Katalog COLD STEEL 2009, do posegregowania

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P
ERFORMANCE
Good looks are important, in knives as much as in life! Perfect
its, clean lines, precise grinds and beautiful polishes all add value
and satisfaction when you buy a knife. Often, the true beauty of a
knife only becomes apparent when the knife is used!
At Cold Steel,® we believe that all of our knives must perform. We
insist all of our knives deliver extraordinary performance for their
asking price — “they must deliver their money’s worth”.
In order to achieve this goal, we are vitally interested in all
the elements that are critical to performance. When it comes to
the blade, these include proile, thickness, blade geometry, edge
geometry, steel and heat treatment. Every one of these factors is
studied in minute detail to arrive at the optimum combination for
a speciic use. If the knife is a folder, we concentrate on the lock-
ing mechanism to ensure the strongest, safest construction. For
handles, we strive to develop the perfect mix of materials and ergo-
nomics to offer the most comfortable secure grip available. Above
all, we TEST what we make! Rigorous testing is the only way to
ensure we get the level of performance we demand.
H
EAT
T
REATMENT
F
EATURED
ON
THE
C
OVER
VG-1
When considering a new material for
a performance upgrade for the Cold
Steel® Tanto, we tested seven differ-
ent grades of steel including Shiro 2,
V-SP-2, 10A, 440C, VG-10, ATS 34,
and VG-1. Physical testing for sharp-
ness, edge retention, point strength,
shock, and ultimate blade strength
showed that while many of the steels
had increased performance in one or
two testing categories, only one, VG-1,
showed the greatest performance in-
creases in the most critical categories.
With an outstanding ability to retain
an edge and proven strength in point
and blade tests, VG-1 will provide
Cold Steel® customers with superior
performance previously unavailable in
a stainless steel blade.
4116 K
RUPP
S
TAINLESS
4116 is a ine grained, stainless
steel made by ThyssenKrupp in
Germany and is used for hygienic
applications (medical devices and the
pharmaceutical industry) and food
processing which make it a superb
material for kitchen cutlery. The bal-
ance of carbon and chromium content
give it a high degree of corrosion re-
sistance and also impressive physical
characteristics of strength and edge
holding. Edge retention in actual cut-
ting tests exceeded blades made of the
420 and 440 series of stainless steels.
Other alloying elements contribute to
grain reinement which increase blade
strength and edge toughness and also
allow for a iner, sharper edge.
AUS 8A
S
TAINLESS
The words “stainless steel” are
misleading, because, in fact, all steel
will stain or show discoloration if left
in adverse conditions for a suficient
time. Steel is made “stainless” by
adding Chromium and reducing its
Carbon content during the smelt-
ing process. There is a serious
performance trade-off with stainless
steel. As the Chromium increases
and the Carbon decreases, the steel
becomes more “stainless”. But, it
also becomes more and more dificult
to sharpen, and the edge-holding po-
tential is seriously impaired. This is
usually why most stainless knives are
rarely razor-sharp and quickly lose
what little edge they have.
In contrast, at Cold Steel® we use
AUS 8A Stainless, a high carbon,
low chromium steel that has proven
itself to be the ultimate compromise
between toughness and strength, edge
holding, and resistance to corrosion.
S
AN
M
AI
III
®
San Mai III® means “three layers”.
We use it to describe our specially con-
structed, laminated blades. Laminated
construction is important because it al-
lows different grades of steel to be com-
bined in a single blade. A simple way to
think of this type of construction is to
imagine a sandwich: The meat center is
hard, high carbon steel and the pieces of
bread on either side are the lower-car-
bon, tough side panels. The edge of the
blade should be hard to maximize edge
holding ability, but if the entire blade
was hard it could be damaged during the
rigors of battle. For ultimate toughness
the body of the blade must be able to
withstand impact and lateral stresses.
Toughness is generally associated with
“softness” and “lexibility” in steel,
so that, surprisingly, if a blade is made
“tough” the edge won’t be hard enough
to offer superior edge holding. San Mai
III® provides a blade with hard (higher
carbon) steel in the middle for a keen,
long lasting edge and tougher (lower-car-
bon) steel along the sides for lexibility.
R
AJAH
I
(#62K)
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The Rajah I is truly a custom
quality knife. Its handle frame and
integral bolsters are CNC machined
from a 7075 Aluminum billet to
secure the black G-10 handle
scales. And it’s built tough enough
to endure countless hours of hard,
brutal work.
