The ultimate Lucky ? Lucky Two ? Too Lucky ?

Wowbagger

Wowbagger

Gold Member
Joined
Sep 20, 2015
Messages
7,876
I got it !
It came to me today.
In a flash.
As if burnt across the sky in ginormis fiery letters by the hand of Bob himself.

I think I might do this.
Will Cold Steel do special requests ? If it is pretty easily done ?

. . . What for the love of MIKE is he talking about ? You might ask, if you could get a word in edgewise which you can’t, but I will ask it for you and do better than that I will answer as well
. . . .

OK . . . build a Cold Steel Lucky with two, count ‘em, two serrated blades. One is used as a steak knife for traveling and in restaurants and what not. The little points get all dull from being used on dinner plates.

But
the second serrated blade is kept pristine and sharp ! You know for those times when you have just parachuted into the compound of some mansion or other like James Bond and wouldn’t you know it ? Just as you are almost about to be late for the party your lines are fouled in a tree or some such and you need to cut yourself free so you can take off the jump suit covering your tux.

Enter . . . your nice sharp Cold Steel Lucky Two . . . serrated blade number two !

Viola !
 
Last edited:
Buy two, swap the blades, sell the double plain edge one if you don't want it. I bet it'd sell on here easily.
 
Ceptor781,

Well that is encouraging. Thank you.
It's like this . . . bucks are tight. I ordered the first one a few minutes ago. The second one . . . well . . . I'll let you know when I get that one. Could be a little while.
 
ceptor781,

Is yours XHP or S35? Just picked one up and was surprised to see it is XHP.
Click to expand...

I'll get to that in a minute.

Is it going to be a violation if I ask where you got yours (so I can get at least one that is an XHP) ? Maybe PM me.

I have a whole thing to post here on general impressions. This is roughly a copy of the review I left at the vendor. I didn't leave them any photos so you see how "Lucky" you all are. I just got it a few hours ago so . . . anyway

Well . . . hmmmmm

Well it's a knife. Don't believe everything you read from the supplier. Don't be a picky knife connoisseur and you'll do fine.

Hey the handles DO look surprisingly good in these photos don't they !



It's an OK knife. What kind of chaps me is what I got is not what is advertised at the online store spec wise. I ordered a Lucky that is described as having the new American made CTS-XHP crucible steel. I have two other Cold Steel knives with that steel and that is what I like and wanted. What I got was the CPM-S35VN which if heat treated correctly can be pretty darned good . . . but THAT IS NOT WHAT WAS ADVERTISED THERE. The blade is very clearly etched CPM-S35VN so there is no question about it. By the way it is also etched ITALY for the country of origin.



SECONDLY the blade thickness is spec'd at 1.5 mm, that is what it says it is on the Cold Steel Web site as well. What I got are two blades that are a tad over 2 mm thick checked with a Mitutoyo metric dial caliper. I am a thin bladed knife fancier so I am less than impressed.
Over all both blades are sharp; the regular edge blade is rough ground but is shave sharp. The finish on the blades are consistent and nice enough. They are a ground finish with coarser lines on the bevel and smoother opposed ground finish on the flat area. A nice touch would have been polished on the flats and the same grind on the bevels but . . . OK. The finish is growing on me.

The carbon fiber is not what I am used to seeing in sports equipment which is usually highly polished and like clear finish, epoxy, with fiber under the polished finish. These knife scales are kind of like cold paper to the touch (as opposed to glassy) and without clear finish (the epoxy is down in the fibers). That gives a bit of texture and grip to the scales so that isn't bad and kind of interesting. I was going to say " but it isn't as lovely as I would expect a gentleman's dress knife to be" I am changing that . . . it is swirly and reflective and pretty interesting to look at. Just don't expect a high gloss / void free / under glass finish. Still it isn't a bad thing grip wise and there were very few voids and they were quite small so the scales are pretty good.

I am not sending it back; I didn't pay MSRP of $124. If I had this might be already taped up with the return label on it.

PS : it comes with a little pocket slip to keep the other things in your pocket from scratching up the knife. The tab flap to hold it closed was an after thought and is so frustrating to get tucked in just expect to cut it off with a pair of scissors the same day you get it. WHAT THEY WERE THINKING I DON'T KNOW. I do know the person who designed the slip had never once used it other wise they would have redesigned it. And it could have been made as a simple pocket slip and saved money. As it is it is just an embarrassment for Cold Steel.



