Cold Steel Knives, Swords, Weapons Reviews

Cold Steel Pocket Folder Espada V Knife | Spanish Locking Stainless Steel Blade

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Cold Steel Pocket Folder Espada V Knife | Spanish Locking Stainless Steel Blade

I most appreciate the knives that take thought to comprehend, and the Cold Steel Espada V is a great example of a knife you won't completely get the first time you see it. Cold Steel continues to take chances and express some good ideas. This one is ...




Cold Steel Butterfly Knife Paradox | Pocket Folder Balisong Locking

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Cold Steel Butterfly Knife Paradox | Pocket Folder Balisong Locking

The Cold Steel Paradox operates smoothly but differently from the traditional balisong or butterfly knife. The modified design was created to put this knife in the same category as folding pocket knives. Any truly one-handed opening knife is subject to legal restrictions, and the Paradox is not a one-handed ...




Cold Steel Voyager Lightweight Hunting Knife | Plain Edge Tanto Blade XL 29XT

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Cold Steel Voyager Lightweight Hunting Knife | Plain Edge Tanto Blade XL 29XT

Cold Steel intended the Voyager series to be both lighter and better than any of the competition. The Voyager does succeed in many ways -- getting used to a large knife this light may take a while. Even with a five-inch-long tanto blade of VG-1 high carbon stainless steel, the ...




Cold Steel Voyager Locking Knife | Medium Tanto Combo Edge Blade 29MT

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Cold Steel Voyager Locking Knife | Medium Tanto Combo Edge Blade 29MT

The Cold Steel Voyager Medium Tanto covers a wide range of everyday needs -- good for camping, fishing, hunting, and handyman work, although the tanto point traditionally was the mark of a combat blade. If one-handed opening is an essential feature you need, consider the strength of your hand. ...




Cold Steel Spike Tanto Tactical Blade by Barry Dawson | Concealed Boot or Neck Knife

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Cold Steel Spike Tanto Tactical Blade by Barry Dawson | Concealed Boot or Neck Knife

Finally, a serious boot/neck knife from Cold Steel -- previous offerings from that renowned self-defense company were not always up to Cold Steel's no-nonsense standards. This tanto-style knife, designed by Barry Dawson, is one of seven blade styles available and probably also the most sensible. The tanto blade was ...




Cold Steel Butterfly Sword Set | Kung Fu Battle Ready Sharpened Weapon

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Cold Steel Butterfly Sword Set | Kung Fu Battle Ready Sharpened Weapon

This pair of twenty-inch-long swords with single leather scabbard gives today's kung fu adepts the modern combat version of an ancient Chinese weapon. Cold Steel's versions of these wide blades weigh more than a pound each with fifteen inches of cutting edge and blade stock 1/5-inch thick. The 1055 ...




Cold Steel Pistol Grip Sword Cane | Carbon Fiber Shaft | Self Defense Walking Stick

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Cold Steel Pistol Grip Sword Cane | Carbon Fiber Shaft | Self Defense Walking Stick

The 37-5/8" Cold Steel Pistol Grip Sword Cane looks just like the Pistol Grip City Stick but holds a 25-3/4 inch carbon steel spike in the hollow carbon fiber shaft. A thumb push on the release button and a firm pull on the cast stainless steel pistol grip separates ...




Cold Steel Skull Head City Stick | Self Defense Walking Cane w/ Weighted Pommel

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Cold Steel Skull Head City Stick | Self Defense Walking Cane w/ Weighted Pommel

Cold Steel's Skull Head City Stick is both dangerous and elegant. Designed for urban self defense rather than to be a walking aid, the stainless steel and fiberglass walking stick will serve for either purpose. Cold Steel makes several different models of City Sticks and the Skull Head is ...




Cold Steel Gurkha Kukri | San Mai III 35ATCJ | Traditional Asian Military Knife

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Cold Steel Gurkha Kukri | San Mai III 35ATCJ | Traditional Asian Military Knife

Cold Steel's San Mai III Gurkha Kukri may be the heaviest kukri produced today -- with full tang VG-1 high carbon stainless steel construction and a thickness of 5/16 inches, that's certainly possible. Designed by Lynn Thompson, the president of Cold Steel, the San Mai III Kukri varies only slightly in ...




Cold Steel Rapier Short Sword | Functional Battle Ready Weapon

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Cold Steel Rapier Short Sword | Functional Battle Ready Weapon

Cold Steel is better known for functionality than for building self-defense weapons which look good. The Cold Steel philosophy of matching pure function with modern materials sometimes creates weapons which look at best like tools and at worst like souvenirs. Using some of the sensible features of that approach, the ...




Cold Steel Assegai Zulu Hunting, Throwing Spear | Blackened Blade

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Cold Steel Assegai Zulu Hunting, Throwing Spear | Blackened Blade

The 6' Assegai Spear from Cold Steel takes its basic design from the traditional weapons of South Africa's Zulu warriors. Cold Steel uses unique modern tempering processes to create a lightweight medium carbon steel spearhead with the ability to flex rather than break or bend. This blackened steel weapon will ...




