A Classic Joins the Collection -- Cold Steel Tai Pan

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  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2022
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    I am not sure why it took me so long to get a Cold Steel Tai Pan dagger, but it's been at least 25 years of yearning heartache. With the new 3V version coming out (and quite expensively) the VG-10 San Mai versions have seemed more within reach (for a knife that will never get use, if all goes well). The quad hollow ground bevels are bellied nicely for slashing while the tip is wickedly penetrative. It has an aluminum guard and skull crushing pommel with a grippy tapered kraton handle. This dagger is as sweet as I always thought it would be and is a joy to have in my collection of Cold Steel Knives.
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  • @BadddDoggg-id4po
    @BadddDoggg-id4po 3 місяці тому +3

    I have this knife in CPM-3V. Up here in the rocky mountains this is part of my every day carry along with two Hellcat 9mm sidearms, a leatherman, a CKRT Big Dog pocket knife, a bic lighter, a ferro rod, and a flashlight. You city slickers wouldn't understand. The number one most important piece of gear is your bic lighter, you wouldnt last three days in the mountain wilderness without it. This knife is for wolves, mountain lions and wolverines that will jump on you before you can draw your sidearm. I will never go anywhere here in the mountains without this gear unless im in an area where its illegal.

    • @joshcarter-com
      @joshcarter-com 3 місяці тому +1

      City slicker here but I totally understand. I grew up out in the sticks and I very much wish I could carry a nice blade on my belt without people flipping out. I’m 50 now but a part of me is still the kid that would spend days tromping through the woods with my .22 rifle and a ka-bar on my belt.

    • @jimbob465
      @jimbob465 22 дні тому

      Talking about carrying a double edged knife for wolves cougars and wolverine attack makes you sound like a city slickers that knows nothing about the rockies.... 😂

  • @peternorthrup6274
    @peternorthrup6274 Рік тому +4

    I waited 40 years for the real rambo knife by V.Neeley of Lile knives. $2100.00. A work of art. He finished it for me in November. I love yours. Sometimes things are worth the wait.

  • @silverback4434
    @silverback4434 4 місяці тому +2

    Wow ! The perfect weapon against zombies hordes ! One day this dagger gonna be mine .

  • @northcode_1229
    @northcode_1229 Рік тому +9

    Not a huge dagger fan… BUT that piece is AWESOME!!!

  • @simonbrown9310
    @simonbrown9310 8 місяців тому +2

    Great video ,great dagger here ! I could be wrong ,but I think a MASTER tanto is made of San Mai steel ; if it is not laminated steel it is a "regular" tanto .

  • @silentblackdisc
    @silentblackdisc Рік тому +5

    Like 'em or hate 'em, the Cold Steel monsters always make one pay attention. (I like 'em.) This phenomenal grouping is making today's fixie hip carry look like a nail file in comparison. (Grabs twin 7.5" SK-5 trench knives for the second half of video.) There, now I've got some BKE (Big Knife Energy!) ⚔

  • @Hungrybird474
    @Hungrybird474 Рік тому +2

    Happy Sunday amigo. That one looks pretty sweet 👍👍

  • @grumpyoldwizard
    @grumpyoldwizard Рік тому +3

    What a coincidence. I had wanted one of these for decades but never got one and I recently took the plunge, just like you related. I made certain to get the San Mai instead of the 3V for "authenticity". I love it.

    • @TheKnifeJunkie
      @TheKnifeJunkie  Рік тому +1

      Haha! It's about time we both got this beauty in our collections!

  • @jorgefernandez6407
    @jorgefernandez6407 9 місяців тому +1

    Mine is on the way as we speak... Can't wait!!! Great video...

  • @TheSogGrunt
    @TheSogGrunt Рік тому +2

    Absolutely beautiful!!
    Thanks for showing it 🔪👍

  • @justinfisher3827
    @justinfisher3827 Рік тому +2

    I use this beauty to open my bills.

