Cold Steel SRK

[Magneto]

Anyone have one? I like the looks and the steel just wondering if it's as good as it should be.

 

[anewrnn]

avoid it

THe only thing I like from cold steel is their boar spears. The rest is junk. I had a san mai trailmaster that I had to give away. THe steel does not hold up well to simple tasks like making firesticks, batoning wood etc.. Buy a busse (or bussekin)for a fixed blade or for a folder zero tolerance (from Brads Knives here on INGO). My two cents... Ive gone through quite a few knives in the past few years to find my grail knifes and those two are the ones in those categories..

 

[tradertator]

I would suggest spending a little more money, and getting an ESEE 3 or 4. Much more bang for your buck.

 

[Fireaxes]

It's your money, buy what you like.

 

[Knife Lady]

I have an SRK in stock for sale. I am not a big fan of cold steel but to each their own. I can give you a great deal on it if you pm me.

 

[Pale Rider]

Had one, beat the crap out of it and it held up pretty well. I had a really hard time sharpening it though. Sold it.

 

[tyler34]

I had a really hard time sharpening it though.

I didn't

 

[Armed & Christian]

I would suggest spending a little more money, and getting an ESEE 3 or 4. Much more bang for your buck.

This ^^^

 

[Knife Lady]

I would suggest spending a little more money, and getting an ESEE 3 or 4. Much more bang for your buck.

Agreed 100% and I bet I know who you can get those from .

 

[glockednlocked]

I vote save your pennys and buy an ESEE. Some people have 451 reasons cold steel is cool and I say its a free country to each his own. Buy what you like from who you like. For me a great knife like ESEE from a great gal like Knife Lady You cant go wrong. And the ESEE will hold more of its value and be up to anything you throw at it.

 

[rhino]

The SRK is a good knife for what it is (sharpened pry bar). At the time it was brought the market, it was a good choice if that was what you wanted. It was among the first (perhaps the first) knives intended to replace the venerable Ka-Bar, which isn't the most rugged knife in the world. In my opinion, it doesn't make a lot of sense to dismiss a good tool because the guy who markets it is a d*****bag. He didn't make it and it's unlikely he designed it or spec'd the materials and other details. You may not want to buy it because he's a total d*****, but that doesn't make the SRK (at least the older versions) any less than what they are.

The same is true of the original TrailMasters. Those were not only made of a good carbon steel with a good heat treatment (the first of the "Carbon V" iterations), but it was also the first production knife with a convex/Moran-style edge that the market had seen in many years. I have an old "Teton Bowie" that was made in (probably) the same factory in Seki, Japan that's made of AUS-8A and shares the same lines and convex edge.

 

[bobjones223]

Got to vote for the Cold Steel......Cost V/S quality I think it is the best blend.