S
ERIES
The Kukri’s (see page 24) best attributes
and enormous potential as a weapon and a
tool have been well documented in our DVD’s.
We’ve made different variations of the Kukri
over the years, some with longer blades, and
some with shorter, but never, until now, have
we had a version you could carry in your
pocket as a folder.
The Rajah folders, designed by Andrew
Demko, are big enough to approximate the
feel and heft a ixed blade Kukri. Their broad,
downward curved blades exhibit the best of
a Kukri’s characteristics. First, their unique
shape presents their thin, hollow ground edges
at just the right angle so they naturally bite
deep instead of bouncing or skidding off. And
secondly their points are thick, wide and sharp
enough to pierce even the toughest targets.
The handle has some of the contours of ixed
blade Kukri’s with the addition of strategi-
cally placed curves and inger grooves. These
features will facilitate 3 grip styles. One - very
close to the cutting edge where you can really
choke up on the handle for ine or delicate
work. Two – by the middle for ordinary chores.
And three – near the end or butt where you will
have the most leverage and weight forward bal-
ance for heavy cutting or chopping and where
you will receive maximum reach advantage.
Carry the Rajah as you would any folder,
using the clip to attach it to any reasonably
sized pocket or clip it in your waistband. In
an emergency all you have to do is grab it and
open it in the conventional manner or snag its
unique thumb plate on the edge of a pocket
and snap it open.
The only suitable lock that can sustain the
incredible impact forces generated by chopping
strokes with a Rajah folder is our new Tri-Ad™
lock (see page 4). Designed speciically to take
pressure off the smaller, more fragile interlock-
ing surfaces of a rocker lock and transfer them
to a uniquely positioned stop pin that will
absorb and distribute these forces through the
handle frame.
S
EE
THE
EVIDENCE
FOR
YOURSELF
!
G
ET
OUR
FREE
DVD’
S
“S
OLID
P
ROOF
”
AND
“G
RAPHIC
S
WORD
P
ROOF
”
1055 C
ARBON
1055 steel is right on the border be-
tween a medium and a high carbon steel,
with a carbon content between 0.50%-
0.60% and with manganese between
0.60%-0.90% as the only other compo-
nent. The carbon content and lean alloy
make this a shallow hardening steel with
a quenched hardness between Rc 60-64
depending on exact carbon content.
These combination of factors make
this one of the toughest steels available
because, when quenched, it produces a
near saturated lathe martensite with no
excess carbides, avoiding the brittleness
of higher carbon materials. This steel is
particularly suited to applications where
strength and impact resistance is valued
above all other considerations and will
produce blades of almost legendary
toughness.
R
AJAH
II
(#62KG)
The Rajah II is a more
economical version of
the Rajah I (at less than
half the price). It has a
Grivory injection molded
handle and steel liners for
added strength.
T
HE
R
AJAH
I
HOLDS
400
LBS
!
M
OST
OF
THE
TESTS
SHOWN
ON
THESE
PAGES
AND
IN
OUR
“SOLID PROOF”
AND
“GRAPHIC
SWORD PROOF” DVD’
S
ARE
DANGEROUS
AND
SHOULD
NOT
BE
DUPLICATED
. ANY
KNIFE
CAN
BE
BROKEN
OR
DAMAGED
IF
SUBJECTED
TO
SUFFICIENT
ABUSE
. T
HESE
DESTRUCTIVE
TESTS
CONSTITUTE
GROSS ABUSE
OF
A
KNIFE
. D
UPLICATING
THESE
TESTS
OR
ALTERING
YOUR
KNIFE
WILL
VOID
YOUR
WARRANTY
. T
HE
WARRANTY
COVERS
DEFECTS
IN
MATERIALS
AND
/
OR
WORKMANSHIP
. I
T
DOES
NOT
COVER
ABUSE
OR
THE
EFFECTS
OF
NORMAL
WEAR
AND
TEAR
.
D
O
NOT
USE
YOUR
KNIFE
AS
A
PRY
BAR
,
AXE
,
CHISEL
,
SCREWDRIVER
,
OR
SAW
. K
EEP
IN
MIND
THAT
OUR
SERRATED
KNIVES
ARE
DESIGNED
TO
CUT
FIBROUS
MATERIALS
LIKE
ROPE
AND
THAT
HARD
MATERIAL
,
LIKE
BONE
,
WIRE
,
AND
METAL
MAY
DAMAGE
THEIR
EDGE
.
