Is this still the best all-round folding knife?
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2021
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I think Cold Steel should do a knife for Navy personnel, perhaps even with a marlinspike for undoing knots on watercraft. Call it the "Sea Man". When you are finished going through American Lawmen, you could get some Sea Men in hand.
I, for one, would be really jizzed to own such a knife.,
@@twatmunro9563 Oh, come on now...
@@BradGryphonn I think the Come On Man is a different model
Well...it would have to be reasonably priced. I would not like to blow a huge wad on it.
@@undercoverasiant696 Yes, you may worry it would be a pretty penny, but I would imagine just a bob or two. Worth a pound that's for sure.
I’d watch you review just about anything. Do you have a favorite ice cube tray? Do you hold strong opinions about shoe laces? Please keep ‘em coming and keep ‘em weird. Always weird.
Chicken feed perhaps? I've heard mixed things about the "Red Hen" brand
How dare you hit me in the feels out of nowhere with that FMA reference…
Your 5 knives tag is still doing the rounds, you've pretty much got the entire youtube knife community involved in it. Just watched some old times clanking about with his old schrades and case knives. Heart warming stuff!
Just the fact that it’s still on your radar after all the other great knives you’ve handled and owned is saying a lot for the lawman. I’m not a big fan and it took Bryan quite a few years to get me to buy a C.S. But once I did I understood.
The intro... I literally choked on my bagel... twice 🤣🤣🤣🤣
You’re a freakin’ artist, Pete. Such good filmmaking. Loved the montages.
Can’t believe it’s been five years since you started spreading the Lawman love though… tempus fugit.
Your ability to combine a solid informative review with LOL comedic elements and wit is unmatched, Pete.
Nice to see some Cedric footage, he was such a good boy! Also nice to see Ada, such a good girl! :)
That Thames intro. Grabs you right in the nostalgics!
Really felt your struggle and pain when you messed up three lemon slices in a row and then went to a wider cut instead of trying to keep doing it thin.
Hi - I am connected with LE, I have been carrying assorted Spyderco knives for duty, but recently switched to the Cold Steel American Lawman. This is a great choice for LE, I wanted a heavy use knife for EDC that was less than 4 inches. You may have found something you like more, but you'll go back to your AL... :)
the America lawman revisit! The legends were true!
I about died laughing when the 246oz (7000 grams) came on the screen!! 😂
This was also a favorite of Slicey Dicey, he even had an "American Law-Man!" jingle I can't get out of my head whenever someone says this name. It always interesting to see if our old faves hold up! Never got one of these, but was always curious.
I remember the first video of yours that I watched, it was the bd1n vs vg10 and s30v video featuring the new twisted sisal underwear. Now, many knife reviews and cut tests later still enjoying the creative and hilarious content you continue to bring to us. Also, you have successfully influenced my knife preferences through your informative and entertaining content. Keep up the great work my friend!
Despite the 70's TV show name, I really like my older Lawman with AUS8 and hollow grind.
Great stuff Pete…and please, don’t ever stop chucking bins!
in muh top 5 YT channels to follow. appreciate your work, candor & humor sir.
Such a simpler time. Things were much easier then. Then…….the Great War, and the discovery of new materials. All is lost.
😂😂😂 so true bro ❤️🔪
God I love your videos bro. Haha the FMA dog/knife edit was fantastic. You have given me the itch to buy this knife for a while now. I may have to ask my wife for one for Christmas :)
Great video as always love you man
My guy. This. Right here. Is why I subbed. First class editing and so on. And that's why you're the best knife channle on youtube. No shit.
I'm old enough to remember that Thames TV clip on a black and white TV no less!
You are both highly informative and remarkably entertaining!!
basically the same as my cold steal code 4. good knifes and have the best factory edge
Good vid , yeah pocket shredders . Everyone probably already know this . I sanded the handle smooth under the pocket clip . It stopped the shredding.
I watch your videos for the videogame music nowadays.
Never seen that method of cutting a hose before. Looks useful. There was a summer when I had to do like 6 hose repairs, so that would have been useful for getting a straight cut.
yeah, little guillotine works wonders
Awesome recap of a Cold Steel legend.
Cedric after walking into the doghouse, "I feel a disturbance in the floor. As if a million carpet fibers cried out in joy to be put to work keeping me warm and comfy".
HAHAHA, loved everything about the video. Around the 5 min mark is when Cold Steel was proud 👏
I love the American lawman I have both of them, I wish they would make a "premium" version through an oem in the us
Loved the older footage, thanks 😊. Always happy to see a new post from you. I don't have an A.L. but have 4 Recon 1s, different blade shapes, different versions. Cold Steel puts out some well made knives at reasonable prices. Hate that they quit using XHP.
