The Evangelist Cowboy
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I've never had an issue with Cold Steel. They do have a lot of products made in various places but again never had an issue. Cold Steel typically has American steels at a cheaper price than say Benchmade because of their manufacturing locations. Only "bad" knife I can say for sure that was messed up some some sort of cheap Gerber knife.Cowboy, I never really got into collecting Cold Steel, but in my younger days, I did have and use, a Cold Steel "Master Hunter" made from 0170-6. (Cold Steel called it Carbon V)
That was an excellent hunting and overall outdoor knife. Not quite up to my Doziers, but I would feel perfectly comfortable using it again.
My only complaint about Cold Steel is that while they sell some excellent knives, they also sell some real junk, so one needs to select their products with care.