SK-5 H
IGH
C
ARBON
SK-5 is the Japanese equivalent of
American 1080, a high carbon steel with
carbon between 0.75%-0.85% and 0.60%-
0.90% manganese. As quenched, it has a
hardness near Rc 65 and produces a
mixture of carbon rich martensite with
some small un-dissolved carbides. The
excess carbide increases abrasion resis-
tance and allows the steel to achieve an
ideal balance of very good blade tough-
ness with superior edge holding ability.
Due to these characteristics, this grade
of steel has been used traditionally for
making a variety of hand tools, including
chisels and woodcutting saws, and has
stood the test of time and use over many
years in many countries.
W
ARRANTY
We stand behind our knives 100%. We subject them to the
highest standards in the industry and strive to make each one as
perfect as possible. Our ixed blade sheath knives have a ive year
warranty to the original owner against defects in materials or
workmanship. Our folding knives are warranted for one year.
S
PECIFICATIONS
:
R
AJAH
I R
AJAH
II
B
LADE
: 6" 6"
O
VERALL
: 14" 14"
W
EIGHT
: 13
OZ
. 13.4
OZ
.
T
HICK
: 5.5
MM
5.3
MM
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™
I
2
3
S
TEEL
AND
R
AJAH
™
N
EGATIVE
PRESSURES
ON
THE
LOCK
ARE
TRANSFERRED
TO
THE
ROCKER
LOCK
,
PUSHING
IT
FORWARD
INTO
THE
BLADE
TANG
. T
HE
STOP
PIN
EFFECTIVELY
ABSORBS
MOST
OF
THIS
FORCE
AND
RE
-
DISTRIBUTES
IT
INTO
THE
FRAME
AND
LINERS
.
S
ERIES
In the late 1500’s a new breed of men sprang from
the impoverished soil of the Extremadura region of
northwestern Spain and sailed to the New World to seek
their fame and fortune. Small in number and armed
with little more than the cloaks on their backs and an
Espada (sword) in their belts, they cut a bloody path
through impossible odds to emerge as Conquistadors of
everlasting fame and glory.
Today the opportunity to explore many new worlds
and conquer entire nations at the point of a sword has
faded but riches, fame and glory are still to be won
and available to the “well armed” in great abundance.
Carve out your share with the folding sword of the fu-
ture we call the Espada.
Available in three sizes to suit the bold, the bolder
and the boldest, the Espada was designed by custom
knife maker Andrew Demko and Cold Steel President
Lynn C. Thompson. Their goal was to harness old world
craftsmanship with new world advancements in me-
chanics and materials to create a new series of tactical
folders for today’s Conquistadors.
Like the swords of old the Espada’s are not for the
weak, timid, faint of heart or those desiring another
spring assisted play toy. Just pick one up and you’ll
see what we mean! Deinitely not politically correct,
they are huge yet surprisingly well balanced and feature
dramatically upswept clip point blades that are ideal
for cutting, slashing and piercing. Made from vacuum
heat-treated and sub-zero quenched Japanese 8A stain-
less steel and hollow ground to a thin, razor sharp edge,
they will cleave through just about any obstacle or
target in their path.
To make your hand the real master of these awe-
some blades we have paired them with state of the art
pistol grip handles. Strongly curved and equipped with
multiple inger grooves and even a sub-hilt in the two
larger models, they work perfectly in either a forward or
reverse grip while offering unprecedented retention and
reach through multiple grip extension options.
To minimize overall weight and maximize strength
and rigidity, we have CNC machined the frames and
integral bolsters of the Espada’s handles from 7075
Aluminum billets. While quite costly, this material ri-
vals even Titanium in strength and can endure years of
the hardest abuse. Finally to make the handle as beauti-
ful as it is effective and strong, we have mirror polished
the dovetailed bolsters and attached glossy black G-10
handle scales using the latest high tech fasteners.
