Joe Demko
Member
Despite my distaste for Lynn Thompson's advertising style and his propensity to copy other people's designs without crediting them, I do own a couple Cold Steel knives.
My Cold Steel Scalping Knife is, in fact, one of my most treasured blades. It is exactly the ideal shape, IMO, for the things I do with a knife. Moreover, it is a carbon steel blade that takes a frighteningly sharp edge with ease and retains it through a lot of cutting. They weren't expensive in the mid-90's when Cold Steel offered them, but it was an unknown so I bought only one. It was great and I loved it; so naturally Lynn "Tanto" Thompson discontinued it.
They've brought it back. Sort of. What's this polypropylene and stainless steel *^$# ? What's with that price? Ontario can offer the whole Old Hickory line with carbon blades and wood slab handles at dollar store prices; but Cold Steel can't subcontract Ontario to make the frontier line out of the right stuff at a price where there's a profit? Feh.
If I can find one of these shiny gimcracks at less than half what the Cold Steel website lists them at, I may pick one up just because the blade shape is right...even if the blade and handle materials ain't.
My Cold Steel Scalping Knife is, in fact, one of my most treasured blades. It is exactly the ideal shape, IMO, for the things I do with a knife. Moreover, it is a carbon steel blade that takes a frighteningly sharp edge with ease and retains it through a lot of cutting. They weren't expensive in the mid-90's when Cold Steel offered them, but it was an unknown so I bought only one. It was great and I loved it; so naturally Lynn "Tanto" Thompson discontinued it.
They've brought it back. Sort of. What's this polypropylene and stainless steel *^$# ? What's with that price? Ontario can offer the whole Old Hickory line with carbon blades and wood slab handles at dollar store prices; but Cold Steel can't subcontract Ontario to make the frontier line out of the right stuff at a price where there's a profit? Feh.
If I can find one of these shiny gimcracks at less than half what the Cold Steel website lists them at, I may pick one up just because the blade shape is right...even if the blade and handle materials ain't.
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