Uneven grind on Cold Steel blades

[BanxJ502]

I have several Cold steel knives, the voyager XL, the AK47, the kubun and the tuff lite. On every single one of them, the blades dont have a symmetrical grind. I know this because i use a fixed angle sharpening system with different angles, one side of the knife will be 25 degrees, the other will be 35.

Does cold steel use a kind of chisel grind or something or is their QC just lacking a bit?
I have other knives, Microtech, Spyderco, boker etc and they are all pretty symmetrical.

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[freeman1685]

The final grind is done by hand actually.  On a belt sander.  A guy stands there all day doing one blade after another, day after day. 

Cold Steel is actually one of the better companies.  I've seen some blades that weren't even close to those angles.

[Arizonagunsmith]

I have a Cold Steel 58TPCH Code-4 Folding Knife Clip Point 3-1/2" that Lynn Thompson gave me along with all of his DVD videos. Nice blade but almost too large for the pocket.

Jon

[coelacanth]

Its actually a fairly common problem with mass produced knives.   Quality control is sort of a mixed bag when your retail pricing is in the ballpark of Cold Steel's.  The only decent QC I've seen at that price point comes from Victorinox and Opinel and they don't do tactical.

[Dr. Football]

I have an old Cold Steel Tanto fixed blade that got me through a few bad situations when I still lived in The Bronx. I dated a gal several years ago who lived in a high security CO-Op Building, but it was in a lousy area, and a 4 block walk to public transportation. One lost the Sight in his eye ( as far as I know) from my swinging keychain, and the other got sliced with the Tanto from his Shoulder to his Elbow. They Ran. I hailed a cab to the local Police pct. surprisingly, because I had had the edge shortened to 3" I was allowed to keep it( that and a ph.Call to a certain Police Captain at NY's one Police Plaza who then called the Watch commander at the 34th Pct. To enquire about his Cousin who had foiled a robbery attempt......

[BanxJ502]

I figured it was fairly common. Didnt know they did the final grind by hand, but it makes sense. I love cold steel knives, the steel is very good for the price. Just a pain to sharpen when you have to keep switching angles. I guess you could re profile the edge but thats a lot of work.

[freeman1685]

I figured it was fairly common. Didnt know they did the final grind by hand, but it makes sense. I love cold steel knives, the steel is very good for the price. Just a pain to sharpen when you have to keep switching angles. I guess you could re profile the edge but thats a lot of work.

I do it all the time, on a coarse stone.  Yeah, it's a lot of work, it's time consuming.  But there's a certain amount of satisfaction to attaining a sweet edge.

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