Not exactly as seen
I have a good number of Cold Steel knifes, and when I saw the Outdoorsman Lite, I knew it was a knife I had to have.
When I got the knife, I was impress and confused. The knife is the right kind of heavy (but not too heavy). The blade could be thicker, but is thick enough. The "bone breaker" will not be as good was the San Mai III Outdoorsman's. The handle is great for the price - the grip is just as good as the more expensive Cold Steel knives I own, IMHO. And, the sheath was nice - but cheap. It was everything I expected.
The surprise/confusion was butt of the knife - the tang was sticking through. First off, the tang is thick, making this a good knife. And, the handle was tight - the glue or whatever they used was holding well. That said, the tang was still sticking out and it bothered me. I called Cold Steel's customer service and they told me that the catalog was right - the tang should NOT have been sticking out (the catalog says that tang is fully covered). I sent it back and asked for a replacement. I got it the next day, but it looked exactly the same! I went online and looked for posts from other customers, and the ones I found all had the tang sticking out the back.
If Cold Steel would have told me that the tang was sticking out to use for hammering, or if there was a hole to put a lanyard through, I would have said fine, but this seems to be a cosmetic mistake. I don't like it. Others may not be bothered by it, after all this is a rather inexpensive knife.
Bottom line, if you want a cheap knife for camping, this one will do - flaws and all.
From:
dferriman@gmail.com
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Created on:
5/31/2011 6:07 PM
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