We don’t believe any tactical folder can make a credi-
ble claim to being a “pocket sword” without possessing
an incredibly strong and reliable lock and the Espada’s
are no exception. That’s why we have equipped each
model with our new multi-patented Tri-Ad™lock. De-
signed by Andrew Demko, the Tri-Ad is unsurpassed
in resisting positive pressure from the edge (cutting,
slashing and chopping), negative pressure from the
point (piercing, digging and chiseling), and impact
pressure (whacks on the back of the spine of the blade)
by diverting these forces irst to its unique stop pin and
then throughout the entire handle frame.
At irst thought, carrying a “pocket sword” as big
and heavy as the Espada may seem impractical. How-
ever, after much experimentation, we have found this
is not the case. Even the biggest model can be carried
discreetly and unobtrusively in the front pocket of most
pants and when clipped to the waistband and covered
by a “bloused” shirt or sweater they totally disappear.
Then in an emergency they can be drawn and opened in
a single motion by snagging the patented thumb plate
on the edge of a pocket.
Undoubtedly, Cold
Steel makes the safest,
strongest, rocker-lock
folders on the planet.
It’s one of many qualities
that separates Cold Steel
from our competitors.
Our latest improve-
ment is our patent-
pending Tri-Ad™ lock.
Andrew Demko is the
originator of the Tri-
Ad’s™ novel locking mechanism. It’s a successor to
a patented lock design originally created by the very
talented John PerMar.
T
HE
“S
TOP
P
IN
”...
The cornerstone of the Tri-Ad’s™ strength, among
other subtle reinements, is the inclusion of a new
“stop pin” which re-distributes the load of vertical
positive and negative pressures on the lock.
The stop pin receives all positive pressure (pres-
sure on the cutting edge) and transfers it into the
handle frame and liners where it can be more ef-
fectively absorbed.
Negative pressures on the lock produced, for ex-
ample, by prying, digging, piercing or even abusive
spine whacks are redistributed because the stop pin
receives the forward pressure from the rocker and
transfers it into the liners protecting the rocker and
its pivot from failing.
S
ELF
A
DJUSTING
...
Finally, outside of keeping the lock free from the
buildup of pocket lint in the mechanism, the Tri-Ad
lock requires very little maintenance. It’s designed
to be self adjusting, in the sense that, over time as
parts begin to wear, the Tri-Ad’s™ design will allow
it to adapt so the locking bar always wedges deeper
in the lock channel between the stop pin and the
shoulder of the precision cut tang notch. This fea-
ture allows for a very safe and secure lock-up.
P
OSITIVE
PRESSURE
—
PRESSURE
ON
THE
CUTTING
EDGE
—
IS
TRANSFERRED
FROM
THE
STOP
PIN
INTO
THE
HANDLE
FRAME
AND
LINERS
WHERE
IT
CAN
BE
MORE
EFFECTIVELY
ABSORBED
.
A
NDREW
D
EMKO
T
HE
BLADE
IS
SHOULDERED
AROUND
THE
STOP
PIN
FOR
INCREASED
RESISTANCE
TO
WEAR
AND
TEAR
.
T
HE
STOP
PIN
BUFFERS
AGAINST
,
AND
REDISTRIBUTES
THE
FORCE
PRESSURE
FROM
THE
BLADE
.
L
ARGE
E
SPADA
™
(#62NL)
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HE
FULL
SURFACE
OF
THE
LOCK
AND
BLADE
TANG
MATE
FLUSH
TOGETHER
.
T
HE
SLIGHTLY
ANGLED
LOCK
TENDS
TO
FORCE
THE
LOCK
INWARDS
UNDER
PRESSURE
INSTEAD
OF
OUTWARD
.
S
PECIFICATIONS
:
E
SPADA
™ E
SPADA
™ E
SPADA
™
(M
EDIUM
) (L
ARGE
) (E
XTRA
L
ARGE
)
B
LADE
: 3 1/2" 5 1/2" 7 1/2"
O
VERALL
: 8 1/2" 12 1/4" 16 3/4"
T
HICK
: 4
MM
4
MM
4
MM
W
EIGHT
: 5.4
OZ
. 9.8
OZ
. 15
OZ
.
S
TEEL
: A
LL
MODELS
FEATURE
J
APANESE
AUS 8A
STAINLESS
BLADES
E
XTRA
L
ARGE
E
SPADA
™
(#62NX)
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E
XTRA
SPACE
IS
PROVIDED
TO
ALLOW
THE
ROCKER
TO
FALL
DEEPER
INTO
THE
NOTCH
OVER
TIME
IN
RESPONSE
TO
NORMAL
WEAR
AND
TEAR
.
