NEW! Fakespot Chat is live. 

Get answers to your product questions here.

This analysis is outdated. Please reanalyze.

Ask Fakespot Chat questions about this productAlpha

Initializing Fakespot Chat

error

System error,

Loading suggested questions

Suggested Questions

athena-arrow

Suggested Questions

No suggested questions were found

Please note: The content is generated by an AI language model based on reviews. We are constantly improving the accuracy, however, its outputs may contain errors or offensive content from certain reviews. Please report any errors or offensive content to us. Also, please note that we will not collect your questions unless you click the thumbs up/down button to provide feedback. The answers displayed will be stored by us so if another Fakespotter asks a similar question we can provide them an answer faster. Your feedback will only help us make Fakespot Chat better! By using Fakespot Chat, you agree to Fakespot's terms of use and privacy notice.

Pros & Cons

The AI used to provide these results are constantly improving. These results might change.

Pros

A few minutes with a sharpener on the swedge to remove the coating reveals a sharpened 2. Blade. The tanto blade shape, the short hollow grind, and the sharpened-but-coated swedge makes for a good fighter.

These knives are one of the most rugged, resilient knives i've ever owned. A whetstone and oil and this knife is supremely durable. If your looking for a general purpose knife that you can put your trust in for a price that want * of the wife, this is...  Read More

The sheath is descent and holds the knife snuggly. Its sheer length and girth are a clear and present danger to anyone nearby. Very well made solid plastic shank holder.



Cons

The tip is incredibly sharp, a good thing, except that it's the thinnest tip i've seen on anything but a pen knife. And it's so long it significantly worsens your leverage when cutting tough material. They forgot to temper the steel in my knife. Ended...  Read More

There was no metal inside the sheath whatsoever. The blade was actually being dulled by the plastic sheath itself.

Here's another boo boo. The price is good but the quality is not. Worthless *. Pure trash imo.

Was this feature helpful?

Highlights

The AI used to provide these results are constantly improving. These results might change.

Quality


Satisfied with the product especially after the modifications


Wearing shorts i put it on my belt and put the remainder in my right short pocket and it fit well with the shirt over it undetected


Each about 2 or 3 years between production no significant differences in appearance performance or quality

Price


Cold steel at this price is a steal


One of the best things about this knifes price is you wont be afraid to make it your own with some customization


I can see getting a few of these at this crazy price just to stash around

Shipping


I keep it close to me for anything that i need to do the job fast and efficient

Packaging/appearance


Decent edge out of the box comfortable enough sizable


A few minutes with a sharpener on the swedge to remove the coating reveals a sharpened 2


The coating does scratch off but lasts longer than others with a similar coating

Competitiveness


Threw some paracord on the sheath for look as well as utility


That said the gi tanto cant be beat as a fighting knife for the price


Im looking for a thick micarta replacement now


I have many knives of various types brands and price points all of them higher than this one

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, cold, good, made and sharp.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 145.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 77.1% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 2,725 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 2 2022.

Helpful InsightsBETA

The AI used to provide these results are constantly improving. These results might change.

    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If your looking for a general purpose do anything knife that you can put your trust in for a price that want piss of the wife this is your knife


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you want it to be for more utilitarian purposes you should lower the slope of the grind


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Was unaware cold steel was having knives made in china now prior knowledge of that would have affected my purchasing decision


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    For all these reasons that make this a good fighter it makes a poor fieldsurvival knife


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The tip is too thin to survive heavy use the sharpened swedge will destroy a batton quickly


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The short hollow grind will likely not survive heavy wood processing tasks


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If your looking for a low cost all around field knife this is not it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Id go with a schrade 36 or as i did spend more and get a gerber strongarm both of which are much thicker at the tip without a sharpened swedge

Review Count History
Loading...
Price History
Loading...

Ask Fakespot Chat questions about this productAlpha

Initializing Fakespot Chat

error

System error,

Loading suggested questions

Suggested Questions

athena-arrow

Suggested Questions

No suggested questions were found

Please note: The content is generated by an AI language model based on reviews. We are constantly improving the accuracy, however, its outputs may contain errors or offensive content from certain reviews. Please report any errors or offensive content to us. Also, please note that we will not collect your questions unless you click the thumbs up/down button to provide feedback. The answers displayed will be stored by us so if another Fakespotter asks a similar question we can provide them an answer faster. Your feedback will only help us make Fakespot Chat better! By using Fakespot Chat, you agree to Fakespot's terms of use and privacy notice.