Cold Steel Renaissance Boar Hunting Throwing Spear | Carbon Steel Black Blade

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Cold Steel Renaissance Boar Hunting Throwing Spear | Carbon Steel Black Blade

Cold Steel's Boar Spear, based on a medieval European hunting design, combines a lightweight medium carbon steel spearhead with a stout American ash shaft to create what Cold Steel intends to be a throwing weapon.

Several companies market modern versions of spears as survival tools, which is where they are most useful ...




Cold Steel 27LTH Recon 1 Folding Tactical Knife | Stainless Steel Tanto Blade

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Cold Steel 27LTH Recon 1 Folding Tactical Knife | Stainless Steel Tanto Blade

A top quality and reliable folding clip knife, the Recon 1 with 4" tanto blade forged from high carbon stainless steel and coated with nonreflection and nearly frictionless black Teflon is more than enough knife for serious work. Light weight (5.6 ounces) and a folded length of only 5 ...




Cold Steel Ti-Lite Stainless Steel Folder Knife, Zytel Handle

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Cold Steel Ti-Lite Stainless Steel Folder Knife, Zytel Handle

Cold Steel's Ti-Lite series of tactical folders will only lead to more important choices, like which 1950's gang you are going to join -- the Jets or the Sharks? These folders, with a little tweaking, oil, and practice will open just as fast as spring assisted or automatic fighting knives ...




Cold Steel American Lawman Stainless Steel Law Enforcement Knife

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Cold Steel American Lawman Stainless Steel Law Enforcement Knife

In honor of America's "thin blue line," Cold Steel has made the American Lawman, a serious knife with a 3.5-inch stainless steel drop point blade. Made from AUS-8A stainless steel and hollow ground, the Lawman's blade is super sharp and capable of handling all varieties of tough cutting tasks. A ...




Cold Steel 27LSH Recon 1 Tactical Combat Knife | Spear Point Folding Clip Military Blade

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Cold Steel 27LSH Recon 1 Tactical Combat Knife | Spear Point Folding Clip Military Blade

Competing in the military markets with a folding design is a tough challenge but Cold Steel intends to make its mark there with knives like the Recon 1. This spear point blade is just one of five options of blade shapes and cutting edge choices, all built to exacting ...




Cold Steel Head Sword Cane | Stainless Steel High Carbon Blade Carbon Fiber Shaft

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Cold Steel Head Sword Cane | Stainless Steel High Carbon Blade Carbon Fiber Shaft

Cold Steel's Stainless Steel Head Sword Cane, with its state of the art carbon fiber cane sheath and nearly 26 inch long carbon steel blade, combines modern technology with the atmosphere of a high rolling Old West saloon. It's definitely a classy weapon, and the choice of materials shows ...




Cold Steel Machete | Cordura Sheath | Carbon Steel Utility Hunting Knife

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Cold Steel Machete | Cordura Sheath | Carbon Steel Utility Hunting Knife

Sometimes it's great just to see a utility knife with sheer simplicity. Nothing fancy, no special little gimmicks. Just a straightforward machete made from quality materials. And it's made by none other than Cold Steel.

The basic design of this Cold Steel machete is derived from ancient African and South American styles. It ...




Cold Steel Tactical Boot Knife | Self Defense

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Cold Steel Tactical Boot Knife | Self Defense

The Cold Steel Urban Pal punch dagger is one of a number of new and questionable knife designs targeted for the urban self defense market. Its one and a half inch blade, even with the serrated edge, is not enough to be an effective visible threat. Legally it's ...




Cold Steel Mini Push Knife | Mini Pal Review

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Cold Steel Mini Push Knife | Mini Pal Review

This is a miniature version of the Cold Steel Urban Pal push knife, and by miniature, we mean tiny. The blade is only about an inch long, and the grip is a little over an inch as well.

The reason you'd even want to buy a push knife like this is ...




Throwing Tomahawk | Cold Steel Axe | Rifleman’s Hawk Knife

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Throwing Tomahawk | Cold Steel Axe | Rifleman’s Hawk Knife

Here we have another Cold Steel product that's a fair value for what it offers. Do a search on functional tomahawks and you'll see a lot of quality products for the same price as the Rifleman's Hawk. So we're not about to throw it into the "expensive" bin anytime soon.

This tomahawk axe sports ...




Cold Steel Skean Dhu | Scottish Dagger | 11SDS Brave Heart Knife

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Cold Steel Skean Dhu | Scottish Dagger | 11SDS Brave Heart Knife

Once again Cold Steel has put their modern interpretation into a traditional knife style, and it works well. This time they've revolutionized the Scottish Skean Dhu blade. That means "black knife" in Gaelic, so I'm not sure how they got the name "Brave Heart".

The ancient Scottish made the Skean Dhu knife ...




