My $9 Worth

[Ankerson]

I hear ya.

I apologize to the OP for sidetracking his thread with useless banter.

Now, how does this SK-5 work on CS's big knives? I want a Laredo Bowie and haven't a clue as to how this steel compares to Carbon V.

I have a SK-5 Trail Master and it works great, holds and edge and is very tough, no problems.

I think it's just as tough as Carbon V, holds an edge better IMO.

 

[lava_lamp]

Gotta say I love the meat slashing videos. Really.

I wasn't impressed with the three Cold Steel knives I bought and won't be buying any more.

I've always found LT interesting in a train wreck kinda way and maybe respected his attempts to be a balding fat guy who is also a tough guy. Maybe he is. I dunno. The leopard stunt was over the line for me. I respect hunting for food with an element of sport. Shooting a leopard is just stupid in a "Look-at-me! Look-at-me!" sort of way.

 

[syltetoy]

I know a lot of folks love certain companies and hate others. Specifically, I know a lot of folks hate Cold Steel and Lynn Thompson. We're all entitle dto our own opinions. Here's mine;

I went to The Crossroads of the West Gun and Knife Show in Phoenix today. I spent a few hours browsing around the Cold Steel tables and bought two of their knives. I met Lynn thompson and a few of his employees.

They were all very friendly and helpful. Say what you want about Lynn, but he was A-OK as far as I'm concerned. He wasn't egotistical, rude or arrogant. He answered questions and took the time to talk to everyone.

Bash him and his knives all you want, but I don't see what all the hate is about. He makes great knives and a lot of folks buy a lot of his knives. I like other brands, but see no reason to trash another company just because you don't personally buy their products.

I've read a lot of trash talking on the internet about Lynn Thompson and Cold Steel. I just wonder how many of those keyboard commandos would actually have the balls to say the same things to Lynn's face in person?

If you can't say it to a man's face, don't say it at all.

4B's

I agree.

Cold Steel makes some great products, end of story.

 

[godot]

I agree. They make a very good $9 knife. For $10 & up I'd look elsewhere, but for $9 they are pretty good.

 

[Velcro]

Main reason I dont like coldsteel is they make knives look like weapons and that is bad for all knife owners IMO.

What?

A knife that looks like a weapon? DUH! What is it supposed to look like?
I want a knife that not only looks like a weapon, I want one that IS a weapon. What is a knife supposed to look like? I realize they're also tools for everyday chores, but how do you make a knife that doesn't lookk like a weapon? Please enlighten me, as I must be in the dark. Maybe a pair of blunt-tipped Romper Room scissors would be more to your liking. I have never heard such a ridiculous statement about knives...except for the stupidity coming out of the present administration's mouth.

 

[coolhand68]

To my limited knowledge I've heard that he tends to steal knife designs with no credit or without permission, hence the nickname "Cold Steal" associated with Lynn. I do not know the man, nor do I know all the messy details about claims that he stole or "borrowed" designs from other makers, just passing on some of what I've read on the forums about Cold Steel.

 

[Kaizen1]

What?

A knife that looks like a weapon? DUH! What is it supposed to look like?
I want a knife that not only looks like a weapon, I want one that IS a weapon. What is a knife supposed to look like? I realize they're also tools for everyday chores, but how do you make a knife that doesn't lookk like a weapon? Please enlighten me, as I must be in the dark. Maybe a pair of blunt-tipped Romper Room scissors would be more to your liking. I have never heard such a ridiculous statement about knives...except for the stupidity coming out of the present administration's mouth.

I don't really have anything against some knives looking like weapons, but you're wrong to say that all knives do. Slip joints for instance like swiss army knives are known more for their all around utility rather than their fighting capability. And much of the weapon-like imagery can be found in the marketing (not specifically talking about Cold Steel here) that can give a bad image to the knife community in general. Some ads make it seem like knife users are only interested in special operations death-missions when many are solely interested in daily cutting chores that has absolutely nothing to do violence. Many knife laws and myths are irrationally based in fear and give the image that knife users are wannabe Navy Seals or 80's movie cliche street fighters and that just hurts the chance for a knife user to carry a knife for reasonable uses without getting harassed about it.

