Opinions on CS knives

They are good solid working knives. Unfortunately, nothing can live up to their hype. Go with the carbon V steel.
 
i like their fixed blades and have a few and have given away a few more to friends and family. the voyager folders don't do anything for me, but the vaquero series is nice. the carbon V steel is good and if you get the knives from a discount source, IMO they are one of the best values out there.

cerulean-just to clarify, only the side slabs of the san mai steel are 420j2. the middle portion that forms the cutting edge is high carbon. the 420 was chosen because it is ductile and corrosion resistant.
 
Gwinnydapoo has just said exactly what I have tried to hint at with some earlier posts. Some of us don't have cash flow like others do, and, quite frankly, I almost resent people who can afford to spend $300 on what amounts to a few pieces of steel and synthetic. Don't get me wrong, I love performance knives and the work of a master smith is nothing short of art, but that is exactly what it is : art. It just isn't practical to use knives like that as tools.

This is where Cold Steel comes in. As has been previously mentioned, Cold Steel makes knives that are of great quality for the price, and unlike other knives (read SWAT or Colt or United) in their price range, I don't feel like my Gunsite will break if I use it. Nor would I feel destraught if I lost or (impossible) BROKE it.

The comparison is kind of like comparing a Ferrari and a Mustang. Both are good performers, but they can't really be grouped together. Lots of us fantasize about, and appreciate the craftsmanship of, Ferraris, but I'll never have one in my garage.
 
I have seven now, the latest being a one-day-old Vaquero Grande. I feel they are one of the best buys (at real market price) going! All of mine came razor sharp, something that can't be said of some of my pricier blades.They do tend to have an "attitude"(especially the VG and Scimitar!) but that's a lot of the fun of owning them.I couldn't care less about their advertising; they provide me a lot of joy of ownership at a right price.I hope Cold Steel prospers for many years.(I wish you could have seen the faces of my fellow officers when I whupped out that Vaquero Grande for them!)
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My problem is with people who say they do not like their advertising. Will somebody PROVE CS wrong! I do not see any takers from any other knife company. As far as upgrading to AUS 10 goes so what. Every company upgrades.

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Well, Ginnydapooh and Sen Raggio, i am glad I was understood with my previous post. I guess i AM a little tight though. I could buy a CS if I HAD too, but until I wear out one pocket knife i just can't make myself buy another. they generally last a few years depending on the job i have at the time. Now my idea of REAL class is to buy a two thousand collector grade knife and then Wear it out really using it and then and buy another one. There are rich people and then there are the true aristocrats, the Aristos, eat off their gold, wear out their Ferraris and their Fisks.
 
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