If you smooth the area under the pocket clip with sandpaper it won't shred your pocket seam, fast and easy fix even on the more aggressive G10 on the Recon 1 👍
I own a decent variety of blades and the one brand I find most carried are my Coldsteel's. Great knives at a good price. Thanks for the video.
Ada being so serene in the ending montage.
Did anyone else laugh their ass off when he gave the cat a lemon slice? He smelled it and just walked off thinking wtf.
That intro is epic! As for the "ravages of time", like a fine wine!
As the years go by I find I can get by with smaller blades on a daily basis. Now I run a dragonfly 2 in zdp. But I have quite a few choices should the day possibly require a bigger or stronger blade. But from my SAKs to my benchmades to my Kershaws to my spydercos I still run the df2 more than anything... 2nd place is my bugout.
Small, thin, lightweight, and sharp as hell is where it's at for edc... for me personally of course. My twin brother would HATE the df2 and probably break it in less than a day. To each their own.
Thanks for all the awesome vids! Hope the martial law goes well for you all.
Alway watch your videos. Great info, but also entertaining. And it helps to keep the ego down 😄
That FMA bit have cought me off guard, lol. What I nice revisit review! A have AD10, but I would love to handle American Lawman. There is also an Ultimate Hunter which is like in between of AD10 and American Lawman (all three are Demko designs which is kinda noticable).
I like the action on the AD10 more, but the Lawman carries better. The type of jeans I usually wear have quite deep coin pockets. And the knife fits almost 90% in the coin pocket, so i don't worry about it shredding my pants and can pinch the bit sticking out to retrieve it. I really like the Lawman. However I recently purchased my first Civivi (the Praxis), which made me realise that a thin blade stock and thin edge is something I really like. For some reason it is just so much easier to touch up. They should have stuck to a high hollow grind on the Recon, Lawman end AD10. I wonder why they changed it.
Bricky and Pete. A winning combination
Butterpie????? What an excellent name for a knife, sir!
The lawman is my favorite along with the voyager and recon, I own multiple copies of each. Also love the Click N cut for work..
So, if the American lawman isn't your go to anymore, what is?
Forgot what it was called, but some of his videos he talks about it (best folders ranking). Lawman is still his heavy use folder of choice.
Great video, nicely done! You do a beautiful job editing, and I love how you include your dog and cat family. 👍
I bought my first Cold Steel knife in 1987 back when they didn’t even have pocket clips and opened with nail nicks, and they’ve always been a great value. My only beef with them are two things: the pocket clips are way too stiff and short, and they are what tear up your pocket if the scale is G10, not necessarily the rough G10. And the satin clips are nicely finished, but the black ones are still coated with that cheap black paint that immediately starts to scrape off. I wish they would Cerakote or DLC the black clips. Still, they are all good solid knives. My original 5” tanto Gunsite folder in lowly AUS-8 was one of the sharpest knives out of the box I’ve ever seen.
Really good video, thanks
I have one in XHP and love it. The hollow grind gives you great geometry for a very sharp edge. My only complaint is the blade to scale ratio for me it would perfect if it was a 1/4" longer. I like the boxy styling as it drops in a 5th pocket for me and I can carry a Recon1 for a little more blade length
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I carry a Cold Steel broken skull in xhp, and absolutely love it. It was a Christmas gift from my wife in 2017. And I'll carry a 2nd knife rather than leave it at home.
It is a goodie. Great video as usual friend
I got one on your recommendation, Holy crap it's smooth for a lockback. More drop-shutty than my axis locks.
AD-10 is waaay more smooth and is an actual guillotine. I like coated blades but for some reason Cold Steel has always coated the lock bar and blade tang which makes them less than they could be uncoated. I have a Recon1 that tools years of actually carrying it everyday to polish the blade tang/ lockbar interfaces.
I would be interested in seeing you review the Cold Steel Ultimate Hunter. I just snagged one on eBay in XHP. Can't wait for it to arrive!
Not sure I learnt much about knives on this channel, but at least now i know that raising chickens is way more work than i thought.
Ontario just released versions of the RAT with micarta handle scales. They look a bit thicker and more contoured. I think something like that would do wonders for the Lawman, actually I'm surprised that isn't a thing already.
Picked up one from Aussie knives about a month ago to see what all the hype was about. After some tweaking of the pivot, the blade wasn’t always snapping fully closed and almost had a pocket catastrophe 😳, and a serious resetting of the pocket clip, it seems to be a reasonably good do most things knife.
Does it cut like my PM3, no, but it does just want to get cutty and grubby with no easy damage or remorse.
