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Small karambit
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The Double Agent I isn't too big.
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Thanks for getting in touch
The Karambit is interesting, we introduced the Steel Tiger based on fan requests. Folks asked, and we listened. We tried to make the best Karambit in the world.
Having watched a lot of testing firsthand, I personally think we succeeded. The Steel Tiger is a beast!
Smaller ones are fascinating, they still pierce well, but in many cases they lose all of their slashing potential. At best they rip.
They pose interesting design challenges.
I can't give any hints about future projects...but, maybe
We've certainly given it a lot of thought
The Karambit is interesting, we introduced the Steel Tiger based on fan requests. Folks asked, and we listened. We tried to make the best Karambit in the world.
Having watched a lot of testing firsthand, I personally think we succeeded. The Steel Tiger is a beast!
Smaller ones are fascinating, they still pierce well, but in many cases they lose all of their slashing potential. At best they rip.
They pose interesting design challenges.
I can't give any hints about future projects...but, maybe
We've certainly given it a lot of thought
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Im going to be purchasing the Steel Tiger soon 
but i thought this would be a good place to ask this. How in the world can i sharpen a karambit???
but i thought this would be a good place to ask this. How in the world can i sharpen a karambit???The Steel Tiger is awesome(it was actually one of the first CS knives I bought), but many traditional karambits are much smaller than the Steel Tiger, and they've worked fine for many many years. I wouldn't mind if you put out a smaller fixed blade version, but what I truly don't know is why you guys don't do a folding karambit? There's a big market for them right now, and currently, you have basically 2 choices-you either shell out $150 or more and get a Fox or an Emerson, or you spend $10 on cheap Tac Force and Mtech junk. If someone(and by someone, I mean you guys) put out a folding karambit in say, the $50-70 range, made with your usual standards, that sucker would sell like hotcakes-I know I'd be ordering one as soon as it was out.
And Kwon, the Double Agent 1 isn't really what most people look for in a karambit-the traditional single ring versions are much more comfortable IMO than the 2 rings of the Double Agent. And for those trained in the various martial arts that feature the karambit, the single ring version can also be used much easier for "display moves", the various spins and grip changes and such using the ring than a Double Agent can.
And Kwon, the Double Agent 1 isn't really what most people look for in a karambit-the traditional single ring versions are much more comfortable IMO than the 2 rings of the Double Agent. And for those trained in the various martial arts that feature the karambit, the single ring version can also be used much easier for "display moves", the various spins and grip changes and such using the ring than a Double Agent can.
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Karambits are a little tougher to re-sharpen.
I would recommend simply using our re-sharpening service. Send it to us, we'll re-sharpen it for you
I would recommend simply using our re-sharpening service. Send it to us, we'll re-sharpen it for you
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I would try careful freehand sharpening w/ small diameter round ceramic rods.
Then you could wrap a small wooden dowel in thin leather, kinda like a "hot dog in a bun" as opposed to just wrapping a strap around the dowel, and freehand strop the edge w/ green and white compounds.
I want two Steel Tigers, w/ a sheath that will hold both at opposing ends...think of the possibilities.
Then you could wrap a small wooden dowel in thin leather, kinda like a "hot dog in a bun" as opposed to just wrapping a strap around the dowel, and freehand strop the edge w/ green and white compounds.
I want two Steel Tigers, w/ a sheath that will hold both at opposing ends...think of the possibilities.
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Well if your gonna do a small one, same size handle. Then you gotta do a BIG one, like a 6 to 8 inch blade.
But I would be happier with a better sheath.
But I would be happier with a better sheath.
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Cold Steel really needs a folding karambit. Triad lock folding karambit made by Cold Steel. That would sell for sure! Be excellent for martial arts enthusiasts or anyone looking for a personal defense blade.
Yep, like I said earlier, a CS folder in their normal pricerange would be a freakin gold mine for them. Karambits are hot at the moment, and right now, NOBODY makes a good karambit folder in the usual CS price range. You either get crappy $10 Tac-Force stuff, or you have to drop $150 or more on a Fox or Emerson, which is just too much for a lot of people. The 5.11 CUB Master is really the only "quality" folding karambit out there that's sub $100, and it's right on the border at like $99. Imagine a CS folding karambit, maybe with the thumbplate opener ala the Spartan, that runs around $70. You can even do it like the Voyager line with different sizes, you could have a 3 inch(comparably in size to the Fox and Emerson models), a 4 inch(ala the bigger For or the Emerson Super), then because it's CS, you could have a big honkin 5 inch XL model. AUS 8, FRN handles...tell me those wouldn't be flying off the shelves, hell, I'd buy the whole lineup!