Cold Steel Saber | Napoleon Replica Cavalry Sword

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Cold Steel Saber | Napoleon Replica Cavalry Sword

This saber is another fine historical replica sword from Cold Steel, this time with equal emphasis in original tradition and technological improvement.

It's called the Napoleon since the model is designed around the French cavalry swords of the early 1800s. But Cold Steel took a "creative liberty" approach and added length, width, and thickness ...




Cold Steel Magnum Tanto II Knife Review

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Cold Steel Magnum Tanto II Knife Review

Is this blade awesome, or is it another overpriced showpiece?

Cold Steel took the same concepts from Japanese sword-smithing into making their brand new tanto blade, the Magnum Tanto II. At a distance, it even looks like a small katana.

The blade really is the Magnum Tanto II's biggest boast because ...




Viking Sword | Cold Steel Replica Sword Review

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Viking Sword | Cold Steel Replica Sword Review

Cold Steel's Viking sword is pretty straightforward and features a few decorative touches. Mostly, though, it represents ancient Nordic history well.

Overall, the sword measures close to 37 inches, while the blade alone stretches out to 30.25 inches. This double-edged blade features a lengthy blood groove seen in Viking swords from later periods. It's made ...




Cold Steel Wakizashi Samurai Sword | Japanese Warrior Series | Full Tang Blade

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Cold Steel Wakizashi Samurai Sword | Japanese Warrior Series | Full Tang Blade

This is Cold Steel's pair to the Warrior series' katana: the Warrior wakizashi. The retail price is the same as the katana, though this sword is eight inches shorter.

The wakizashi's blade, handle, and components are all crafted identically to its katana counterpart. The fully-sharpened, battle-ready blade is 1055 spring ...




Cold Steel Warrior Functional Katana | Full Tang Japanese Samurai Sword

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Cold Steel Warrior Functional Katana | Full Tang Japanese Samurai Sword

So, here's Cold Steel's version of an "economy" battle-ready sword.

The Warrior katana is a quality sword, just like you'd expect from Cold Steel. It's very similar to the Imperial series, actually. The blade is made from 1055 spring tempered high carbon steel (one of the toughest steels around) measuring 60-64 ...




Cold Steel Katana | Japanese Samurai Sword | Ray Skin Handle, Wood Scabbard

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Cold Steel Katana | Japanese Samurai Sword | Ray Skin Handle, Wood Scabbard

This is a beautiful katana sword, designed to look great on any wall you mount it on, at 41 inches.

It's also fully functional, with a 24-inch double-edged blade that's sharpened with a blood groove.

The blade is made from superior quality 1050 high carbon steel, mirror polished for that extra touch. It measures just ...




Cold Steel Kukri Machete | Gurkha Knife Review | Cordura Sheath, Kraton Handle

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Cold Steel Kukri Machete | Gurkha Knife Review | Cordura Sheath, Kraton Handle

These Kukri knives are heavy, curved knives originally used as both weapon and machete. Today they are mostly used as bushcraft tools and are often called "Gurkha blades".

It features a twelve inch blade made of SK-5 high-carbon steel. Its got a black, anti-rust coating.

The handle is textured Kraton that may be ...




Cold Steel Two-Handed Great Sword | CS88WGS

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Cold Steel Two-Handed Great Sword | CS88WGS

Cold Steel manufactures a lot of swords, but here you're looking at its largest: the two-handed great sword.

It's 55 1/2 inches in overall length, with a 39.88-inch blade and a 15.369-inch handle, and it weighs over 6 pounds.

The blade is superior quality, manufactured from 1050 high carbon steel.

Cold Steel didn't ...




Cold Steel Chinese War Sword | Replica of Ancient Weapon | Leather Scabbard

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Cold Steel Chinese War Sword | Replica of Ancient Weapon | Leather Scabbard

Coming from Cold Steel, "the world's strongest, sharpest knives," this sword's blade is fully finished, crafted to wield maximum power in your hands.

It's a two-handed sword with a wide 231/4-inch blade and an overall length of 373/4 inches. The curved clipped point with a top swage false edge was used ...




Cold Steel Bushman Knife | High Carbon Stainless Steel

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Cold Steel Bushman Knife | High Carbon Stainless Steel

This is a unique knife from Cold Steel -- it's pretty inexpensive, is made from high-quality materials and has no seam.

It has no joint or seam because it's made from a single piece of SK-5 high-carbon steel. It is heat tempered and treated up to RC54.

The edge of the blade is ground ...




United States Navy Sword | Cold Steel US Naval Blade | 1917 Cutlass Replica Militaria

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United States Navy Sword | Cold Steel US Naval Blade | 1917 Cutlass Replica Militaria

This is a replica of the last sword issued by the US Navy. A cutlass design, it's often referred to as a "pirate sword" due to the sweeping cup and hilt design. This saber was issued to sailors from 1917 until the mid-1940's. In 1949, it was officially made ...




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