Due to the overwhelming success of lasts weeks videos, noting specially the old bust head
review which was my worst performing video in I’d say a good year or two maybe…
I’ve decided to go with a Cold Steel Code 4 video this week.
Ok, I actually planned on doing it last week however I didn’t get time to finish the
script.
You’re like cause you were drunk the whole time you heathen.
While I only release 2-3 videos a week I often spend about 20-30 hours working on those videos-
last week I only had about 8 hours for 8 minutes worth of videos.
It was either the beer videos- or no videos.
I can see I chose poorly.
Alright let’s get to the dimensions section of the Code 4 review.
Like the overall length and weight.
I spent the first part of last week near Virginia Beach, what did you do?
Blade size and cutting edge.
I shot some playing with knives footage at the camp site.
Handle Size and Grip area.
A few of you who also follow me on Instagram saw some of that.
I even managed to shoot a beer review too, while I was there.
Which I understand now was a terrible choice.
The Code 4 from Cold Steel is one of their more reasonably proportioned knives.
Not small, a reasonable weight, good steel and looks more like a useful tool than a murder
weapon.
Not that there’s anything wrong with it.
(Tactical voice) I carry Cold Steels primarily for self defense.
(Advanced Knife Bro Voice) Oh you must be in military or law enforcement?
Tactical Voice) silence.
Oh ok Cool, hey you at least don’t have to sharpen them that often.
Like I was saying earlier, if you’re job doesn’t involve stabbing, or knife fights,
I mean it could also be those things… but even if it’s not let’s take a look at
the Code 4’s blade.
You might be reminded Cold Steel is currently switching out their higher end blade steel
from CTS-XHP to the Chris Reeve high MSRP favorite S35Vn….
For some reason though Cold Steel can still maintain an unchanged price point.
Weird.
This Code 4 is CTS-XHP, and can be had in plain or serrated, Tanto, Clip or Spear Point,
and some combination of all of those in between.
This review is about the Clip point non-serrated.
The blade is a good old fashioned easy to see hollow grind, which means if you look
at the blade from an angle you can see it curves inward.
I say that for those people who are here for the beer reviews only.
(Laughing).
This blade is a loaner that I promised to treat real nice from cool as shit subscriber
Crank.
(Nerd voice) Umm could you not only cool it with the beer reviews but the cussing too.
The blade is sharp, and in my experience Cold Steel knives CTS-XHP holds up well to use,
and sharpens very easily, which may have a lot to do with it being a similar edge angle
to my spyderco sharp maker.
The lockup is handled by the tough and batonable if it were my knife Tri-Ad lock, which is
a jacked up version of a lock back knife.
It ’s deployed by thumb studs, and with a little bit a practice you can get consistent
deployments, although it’s no well broken in axis lock style smoothness.
The lock disengagement is pretty stiff but I can do it with my thumb in the right place.
Hard press, flick downward…
closing one handed can be accomplished this way if you have your index finger blade forward,
press flick, and the ricasso hits your finger.
You will need to get practice with this though, because if your finger is in the wrong place
you’ll get cut.
I haven’t yet, but that’s because I’m advanced.
If you don’t believe me, look at the channel name.
If you want something smooth and silky to fight with, then don’t buy something with
a Tri-Ad.
The blade can be flung down hard with a certain wrist pop and it’s deployable without using
the thumb studs.
The handle.
The handle is smooth and comfortable- I don’t consider knives this smooth super friendly
in wet or lotiony conditions, just mainly because there’s not additional handle traction
other than your super manly grip.
I don’t often use my knives in wet conditions, however it’s something you might want to
consider.
The handle does have finger grooves though, which fit my hand well, no sharp areas, the
interior of the aluminum handle is slightly edgy if you’re a wuss though.
The handle’s aluminum is grey anodized, and if you guessed it’s 6061 aluminum by
just looking at it there’s definitely something wrong with you.
The pocket clip.
It’s reversible to the right or left side in a tip up configuration only, which is as
you know the most tactical for people who are right or left handed.