M
EDIUM
E
SPADA
™
(#62NM)
T
HE
ROCKER
LOCK
PIN
HOLE
IS
MADE
WITH
EXTRA
SPACE
ON
EITHER
SIDE
TO
ALLOW
FOR
SELF
ADJUSTMENT
.
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™
4
5
E
SPADA
™
S
PARTAN
™
(#21S)
S
PARTAN
™
S
PECIFICATIONS
:
B
LADE
: 4 1/2"
O
VERALL
: 10 1/2"
W
EIGHT
: 7.5
OZ
.
T
HICK
: 4
MM
J
APANESE
AUS 8A S
TAINLESS
B
LADE
S
ERIES
Our Ti-Lite® tactical folders evoke the
sleek speed and rebellious lines of the clas-
sic 1950’s-styled switchblade. Unlike most
switchblades however, they are legal to carry
nearly everywhere.
They feature Japanese made AUS 8A stain-
less steel blades with a bead blast inish,
razor sharp edges and sturdy, needle sharp
points. The CNC milled handles are forged
from super tough 7075 Aluminum billets
and are given an attractive bead blast surface
and inished with a protective EDP (Electric
Discharge Plating) coating. And for maximum
strength and safety, we have equipped our
Ti-Lites® with our patent pending, stainless
steel leaf spring locks (proven, in our tests,
to hold 130 lbs).
For ease of carry, the Ti-Lites® come
equipped with a small, but unobtrusive steel
pocket clip, and can be opened rapidly by us-
ing the thumb studs or by
snagging a quillion on the
edge of your pocket as you
draw your knife out.
We are grateful to cus-
tom knife maker, Phil
Boguszewski, for his design
inluence and help in the
creation of the Ti-Lites.®
S
PECIFICATIONS
:
T
I
-L
ITE
4" 6"
B
LADE
B
LADE
S
PECIFICATIONS
:
Z
YTEL
®
4" 6"
M
ODELS
B
LADE
B
LADE
B
LADE
: 4" 6"
O
VERALL
: 8 3/4" 13"
T
HICK
: 3
MM
4
MM
W
EIGHT
: 4.6
OZ
. 9
OZ
.
S
TEEL
: J
APANESE
AUS 8A S
TAINLESS
B
LADE
: 4" 6"
O
VERALL
: 8 3/4" 13"
T
HICK
: 3
MM
4
MM
W
EIGHT
: 3.5
OZ
. 6.8
OZ
.
S
TEEL
: J
APANESE
AUS 8A S
TAINLESS
4" Z
YTEL
®
T
I
-L
ITE
®
(#26SP)
The word Spartan conjures
up the vivid history of the
battle of Thermopylae, a story
of enormous courage in the face
of devastating odds. The Spartans
were a tough breed, trained from
childhood in the art of war and in-
ured to most privations, both mental
and physical. Engaging them at close
quarters was something to be feared
and avoided, as their famous Kopis
swords struck off arms and legs like a
scythe in a wheat ield!
Designed by Andrew Demko, the Cold
Steel Spartan
™
is a folding Kopis scaled
down to accommodate the demands of a tamer,
more sophisticated world. The 4" blade evokes the classic
Kopis of the ancients with its characteristic recurved edge, big
belly and sharp, acute point. It’s hollow ground from Japanese
AUS 8A stainless and has some similarities with a Kukri. Like
the Kukri, the Spartan
™
always presents its edge at an angle
to the material being cut to produce a deep sheering effect.
However, since its point is narrower and more acute than most
Kukri blades, it stabs almost as well as it cuts.
The Spartan
™
also echoes the ancient Kopis in its handle. It’s
designed to help the hand resist the pull of centrifugal force
and to retard forward momentum, when stabbing, or backward
movement, when hammering or smashing with its pommel.
Injection molded out of Grivory with
steel liners for strength, it’s heavily
contoured for comfort and features ir-
regular luting and a heavily textured
surface inish for an exceptionally ef-
fective grip.
The Spartan
™
has dual pocket clips to
assure ambidextrous carry and for quick
draw opening, it features a thumb plate
that can be used to open the knife like
a conventional “one handed opener”
or be snagged on the edge of a pocket
during the draw stroke and opened au-
tomatically. Additionally, the Spartan
™
incorporates our Tri-Ad
™
locking mech-
anism (see page 4), which has proven,
under torture testing to be almost
impervious to stress, strain and shock.
