Pros/cons on Cold Steel x2 Voyager ???

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Lavan

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Thinkin of gettin one of these big muthas.
Anyone have experience with one?
Lookin at the PLAIN edge as not sure I like the CS serrations.

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Cheap handle material is the CON IMO. I had a XL Tanto and the scale material cracked with little use.
 
kbog...... NOBODY can explain the point of a folder that big. Other THAN....it's a folder that big.

:D

Bad Guy......I was thinking of that. It looks like any leverage at all would HAVE to snap that sucker.

Oh well, back to my fantasies.

;)
 
Lavan, I have a Vaquero Grande and an X2. They have the exact same handle. I put the both of them through some hard use, chopping branches. The VG has held up for years. The X2 blade edge rippled and soon afterwards chipped out. The serrated flat ground VG held up much better than the plain edge hollow ground X2. The handles themselves were bomb-proof, and surprised me by being fairly good to grip.

kbog, I use my VG as a folding machete, clearing a local nature trail of thorns and vines and small overhanging branches. I was hoping the X2 would work as a more normal looking version of the same thing. I also have the 5" version, which made a nice kitchen knife :)
 
here is a thread i started, asking the same question. it also contains my initial response/review of the XL Voyager, which is a 5" blade, whereas the X2 is a 6". my mini-review is toward the end, and to be honest, my opinion of the knife has not changed. i like it.

abe
 
voyager is better for cutting, VG better for chopping
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I have both of these and I concur with ayzianboy for the most part. I think the VG is a good chopper for soft vegetation and softer types of wood. I wouldn't try to chop down a 5" thick hickory tree with it, though. I don't think that's where it's strong point lies.
 
I don't have a x2 Voyager but I do have the next one down. The blade wobbles too much at the pivot for my taste on that one. It is the only one I have had from CS that does this. My Vaquero Grandes have been well used and don't have any wobble. The Voyager has not been really used that much. So I think I may have just got a bad one.

I plan to take it to the shop and give the pivot a couple wacks with the ball pean to tighten it up. Guess that is what I get for buying sight unseen. That is why I prefer 'hands on buying' when it comes to my knives.
 
misque said:
I have both of these and I concur with ayzianboy for the most part. I think the VG is a good chopper for soft vegetation and softer types of wood. I wouldn't try to chop down a 5" thick hickory tree with it, though. I don't think that's where it's strong point lies.
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so for EDC usage would you recommend the voyagerX2 or VG?

on the VG, the serrations seem like they'd be really useful for cutting cardboard and stuff, but the blade shape is really erratic
 
ayzianboy said:
so for EDC usage would you recommend the voyagerX2 or VG?

on the VG, the serrations seem like they'd be really useful for cutting cardboard and stuff, but the blade shape is really erratic
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i know you weren't asking me, but when it comes to EDC, i think a sharp plain edge X2 can be much more useful than a serrated edge, in this case the VG. its cutting power in regards to fibrous materials may be shortened between sharpenings, but in the long run, it's the better choice (IMO).

abe
 
so for EDC usage would you recommend the voyagerX2 or VG?
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I'd EDC the clip point Voyager. I find the PE Voyager to generally be more useful to me than the VG. Serrations have their place of course, but just not on my EDC knife. :D

The VG does make for one very decent soft vegetation whacker. It is quite useful in that respect and I suspect it would be quite the nasty SD folder too.
 
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