anyone have any experience or reviews for products by Cold Steel? from the little ive seen it seems to be a good investment.....
dave
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Benjamin Smith wrote:I've handled a few of their products. There are two important conclusions to consider from my point of view.
1) Cold Steel products are very durable. They can take a beating. This is what they are designed for.
2) There is no serious research behind their design and they consequently do not perform in the same manner, with the same sensitivity, or the same effectiveness as a properly researched product.
Benjamin Smith wrote:I've handled a few of their products. There are two important conclusions to consider from my point of view.
1) Cold Steel products are very durable. They can take a beating. This is what they are designed for.
2) There is no serious research behind their design and they consequently do not perform in the same manner, with the same sensitivity, or the same effectiveness as a properly researched product.
david a goodman wrote:having your sword be as historically accurate as possible is imperative.
whats gonna be a good place for a good accurate piece? theres some of the cold steel products that look like they'd be good for practice but if you have any other suggestions i'd like to hear. thanx matt
dave
Dave Rogers wrote:Benjamin Smith wrote: The Gurka Kukri is just... plain scary.
Some of you know this story, but I feel the safety issue is worth repeating it for.
I own an old discontinued version of the Gukrha Kukri. One day trying to take it out of the sheath it slipped and fell on my index finger. The distance was maybe 3-4" of travel before it hit meat. It stopped when it hit bone. I severed the main tendon 100% and the secondary 50%, split the nerve, and severed the digital artery. I still have a 1' circle of blood on my floor where I sat and bled waiting for the paramedics. My wife put a sock over the wound (we didn't have anything else clean to hand) and it bled through in maybe a minute. The second sock was on its way there when the paramedics finally got to me and bound it up. I've already spent maybe $4000 on surgery and therapy, and thankfully my finger can work again--it bends, but its crunchy.
I'm pretty careful with my edged tools. Scratch that--I'm VERY careful with my edged tools. This was a one-second slip, and something that could have happened to pretty much anyone handling the same knife. The shape of the sheath, some factor of balance,whatever it was, and the thing just slipped, just barely. The problem IMO was that the blade was TOO sharp. Cold Steel does that. They want everything super-sharp out of the box, which sounds good on paper, but how many of us really need a knife that far beyond functionally sharp? There's sharp, and then there's stupid sharp. I actually doubt that any functional fighting blade would have been kept that sharp--it's past the point of diminishing returns, and historical blades would have suffered a lot more edge nicks if they were that thin. The old adage about sharp knives being safer really only goes so far.
So will their blades cut? Undoubtedly. Think about leaving a lit lightsaber lying around the house and you'll get the idea. But think very carefully about how sharp you want that blade. If you want a sharp for cutting, I've handled Albions and they seem plenty sharp to cut with, in addition to a balance and handling that's worlds better than my Cold Steel hand-and-a-half. But if you buy C0ld Steel, don't kid yourself--that blade can be a serious hazard, especially if you've got kids around.
I love cold steel knives, btw. But these events have made me question the necessity of such insane levels of sharpness.I also have an Albion Baron. There is no comparison. The Albion is the BMW to Cold Steel's Chevrolet.
Steven Ott wrote:I have watched test cutting videos on arma and test cutting videos on the cold steel dvd. If the arma videos show albion or other high dollar swords they do not cut as well as the cold steel. Lee Emerery (?) (The guy from full metal jacket) has a show on history channel and he compared a katana to what I believe was an albion sword ( I could be wrong) but the longsword, while it cut through lettuce with ease, failed to cut through leather armor and was outclassed by the katana. I am kind of talking off the cuff here, since I only vaguely remember the show. The point is I believe performance counts as well as balance. If speed and balance are all that mattered than eppees would be the weapon of choice
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