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Cold Steel Knives Kudu Knife with Zytel Handle and Lock Release Ring, Plain
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Cold Steel Knives Kudu Knife with Zytel Handle and Lock Release Ring, Plain
Product Description
In South Africa, an inexpensive ring lock folder is sold everywhere. It s a good design, but it s constructed from sub-standard materials, is poorly made, and is horribly overpriced. And yet, millions of these knives are sold there each year. Well, we thought we could do better, in the quality of materials, cutting performance, and in price.
The Cold Steel Kudu, takes some cues from its South African competition, but our version is vastly superior. Ours has a Krupp 4116 Stainless steel flat ground blade, heat treated to Rc 56-57 for better edge holding ability and ease of re-sharpening, and a thin razor sharp edge.
Specifications:
- Weight: 2.4 oz.
- Thick: 2mm
- Blade: 4 1/4
- Handle: 5 3/4" long. Zytel
- Steel: Krup 4116 Stainless
- Overall: 10
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Cold Steel Knives Kudu Knife with Zytel Handle and Lock Release Ring, Plain
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- Publisher: Cold Steel
- Label: Cold Steel
- Studio: Cold Steel
- Average Customer Review: based on 3 reviews
- Sales Rank in Sporting Goods: #78085
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Super knife for the price 2008-12-10
Comment: I got this knife more for fun than out of intentions to use it seriously. Still, I think this could find use on many occasions for lighter-duty tasks (don't split wood, and it's not a pry bar, but otherwise...). The closure lock is an interesting design, I don't know what it's advantages are, but I don't see any disadvantages to it accept you need two hands to close it (unless you come up with some really special method...). There really isn't anything tactical about this knife; it's also two-handed open (no thumb stud) and doesn't have a pocket clip.
The knife is fairly large/long, more so than I was lead to believe by the pictures. This is probably a plus for usefulness, unless you particularly want a smaller knife.
For the price, it'd be hard to beat for a light-duty folder.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: This is a cheap knife, but it's a GREAT cheap knife 2007-10-10
Comment: You look at this thing and you think "Man, this is a really cheap knife". I mean the handle is plastic, the blade looks too shiny to be real and what's with that ring thing anyway? Then you use it. Wow, that blade cuts nicely!
Now think: Cold Steel is known for some really great knives, but look at the price of some of those knives. I mean, come on, are you really going to use a knife you just spent some serious dead presidents on to cut up worms for fishing? I don't think so. But this knife? No hesitation for such mundane tasks. Slice up some pepperoni or cheese while sitting aound a campfire? No problem. I doubt the blade will slice through the bone on a leg of lamb, but it will probably do a nice job of carving the meat off that bone. What's more, it is up to serious jobs, like slicing through rope or cardboard, just as easliy as through the pepperoni.
Don't get me wrong, this knife is not going to chop through a 2x4 and turn it into kindling. That's the difference between the Kudu and, let's say, the Voyager series. The Kudu's lockback is secure, but it is not built to the same over engineered specifications as some other heftier designs.
My biggest complaint is the handle. It is compfortable to hold, but I wish it were stiffer. What you're buying with this knife is a great knife blade with a cheap handle. Isn't that what you buy a knife for, the buisness end, not the handle?
The Kudu is not going to compare to real high dollar knives, but if you take this for what it is, it is money well spent.
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Summary: Excellent Value For A Working Knife, Not A Showpiece 2007-10-02
Comment: This is part of my first experience with Cold Steel products. Not wanting to drop major bucks before I became familiar with the company's quality, I selected a few items I could use but would not be hazardous to my budget if they were flops.
If this is an example, I need not worry, but lets get a few facts straight at the outset. The Kudu is a working knife, not a showpiece. Beauty is indeed in the eyes of the beholder, and I think there are a lot more elegant knives in the Cold Steel catalog, but this low-end offering can certainly stand proud among them.
The knife is sealed with a red band that says to read the instructions before using. Instructions for a knife? Has the CPSC invaded everything we do? No, the instructions refer to the locking mechanism. The ring lock design is unique, and while you don't have to be rocket scientist to figure it out, there are a few tricks that will make closing this knife a little easier the first time you encounter the locking mechanism. Don't fight it. Once you get used to it, the knife closes as naturally as any other lockback.
The lockback is very secure, but I would not suggest subjecting the Kudu to the torture tests shown in some of the Cold Steel videos. Flexing the blade against my hands, I can see some give in the handle, but not the locking mechanism. You are not going to do pull-ups with this blade, but that is not what this knife was intended for. I did simulate the Cold Steel cardboard slicing test by clamping an end from a cardboard packing crate in a vice and slicing across the grain. The knife went all the way across without a problem.
The blade on the Kudu is relatively sharp, right out of the box, but not as sharp as some others. My recently purchased Super Edge could shave my arm hairs, but the Kudu could not. I'm confident, though, that if I work the blade a little with a very fine stone, it will take the edge I'd like it to have. It's going to take a lot of work on my part, as this steel feels tough.
As I said, the blade is sharp from the factory. I found the edge better finished than the edge of my Buck Nobleman. What's more, this knife retains that edge. One of the first jobs I had for the Kudu was slicing up some old cardboard boxes left over from a previous move. After all the boxes were sliced up for the trash, the knife's edge was still there. I could see using this knife all day on a camping trip for various chores, washing it off at the end of the day and still have a blade sharp enough to slice up snacks for the evening. It is also large enough to do credible kitchen duty, if required. As I said, this is a working knife. Being made of the same type of stainless steel used for high-end kitchen knives, it also has a very nice finish.
The blade is where your money is well spent on this knife. The handle, while sturdy, feels light in my hand. It also feels secure and comfortable. While not designed as a tactical folder, the handle feels strong enough along the long axis that the unopened knife could be used as as defensive device, sort of like the Koga. The knife also carries well in a back pocket, but I may experiment with the locking ring and a carabineer to clip the Kudu to a belt loop.
If you really examine the knife overall, you will find some faults to it. As I mentioned above, I could see some give in the handle flexing the blade against the locking mechanism. The handle is made of reinforced Zytel, a very rugged durable plastic. While this ensures no weathering problems, there are no metal liners to reinforce the handle either. The locking mechanism, while secure enough for work situations, is simple and is limited by the handle strength.
After using this knife for a while, it is hard to remember how little I paid for it. I have no hesitation comparing this knife to others costing maybe six or seven times as much. I'd give it 9½ out of 10 for value, 9 out of 10 for the blade quality and an 8½ out of 10 overall. It is a working knife and it is an outstanding value for the price, but it won't
stand up in looks with a real high-end offering. It is money well spent and I have no hesitation recommending it to someone looking for a unique working knife, not a showpiece knife.
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Cold Steel Knives Kudu Knife with Zytel Handle and Lock Release Ring, Plain
