Cold Steel Bowie Machete
by Sarge 
, Central Misery, Saturday, October 11, 2014, 22:37 (3685 days ago)
I recently ordered a couple of Cold Steel Bowie Machetes. This the current variety with the 12" blade and for 20 buck a pop, they are a hell of a lot of knife. It came with the sharpest point I have ever seen on a knife of any size... touch your finger to it and a drop of blood follows immediately. The edge got clean-shaving sharp with a few passes of a ceramic rod and light stropping. It is light and fast in the hand. I'm no knife wizard but within a few minutes I had thrown a 3x3 sticky note in the air and halved it with a backhand slash.
I originally bought these as throwers and intended to cut the 'toe' off the grip to facilitate the reverse-grip that I use for throwing bowie-pattern knives. I may still do that but the knife can be thrown edge-first as is. I got deep, solid and near-silent sticks from 8 paces in an old Paradise tree. If you hit a man or animal with it from a good throw, you'll bury it in him. It is easily capable of the cutting shown in the company video.
![[image]](http://www.coldsteel.com/images/products/97BWM12S_m.jpg)
http://www.coldsteel.com/Product/97BWM12S/BOWIE_MACHETE.aspx
I have one in my bug out bag at work
Haven't really done much with it but I am definitely impressed for the price.
I have one in my bug out bag at work
I looked at that as a good pig knife. Looks like it would go in like butter and leave a good wound. I was curious as to how fragile the point would be. J.Michael
After 35-40 throws...
by Sarge , Central Misery, Saturday, October 11, 2014, 23:27 (3684 days ago) @ uncowboy
at various trees, that needle point bent at the very tip; barely enough to feel and it was easily hammered/filed out. I believe you could harpoon a dozen or so pigs w/o causing any damage you couldn't correct in a like manner.
But I'd really want a cross-guard for that kind of work.
Cold Steel Makes good products
among knife people there is love/hate for CS. The products are good and very tough, but people ridicule the antics of the company owner and their method of advertising. I say find another company not afraid to show what their products are capable of.
I have a CS GI tanto which is also inexpensive and very tough.
Cold Steel Makes good products
by Sarge , Central Misery, Sunday, October 12, 2014, 15:41 (3684 days ago) @ Bj2
I've bought a number of Voyagers & SRK's over the years, one of which still has a lot of Tikrit embedded in the handle. None have failed regardless of what was asked of them. CS knives are excellent hard-use products, worth their asking price.
As to the detractors, I guess they are entitled to their opinion even when it's wrong. I do note that weapons related innernet discussion is heavily populated by Gear Queers who think they need a $300 hand forged axe to split kindling twice a year for their little tin 'fire ring' LOL
Never heard of them kind of people referred to
by Bob Hatfield , Monday, October 13, 2014, 05:31 (3683 days ago) @ Sarge
as "Gear Queer" but dang if it don't fit a buddy or two of mine LOL. I usually call them "One up John" or "One up Bill". They wouldn't be caught dead in the woods packing a post 64 94 Winchester or a Flintlock or a Cold Steel Tanto or wearing non-Filson hunting clothes or an 870 vs. their over-under whatever it is or a plain old bird dog vs. there $5000 dog (dang if that dog aint got a nose on it though). They are good folk though, but need an audience at all times.
Bob