I have a Fall 92 Special Projects catalog...no Kiridashi
Hmm, so much for thinking that catalog would clear things up. Thanks for checking.
There is a catalog archive on the CS site that has PDFs, but there are some early gaps. Starts with 1988 (company started in 81), then jumps to 93/94...complete after that. Beyond that I have a 1984 catalog and the above mentioned 1992 Special Projects catalog.
Among the contributors to this subforum, we actually have a more complete archive than Cold Steel does. There have been a number of catalogs added, but I'd still like to see the gaps filled in on the Cold Steel Web site. I bet Lynn has some good early history materials. Perhaps he'll break them out for the 40th anniversary....
-Steve