It’s almost impossible to overcome and
offers a huge margin of safety not found
in our competitor’s folders.
P
HIL
B
OGUSZEWSKI
Z
YTEL
®
4" T
I
-L
ITE
®
(#26AST)
T
I
-L
ITES
®
We know that many of our customers love
the look of our Ti-Lites® but ind the prices
a little steep. This is the reason we decided
to create some affordable alternatives. The
Zytel® Ti-Lites® mimic the look of their
more expensive counterparts almost exactly.
Instead of 7075 Aluminum, we used 43% glass
illed Zytel® for the handles. The results are
extraordinarily lightweight knives that are
remarkably strong, sharp and good looking,
at a price almost everyone can afford.
6" T
I
-L
ITE
®
(#26ASTX)
6" Z
YTEL
®
T
I
-L
ITE
®
(#26SXP)
6
7
T
I
-L
ITE
®
B
LACK
R
OCK
H
UNTER
Knife manufacturers generally try to build a modicum of safety into the knives they create. A
folding knife’s sharp edge should fold into its handle for example, or a ixed blade will come with
some kind of sheath to house it. Cold Steel obviously takes this task more seriously than most of
our competitors.
Accidents do, however, happen. A folding knife can accidentally open in the pocket. Or an unse-
cured ixed blade can fall out of its sheath. This is especially true for outdoor enthusiasts who tra-
verse uneven, sometimes wet, terrain where they might trip and compound their injuries because
the knife they wore came loose or opened at an inopportune time.
Our Black Rock Hunter has been speciically designed to address this problem. It stays irmly
closed until it’s needed and then locks rigidly open while in use. Its twin Grivory handles feature
two integral springs (similar to a conventional slip joint folder) that are designed to rotate 180 de-
grees around the blade’s unique split tang and use strong opposing spring tension to lock the blade
open or hold it irmly closed. When carried in the closed position the channel cut into the inside
of each handle totally encapsulates the blade and holds it in place by a substantially strong spring
tension. To open the knife, both handles have to be rotated 180 degrees to assume a new position
on the tang where the springs can once again supply opposing tension and lock the knife open.
The advantages are threefold. First, due to the considerable spring tension holding the handles
closed, it’s very unlikely the knife will ever open inadvertently in your pocket or even “pop open”
if dropped violently on the ground.
Second, the Black Rock Hunter requires the use of both hands to open it. It is not a butterly
knife, gravity knife, lick knife or switchblade. It can’t be opened by a wrist snap, or any single-
handed opening technique. It offers a signiicant margin of safety and, because of the way it’s
opened, it’s legal to possess in most countries, states or jurisdictions that unreasonably ban the sale
of even the most innocent one-handed openers.
Third, and most importantly, the Black Rock Hunter offers a simple, fool proof, maintenance free
lock that’s virtually impossible to overcome. Positive pressure on the lock from cutting and chop-
ping strokes and negative pressure from sticking, digging or prying is absorbed equally as well by
super strong opposing spring tension.
B
USHMAN
®
The Bushman
®
(see page 74) has been a
mainstay of the Cold Steel line for more than a
decade now. It’s an economically simple design,
with winning features like strength, versatility,
and an affordable price. It’s practically perfect!
So, rather than upstage the Bushman, we’ve
created a complement to it, a version small
enough to carry with you everywhere you go.
The Pocket Bushman.
While it’s physically impossible for any fold-
ing knife to ever match the strength and rigid-
ity of a ixed blade, we believe our Pocket Bush-
man, with its new patent pending lock, is close
to hitting the mark. The blade is long and wide
with a short, sharp, clip point for usefulness
and versatility. And it’s hollow ground from top
to bottom with just enough belly to be useful
for all sorts of tasks.
For the handle, we used the mono block con-
struction method famously used in the French
Douk Douk line of knives. There are several
advantages to using the mono block. It’s simple
to mass-produce, and, since there are no liners,
handle scales or back spacers, the end result
is quite affordable. A single sheet of stainless
steel is folded in half to form a housing for the
closed blade, as well as supplying the enormous
strength and rigidity required to compliment
our Ram Safe
™
lock.