PPS : one other thing I noticed . . . the scallops on the handle; where you might imagine your fingers going to grip the handle . . . well they are only functional if BOTH blades are open. Like I said . . . hmmmmmm



When one blade is closed it feels like it could be pretty easy to slip off the back of the folded blade and onto the open blade. Kind of defeating the use of such a thick stout blade. Maybe a little jimpping out on the curve of the nose of the back of the blades so when closed you get some traction from it ? ? ? I don't know.



I think for a steak knife to take to restaurants it might be better to remove the regular blade entirely or visa versa. I see they have come out with a single blade Lucky called the Lucky One. Not serrated though.

At this point I don't know what the heck I will be doing about a second serrated blade and or second knife. Part of me wants to get a second knife, keep it and remove the regular blades from both so I can use the finger scallops. Probably leave the clip on one to tell which has the sharp blade. The one not used on plates to eat with. This is just getting too silly. Not the knife's fault but you know . . . I started out trying to get two serrated blades on one knife.
 
Last edited:
Review is spot on, overall I'm happy with mine for the price and materials. No calipers handy but they are all of 2mm on a steel ruler. Visitor message sent.
 
Last edited:
After first use (sorry Ceptor the regular blade is no longer virgin it has been defiled by a pear) . . .
the slip is absolutely useless and should just be thrown in the trash. Last night with the lights dim, before bed, I tried to slip it back into the slip and it wouldn't go and wouldn't go and finally I put it in the drawer just balled up. This morning when I looked the knife was trying to come out the side of the slip through one of the slits made to create the strap to tuck the tab into.

If one tried to cut off enough of the slip to eliminate these slits the slip would be too short and also the stitching would unravel. A small niggly thing to harp on but . . .

The knife is fun to have in one's hand and interesting. Not the best fruit slicer. Probably be good as my portable steak knife since I'm a poor man and will never see the thick ones. When one has the knife in one's hand especially with both blades open one has two almost simultaneous urges :

1. Baton sixty penny nails in two with it (just because it COULD and it would be fun).

2. With both blades open fight off a landing party of Vikings slashing alternately back and forth first with the serrated blade and then the plain blade. (keep that in mind when you look at those finger grooves).

My name ? Oh . . . it's . . .Mitty
Walter . . . Mitty
 
Two Luckys
Out of Luck
Too lucky to be true.

Hey Ceptor781,

Does your CTS-XHP have nice dinged flat spots on the edge from the factory ? :eek:
I ordered one from the vendor you used and sure enough I got the CTS-XHP. Now I have one of each.

EXCEPT this latest one seems to be a second that the factory sent out anyway. BOTH blades contact the plates that make up the spacer/spring and flatten the edge in an area about two or three mm long. See the light reflecting on the one open knife in the two photos edge on. My first knife, with the S35VN, has tons of clearance (on the order of two or three mm) between the same springs and the edges.

Is it really so hard to make pocket knives ? Case and Victorinox seem to be able to keep it together.
It should be interesting filling in some "stuff" where too much steel has been removed from the stop thus causing this collision.

Note I have removed the plane blades from both knives ; and no I didn't cause the damage to the blades, I noticed the dings before I ever started my monkey business.

Again; I am going single blade on each knife so I can make use of the finger grooves and because the knife feels a little awkward with the folded blade in the way even if it didn't have finger grooves to uncover.

I had already decided before I noticed this little disaster that I was going to use the CTS-XHP serrated for my steak knife/ to be used on ceramic plates etc. and reserve the S35VN for my keep it sharp serrated for use on rope, clothing, emergency seat belt cutting etc. . . .
still
I would have liked to have been the one that dulled the points and edge at the front of the blade. I am pretty darned sure it would have NEVER gotten this flattened from use on a plate.

I think I will carry the steak cutting Lucky with no clip and keep the clip on the harness cutter so I can tell them apart and so the harness cutter is as handy as possible.

PS: I will probably make one or two knives out of the plane blades. That will give a chance to compare the steels. I may also grind them thinner than 2mm. Eventually.







 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top