BastardofYoung

Recently picked up a Cold Steel American Lawman (old version with the AUD-8a steel and Tuff-ex coating) from a local shop for a decent price. I really like this knife, its large without being too large, and can flex into any role you can throw at it. An EDC that I would not be afraid to push hard, the Tri-Ad lock really is amazing, and the quality is pretty good, from that super aggressive G10 to the handy drop point blade with enough belly to slice almost anything. Can use this for many tasks, it is an inexpensive work horse of a knife that will last a long time.

I know Cold Steel gets some flack in the knife community, they are over the top and usually appeal more to the "tactical" crowd with their overbuilt designs and large blades that seem out of an action movie, but the American Lawman is one of their designs I think works and isnt trying to be the biggest and baddest in the pack.



Here it is next to some trainers I got from them recently as well:

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Chula Vista

Latest Score.

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FRED HALE SR.

I'm not much for elaborate knives, but thats certainly some nice work. I only use knives for utility so I opt for Spyderco G-10's half the time. I've bought some cheaper stuff but they never hold up like the blades on Spyderco.

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Chula Vista

Spyderco is good stuff. The blade on that balisong is what's called Damascus steel. I'd never heard of it before and assumed it was done by hand after the fact.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

The Batlord

Wear shoes.

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Cuthbert

Why do you own so many knives? What do you do with them?

Nothing wrong with it btw, I collect stuff too, but it's stuff I can use.

Chula Vista

A couple get used for utility purposes. A couple are for self defense if necessary. All the butterfly knives are for flipping or collecting. If I'm watching television I'll have one in my hand practicing moves and tricks pretty much all of the time unless the dogs are close by.

Here's the latest move I learned.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

kibbeh

when i was a kid we used to have daggers kind of like these around the house mainly just for decoration

The Batlord

The blade looks like it's made out of spraypainted cardboard.

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kibbeh

thats because its a picture of an antique so its really old, bitch