I wish I could say that I love the Cold Steel Mini Lawman but I don't. It has a several shortcomings that combine to somewhat kill my interest in the blade. First and as shown, the lockup on my sample has some wiggle in the up and down plane. Second, the knife while light (only 2.8 oz) is chunky. That's because it integrates the strong Triad-Lock® mechanism which necessitates the bulkier handles. Overral thinness is an important commodity in my EDC blade choices and it's missing in the Mini Lawman. Thirdly is the absurd placement on the pocket clip on the handle: mounted very low which creates a 1 inch protrusion during carry (shown). Again this is disadvantageus, creating possilbities for loss and blade discovery by observers of your person. Also, as discussed, re-location of the pocket clip (by the user) would be complicated and may be prevented by the handle screw locations. Fourth, again we have under clip issues with this Cold Steel knife; its raspy G10 handles provide great traction and feel good in hand but they have no place being under the pocket clip. It complicates knife insertion/extraction and shreds your pockets. Fifth, and I forgot to note this in the vid, the blade has a complete lack of jimping. Sixth and finally, the knife arrived rather dull out of package... a real let down given the usual sharpness levels of Cold Steel folding knives (usually excellent!). With some work, the 2.5 drop point hollow-ground AUS8A blade touched up to adequate sharpness ...
Monday, October 15, 2012
CS Mini Lawman: Missing Details
CS Mini Lawman: Missing Details Tube. Duration : 16.80 Mins.
I wish I could say that I love the Cold Steel Mini Lawman but I don't. It has a several shortcomings that combine to somewhat kill my interest in the blade. First and as shown, the lockup on my sample has some wiggle in the up and down plane. Second, the knife while light (only 2.8 oz) is chunky. That's because it integrates the strong Triad-Lock® mechanism which necessitates the bulkier handles. Overral thinness is an important commodity in my EDC blade choices and it's missing in the Mini Lawman. Thirdly is the absurd placement on the pocket clip on the handle: mounted very low which creates a 1 inch protrusion during carry (shown). Again this is disadvantageus, creating possilbities for loss and blade discovery by observers of your person. Also, as discussed, re-location of the pocket clip (by the user) would be complicated and may be prevented by the handle screw locations. Fourth, again we have under clip issues with this Cold Steel knife; its raspy G10 handles provide great traction and feel good in hand but they have no place being under the pocket clip. It complicates knife insertion/extraction and shreds your pockets. Fifth, and I forgot to note this in the vid, the blade has a complete lack of jimping. Sixth and finally, the knife arrived rather dull out of package... a real let down given the usual sharpness levels of Cold Steel folding knives (usually excellent!). With some work, the 2.5 drop point hollow-ground AUS8A blade touched up to adequate sharpness ...
I wish I could say that I love the Cold Steel Mini Lawman but I don't. It has a several shortcomings that combine to somewhat kill my interest in the blade. First and as shown, the lockup on my sample has some wiggle in the up and down plane. Second, the knife while light (only 2.8 oz) is chunky. That's because it integrates the strong Triad-Lock® mechanism which necessitates the bulkier handles. Overral thinness is an important commodity in my EDC blade choices and it's missing in the Mini Lawman. Thirdly is the absurd placement on the pocket clip on the handle: mounted very low which creates a 1 inch protrusion during carry (shown). Again this is disadvantageus, creating possilbities for loss and blade discovery by observers of your person. Also, as discussed, re-location of the pocket clip (by the user) would be complicated and may be prevented by the handle screw locations. Fourth, again we have under clip issues with this Cold Steel knife; its raspy G10 handles provide great traction and feel good in hand but they have no place being under the pocket clip. It complicates knife insertion/extraction and shreds your pockets. Fifth, and I forgot to note this in the vid, the blade has a complete lack of jimping. Sixth and finally, the knife arrived rather dull out of package... a real let down given the usual sharpness levels of Cold Steel folding knives (usually excellent!). With some work, the 2.5 drop point hollow-ground AUS8A blade touched up to adequate sharpness ...
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