I’m a righty so it’s tip up, blade backward in my right pocket.
The clip is super tight, however the combination of the Polished, sorry polished clip and the
aluminum scales, mades this an easy pocket uhh slider… it goes in and out easy, and
stays in there.
Although the knife is tall on the side, it’s slim and light so it’s easy to forget it’s
in there sometimes- not something you say about many Cold Steels.
Comparison.
Is it that time already?
The tortured soul’s whose purgatory is Youtube says God I hope so.
Changing times, changing punishment for the damned.
First up the Code 4.
Probably the first Cold Steel I have ever seriously considered every day carrying.
It’s light and pocket friendly enough that it fits my basic requirements, I like some
of my Spydercos and Benchmade’s more for fidgetability and looks and plus I have huge
sponsorship deals from them.
I’d like to say fidgetablity isn’t a consideration for me in a knife, but that would make me
a liar.
And I have never lied in my life.
May God strike me dead.
And if I finish this video it proves either one of two statements are true.
Let’s hope that it’s God understands satire.
I have also had my eye on the Broken Skull too.
I should really ask Cold Steel to send me a free one.
Next is the We Knife 617a.
Did you guys realize that the week prior to the one every one hated from this channel
last week I did three knife reviews?
This was one of them.
Also lent to me by Crank.
If I had to pick one of these two knives I’d go with the Cold Steel, because I like the
way it looks better, prefer CTS-XHP steel and also I feel a like Lynn Thompsons in my
pocket whenever I carry it.
Watch that review to understand my knife feelings on that one a bit better.
Or don’t like 90% of my subscribers.
Which is actually an accurate statement.
Let’s look at some less practical Cold Steels, because those are basically all I own right
now.
The beautiful to me and super slicy Cold Steel Colossus.
This one is also tough and strong, not as batonable in theory as this one.
Note to people who use knives the way manufacturers say not too, if there’s a thumb disc on
the top of the knife repeatedly hitting that thumb disc with a fucking log will break the
tiny screw holding that disc.
Which is obviously basic logic.
Thumb studs are on the sides of the blades so they avoid most
of the whacks.
Cold Steel Frenzy.
If you haven’t seen this video check it out.
It’s long and thin and impractical for my uses but I like the way it looks.
It’s also huge, but a different kind of huge than the colossus.
What else do we have… ok another lock back light weight knife- my OG nice knife, my Spyderco
Endura 4.
As my knife tastes have evolved and my spending habits devolved I have moved on.
Most regular people who need a useful tool and are not idiots who need to own more than
a single pocket knife at a time, would be hard pressed to find a nicer knife than this
one.
Forget about super steels, figet locks, Stone Cold Steve Austin endorsement, jeweled liners,
Chris Reeve, pretty social media purple knives, Blade HQ, Nick Shabazz, Tovarish works, and
above all else this channel, buy this knife call it a day and never watch Youtube again.
Save yourself money, buy a reasonable car- save up for a house in a Cup de Sac, maybe
buy matching curtains.
Well before you do that let’s wrap it up.
Did I say this is a good Cold Steel?
I did several times in different ways.
But I’ll say its again for those people who are like I can’t tell if you liked the
knife.
What does it matter, do you like it?
The knife might be a bit too big for some people’s every day carry.
Everyone has a different too big.
It also might be slick for people constantly drenched in the blood of their victims.
But it’s still a good knife, with good steel, and useful.
If you like these sorts of reviews but don’t like beer reviews like many of my current
subscribers, then subscribe anyway and I promise to disappoint you only a few times a month.
Pretend I’m pretty good Step dad, but who also maybe says he’ll take you to Chuck
E Cheese, but doesn’t as often as you’d like.
You’re like that’s pretty specific, do you want to talk?
Give the video a thumbs up, unless your this guy, my favorite subscriber ever.
May God strike me dead.
Follow me on Instagram where I give shit away sometimes, I gave away a Brous recently- you’re
like I’m good brah.
Leave a comment, thanks for watching.