Your attitude in this post isn't going to take your far around here. Not saying that you should care what I or anyone else thinks, but clearly you do on some level or you wouldn't bother posting here. Maybe you should try to understand where people are coming from before jumping to conclusions and assuming every post you don't understand was written by an idiot. Welcome to the forums

 

[Kdarmy]

i love cold steel knives but there was just one thing i didn't like when i received the most recent catalog. it had a picture of him holding up a leopard... now in my book that is one of those creatures that shouldn't be killed. There aren't many of them to begin with and for him to hunt one just is not ok in my book. Its a beautiful creature and did not deserve to be killed.

This was my same thought when I saw it too.

 

[jill jackson]

This was my same thought when I saw it too.

That particular leopard may not have deserved to be killed as a trophy. But, it is a common spotted leopard and is actually doing well in the wild with the latest population estimated at over 500,000 worldwide.
Wealthy hunters paying to hunt and take animals like these, ensure the species as a whole surviving more-so than if it had no value whatsoever to the third world counties where they often are found in the greatest numbers. If nobody wanted to pay to come there and hunt them the native population would see the entire species as a pest and kill them indiscriminately. So, a few leopards die from legal hunting and many more live because of it.

 

[Ankerson]

That particular leopard may not have deserved to be killed as a trophy. But, it is a common spotted leopard and is actually doing well in the wild with the latest population estimated at over 500,000 worldwide.
Wealthy hunters paying to hunt and take animals like these, ensure the species as a whole surviving more-so than if it had no value whatsoever to the third world counties where they often are found in the greatest numbers. If nobody wanted to pay to come there and hunt them the native population would see the entire species as a pest and kill them indiscriminately. So, a few leopards die from legal hunting and many more live because of it.

That's very true. :thumbup:

 

[sodak]

To my limited knowledge I've heard that he tends to steal knife designs with no credit or without permission, hence the nickname "Cold Steal" associated with Lynn. I do not know the man, nor do I know all the messy details about claims that he stole or "borrowed" designs from other makers, just passing on some of what I've read on the forums about Cold Steel.

What did Mark Twain say about rumors? They make it around the world twice before the truth puts on it's trousers. Or something like that.

You might want to reconsider passing on rumors like this. On this forum, other knifemakers have publicly acknowledged that LT both asked permission for, and paid a royalty for designs that he copied.

The problem is, people will repeat something often enough, then it's generally accepted as "fact", when it is demonstrably false.

 

[Anrkst6973]

CS makes decent products that the average blue collar guy can afford. I own quite a few and they work plain and simple. Fact is that if you spend your days sweating for a living and your net aint up in the 50 G range you can get a good quality blade for an amount that wont cause the wifey to whack you with a frying pan. If I buy his knives and he want to hunt cats, buffalo or crocs in africa with the money..thats his business. my .02 best regards Anrkst

 

[thwolf]

I like CS they were my first high quality knives, and I still plan on gettting more, need to finish my RECON 1 collection , LOVE that dang knife!

 

[philwar]

Main reason I dont like coldsteel is they make knives look like weapons and that is bad for all knife owners IMO. I find companies like coldsteel hurt the knife industry. Personal opinion, but thats just me

I think it's attitudes like yours that hurt knife enthusiasts and their interests. Many knives are used and even designed as weapons, and always have been. There is NOTHING wrong with that, and tiptoeing around the sensibilities of sheeple does not improve our position.
I really dislike Thompson's trophy hunting (see another thread on that) but his 'in-your-face' ads about cutting, chopping and slicing meat are spot-on afaic. One of the functions of a knife is for fighting/killing, and there's no need to be shy about that.

[Cold Steel] make knives look like weapons

And no other company does that...

