Happy birthday to me!
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:34 pm
Since I'm hard to shop for, my wife just tells me to get something I want every year for my birthday. Works for me! 
This year I decided I wanted some new knives so I looked around and picked up these 3:
From top to bottom: Cold Steel GI Tanto, Cold Steel Kobun, and Byrd Hawkbill. I figured a good full size knife, a boot knife and a pocket knife would be good additions to my collection.
Both cold steel knives had nice secure-ex sheaths, and all 3 knives were very sharp out of the box.
Byrd is Sypderco's cheaper Chinese made brand, which was perfect for what I wanted this for: Opening boxes and other misc every day tasks. I also went with fully serrated because that's more useful for the mundane tasks we normally use our knives for.
The GI Tanto put up to a heck of a lot of abuse from various videos I saw, so for the price I thought I'd check it out. It will likely become my "rough use around the ranch" type knife because it was cheap enough that if I do manage to lose or break it, I don't mind replacing it. If I like how it holds up, I might even buy another couple to throw in my car and into a "go bag".
The Kobun is actually the one I'm most excited about. The blade is 5.5" so it is good to go for carry here in Texas, and is very light and thin. So far I've tried it both IWB and in a boot, and it rides comfortably.
I'm pretty pleased with all 3 knives so far, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they hold up to some abuse.
This year I decided I wanted some new knives so I looked around and picked up these 3:
From top to bottom: Cold Steel GI Tanto, Cold Steel Kobun, and Byrd Hawkbill. I figured a good full size knife, a boot knife and a pocket knife would be good additions to my collection.
Both cold steel knives had nice secure-ex sheaths, and all 3 knives were very sharp out of the box.
Byrd is Sypderco's cheaper Chinese made brand, which was perfect for what I wanted this for: Opening boxes and other misc every day tasks. I also went with fully serrated because that's more useful for the mundane tasks we normally use our knives for.
The GI Tanto put up to a heck of a lot of abuse from various videos I saw, so for the price I thought I'd check it out. It will likely become my "rough use around the ranch" type knife because it was cheap enough that if I do manage to lose or break it, I don't mind replacing it. If I like how it holds up, I might even buy another couple to throw in my car and into a "go bag".
The Kobun is actually the one I'm most excited about. The blade is 5.5" so it is good to go for carry here in Texas, and is very light and thin. So far I've tried it both IWB and in a boot, and it rides comfortably.
I'm pretty pleased with all 3 knives so far, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they hold up to some abuse.
Edited to add: And actually in stock right now, as opposed to most AR stuff. 
