Longtime I mean not that longtime, but medium time subscribers know that I have this weird
thing for Cold Steel knives.
A you’re like I thought you had a weird thing for Gear Best.
Ok yeah that’s probably true too…
But Cold Steel is my muse… and I had been trying forever to get Lynn Thompson to just
look my way and smile.
So a short story kind of long…
Custom Knife maker Mike Wallace, who I’m gonna get a sweet chopper from later this
year was like I have Lynn Thompson's phone number and he talks about you all the time.
Really?
Little Old me?
Ok part of that story may be made up…
But hear we are…
Mike Wallace makes his own custom knives and he is also a Cold Steel murder weapon designer.
And this monstrosity right here is one of his designs, and much like this channel it’s
something that shouldn’t exist but does.
Beeewp.
You’re like wait… isn’t that the Chinese D2 sound?
Where were we?
Oh yeah, the Cold Steel Colossus…
This thing.
Right here.
Let’s look at the dimensions…
as you figure out if this is something you might get away with at the office.
The answer is definitely no.
Like the overall length and weight.
That is unless they have a bring your cold steel to work day.
Blade size and cutting edge.
Then it’s like which Cold Steel.
Handle Size and grip area.
Should you go small and tasteful and stick with the Broken Skull.
Spine thickness and handle thickness.
They only do this twice a year.
Tallness.
Fuck it, go with the Chinese war sword and hope that everyones ok with the pig carcass.
The Colossus despite it’s name is not the largest Cold Steel folder you can buy, but
you already knew that.
As you lovingly caress the Espada XL in your pocket currently It has a very modest 4 inch
flat ground blade in a satin finish made from CTS XHP in a spear point style.
Ok 4 inch aint small, I mean for a knife it isn’t small, but it’s tall and wide, and
fairly thin.
Perfect for slicing.
For example my steak when I use this as a steak knife.
Don’t judge me.
You see the guy fish with a sword?
He bleaches his hair laugh at him not me!
The blade is deployed carefully by a thumb disc.
This is not a knife I am able to flick open with my thumb, I have to open it in a circular
motion with my thumb, if I want to use one hand.
You can always use two if you want to look like a Beta.
But that’s your choice.
Or you can fling it just right with a pop of the wrist and get it to open like this,
gravity style.
I mean it’s the wrist and not gravity- you know what I mean.
Or since it’s got that disc you can, with practice pull it out of your pocket and get
it to deploy.
It took me a few ok dozen tries, but I get the best result for drawing it steadily directly
upward and it full deploys from my pocket- like the good Lord Intended or his tactical
excellency Lynn intended.
The knife has a Tri-ad lock, which is basically like a super stiff lock back.
Closing the knife is not possible safely with one hand, although sometimes I do it anyway
because I enjoy cuts on my pointer finger.
It’s a hard push close with your thumb.
But it’s supposed to be.
Tri-ads are known to be the toughest lock on the market, if you don’t believe me watch
their lock videos.
And you’re like why would I trust a manufacturer over you.
Good question.
However in all of my whacking Tri-ads on my 3 Cold Steels, which is not a good sample
size for science- but for Youtube it makes me a fucking expert…
I have never had a trial-ad fail.
However it must be noted, that The knife comes with a disclaimer about how you should treat
your knife.
I didn’t read it, but you can if you pause it.
Ok the handle.
The handle is a thing of beauty, if you also think stabbing a large fish with a sword and
wrassling it in the water like a damn man, is a beautiful thing.
It’s made of layered two color G10 hunter green and black.
It creates a cool 3d effect and looks like it was fashioned off the appendage of a monster
killed by a Cold Steel weapon.
I’ll let you decide which appendage.
It is large and fits my hand as well as larger tougher guy hands too.
The handle is linerless so it saves weight too.
When holding it and using it I found it comfortable, however the inside of the handle here is a
little harsh, which I found when I ran my fingers inside of it.
I knocked it down with just a bit of 220 grit sandpaper.
It’s not bad, but if your beating on stuff with it, it’s something to think about doing
before commencing whacking.
Think once, whack often Cold Steel.
The pocket clip is stiff and not deep carry about an inch and a quarter sticks out of
your pocket to let everyone know who the man is now.
(Whispers) He’s got a knife.
I found it goes in the pocket if you work it… slowly.
It’s flippable to the right or left side in a tip up configuration.
Probably one of my strongest clips outside of my Southern Grind Spyder monkey.
If you want an easier pocket experience you’ll have to remove and bend it.
It sure as shit ain’t gonna fall out of your 511s dammit.
Ok comparison.
First up the Cold Steel Colossus.
Despite it’s size it’s a fine slicer.
It has a comfortable handle and it looks like no other knife.
It’s made for special sorts of people.
Like me.
Now the Frenzy.
There’s nothing wrong with this knife, however it’s a little too shabby and doesn’t have
a blade shape that lends itself to slicing.
I find if you’re cutting downward wharcliffe blades often are too straight and you clink
the tip as you slice.
Thats probably an individual user thing, but I prefer a more function belly on a blade
that curves upward closer to th tip.
Now the Cold Steel Hold Out 1.
This one is ok too…
just here for a size comparison.
These nice flat grinds are so easy to sharpen.
Now the Benchmade Crooked River.
A more classical example of a knife.
Good and useful, and like all of these knives a bit too big for an every day pocket knife.
Maybe if you work in a warehouse and cut things and people don’t say mean things to you
because your knife isn’t like everyone elses.
How about the Spyderco K2.
Big Titanium, I like this knife- I don’t use it much but like it.
How about a regular size knife like the Para Military 2 for a reasonable size comparison.
Not that, reasonable has any place in this video.
Alright, how does this knife handle tasks explicitly noted to avoid in that stupid piece
of paper that ships with it.
Let’s start with it.
Yeah that’s what I thought.
The Cold Steel Colossus is one of those blades that is either for you or not.
Ok maybe you’re Colossus curious- like I was.
The one thing I noticed about it when I first opened the package other than love at first
sight was how much lighter I thought it was going to be than it was.
I mean over 7 ounces is not light, but it might have been the first time I tried to
trick myself into believing something in my pants was smaller than it was, instead of
larger.
Cold Steels use of CTS XHP in their knife murder porn weapons is a good choice- it wears
long and is fairly easy to sharpen.
Despite its biglyness its also a great slicer and has a very useful blade.
Thanks to Mike Wallace from Wallace Edge Tools for playing cupid between me and cold steel…
and even if this isn’t your style knife Mike makes very nice hand made utilitarian
fixed blades…
I’ll link his website below even if you don’t believe me.
I wouldn’t trust me either.
Like this video, follow Wallace edge tools on Instagram….
I’ll also link that, watch my videos, subscribe comment, baton that like button.
Thanks again to Mike and to Cold Steel for providing this blade for review and transforming
me into a corporate shill like all the other knife channels.
Thanks for watching!