 

[TheBishop]

I think it's attitudes like yours that hurt knife enthusiasts and their interests. Many knives are used and even designed as weapons, and always have been. There is NOTHING wrong with that, and tiptoeing around the sensibilities of sheeple does not improve our position.
I really dislike Thompson's trophy hunting (see another thread on that) but his 'in-your-face' ads about cutting, chopping and slicing meat are spot-on afaic. One of the functions of a knife is for fighting/killing, and there's no need to be shy about that.

And no other company does that...

+1!
Falling into the trap of worrying about what "they" think is how it all slips away.
I see it as a fundamental right.
If you want a knife that may look menacing, good! It can provide function and protection as well as the "safer" looking blade.

I always have a folder in my pocket. The other day in line, a fellow had a fixed blade in a sheath, and I immediately noticed it. Felt a thought of why is he, then double checked myself and said "cause he can". Even in NJ. That thought control creeps in on you and you don't even know it sometimes.

 

[Velcro]

Your attitude in this post isn't going to take your far around here. Not saying that you should care what I or anyone else thinks, but clearly you do on some level or you wouldn't bother posting here. Maybe you should try to understand where people are coming from before jumping to conclusions and assuming every post you don't understand was written by an idiot. Welcome to the forums

I really don't give a rat's ass or a duck's nuts about my attitude and how far it will get me around here when you or anyone makes a statement about knives that look like weapons. ANY knife, whether it's a Ka-Bar or a little Swiss Army Knife IS a weapon. That mentality sounds like something a bleeding heart liberal pussy would make. AFAIC, any statement like that was written by an idiot. If the shoe fits...

I may make enemies for my point of view, but so be it.

(( Inappropriate attitude and rhetoric -- calm down and post politely. ))

 

[GronK]

I really don't give a rat's ass or a duck's nuts about my attitude and how far it will get me around here when you or anyone makes a statement about knives that look like weapons. ANY knife, whether it's a Ka-Bar or a little Swiss Army Knife IS a weapon. That mentality sounds like something a bleeding heart liberal pussy would make. AFAIC, any statement like that was written by an idiot. If the shoe fits...

I may make enemies for my point of view, but so be it.

This is not the place for your vitriol. Political content noted and reported.

 

[Velcro]

This is not the place for your vitriol. Political content noted and reported.

Well, excuse me if I get angry, but a blade forum is the last place I'd expect to hear such nonsense.

BTW, I hear Ford and Chevy make cars that look like methods of transportation and Bic makes pens that look like writing instruments.

That is how ridiculous the statement about knives looking like weapons sounds. Rant off. I am done.

 

[catspa]

Velcro: ANY knife, whether it's a Ka-Bar or a little Swiss Army Knife IS a weapon.

Unfortunately, the TSA agrees with you, and that's why we can't carry nail clippers on board an airliner. But the fact is, any inanimate object is only a weapon when some human is using it as a weapon. Frankly, my need for a weapon happens very seldom, and when it does, I have more effective weapons than a knife at my disposal. So my knives get used as tools, daily.

Peoples' irrational feelings concerning "weapon-looking" knives are often given more validity than they deserve, especially if they escalate to the freak-out stage where many bystanders are more interested in calming down the freak-outer than honoring the rights of the knife owner.

There's an argument to be made that if more knife nuts carried scary looking knives, and used them as tools for opening packages or trimming string, more bystanders would become accustomed to seeing them and less likely to freak out. OTOH, those determined to freak out will do so at any opportunity, thereby making themselves look foolish in front of more bystanders.

I guess we can all hope for a wider acceptance of the idea that stuff is just stuff, including knives and other objects that could be or have been used as weapons. Aggressive or criminal use of them is bad, practical use as tools is good, the difference lies with the operator.

Parker, far from a bleeding heart liberal pussy but not Rambo either...

 

[Ren the devils trailboss]

Well, excuse me if I get angry, but a blade forum is the last place I'd expect to hear such nonsense.

BTW, I hear Ford and Chevy make cars that look like methods of transportation and Bic makes pens that look like writing instruments.

That is how ridiculous the statement about knives looking like weapons sounds. Rant off. I am done.

Noob, watch the language, also read more post less before you get your panties in a knot..