Wow, a folding Kukri

[shecky]

shecky - just checked out the Demko/CS patent...it's on the knife, not the blade-opening mechanism.

Anybody more knowledgable than me on patents...feel free to jump in to explain.




Dan

My reading of the patent clearly emphasizes the "self opening" aspect of the knife in which the blade is opened by engaging the user's pocket. Then again, I'm not a patent lawyer.

The original point of bringing it up being that it's hard to claim "rip off" when a specific aspect of a design is patented by the entity doing the "rip off".

As far as "ripping off" the overall shape or design... rip off of whom? It's a folding kukri. Maybe some guy in Nepal is claiming intellectual rights over that shape. Maybe he can claim to have invented the wheel, too.

 

[shotgunner11]

I've made far too many "anti-friends" on this fine forum with my POV on Cold Steel so I'll hold my personal feelings on the company in and just say that this time I think that it's a pretty cool design.

I can't see this particular knife as a rip-off, seem fairly original.

I don't really like recurve blades for off the beaten path carry. I find it hard to sharpen them with the sharpening tools I like to carry in the woods.

I also don't really care for folders that large, I'd rather just carry a fixed blade.

 

[Dr Heelhook]

Probably works great on zombies.

 

[ROCK6]

I recently aquired one...a price I couldn't pass up. I love large folders and figured what the heck. Anyways, if I get a chance to do more than cut paper, I'll get some action shots. I won't go down the CS-bashing road either...I don't care for their marketing and the preceived lack of integrity, but this is a pretty decent folder. It is massive, it is heavy, but the lock is quite robust. It will only fit in my ACU and other cargo-type pockets, but the clip is so low that it sticks out about an inch and a half...not a great pocket folder. It will ride nicely inside the waistband if you have loose/baggy pants.

Fit and finish is actually quite nice. I'm a known knife-nut at work, so during the next meeting this will definately get a chuckle when I whip it out to clean my nails Just from toying with it, I think it would hold up to light chopping...I'll put the 'ol concertina glove on and try some chopping this weekend; not something I would expect to do a lot of chopping with though.

This mega folder has little practical use...that's evident to most, but it's nice that some will push the envelop a little (even if they do "borrow" some features).

ROCK6

 

[Bushman5]

Th CS rajah is an excellent camp knife it slices/cuts VERY WELL (do any of you remember that is what a knife is made for )

I DESPISE the advertising of CS, but they make some good products, some junk too, ALL companies make good and bad, depends on what YOU are into.....

 

[Esav Benyamin]

I DESPISE the advertising of CS, .....

Funny. A few days ago, I was looking for a DVD and out dropped one of the PROOF series. I popped it in the player and watched about 5 minutes.

Incredibly boring. I remember enjoying the first couple of videos for the novelty of it and the chance to see the knives in hand, but what a cure for insomnia they are.

We go on and on about his over-the-top advertising. These vids are probably a good idea. I bet he gets a lot of people interested in his product line -- they're animated catalogs, after all.

But they could have been so much better. He hasn't changed the simplistic format since the early days.

 

[Brian Jones]

I like CS's products, myself, too. I'm a large-folder fan as well.