That's actually the knife I have in two different of my go bags, and strapped on my chest rig. Three total, it's an awesome thrower, and as long as Cold Steel crossed their T's and dotted their I's in production, it's a good, strong knife. I did sharpen the back end of that Tonto. I found it to be the perfect all-around utility survival knife to put in my go bags because of price and durability and multifunction use
I have had one of these for years. I don’t use it often as it is a back up l knife. It isn’t a KABAR , Becker or Ontario. It is a decent blade. If I were in a situation, I would feel comfortable with his knife. There are torture test on RU-vid where this knife held up well.
I got one years ago put in the backpack and put it in truck. In a backpack, for back up. Now let me say welcome to the Grandpa Club. My daughter had her baby last September he's 5 months old. And you will find so much joy in having a grandson. Well anyway till he starts cutting teeth. Then they get a little fretful. You'll really enjoy it. Congratulations
I have two of these. The knife is fantastic and very customizable. I really like the sheath and the lash points. I attached a Milspec bag to the sheath and it carries an Altoids tin survival kit and a back up folder. People don't want to spend a lot of money but want a great knife. This is one of those knives. You won't be sorry with this on your belt. Love the Aerodynamics Test portion of the video.
Honestly my favourite knife. Had mine for over 15 years. Rounded out the top quillon and rounded out the finger choil. And squared up the false edge for batoning. Bought a second one and tried to destroy it with bad bushcraft...couldn't. I think this is the best knife for outdoors, FULL STOP.
The earlier model had a paracord wrapped handle. I would have preferred that one. The plastic handle is slippery when wet, and thus potentially hazardous. You might wrap this on with tennis racket tape.
That looks like a user friendly knife, and for the price, a no-brainer. I don't chop with a knife except for small limb clearing. For the people who are anti-batoning, simply refer batoning as "assisted carving". LOL Thanks bryan for all the great info you bring to us. $23 is such a great buy.
I have one of these. I put a ranger band on the handle so now it has a great grip. I had someone cut off the upper guard so now I can grip it far closer to the blade if I need to. Also sharpened the upper portion of the tanto. Now an EXCELLENT knife! Good review Bryan.
I bought 2, customized 1 strider style, removed handle, stripped coating, camo mustard patina, and paracord wrapped handle. Looks great! The second one I just stippled the handle scaled with a harbor freight soldering iron, it’s a very easy material to stipple.
Great knife and great review, as always. I have 2, one of which I've had for years. One is my backup knife in my bushcraft bag and the other is a stored backup. congratulations on the new grandbaby.
Good little knife. And I did sharpen that swedge and, sharpened up the rest of it to near light saber sharp! For the price, you can't beat it. Great video...
Not a bad, very budget friendly, outdoor/ survival knife, it always accompanies me to the woods. As you demonstrated, it performs well enough at some bushcraft tasks. Not as good as a proper scandi ground knife, obviously, but it ticks a lot of boxes as an all rounder. My only real complaint was how slick the handle scales are. First I tried to overcome this by wrapping the handle, scales and all, in some gutted 550 Paracord, and it helped, but just marginally. Then a buddy of mine suggested using shrink wrap tubing, used for cork fishing pole handles, and it works like a charm! No more worry about the knife slipping out of wet hands!
This is a great knife, I love mine. The sheath has glass fiber so the blade was probably very sharp from the factory but when it was inserted and withdrawn the edge was dulled where it contacted the sheath. That is why the tanto part remained sharp. I make sure the back of the blade is pressed against the sheath when I insert and withdraw mine, so I don’t have to keep sharping it. If you use it for a throwing knife the edge retention won’t matter. The more I use knives the more I like 1095 carbon steel.
Congrats on the grandchild. God bless. I've had two of these tantos in the past I really liked em for the price. My only gripe was edge retention cuz the steel is kinda soft. Very strong tho. I'd like to see it in 1095
One thing some people who purchase this knife is that is a nice chunk of steel, already made into a usable knife, but ... It's like getting a knife blank, that is almost there, and there are a lot of videos of people doing mods on this. It comes in at a great price, and is suitable for a ton of mods. Very sturdy steel to use as is, or mod it out.
The gi tanto I have came fairly dull but it wasn't difficult to put a good edge on it. My oldest son liked mine so I bought him one too and his came fairly sharp. For the price they're hard to beat in my opinion
If I didn't already have decent quality budget knives stashed in every bag, satchel, took kit, vehicle, drawer, cupboard, nook and cranny (mostly Schrade's I picked up from back in the Schrade Saturday era, I still use them all the time, still have not broken one, they have never let me down) I would grab up one of these. As it is... I can't imagine where else I could stash a knife. not even a good one for $25. I don't throw knives so I can't even use that as an excuse. Good review, as always. I do like to at least know what's out there.
I really want to love Schrade's but I have seen way too many failures. The funny part is that all of the failures look the same. They literally snap in half or it looks like the Cookie Monster took a bite out of the blade.
The amount of abuse mine has taken is absurd. Was my first Cold steel 15+yrs ago. It's my most beaten beater hahaha. Used hammers and rocks to pound it through wood, metal, plastic etc. The spine is practically serrated from being beaten on with things you should never beat a knife with. Still ticking, never had an issue
Greetings from N.S Canada & i LOVE Cold Steel Knives !! Id like to make a Friendly Suggestion Sir....please do a review on the Cold Steel Rajah 2 Folder ?? Big Fan of your reviews. 💯🤝👍
Got one with the paracord handle and one of these new ones, prefer the paracord handle one. I just wish I could find the damn thing! It's been stashed somewhere...I'll come across it eventually. I only paid $20 for the one I can't find, slightly more for the newer model. Excellent bargains.
Just signed up for the 99 cent 30 day trial so far not impressed, how many knives that do the same job does a person need? don't get me wrong love what you do, look forward to each week. and have taken/got afew knive rec's from you, but don't see a large saving's from Big Daddy. athough did see a few. just saying/
I have said from the first time I talked about BDU that it really depends on what and how much stuff you buy whether it is a good value. I pay $99 per year and I have consistently saved at least that much every year I have been a member. I may not even buy anything some months but it is still a good deal for me.
BIG THANKS FORM ME . I am waiting this knife review for very long time . I think this will be best choice jack of all type for Get Home / survival bag setup, Good entry point for new knife world . For 23 $ its good start.
That edge loss Brian is a function of that horrendous Securex "holder" , I can't bring myself to call it a sheath😂 Could it be? YES. If a man put a decent rubber welt in there, somebody could fix em or make one, but hey, I knew this thing was gonna be right up your alley. Their old machetes, and spears, the true beater stuff was dad gone good for what you paid