    • @Yuki_Ika7
      @Yuki_Ika7 Рік тому

      I know it is kinda impractical but I use my cold steel colichemarde dagger to open my mail sometimes, other times I use a teeny tiny practically toothpick size friction folder that has a not super sharp edge to open letters with, I like using that one because the blade is just enough to slip under the seal and long enough to get a decent start on the opening too

  • @ericsierra-franco7802
    @ericsierra-franco7802 Рік тому +2

    I got my 3V Natchez Bowie for $400.00 on Midway. I love it and I think it's well worth $400 but I wouldn't have paid $540 for it.
    The Tai Pan is sweet! 👍

  • @MyKnifeJourney
    @MyKnifeJourney Рік тому +2

    They are so bada$$ Taipan, love that brass master tanto.

  • @UR2Compliant
    @UR2Compliant 5 місяців тому +1

    I love mine!

  • @nikolajelovac1648
    @nikolajelovac1648 4 місяці тому

    Just ordered mine!

  • @superbuddyfranklin
    @superbuddyfranklin Рік тому +1

    7:10 Sweet pair.

  • @TheGreyman61
    @TheGreyman61 8 місяців тому +2

    It would be nice if coldsteel or whoever owns them could give the buyer an option of either the cheap ass plastic sheath or a better quality leather or ballistic nylon one.

  • @coldsteelcollector808
    @coldsteelcollector808 Рік тому +3

    I’m so genuinely happy for you bob! The tai pan is such a cool knife...I’m doing it man I’m gonna get it lol hopefully by the next live you do I’ll have some updated news lol aloha and blessings from Hawaii 🤙🏼🙏🏼

  • @powerplay4real174
    @powerplay4real174 Рік тому +2

    That Randell Dagger is phenomenal and the
    Tai Pan is also ,but I have to admit the Randell is King 👑
    I own the Tai Pan San Mai and
    Tai Pan 3v the new version although I wanted the DLC coated model ,the
    Bill Harcey Dagger 🗡️ look outstanding as well like it can take a whipping and keep on going.

  • @SuperRtrtrtr
    @SuperRtrtrtr Рік тому +1

    I have the Tai Pan made in Japan with the made in Japan leather sheath. I love it.

  • @Chirpy_Ceilingbird
    @Chirpy_Ceilingbird Рік тому

    I bought the San mai version and it had a perfect grind on both sides. I loved the knife so much I decided to get one in 3V and the grind on that one was so jacked up and off center. The center line was not straight and completely missed the center of the tip on both sides. The center line was also washed out and not crisp. There were hazy spots in the steel and it was not polished correctly at all. It’s like they grabbed a random person off the street and brought them in to grind the knives. Possibly hired an 8 year old to do the grinds.

  • @stoutdog56
    @stoutdog56 Рік тому

    Nice collection and video. The Tai Pan is still on my wishlist after 25 years also, someday maybe.

  • @trentcostello4358
    @trentcostello4358 Рік тому +2

    Always wanted this one.....too expensive 😪

  • @davidroderick1493
    @davidroderick1493 Рік тому

    Very cool. I have a Magnum Tanto XII San Mai steel 12" . Makes me smile when I hold it.

  • @OGBladeReviews
    @OGBladeReviews Рік тому +1

    $160 at my LGS, so thinking on it, Bob. Sweet! 👍🗡️👊

  • @xKaidoh
    @xKaidoh Рік тому +5

    This is definitely a gorgeous dagger. I remember when I first got into knives, all the cold steel catalogs were still available online, and I caught wind of the VERY limited Imperial Tai Pan which to this day I think is one of the most gorgeous knives I've seen. Just out of curiosity, have you every handled the Honshu dagger?
    They recently released a D2 and VG10 version as well.

    • @michaelyoung5298
      @michaelyoung5298 Рік тому

      I bought the honshu to use the leather sheath for my taipan fits perfectly

    • @adrianfytr35
      @adrianfytr35 4 місяці тому +1

      I just looked up pictures of the Imperial Tai Pan, man you're right, that knife is, or was, a freaking work of art.

  • @timothysloan5195
    @timothysloan5195 Рік тому +1

    Nice knife and collection, need to add the EK

  • @zero_tolerance245
    @zero_tolerance245 Рік тому

    This dagger is gorgeous, double edge, normal dagger ground, not chisel ground on one side like some other
    Cold Steel dagger models are made!!!

  • @L.T.112
    @L.T.112 Рік тому +1

    Very nice Blade! I do have the FGX Version scattered around the house and in the shower. I know. Crazy.

    • @TheKnifeJunkie
      @TheKnifeJunkie  Рік тому +1

      We have the FGX Tiger Claw in our shower, it's not crazy. It's totally normal.

