Cold Steel EDC knife

3ofusnow · 10-06-2011, 08:03 PM

All right guys, I would really love to get my husband a Cold Steel knife for Christmas. We have a catalog, but I really don't know what to get. This will be his EDC (every day carry) pocket knife. It's got to be under $100 though.

oldsarge · 10-07-2011, 05:37 AM

I like the Cold Steel "El Hombre" in a plain blade, no serrations. It's a great personal defense weapon. The blade has a compound curve to it which increases the cutting power on strikes.

3ofusnow · 10-12-2011, 01:36 PM

Thanks OldSarge! I will look at this one. I got them to send me a catolog so hopefully he will comment on something and I can suprise him with it for Christmas.

Grandpa · 10-12-2011, 06:45 PM

I don't mind a serrated knife, but I hate a mix on one blade.

oldsarge · 10-12-2011, 09:27 PM

I found some good buys on Cold Steel knives eBay.

SweetSassyLady · 10-12-2011, 09:32 PM

Hmmm, I don't know why I didn't think of this as a present for my hubby. He would probably like something like that too. I'll have to go check them out and see what's available. He would love it!

wvbreamfisherman · 10-15-2011, 02:42 PM

Not a big fan of serrated knives as they are a royal PITA to sharpen (at least for me they are). They have their uses though.

oldsarge · 10-15-2011, 06:15 PM

My first El Hombre was serrated. Worked fine when it was sharp, but like the last post stated, a real PITA to sharpen. I went to a plain blade and have been a happy camper ever since!

Pathfinder1 · 11-05-2011, 07:13 PM

I usually don't trek very far,
when all around me black bears are.

Hi...

I also don't have much use for serrations on the sharp edge. If nothing else, it makes it difficult to make a feather stick for your campfire.

An unserrated blade will also do a fine job of cutting cordage as long as it is kept SHARP.

On knives with serrated edges, I wouldn't bother trying to sharpen the indents,
as the indents aren't what do the cutting...it is the TEETH that do the cutting. All you have to do is keep the teeth sharp.

I generally sharpen my knives with a flat file if they're really dull, and follow up with a butcher's steel, if necessary. Some others prefer a sharpening stone though, which also works good.

Many times I've been told that you can't sharpen some blades with a file...yet I would get the blade of a wood chisel or woodworking plane razor sharp with only a flat file.

The only thing I could never make a sharp knife-edge on with a sharpening stone was the blade on a sythe. Maybe the old farmers could do it, but I never could.

Regarding using a fiat file to sharpen knives...this does NOT apply to kitchen knives.

**CozInCowtown** · 11-06-2011, 11:54 PM

Small enough to carry in pocket comfortably or he wont carry it for very long.
Big enough to be useful.
K.I.S.S.
DC