Tyler, will you sharpen my Cold Steel?
I have a SRK that he sharpened for the previous owner. Rest assured its sharper than pig snot!
Tyler, will you sharpen my Cold Steel?
No..it comes from the same country as those $250 Spyderco's...Taiwan.
Cold Steel haters will come up with things like knife breakage when abused...well I can break any knife if I abuse it. Then they say CS rips off designs...well trust me it that was true they would be getting sued for it just a Benchmade got sued. They down rated the steels even tho quite a few high end makers use the same steels.
It just boils down to some folks don't like the knives...all I can say is don't buy them. I like some of them...others I don't. I own a few and have never had a problem but then when I need a hammer I use a hammer...not a knife.
But let's look at one of my Spydercos...
The Spyderco Salsa
AUS-8 steel
Aluminum scales
nothing special in the design
doesn't allow for tip/up tip/down
made in Taiwan
Price $90
WOW! Must be a piece of cheap junk....
Tyler, will you sharpen my Cold Steel?
fatass "knife experts"
I guess I must be some kind of ignorant moron since I happen to like the cold steel knives that I have. They might have cost a little too much, but I do like them. I have found them functional, but have not tried to use them as a pry bar or anything else that a knife was not intended to be used for. I have never had to deal with the DPMS customer service department either, but I also like my two DPMS rifles even though some of you might think that I was mislead into buying such junky pieces of trash weapons. I guess that I will just have to wait until SHTF day when my CS knives all break and my DPMS weapons both malfunction to come begging to borrow some of your equipment which you acquired because you were much better informed and know better quality when you see it. I will humbly and willingly eat some crow put up with a few "I told you sos" so that I might continue to survive. On second thought, I had just better toss my CS knives and DPMS rifles into the pond behind my apartment and go out and buy the brands that the experts all know to be the top of the line. No one bothered to trash the Mossberg 500s in this thread. I have never tried to chop down a tree with either of mine. I have to confess that was not the reason that I bought them many years ago.
what high end makers are using AUS8? and FTR I would never buy the salsa as that follows my equation with cold steel. again your putting words in my mouth did I say all cold steel was junk? NO I said the materials they use should in no way command the price they sell them for, I also feel the same way about strider. you know for not being a CS fanboy you sure go out of your way to defend them.
SOG is in the same boat as CS these days, far overpriced for what they are.(mainly fixed blades in their case)[/quote]
You might want to include all of the knife manufactures that have a cult like following, because once they reach that status...there is no argument that that their product is far over priced for what you are actually getting and this would include Busse, Microtech, and even Benchmade. It's simple, if they (knife manufactures) can command a certain price and get it, they will...... and a lot of it is not because of the design or materials that are being used, but rather the following and willingness of their customer base to spend their money on their product. Just a note: before anyone comes in here and starts bashing me for listing any of the above companies, I own quite a few of all of the manufactures that I have listed.....I'm willing to "overpay" to purchase their products just like the rest of you.
Now if we could just get e-bay to quit screwing up the market.....