Reader Review: Cold Steel Viking Hand Axe
The Following is a review from Reader Ian M. While there is no current contest, I will see if I can come up with some swag for him. Thanks Ian. The axe cannot be separated from our imaginations of...
View ArticleQuestion of the Day: Factory Edges?
I used to say I never met a factory edge that couldn’t use a little work. Factory edges would usually be sharp, sometimes even sharp enough to shave hair, but they are often fairly rough and not very...
View ArticleVideo: ColdSteel tests their old AUS8A steel vs. new CTS-XHP
There is probably no more polarizing knife company out there than Cold Steel. Some people don’t like their knives, others don’t like Lynn Thompson, their founder and President. Their recently settled...
View ArticleGameDay Knife Test: 10 Knives vs. 10 pounds of wings.
My money is on the knives. I actually did this test on Saturday afternoon, to welcome the return of college football. I know that there are almost as many issues facing the NCAA as there are facing the...
View ArticleQuestion of the Day: Cold Steel. Over the Top?
Sorry to single out Cold Steel, but they are the most prominent practitioners of using visually rambunctious demos of their product. Type in “Cold Steel Proof” on YouTube and you’ll know what I’m...
View ArticleCold Steel engaging in lawfare again – sends C&D letters to knifemakers over...
UPDATE: Lynn Thompson has released an open letter on the issue on Cold Steel’s website. Link below. Lynn Thompson and Cold Steel have been engaging in a pattern of “lawfare“....
View ArticleVideo: Knifemaker responds to Cold Steel SAN MAI C&D letters
To be completely honest, this story fascinates me. I just don’t understand what Lynn Thompson is thinking, even if he did write an open letter explaining what he is thinking....
View ArticleThe Knives of History’s Alone, Season 3
Season 3 of History’s Alone is back, December 8th. Like before, the show disperses ten contestants in a wilderness environment, alone, with just camera gear to film themselves, ten items of...
View ArticleTTAK Knife Madness 2017: Cold Steel vs. Kizer Cutlery
VS. Facebook users: Click “like” to vote for Cold Steel. Click “love” to vote for Kizer. Welcome back knife-fans for our penultimate Round 1 matchup in the Import- East division....
View ArticleTTAK Knife Madness Round 2: Cold Steel vs. Al Mar
VS. Facebook Readers: Click “Like” to vote for Cold Steel. Click “Love” to vote for Al Mar. If you are viewing this via a Facebook “share” – YOU MUST CLICK...
View Article