New for 2015

GCG199 · Feb 4, 2015

Blade HQ is showing an upgraded American Lawman with CTS-XHP blade steel and a green G10 handle:

http://www.bladehq.com/item--Cold-Steel-American-Lawman-Lockback--27706

I also received an email announcement from Cold Steel today saying that they have their 2015 Battle Shades in stock.

So they should be hitting the dealers soon.

Cold Steel Knives · Feb 4, 2015

AF said:
Where is the new Tai Pan made?

The new 3-V TaiPan is American steel, assembled in Taiwan. The San Mai Version is made in Japan

flarp · Feb 4, 2015

GCG199 said:
Blade HQ is showing an upgraded American Lawman with CTS-XHP blade steel and a green G10 handle:

http://www.bladehq.com/item--Cold-Steel-American-Lawman-Lockback--27706

Sweet! I was hoping they'd expand the steel upgrade to the Lawman. And green handles to boot! Definitely need to pick up one of these.

yepimonfire · Feb 5, 2015

Cold Steel Knives said:
The new 3-V TaiPan is American steel, assembled in Taiwan. The San Mai Version is made in Japan

You guys should revamp the sanmai III and use a much harder steel (one that is no good as a whole blade for chopping but has excellent edge retention). I've always thought the San Mai III was a great idea but would be much better executed with a different steel then vg1. Something like d2 for the edge bevel.

Buffalohump · Feb 11, 2015

Already out of stock...

flarp said:
Sweet! I was hoping they'd expand the steel upgrade to the Lawman. And green handles to boot! Definitely need to pick up one of these.

Fire_Brand · Feb 11, 2015

Did the Spartan really get as big a weight reduction as I'm seeing in the specs? Pre-2015 shows 9.2oz and the new 2015 says 5oz which would be an incredible drop! Did the new 2015 model get some serious milling done?

flarp · Feb 11, 2015

Buffalohump said:
Already out of stock...

According to the description, they aren't due out until Q2 2015. So "out of stock" may just be a placeholder until they get them in.

Buffalohump · Feb 12, 2015

Could be! I see they have the new Recon 1 in.... :thumbup:

flarp said:
According to the description, they aren't due out until Q2 2015. So "out of stock" may just be a placeholder until they get them in.

Poleaxe · Feb 12, 2015

Fire_Brand said:
Did the Spartan really get as big a weight reduction as I'm seeing in the specs? Pre-2015 shows 9.2oz and the new 2015 says 5oz which would be an incredible drop! Did the new 2015 model get some serious milling done?

Perhaps it's linerless now?

sh00ter01 · Feb 14, 2015

Poleaxe said:
Perhaps it's linerless now?

I'm willing to bet its a misprint.

RAGS · Feb 14, 2015

Question for Cold Steel:
What is the difference between the new Flash-Tek lock on the Swift-1 and the Tri-ad lock? Also, any approx release date for the Swift? Thanks.

Fire_Brand · Feb 15, 2015

sh00ter01 said:
I'm willing to bet its a misprint.

Just checked knifecenter to see what they posted (since it seems like they actually post weights by checking) and it did indeed say 9oz for the new one as well. So yeah, definitely a misprint.

Cold Steel Knives · Feb 17, 2015

RAGS said:
Question for Cold Steel:
What is the difference between the new Flash-Tek lock on the Swift-1 and the Tri-ad lock? Also, any approx release date for the Swift? Thanks.

The Flash-Tek is a mechanism essentially allowing a Tri-Ad lock to be assisted.
The Swift still uses a Tri-Ad
I don't have a release date for the Swift yet, sorry

RAGS · Feb 17, 2015

Cold Steel Knives said:
The Flash-Tek is a mechanism essentially allowing a Tri-Ad lock to be assisted.
The Swift still uses a Tri-Ad
I don't have a release date for the Swift yet, sorry

OK,thanks. I'll be waiting...

Neomentat · Feb 17, 2015

$120 is about $20 more than I was expecting to pay for this model

GCG199 said:
Blade HQ is showing an upgraded American Lawman with CTS-XHP blade steel and a green G10 handle:

http://www.bladehq.com/item--Cold-Steel-American-Lawman-Lockback--27706

I also received an email announcement from Cold Steel today saying that they have their 2015 Battle Shades in stock.

So they should be hitting the dealers soon.

knife chop · Feb 18, 2015

I was looking at cold steel recon 1 in XHP on blade HQ's website and i noticed that the edge does not go all the way to towards the sharpening choil. so what the point of a sharpening choil if the edge does not go all the way to the end?

Fire_Brand · Feb 19, 2015

knife chop said:
I was looking at cold steel recon 1 in XHP on blade HQ's website and i noticed that the edge does not go all the way to towards the sharpening choil. so what the point of a sharpening choil if the edge does not go all the way to the end?

Not that this answers your question (and I'm curious myself), but this seems to be the way all CS knives come.