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Yeah, that makes it even more asinine. But it looks like the new stuff has ambidextrous clips, so they're probably trying to get away from lefty clips entirely. But unless they're going to redesign all the existing stuff, or get rid of them, there's still going to be a demand for lefty clips.Stickman is left handed....but no left handed clips being sent anymore?
I agree.
Wow.
I must be officially getting old because āThings now just arenāt as good as they were in the old daysā!!!
I know lots of ppl here have never been CS fans, and I didnāt care for some of the marketing stuff, but generally I didnāt feel that the knives themselves were gimmicks. It seemed that over the last several years particularly the company focused on designing/improving serious working blades.
This video makes me think weāre entering a new, less good, era. Even the fit/finish looked bad - did you see the grind on that Bowie?? But maybe that was just bad lightingā¦ haha.
Mayhem anyone?
For a long time I used to say that Cold Steel was Spyderco's evil twin, because once you got past the braggadocio and ridiculous mall ninjary they had a lot of very solid, practical knives that, beneath the smoke and mirrors, were really focused around good ergonomics and solid cutting geometry.
Wow.
I must be officially getting old because āThings now just arenāt as good as they were in the old daysā!!!
I know lots of ppl here have never been CS fans, and I didnāt care for some of the marketing stuff, but generally I didnāt feel that the knives themselves were gimmicks. It seemed that over the last several years particularly the company focused on designing/improving serious working blades.
This video makes me think weāre entering a new, less good, era. Even the fit/finish looked bad - did you see the grind on that Bowie?? But maybe that was just bad lightingā¦ haha.
Thatās just me though (the curmudgeon) - is there some new CS offering that youāre looking forward to?
Mayhem anyone?
I know you're a long time Cold Steel fan, so it's gotta be tough seeing the way this cookie has been crumbling.Yeah, that makes it even more asinine. But it looks like the new stuff has ambidextrous clips, so they're probably trying to get away from lefty clips entirely. But unless they're going to redesign all the existing stuff, or get rid of them, there's still going to be a demand for lefty clips.
I own 3V version of Warcraft... and I'm not impressed by any of their "new" versions...Warcrafts look good
My thoughts too.I am not a fan of the new design aesthetic featuring unnecessary grooves and cutouts, and harpoon blades, but to each their own.
Sadly we aren't their majority. While it's true we bring some profit - their target audence are what you can call mall ninjas or eventually weekend warriors.I keep having a reoccurring wish that they would approach all of us and ask for our inputs. Let us as a community help you with design choices. We know what other manufactures do well, and we can help navigate what's popular.