I’m definitely thinking of dropping down to a 17 degree edge for even more slicey goodness.
Cool review dude 😎👍
I recently bought a new Cold steel lawman. I have an old one that I love very much. But much to my disappointment, the knife has changed quite a bit. My old one is in aus8. And not only is the blade stock a lot thicker than the new one, each one of the slabs of g10 for the handle is also a lot thicker than the new one. The old one is several millimeters thicker than what I received. Still seems like a fine knife that is in no way that absolute tank that my original one is.
Love the Lawman - it ticks all the boxes. I agree that it remains an excellent starter knife esp. for someone looking for a working knife. However, like you I think many collectors/users have moved past it. I think value for money is slipping. This is not surprising. There has been more progress in knife design and manufacturing in the past 5 years than the proceeding 20 years. Better steels, better quality, more variety, etc. Look at the quality of today's budget knives compared to 10 years ago. Love the vid!!!
You should strip the coating off the brown one. Looks cool and you won"t notice the regrind so much. Stripped my all black aus8 Lawman, blade, screws all the metal parts. Really tempted to mod the choil as well, love the blade shape but not a choil person.
I feel like you were spying on me the first time I tried to close my cold steel spartan. Middle finger knuckle still not quite right lol.
Bricky comes for us all.
Love the Teddy fresh
Fiddling my hollow ground black AL….looking at my olive drab AL with the flat grind (which accompanied me on my PCT Thru Hike-actually had some grit getting in between the stop-pin mechanism preventing it to lock properly).
Really like both models…but prefer the bigger blades of my Recon 1’s , hollow and flat alike, spear and clip point, all XHP, btw.
Never thought they are too big.
I do like my AD10, clip removed to make most of the great ergonomics of the handle (I carry it in a dedicated sheath-with that thick handle it really is a belt knife, not a pocket knife) but it really bothers me that the finger choil is sooo badly executed!
I did put the file to it but it still pisses me off!
However…it feels good in the hand now!
The Recon is the most versatile though, especially since I created a “forward finger choil” into the G10!
Works great 👍🏼
Yep the finger choil sucks on the AD-10 for sure.
On the farm probably the go to, my days on the farm are over. PM3 now!
For a second, I thought I was going to see a Benny Hill skit !!!!!
Like you said if I had to put someone on to a great knife I would give them a Code 4. It is an S35vn blade and not too expensive!
All and all the music convinced me to buy…
Really coldsteel is about the best price for what you get in America. Really my favorite 3 knives are the voyager xl vaquero or tanto, the Rahja2, an the large Espada.
In the last 7-10 years one of them has always been on me. A secondary knife is the Broken skull.
Never am I without one of these.
Your talking to a guy who still loves his Buck 110 and have since 1981. I’m still using the same knife too!
You should make a UA-cam channel, it would be the best.
You know you can adjust the pocket clip.
I haven't allowed a "pocket shredder" in my EDC rotation for years. I will also sometimes polish the clip to scale contact.
Relentless Pursuit is awesome and crazy
you had me at butter pie
It's my go-to medium duty knife
Awwww Cedric, RIP my fave UA-cam Doggo :(
The Cold Steel Recon 1 in my opinion is the toughest most reliable knife ever made. But any knife made by Cold Steel is top of the line
I opted for the air lite but my beast is the ultimate hunter in s35vn
I miss the thicker G10 of prior gen. That handle and the XHP blade is such a great combo
I believe the coating is applied via plasma vapor deposition, since you wondered about it.
*physical vapor deposition
it is on the internet, so it must come true. the Demko Butter Pie, with the Pie Lock.
I cant with the fma meme😂
I have this a bit with my Buck 110, there are lots of more modern knives i own wich are lighter, more modernly constructed with better materials but i stil like it, it has to do with it being my pocket companion for so manny years before i realy started collecting.
I think anyone who joins the knife enthusiast/collector world and then sticks around for an extended period of time eventually moves towards practicality and performance. I personally started by seeking out very tactical, hard use, preferably blacked out knives that would be my go to if I found myself stranded in the Amazon or deep behind enemy lines, both of which were 100% dad day dream hypothetical situations. Now I’d be lying if I said I didn’t still enjoy pulling out my Benchmade 810 contego, cold steel recon 1, hogue ex-01 and just thinking man the adventures these could take me on. The reality though is that these days I much more enjoy carrying a knife that disappears in the pocket and is dressed in appealing comfortable materials paired with a finely ground, thin behind the edge, stainless supersteel blade.
On a side note though, the vast majority of my fixed blade knives are still very hard use and semi tactical because you never know what a camping trip with the family holds in store for you or more so what the yard work will throw at you on a Saturday afternoon lol.
