturers they have contracted with.

Your Recon Tanto is not a POS. It is manufactured in the United States with quality steel by Camillus. Don't let some remarks here cause you to feel ashamed of your new knife. I am sure you will take many good years of use from it. And don't be soured on American and Japanese production sporting cutlery - at least not before you have some good experience with it.

 

[acolonelofcorn]

You come to this forum a little over a month ago owning a Buck folder and some misc. (by your own admission) crappy knives and an old machette.

Now you are an expert on Cold Steel and Busse products.

In one of your posts you made this comment -
"I looked at that ken onion knife, and it reaffirmed my previous observation that he is a talentless hack making the ugliest knives around"

You are ignorant of knives.
When you have spent a decade collecting, using and reading everything you can get your hands on about knives and have attended all the knife shows you can reasonably get to - then your opinions might be worth something.

You prove that I am even more correct in my previous statements by showing that you have absolutely no idea about my history or qualifications.
I have been studying and collecting knives from a very young age. My inability to afford the nicest blades by no means prevents me from knowing about them or handling them. When other kids read comic books, I read knife and Gun collector books and magazines. Just because I havent been on this forum long doesn't mean anything. I have had a computer for less than two years, and It never occured to me to seek out a knife forum- until I had trouble locating another "old Machete". My opinions on COLD STEEL were formed long before I ever got online, much less on this forum.

So spout off all the hate you want at me. I wont lose any sleep if some whining jerko accountant thinks badly about me. I wouldnt expect you to care what I think either. Bottom line is, I have my opinions, which are valid and informed.
The statement about Ken Onion Might have been a little harsh, because he IS a known designer. My opinion was based on the aesthetic quality of his design(s) which are sub-par IMHO. So either accept that you are wrong, or continue to be an ignoramus- the choice is yours alone- it won't bother me regardless of what path you stumble down.

Edit: Every "crappy" knife I own has some sentimental value for me, otherwise they would reside in a landfill.

 

[Knifeclerk]

I think it's really funny how angry kettle korn gets in most of his posts.

 

[ayz]

You prove that I am even more correct in my previous statements by showing that you have absolutely no idea about my history or qualifications.

I have been studying and collecting knives from a very young age.

Your profile birthday says 1978. So you're almost 27. Which gives you decades less experience than a lot of people on this forum. So shut the fuk up you condescending ass.

When other kids read comic books, I read knife and Gun collector books and magazines.

Sweet. So your opinions are formed from articles in TACTICAL KNIVES magazine or something.

Edit: Every "crappy" knife I own has some sentimental value for me, otherwise they would reside in a landfill.

Yes you seem to have an affinity for sh1t and all things related.

 

[Knifeclerk]

Your profile birthday says 1978. So you're almost 27. Which gives you decades less experience than a lot of people on this forum. So shut the fuk up you condescending ass.



Sweet. So your opinions are formed from articles in TACTICAL KNIVES magazine or something.



Yes you seem to have an affinity for sh1t and all things related.

Granted he has a temper (and you have a point) but now you're just provoking him.

 

[ayz]

Granted he has a temper (and you have a point) but now you're just provoking him.

Yeah the last two were poking fun at him fair enough, i'll leave him be unless he decides to grace us with his expertise again.

 

[harpers ferry]

pls. be advised that I have never given Lynn Thompson oral nor do I ever intend to . That being said... I have a number of CS products. In some ways they are a good ( or at least average) buy for the money spent.
Example: CS large machete: verdict OK , better than my Wally World machete for only a little more money.
Example: CS mini tac neck knife. I bought on E-bay for @ $ 15 to my door. Strong and sharp I think I can count on this knife in a pinch.
Example: CS frontier hawk. Not a H&B or Ft. Turner or hand forged but, it has a set screw to keep the handle from coming off when throwing . Dollar for dollar average to above average value! Nice thrower.
Example: CS Kobun Tanto. I'm a little less enthusiastic about this knife. I could have gotten a similar quality straight blade for a little less money, but I still don't believe I was ripprd off.
example: CS Spike neck knife. Same as above.
Example: CS Voyager #34LT. I sincerely believe that this is a good tactical for the money. I compare all other tacticals to this knife. I believe its a very good product for the price spent.
I have been visiting this site since Feb. and have received some really great suggestions and info. But Col. Cornholer , you seem to be a knife snob....

 

[Quiet Storm]

Too funny, some spineless, pathetic coward just gave me an anonymous negative rep point for asking which CS knives colonelofcorn has actually handled.

Let me take an educated guess on whom it might be (as if that wasn't evident from the post he rated)...I was dinged in the very minute colonelofcorn's profile says his last activity here occured...strange coincidence, huh?
If you want to give me a negative rating for asking a simple question, do so, but please have the balls to sign it.

Why didn't you reply to my question? Never used a CS knife? Getting called on your bullsh*t?

 

[Quiet Storm]

Gus, I edited my post, hope it's OK the way it is now, if not, please let me know.

 

[bestcounsel]

Dam, i never thought this post would have this much crazy opinions.

I currently own a cs recon tanto. My friend who was an Army Ranger states that quite a few of his boys carried the cs recon tanto and Trail Master.

I wanted to know about the folders.

I am going to buy a cs hawk for carring on my pac or on me and wanted to know about their folders as well.

 

[acolonelofcorn]

Too funny, some spineless, pathetic coward just gave me an anonymous negative rep point for asking which CS knives colonelofcorn has actually handled.

Let me take an educated guess on whom it might be (as if that wasn't evident from the post he rated)...I was dinged in the very minute colonelofcorn's profile says his last activity here occured...strange coincidence, huh?
If you want to give me a negative rating for asking a simple question, do so, but please have the balls to sign it.

Why didn't you reply to my question? Never used a CS knife? Getting called on your bullsh*t?

no, actually I give negative rep points to anyone who attacks me or tries to gang up on me. so thats just too bad for you. It pretty much nullifies the good rep point I gave you the other day. But I didnt see you come on here whining and crying about that anonymous rep point. I dont personally care one way or another. I never have signed rep points, good or bad- so dont think you are special.

I havent ever "used" a CS product, obviously, since there is no way I would ever buy one. I have handled alot, with the verdict that they were overpriced. The fit and finish varied alot as well. Enough to make me decide to never buy one.

As to Aynalboy- who likes to weep and gnash his teeth, call names and such- I am sorry I called you a "Tactical Douche".

Your posts really dont bother me, but Together we all degrade the quality of everyones BFC experience, so it will have to cease.

the same goes to anyone else who has smack to talk at me.
don't try to tell me that I can't voice any opinion I want. If you disagree with me, fine. but lets not get into these Slam-fests. It is pointless to talk trash at someone you know nothing about.

I have strong opinions about alot of different knives/makers/marketers and I will continue to say whatever the hell I want. Not much you can do about it other than live with it, or quit browsing the forums.

Neither of those options will have the slightest effect on me or my posts.

 

[Bastid]

See ya in a couple of weeks acolonelofcorn.
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added later.

Since you insist on coming back as Dead Reconing and Rostfrei Free.

Let's just call it good bye.

 

[Cougar Allen]

Gentlebeings, we provide this forum for you to talk about knives, not for you to talk about other members. You have been warned; if you're too stoopid to get the message you'll have to be banned from posting at this website.