Cold Steel Mini Tac Bowie

OogieBoogie

OogieBoogie

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Got mine on Saturday. I have to admit that I'm a fan of value (good knife, low price). The knife was sharp right out of the box. If this an indication of what I can expect from Cold Steel, I'll definitely be buying more. The only disappointment was that the holes in the sheath were too small to mount a pull-the-dot for belt carry. I tried to neck carry but decided it wasn't for me. This evening I decided what hold I wanted to mount the strap to and got a dril and took my time until I had the hole large enough. Now I have a single pull-the-dot and a great little setup for belt carry.

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Enjoy! I have a number of Cold Steel products and find all of them to be nicely designed and a good value (although that's not necessarily true for all their products- you have to choose wisely).

I also tend to modify most sheaths to suit my needs. Good job there on yours.
 
Yeah, good work on that sheath. I couldn't neck carry mine either.

I had the Mini Tac Tanto and thought it was a great little knife for the money.

Might have to get another one.
 
bobobama said:
Enjoy! I have a number of Cold Steel products and find all of them to be nicely designed and a good value (although that's not necessarily true for all their products- you have to choose wisely).

I also tend to modify most sheaths to suit my needs. Good job there on yours.
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Yeah, it's hard to go wrong with CS. Looking up reviews and videos can be very helpful tho.

Also, if you're buying something more popular from their line-up you're pretty much save anyways. Stuff like SRK, Recon Tanto, Recon Scout, Bushman... and then popular folders like Recon 1.
Those have been here for a long time so you pretty much know what you're getting.

Then here is this forum, and you can find people who have some less popular models. I had my eye on Drop Forged Hunter for EDC and I jumped the fence after reading good reviews about it on this forum. Whatever you want to buy - someone on here probably already has it, so this is a really nice place :)
 
I got a mini tac bowie as a christmas present .
As you say its a very nice little knife .
Well designed , came sharp and feels comfy in hand .
Loving the mini bowie blade shape .
A perfect size for stuffing in a day pack.
 
Nice, I might get one myself. Cold steel makes sheath clips called “C-Clip”s that should fit those eyelets. They have two sizes. The small should fit.
 
115Italian said:
I have the mini tac tanto. Love the knife, hated the sheath. I made my own from an old kydex sheath I had. Doesn’t look the greatest but it has good retention and leaves the whole handle exposed.
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That is not a bad looking sheath at all, and the fact that it leave the entire handle exposed is a definite advantage.
DocJD said:
Top is "Skinner" version with a Folts type fob . Works for SD .

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Do you mind explaining the tape wrapped around the handle on the 2 top knives?
 
115Italian said:
I have the mini tac tanto. Love the knife, hated the sheath. I made my own from an old kydex sheath I had. Doesn’t look the greatest but it has good retention and leaves the whole handle exposed.
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Jealous of that Buck Paradigm, gotta be honest!
 
I just bought four Mini Tac Bowies directly from Cold Steel at $10 apiece. The Holiday Sale is still going on.

Great little knife, but like others I think the sheath is useless as is unless you carry the whole thing in your pocket or purse. I wish it had some sort of attachment, but I suppose you could rig something up using the holes to strap it onto something with paracord. Seems like a perfect boot knife.

I think I'm going to have to paint some orange on the sheath, the thing loves to hide in plain sight, LOL
 
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