Andrew Demko designed the Ram Safe™
lock to work in tandem
with the mono block
handle. It features
a unique, self ad-
justing ram that
moves forward as
the knife is opened
and wedges itself
tightly between the
tang cut away we
call the “shelf” and
the “U” shaped “roof” of the
handle. It’s powered by a strong compression
spring that urges the ram forward and makes
for an incredibly strong lock up. Positive pres-
sure on the lock generated by heavy cutting or
chopping strokes is distributed through the
blade, then the blade tang shoulder and inally
directly into the mono block handle that acts
like a giant unbreakable stop pin. Negative
pressure from sticking, digging or prying with
the point is directed in a different direction
through the blade to the blade tang shelf and
then to the ram which is squeezed between the
shelf and the “U” shaped roof of the handle.
Negative pressure easily defeats the vast major-
ity of lock mechanisms. The only way the Ram
Safe™ lock can be overcome is if the blade
breaks or if the pivot pin is sheared off. Two
situations that are highly improbable.
R
AM
S
AFE
™
L
OCK
B
LACK
R
HINO
Everybody’s familiar with those well-respected, big, slip-joint hunt-
ing knives. Usually, they have wide, clip point blades and curved
handles and have been made in the U.S. by various makers ceaselessly
for the past 70 years.
Cold Steel’s offering in this arena, our new Black Rhino, doesn’t
re-interpret the established classic lines, but instead provides some
clever twists in terms of materials, performance and especially in the
locking mechanism.
The makeover began with the blade by making it wider. This al-
lowed us to increase the deeply hollow ground blade bevel to over 1”
in height so we can guarantee deep, effortless penetration through
just about any medium that’s vulnerable to steel.
We gave the ”heave-ho” to the time-honored slip joint mechanism
found in older classic knives and opted to give our Black Rhino a huge
upgrade in the inger protection department and install our latest Tri-
Ad™ lock (see page 4). You see, a traditional slip joint lock in this
kind of folder is suitable for light work, but it never really locks the
blade rigidly in place.
The traditional brass frame and nickel silver bolsters were jet-
tisoned and were replaced with an extraordinarily tough 7075
aluminum frame and integral mirror polished bolsters. The bolsters
are dovetailed and itted with the attractively polished, black G-10
handle scales, secured by high tech fasteners. Finally, to make it
easy to carry and access at all times, we have added a mirror
polished pocket clip and double thumb stud on the blade.
The Black Rhino is truly a modern classic.
The Ram Safe™
Lock’s relatively
simple construction
consists of three main
parts: The folded steel
frame, the Ram Safe
™
locking bar, and the blade.
The ram lock is simply a steel
bar that moves forward and back
under spring tension. A strong com-
pression spring drives the ram forward
at all times. This froward action is what
keeps the blade closed when folded and
locked opened when in use.
When opened, the ram wedges itself
between the blade tang shelf and
the folded steel frame. This lock up
is unique in that the ram, although
locking the blade, is not really able to
break or shear because it is compressed
between the folded frame and the blade
tang shelf. In the case of ram or blade
shelf deformation under extreme abuse,
the angled ram is self adjusting always
being pushed forward past all deforma-
tions, creating a new solid lock up.
P
OCKET
B
USHMAN
®
(#95FB)
B
LACK
R
HINO
(#62RR)
S
PECIFICATIONS
:
B
LADE
: 4 1/4"
O
VERALL
: 9 3/4"
T
HICK
: 4
MM
W
EIGHT
: 5.4
OZ
.
S
TEEL
: J
APANESE
AUS 8A
S
TAINLESS
B
LACK
R
OCK
H
UNTER
(#24SJP)
S
PECIFICATIONS
:
B
LADE
: 4 1/2"
H
ANDLE
: 5 3/4" L
ONG
.
420 S
ERIES
S
TAINLESS
W
/ B
EAD
B
LAST
F
INISH
O
VERALL
: 10 1/4"
T
HICK
: 3.5
MM
W
EIGHT
: 6.1
OZ
.
S
TEEL
: K
RUPP
4116
S
TAINLESS
B
LADE
S
PECIFICATIONS
:
B
LADE
: 4"
H
ANDLE
: 4 3/4"
O
VERALL
: 8 3/4"
T
HICK
: 3.5
MM
W
EIGHT
: 3.9
OZ
.
S
TEEL
: J
APANESE
AUS 8A
S
TAINLESS
8
9
P
OCKET
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