Cold Steel Spike series

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Worth it to buy? I got to look at one, and I like the feel and blade geometry, it feels like a Mora but isn't. I can get one for $20, so price isn't the issue. How is their edge retention when properly stropped? While the 420 steel scares me, my Marttiini has 420, and performs fine.
 
Nah.
I don't think you should buy it.
If you want to buy it for defense, then it's ok.
If you buy it to use it as edc knife, then no.
the blade is soft, and it's 420...not worth it. you can put a really sharp edge on it, but it's gonna loose the edge fast...
 
Dao.Hung_105 said:
If you want to buy it for defense, then it's ok.
If you buy it to use it as edc knife, then no.
the blade is soft, and it's 420...not worth it. you can put a really sharp edge on it, but it's gonna loose the edge fast...
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^That's pretty much spot on.^

But for only $20 they are pretty neat. Great for poking, and the only knives I have that are one true continuous flat grind from spine to zero point edge. I kinda like that idea, if only the steel was better.
I like the bowie spike, I put a scarry sharp edge on it, and keep it in my truck for a cheep just in case I ever need it kinda thing. But yeah, they will get dull just from taking them in and out of their sheaths a few times.
 
Yeah not buying one, figured their rep was hype, but I guess they are just that bad lol
 
They don't look, feel or perform like any Mora. Different knives for different purposes.

I have one, and it is kept where I may need it for purposes of stabbing a BG in the neck.
 
I never cared for the Spike series' use of 420. Cold Steel (suppliers) purchase AUS8 by the ton. If the Spikes had been made in AUS8 then maybe I'd have tried them out.
 
Why are the spikes made with such a pathetic steel, when for (less) you can get a pendleton lite or a tanto lite with a far better steel
 
The Spikes are last ditch/back up SD knives. Pretty much everything on them sucks for utility use: edge and blade geometry, handle shape, steel choice, etc. I do like them as defensive tools, especially the Tokio Spike.
 
They are cool looking and everything but I knew a guy who had one and it took a lot of sharpening to get anything near shaving sharp.
 
The pricing isn't too bad to try them out. But then again, since it is under the category of a "neck knife", I can't but help hear the words "shiv shiv shiv". In any case, the steel is on the lower end, but for the rarity that it might be used, I can't see it being sharpened so many times.

Point taken, there are many other options that provide great utilitarian use and possible self defense, if that is what you're looking for.
 
Franciscomv said:
The Spikes are last ditch/back up SD knives. Pretty much everything on them sucks for utility use: edge and blade geometry, handle shape, steel choice, etc. I do like them as defensive tools, especially the Tokio Spike.
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They are for stabbing. You don't need edge retention for that usage.
 
BryFry said:
^That's pretty much spot on.^

But for only $20 they are pretty neat. Great for poking, and the only knives I have that are one true continuous flat grind from spine to zero point edge. I kinda like that idea, if only the steel was better.
I like the bowie spike, I put a scarry sharp edge on it, and keep it in my truck for a cheep just in case I ever need it kinda thing. But yeah, they will get dull just from taking them in and out of their sheaths a few times.
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oh speaking of the bowie spyke, I always use it as my steak knife :P
function quiet well and I have to sharpen after each meal hehe And both my spike and my bk11 get dull just from taking the knives in and out :( that's said, and that brought me to a handmade leather sheath for the first time of my life, pretty good...

Why are the spikes made with such a pathetic steel, when for (less) you can get a pendleton lite or a tanto lite with a far better steel
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IMO, maybe they think their customers don't really care about steel, only care about strength (that's why they upgraded the locking mechanism more than upgraded their steel) or they don't think people need good steel for a combat necker...
BTW, I think they're all thick, stout, designed for stabbing but not really good at what it's made for...the choil on it's not big and deep enough...
And I find the steel is acceptable... It takes a razor edge in no time and holds it nearly as long as my SAK, almost equal :P
 
knarfeng said:
They are for stabbing. You don't need edge retention for that usage.
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That's true.
But in that case I think I'd buy a delta dart :P
smaller, liter, deathlier IMO, and magnet proof (If I'm writing it right) And not gonna dull on out, also cheaper...so it's a high value stabber :P
 
1966c10 said:
If you really like the design but don't like Cold Steel's final product, why not just buy an original from Barry Dawson? Hand made from 440C with a heat treat that's miles apart from any mass produced Cold Steel knife.

http://www.dawsonknives.com/the-spike.html
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Looks nice, but that price just hurts. I think my $55 Ka-bar was pricey (but really nice), and I won't even bother with anything over $70 or $80. I don't make enough to their that kind of cash into something that I rarely use enough to damage.
 
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