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Voyager series

Due to their lightweight and convenience, Zytel handled lockbacks have gained enormous popularity over heavier, traditional lockbacks with their metal bolsters and wooden scale handles. Cold Steel’s Voyager Series is the new generation of these ultra-light knives and are sure to be the standard by which others are judged for years to come!

The Voyager Series are made from the same premium stainless steel that goes into our famous Tanto. They feature precision milled and hand fitted parts with extra stiff springs. This provides a lock that is safer and stronger than most traditional folders. The blades are extremely wide and ground thin at the edge for tremendous shearing potential. This thin edge allows us to hone the blade to astounding sharpness. Plus, the cutting surface is continuously curved along its entire length for the most efficient possible slicing action. Because of the high carbon content in the stainless steel, you’ll find that the sharpness really lasts a surprisingly long time. If you like serrations, you’ll really appreciate Cold Steel’s exclusive pattern. It offers the aggressive ripping action of serrated teeth, but with a twist. Their design features groups of very small teeth separated by wide, shallow arcs. This results in the benefits of both a plain and a serrated edge, so that the knife still cuts smoothly through almost any material.

The Voyager Series offers all the advantages of the latest in lockback construction technology including lightening-quick one-handed opening, light weight and strength, yet without the necessity for unsightly humps or holes in the blade. The result is an appealing look with very modern styling. Every detail has been designed for maximum performance from the reinforced pivot pin and integral clip, to the grooved thumb shelf on the back of the knife for extra traction. Plus, the handle offers a superbly comfortable non-slip grip and houses the blade in a sleek, super-light package that can be carried all day without effort.

As tools, these lightweight, super sharp knives are appropriate in almost any environment from hunting and camping, to hiking and general utility chores. They can also readily fill specialty functions such as a boat or river knife, a chute knife or demanding police/survival/rescue applications.

Recon 1 Series

Cold Steel¨ is famous for raising the bar in the knife industry and our new Recon I tactical folders are sure to set a new standard that will be hard to beat. Why? Because they are as tough as nails and will cut like a chain saw! We have pulled out all the stops when we made these knives. Every facet of their construction has been over engineered to make them as strong, durable and effective as humanly possible. The blades are made out of 440A Sub Zero Quenched stainless steel and the handles are thick Zytel¨, massively reinforced by heat treated steel liners and five locking bolts. To compliment their super tough blades and handles they each feature our revolutionary Ultra Lock™ (patent pending) which practically precludes lock failure. To compliment their tactical mission we have given each blade a tough black Teflon® finish. Our testing has shown this coating or finish offers three major advantages for use on tactical blades. The first is; it is highly resistant to scratches and abrasions while keeping rust at bay. The second is; it eliminates glare and light reflections which may give its user away. The third is; it's a superior lubricant which causes the blade to slip through even tough material with markedly less friction . This means you can cut deeper and far longer than with a non Teflon® coated blade. To make the Recon I as easy to carry as possible we have equipped each knife with a small, extra strong pocket clip. This clip is completely ambidextrous so lefties take note. What's more its diminutive size doesn't abrade and irritate the palm under protracted use like a larger clip would.

Ultralock
After 2 years of experimentation and testing, Cold Steel® is proud to introduce our new Ultra Lock.™ We believe this revolutionary locking mechanism (patent pending) is as “fool proof” as it gets and represents a big advancement in safety. The way the lock works is as the knife is opened the blade rotates in a semi circular manner around the locking pin via a larger cut channel in the blade tang. Then just prior to reaching the fully opened position the spring loaded locking pin moves forward through the oncoming straight portion of the tang channel until it “dead ends”. At this point the blade is rigidly locked open and can’t budge even a fraction of an inch as the locking pin is surrounded by solid steel which prevents any movement of the blade. In fact this lockup is so strong it can only be overcome in two manners. The first is to apply so much force to the blade that the locking pin shears off or breaks through the solid steel blade tang. The second is to manually retract the locking pin far enough that it escapes the straight part of the channel. Once this is done the curve portion of the channel can engage it and once again rotate around it as the blade is closed.

Ti-Lite

A custom quality folding knife, especially one that's manufactured with a Titanium handle and a Titanium leaf spring lock is undeniably strong, lightweight, and beautiful to look at, but it's also quite expensive. We recognize that many of our customers love the look of our Ti-Lite™ but find the price a little steep. So we have created a very affordable alternative. The Zytel¨ Ti-Lite™ mimics the look of its more expensive counterparts almost exactly. Instead of Titanium, we have substituted 43% glass filled Zytel® for the handle and 440A Sub Zero Quenched stainless steel for the leaf spring lock and liners. The result is an extraordinarily lightweight knife that is remarkably strong, sharp and good looking, at a price almost everyone can afford

Kitchen Classics

Our new series of kitchen knives, the Kitchen Classics, will race through just about any task you can imagine. These blades are ice tempered and then precision flat ground for maximum cutting power. All models in the series come with a razor sharp edge that lasts and lasts, and some have serrated edges uniquely appropriate to the tasks they were designed to do. The handles are, in a word, terrific! Carefully designed to ensure a strong, secure, yet comfortable grip, they feature a stiff Zytel core on the inside, with a softer, deeply checkered Kraton exterior for the kind of non-slip grip that must be felt to be appreciated!