  • @johnmutton799
    @johnmutton799 8 місяців тому

    The tai-pan shape of blade has been around for around a thousand years or more, check out the shape of the spears used in Japan, same shape!

  • @billtrim50
    @billtrim50 Рік тому

    Sweet blade ...good review 😘 ...u got me looking at CS fixed blades... some are under 40$ 😊

  • @powerplay4real174
    @powerplay4real174 Рік тому +1

    Try Goo Gone on that Trailmaster Bowie to remove the sapp. 📸⚔️📸

  • @bushcraft_in_the_north
    @bushcraft_in_the_north Рік тому +1

    The bolsters are stainless steel, 300 type series steel. But i hate the sheats, made out of glass filled nylon that scratches and dulls the edge. the sanmai makes it 20% stronger than the 3v blade. When it comes to sideways stress and it wont brake and alot better in the cold too.

  • @burgknife758
    @burgknife758 Рік тому

    Came home to a old school vaquero

  • @bradw1808
    @bradw1808 Рік тому

    Whats sharper out the box this or your model 2?

  • @trentcostello4358
    @trentcostello4358 5 місяців тому

    Had too watch video 2nd time ❤ bad mama jama 😮

  • @l3loodyfingers
    @l3loodyfingers Місяць тому

    Would this be too large to attach to a backpack strap

  • @mlentsch
    @mlentsch Місяць тому

    .... chances are there WILL be someone like that in the very near future...

  • @petrbenes127
    @petrbenes127 Рік тому

    Tai pan VG10,mam verzi V3,je o trochu drazsi a rikaji ze je o trochu kvalitnejsi.Kdyz na to tak koukam,zda se mi tento Tai pan VG10 vcelku zajimavy!Mam z VG10 Tanto magnum San mai XII a je to krasny kousek🙂!

  • @Nebula_Ultra
    @Nebula_Ultra Рік тому

    Grail knife for me

  • @bruceleroy8063
    @bruceleroy8063 Рік тому +1

    Well I just got this knife and first time in the sheath took the edge off. It is the worst fitting sheath I've ever felt by a long shot and can't be adjusted. Just go straight to a custom sheath. Trust me!

    • @TheKnifeJunkie
      @TheKnifeJunkie  Рік тому +1

      Yeah those Securex sheaths are notorious for filling blades.

    • @bruceleroy8063
      @bruceleroy8063 Рік тому

      @@TheKnifeJunkie shameful they keep using it

  • @tlk0216
    @tlk0216 Рік тому

    Where is it made you keep moving it to fast to see.. damn dude

  • @patrickmezailles5084
    @patrickmezailles5084 Рік тому

    Il montre pas l épaisseur de la lame

  • @jamesluther3506
    @jamesluther3506 Рік тому

    If I carry any of these knives will the police shoot me?😊

  • @jonasgrumby4749
    @jonasgrumby4749 10 місяців тому

    This knife is a joke.

  • @joshcarter-com
    @joshcarter-com 3 місяці тому

    I want the Cold Steel Tai Pan, Master Tanto, and Magnum Tanto but I can’t justify buying any of them. They’re beautiful, absolutely beautiful. But I don’t really carry fixed blades. (What I actually carry is the Cold Steel Code 4.) But I still want those big, awesome fixed blades!

  • @renkeschulenberg1596
    @renkeschulenberg1596 Рік тому

    Hello, in this video is this the 3V Steel ?

  • @esel-osliki66
    @esel-osliki66 3 місяці тому

  • @renkeschulenberg1596
    @renkeschulenberg1596 Рік тому

    Hello, my english is very bad. My question, os this PanTai in this video the 3v steel and what tip is penetrater, from.3v or san mai. What Steel should i buy ?

    • @zhangzisheng1057
      @zhangzisheng1057 Рік тому +1

      It's San Mai steel in this video. I suggest you to buy 3V steel version. However, 3V steel needs to pay attention to rust prevention. At the same time, the nylon-glass fiber sheath from cold steel will blunt your dagger blade because the sheath material is too hard. I suggest you buy another sheath made by KYDEX or leather

    • @renkeschulenberg1596
      @renkeschulenberg1596 Рік тому

      @@zhangzisheng1057 thank you very much