Most popular Cold Steel Knives?

The Voyager is by far the most popular. It is a great heavy folder with a lite weight that takes punishment and begs for more. Ti lites and recon tantos are also popular. But be careful with cold steel. Some of their knives are very disappointing. Actually, I suggest before you buy any knife, look it up on these forums and ask about it, you'll be glad you did.
 
interesting....

so what would you say is the most popular and most reliable knife that cold steel carries?
 
Most reliable for what? Edge retention? Strength? Lock? Rust free? Carbon V is just about indestructible but rusts easily. Do you want a fixed blade or a folder? Voyagers are very reliable, made of aus8 (a very good all around steel) The recon tanto is Carbon V and just about indestructible. I've never met anyone that wasnt satisfied with it's reliability. The trail guides are folders with carbon v blades. What exactly are you looking for? Stainless or strength, fixed or folder, big or small?
 
I just snagged their katana (warrior version) off ebay and MAN OH MAN IS THIS THING GREAT!!! Beats the pants off of my old Paul Chen PK+. Nice and thick. Deep Bohi. 1050 carbon steel. Wonderful lines.
Only problem is that the handle is too short and, in my opinion, sucks. But I'm having a new one put on anyway.
I would be surprised if anyone else agreed with me, but this is my new favorite Cold Steel.
-KC
 
the only cold steel knives i own are the voyager X2 and the zytel and titanium ti-lite.
 
...when I joined this forum to learn that CS DIDN't actually MAKE their knives but were only a sort of "hyper-middleman"-who had some input in designing the blades-but were a marketing/sales business entity.This could explain why certain runs of their products are so inconsistent in terms of intrinsic quality and fit/finish.Learn something new everyday.As for their products NOW-be very careful as all of you had warned-none of their "ultra-steel 420stainless"for example-and look and feel /read each individual blade carefully. ;)
 
Knifeclerk said:
I just snagged their katana (warrior version) off ebay and MAN OH MAN IS THIS THING GREAT!!! Beats the pants off of my old Paul Chen PK+. Nice and thick. Deep Bohi. 1050 carbon steel. Wonderful lines.
Only problem is that the handle is too short and, in my opinion, sucks. But I'm having a new one put on anyway.
I would be surprised if anyone else agreed with me, but this is my new favorite Cold Steel.
-KC
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I had a warrior series Tanto for a while and I must say I was impressed too. I am generally NOT at all a fan of Cold Steel but I thought I'd give the warrior series a try because it got some good reviews. Sure enough I was quite impressed. I eventually sold the tanto but I see a Warrior or Imperial series Waki in my future. I have no problems paying a little extra for this over the Chen Practicals.
 
i have the trail guides, large and medium, in carbon V steel(made by camillus i think). great knives. you can put a convex edge on them fairly easy and they hold the edge pretty well. also have a night force that i edc right now. 440a stainless, it also takes a convex edge well. i like all three. i will probably try for a recon scout next.
 
ok guys, what would you say is cold steels most popular folder for edc with clip etc?

I got the straight knife part down.
 
I love my Zytel Ti-Lite. I sanded down the handle because it was too bulky to carry, even though it was comfortable. The next step is to replace the handle completely with some 1/16" thick home-made "micarta" scales.

Although Ti-Lites make pretty good edc's. be aware that any Ti-Lite is likely to violate local knife ordinances for concealed carry, and you will have absolutely no chance of convincing a police officer that it is a "utility knife."
 
Again, Voyager is the most popular folder. I know Ti-Lites are sold in all the knife shops here. I'm certain no cop would ever have a problem with it in this area. But, it would be very difficult to convince anyone that a ti-lite serves a purpose other than violence.
 
the Ti-lite (at least, the 4" version) is a good utility knife, I've had one for years. The tip is less fragile than one would think, it will do anything except prybar work. And opening it around people sometimes scares them, but these are the wort of people who would be scared by a SAK anyway.

The Arc-angel is a good balisong as long as you don't pay cold steel's suggested price.
 
If you want a balisong, go with the benchmade bm42. When it comes to cold steel, pretty much everything over $70 is overpriced. Especially the swords.
 
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