This is why I’m a Cold Steel fan boy

I was very late to the Cold Steel party. When I heard Mr. Thompson was selling the company, I scrambled to pick up a representative assortment of Cold Steel knives, just in case things would take a drastic change for the worse or the new owners would fail and the company would be gone.

I found out I had been missing out on a good thing! And don't even mention the Demko stuff...

I used to think the huge Cold Steel models were a joke until I actually held one. My huge XL Espada (G10) is as well put together as any "higher end" knife I own and I love it.

I have all three blade types of the Recon 1, a 4-Max Scout, an AD10, an XL Espada, an XL Voyager, a L Voyager, Air Lites in both blade types, three Verdicts, a GI Tanto, a Recon Tanto, a Kobun, a Canadian Belt Knife, an Outdoorsman Lite, and others I'm sure I'm forgetting.

My edc has always been a Benchmade, Spyderco, Emerson, ZT, etc, but I found the Cold Steel Air Lite drop point to be a new favorite. (That is, until I picked up a Demko AD20.5. And then another, and then one more.)

I'm glad the company continues to produce some of the best values in knives.
 
I don't know how I feel about some of Cold Steel's newer designs, but I still consider them a favorite brand, and at some point probably, I'll be replacing my old Espadas. My second folding knife ever, the Mackinac Hunter, is actually on my belt right now.

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That's while I'm also carrying a CRK, so there's your indicator that even old Cold Steel is pretty good.
 
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