Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Cold Steel
What do I like about them?
-I think I can depend on the knives/swords to be battle worthy, as opposed to wall hangers.
-Professional, good marketing materials, video, print web, good to look and dream over what to get next.
What do I NOT like about them?
- thick handles, some of them like the barong have thick handles made for big hands like the presidents.
- lack of guards, especially the folders. I just feel safer with a guard.. I have a scar I can show you..
- they say they practice filipino martial arts but only recently did they make a filipino type sword and the thing is a barong....
-their smug macho faces after they just cut... a naked chicken!!! ha ha ha
- too many knives are 6 inches, illegal where I live, 5 and 1/2 inches would be just a good and legal
- their lack of designs that favor the blade inside ice pick position. They claim that the blade down or ice pick position is not a good idea(which isn't true, depends on different factors) and most of the knives I see seem designed such that blade inside feels awkward or puts your fingers depressing the lock. They seem to favor blade out position... Hey, that is weak. All animals have claws that have the sharp part facing in, cats, bears, every one. Slashing is weak, ripping is powerful.
I have some silly clips of me cutting multiple beer cans with a Cold Steel Kobun somewhere on Youtube. Great knife, 5.5 inches with a great sheath.
I don't like everything about them, but who can you compare to them? No one has done so much for knives and knife lovers on such a large and in your face, man that is cool, these guys GET IT!! type a way.
I'm just hard to please. You guys are head and shoulders above the rest though. Larger than life.
-I think I can depend on the knives/swords to be battle worthy, as opposed to wall hangers.
-Professional, good marketing materials, video, print web, good to look and dream over what to get next.
What do I NOT like about them?
- thick handles, some of them like the barong have thick handles made for big hands like the presidents.
- lack of guards, especially the folders. I just feel safer with a guard.. I have a scar I can show you..
- they say they practice filipino martial arts but only recently did they make a filipino type sword and the thing is a barong....
-their smug macho faces after they just cut... a naked chicken!!! ha ha ha
- too many knives are 6 inches, illegal where I live, 5 and 1/2 inches would be just a good and legal
- their lack of designs that favor the blade inside ice pick position. They claim that the blade down or ice pick position is not a good idea(which isn't true, depends on different factors) and most of the knives I see seem designed such that blade inside feels awkward or puts your fingers depressing the lock. They seem to favor blade out position... Hey, that is weak. All animals have claws that have the sharp part facing in, cats, bears, every one. Slashing is weak, ripping is powerful.
I have some silly clips of me cutting multiple beer cans with a Cold Steel Kobun somewhere on Youtube. Great knife, 5.5 inches with a great sheath.
I don't like everything about them, but who can you compare to them? No one has done so much for knives and knife lovers on such a large and in your face, man that is cool, these guys GET IT!! type a way.
I'm just hard to please. You guys are head and shoulders above the rest though. Larger than life.
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