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Cold Steel VG-10 San Mai Outdoorsman Fixed Blade
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Cold Steel VG-10 San Mai Outdoorsman Fixed Blade
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The Outdoorsman has been a staple in the Cold Steel lineup for years. With a wide belly and an upswept point for skinning, plus a secondary edge on the spine for breaking bones and hacking through brush, the Outdoorsman lives up to its name Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downRayF
22216
Apr 16, 2019
Remember: 9 out of 10 vicious simulated-gelatinous-human-torso killers choosese Cold Steel knives!
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bambam67
334
Nov 28, 2019
Narqhey now i have one of those...and the trees in my yard are scared acornless of me.
reswright
3851
Sep 25, 2019
I like that this knife is a big old hunk of VG-10. But I don't know who Cold Steel thinks they're fooling, calling this an outdoorsman's knife, or what the ad copy is on about with 'skinning' and 'breaking bones'. You don't field dress or skin game with a knife this size, especially the latter. I also don't know anyone who hacks through brush with a knife with a six inch blade. This is just another one of their stabbity specials.
As for breaking bones... like.... wtf, like if you're being attacked by assailants in the middle of the woods? Is this the Outdoorsman or the Debt Collector? You don't even break bones when you're field dressing and butchering game, if you have to you sever at the joints. So I dunno what all you're getting up to out in the woods but it might need dialed back a tad.
I could go on.
My conclusion is that this is another fighting tanto and that like everything else Cold Steel makes, it's designed for personal, life or death combat against a ninja horde that is ambushing us as we try to open our car door, or the like. If you take it out in the woods it'll be of middling value, especially when compared with knives that are more optimized for dressing game, or even general everyday tasks like sawing. My two cents - save it for ninja shankin' and staking vampires.
PNWNative
448
Mar 5, 2021
reswrightI bought a Cold Steel American Lawman at a very good price (it wasn't new but really unused), I will use it to go camping.
After watching youtube videod of what an ideal bushcraft knife should be, I decided that a good hatchet and a knife like the American Lawman will meet my needs, it's not like I am haunted by conspiracy theories where I need to carry a bugout bag with me 24/7.
reswright
3851
Mar 5, 2021
PNWNativeCS makes reliable, strong knives. They also make some ridiculous ones but hell, every time I handle my large Luzon I cackle. It's too big not to laugh when you hold it, let alone opening it. The thing is, they take abuse and the lock stays put. I don't have a Lawman but I hear lots of good things.
+1 on the hatchet. A heavy bushcraft knife can do all sorts of things like feathering a firestick... but a hatchet, let alone an actual axe, will shift far more weight in a survival situation than even a damn good knife will do. I like the White River Firecraft 3.5 and the LT Wright Jessmuk quite a bit tho.
I used to have a bugout bag, mostly because I live in a location that, last I saw, was targeted by a bunch of Russian and Chinese IBCMs. I don't bother anymore unless something's happening, and even then I usually plan to shelter in place. You can't even get out of town on a holiday weekend; if the CBRN shit hit the fan it'd be so much worse. The highways and main roads that head toward less targeted areas would be parking lots packed with desperate idjits. Now my plans are more bug-in than bug-out. I've seen what it's like to die of radiation poisoning and I think I'd rather be vaporized if it comes to that. Quick and merciful compared to having your internal organs bleed out.
bobtheaxolotl
104
May 27, 2019
Cold Steel likes to send angry letters to any knife maker that uses the term "san mai", because they sell knives like this, and inappropriately use the name to describe them. It's a Japanese name for a five hundred year old technique that Cold Steel in no way created, and does not use to make these knives. They have a dubious copyright on the term, and use it to harass custom knife makers who make genuine san mai.
The knife is probably fine. Cold Steel's behavior is not, and I can't give them money when they're misrepresenting the techniques used in their blades, and are being copyright trolls about a term that quite simply doesn't belong to them.
They haven't actually sued anyone for using the term, however, as they know there's so much prior art that their copyright would fold up instantly in any actual court case.
musicmanbb
40
Sep 25, 2019
bobtheaxolotldouchecanoe owners are the worst. This is why I will never own Cold Steel or Will Moon.
ponagathos
512
Sep 25, 2019
Companies do it all the time. Especially tech companies. I hate when companies try to trademark common words or phrases or a process that is simple and obvious, like Amazon with one click ordering.
DSH007
Oct 17, 2019
CrunchmeisterHaha, turning? It's been a joke since just before they dropped the "Mass"..
PaLee
95
Apr 15, 2019
Very interesting.
Is this a 2019 offering?
I have the old OUTDOORSMAN in the SanMai III steel
Curious to hear from those more knowledgeable.
Axeguy
1372
Aug 23, 2019
I heard they chose VG1 for toughness more than anything else. That was when they were making the 'san mai III Kukri', of which I am sad to say I sold and miss dearly, as you never know when you might need to punch-cleave cattle skulls like in their video…
seedeevee
97
Sep 25, 2019
I can't seem to see where these are made . . . are they made in Cold Steel, Ohio or is this just another non-US manufacturer that Drop is hiding the provenance of?
reswright
3851
Sep 26, 2019
I mean, if I were their attorney, I'd be like 'dude, maybe before we start suing people we should take down all those videos we have promoting voluntary manslaughter and criminal damage because judges and juries kinda don't always groove to that shit'
but the thing is, I would not be their attorney. I like well made stuff and Cold Steel generally is well made, so I give some slack. But you get the sense that these guys have decided that their main market consists of people who get excited at the thought of having the chance to kill an intruder. Being their attorney has gotta be like being the PR guy for George Zimmerman.
Besides I get that trademark law is use it or lose it and companies have to have lawyers protecting them, but the whole 'San Mai' trademark thing is impossible to respect.
Narq
914
Oct 17, 2019
Surely that sheath was not made for that knife. Please tell me that picture of the sheath is an error.
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MCStrider
5
Jun 26, 2019
Finally received my Outdoorsman and I have to say that it's the nicest Cold Steel blade I own now. The edged portion of the spine is quite sharp in case anyone was wondering.
My only gripe is it's fit in the securex sheath, too much play. It is noisy especially when compared to my Recon Tanto and Kobun.
I think a leather sheath would do it justice.
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bambam67
334
Aug 22, 2019
MCStriderits because the sheath wasn't designed for the outdoorsman..it was designed for the tanto. cold steel cut corners to save on design and manufacturing.. get a nice custom leather sheath or order the leather one from cold steel if they still carry them
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