Rarest Cold Steel knives?

[Roger13F]

Hello all.
I am curious, what are the rarest, hardest to find Cold Steel knives to collect?

 

[WValtakis]

Took me quite a while to track down an original Talwar...

 

[Man with no name]

One of the rarest Cold Steel Knives - The Imperial Tai Pan! The limited edition Imperial Tai Pan was produced in an exclusive limited run in the ’90s. Made of 161-layer San Mai Damascus steel (consisting of two 80 layer sections laminated around a hard stainless core). Less than 500 were ever made!​

 

[Roger13F]

One of the rarest Cold Steel Knives - The Imperial Tai Pan! The limited edition Imperial Tai Pan was produced in an exclusive limited run in the ’90s. Made of 161-layer San Mai Damascus steel (consisting of two 80 layer sections laminated around a hard stainless core). Less than 500 were ever made!​

Wow, thank you for sharing! This would be an impressive addition to one’s collection. Time to start hunting. I see one sold for $1300 in 2012. I can only imagine what they’re worth now.

 

[jlauffer]

Can check out this thread for inspiration:

Rare Gems

Like all of you, I'm eagerly anticipating Cold Steel's new releases for this year. Cold Steel never seems to lack for fresh ideas, and each year's catalog offers a new set of designs (and sometimes whole new categories of products) to entice. But some recent posts have also called to mind a...

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[Roger13F]

Can check out this thread for inspiration:

Rare Gems

Like all of you, I'm eagerly anticipating Cold Steel's new releases for this year. Cold Steel never seems to lack for fresh ideas, and each year's catalog offers a new set of designs (and sometimes whole new categories of products) to entice. But some recent posts have also called to mind a...

www.bladeforums.com

Thank you!

 

[Steven65]

Original Stag Trailmaster in Carbon V

 

[Larry Turko]

Not really sure how rare it is but I wonder how many people have heard of or remember the Corsican? I've got one and it really does look like an assassin's knife.

 

[nephron]

Wow, thank you for sharing! This would be an impressive addition to one’s collection. Time to start hunting. I see one sold for $1300 in 2012. I can only imagine what they’re worth now.

I sold one about a year or so ago for $1795.00 on FleaBay.

 

[nephron]

Took me years to find a Safekeeper I.

 

[Gravelface]

Not sure if these were rare.

 

[WValtakis]

Not sure if these were rare.

Took me a while to find one of them too, excellent potato slicer

 

[Roger13F]

Not sure if these were rare.

Looks rare to me.

 

[Roger13F]

Not really sure how rare it is but I wonder how many people have heard of or remember the Corsican? I've got one and it really does look like an assassin's knife.

I can’t say I’ve seen one. I’ll look it up.

 

[Daniel L]

There's factory micarta handle Trail Master - Flight of the Intruder #16JSB, 500 made. I've never seen one.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/history-of-cold-steel-trail-masters-and-recon-scout.1567738/
(About 1/4 down the page.)

 

[nephron]

Kwaiken is pretty rare too.

 

[strideruser]

I sold one about a year or so ago for $1795.00 on FleaBay.

I was going to buy that! wish I had now

 

[Murindo]

Desperado is rare and was under appreciated when it was available.

 

[WValtakis]

Nasty little bugger...disappears in the waistband.

 

[oldmanwilly]

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Nasty little bugger...disappears in the waistband.

Is that a Culloden in the background? It looks longer than I would have expected.

Also, kudos on your collection. Well done.