Original OKC RAT. Best $30 knife I've found. Break it, loose it, who cares, it was $30.
Maybe a Mora, if I wanted a fixed blade.
No need to spend big money on a good blade. I own Spyderco and Benchmade stuff, too, but I carry the RAT.
Right now, you can get an AD-10 for $102 on Amazon. Crazy good deal if you like the knife. Damn near 50% off from standard prices.
Oh man I hadn’t seen the “Thames” logo in decades
My personal favorite edc knives are: 1. Benchmade Griptilian full size. 2. Cold Steel Cold Steel Code 4 or Recon (I still need to pick up a Lawman). 3. Spyderco Para 2 or Manix 2. 4. Anyone of my ZTs, they get less pocket time but they are all good edc options.
Here's my problem with the american lawman. The finger groove is too big for one finger, and too small for two. But that's just based on my hand size. The recon 1 and code 4 fit me perfectly. One of the only knives I've sold that I don't regret. My middle finger would end up resting right on the point of the groove.
Future spicy corn chip challenge?
I'd be happy to take the Lawman you can't stand to look at. I'm nearly certain we live in the same state (you know border closures)
As you were talking about knife costs and exchange rates and shipping... Got me thinking, are there any good edc knife brands coming out of Australia that the rest of the knife loving world should know about? Or are they kept super secret because we're just not ready for them yet?🤔
The Smoko designs knife is an interesting one, the blade and springs are made in Thiers, the handles in Australia and the screws in Taiwan. Closest you can get to a production Australian knife. Next closest would be a Svord Peasant, which is in New Zealand but that's close enough.
Tip for you straight from Uncle Randy:
- buy any knife,
- smash it with a hammer,
- reasemble it at home.
Viola! You have a knife made in USA/Russia/Whateveristan. That's very good because of culture and tradition
Nope. But someone might prove me wrong. There might be some decent fixed blade customs around the joint.
Isn't Halfbreed Blades made in Australia? Pete reviewed two large models for large bush men ;)
@@Owieczkin Yes correct. I was thinking I would get caught out especially when I said "custom". Figured we had some decent fixed blades going around.
The Shelf commeth for the lawman. on a more serious note, knife being sturdy doesn’t matter if it wears out the user. (cloths or hands).
I like whole lot of stuff more. Buy in a shtf, when it comes to folders, I may reach for this over premium newer blades. I love the lock back vs a flipper in that it wont accidentally open on you while you are asleep. I like the robust coldsteel and triad lock. I love the g 10 (may take sandpaper and soften it) because if a kangaroo or koala attacks you , it's less likely to slip out of your hands than a slyzz bowie or crk. This is and will always be a champ. Great video and beautiful cat. Style =no, fidget factor=hell no. But it wins in that it Is minimalistic and functional. Great video. You been through alot of law men lol???
Thanks for the effort invested in each video Pete. Great revisit of the Lawman 😊👍 oh and Full Metal Alchemist...great touch, one.of my all time favorite...what anime are you watching now? How about the 5 anime that make you smile tag😁👌👏
I am a complete noob and only just discovered death note haha
@@CedricAda ohhh I loved it....no spoilers 😁 hope you enjoy it👍 if you ever wanna recommendation or shoot the anime breeze just message me k. Love my blades and anime 😜✌️
It’s so strange because when i saw Cold Steel clips or fixed blades i never liked them. I would never thought that a couple of years later i would be a fan of their folders. But man they make some badass strong cool folders always nr1 for me. But their ninja fixed blades and swords 🤔 no thanks.
Ordered the SR1 but now you made me wonder 🤔. Which would you prefer the SR1 or the Lawman
The two are very different…if you want something to cut with, go with the AL, if you want something to baton with, the SR.
The Recon will do both.
I still like mine alot!
That footage of Ada sleeping could cure cancer
Cold Steel is a great American Knife company. I prefer the Recon-1, but my Lawman is solid.
I love SoldSteel but I'm a Victorinox man.
Lol oh yeah, I remember that ol Chimera Lawman
Thanks for the vid, lawman is the coolest name for a knife no matter what, please ship the lawman you ruined to me, I will take care of him
The (old handle, not that new slim crap) Lawman is indeed a winner. Still has one major flaw though. People often think knives are for cutting stuff. This is a mistake. A folding knife’s primary function is opening and closing it casually while sitting in front of the tv watching your favorite show. And the lawman, for all it’s strengths, just isn’t a very fidgety blade.
Ha!
I believe in using ’em…
Folding knife is for carrying everywhere, every day.
I carry the thick-handled lawman even wearing swimming trunks (while swimming)
Peel apples.
Cut steaks.
Gut fish.
Use it.