Lynn Thompson: "I'm a reasonable, practical man." Also Lynn Thompson: (has at least 6 pocket swords on him at all times) That's why we love you, Lynn.

Reason to carry a small knife: You need something to fill up your left pocket because you right pocket is full of an Espada xl.

Lynn is truly a man of the people

- Other knife companies: “look how small and compact our new knives are! Great for opening letters and cardboard!” - Cold Steel: “You can hold a bunch of these small knives while holding your Glock and skin the eyelids off a moose!” ❤️ Cold Steel

Every knife on that table were in his pockets at the beginning of the vid

Cold steel is such a great company, they are quality and affordable and fun! Tons of variety and Lynn is very enthusiastic

This is my ASMR. The sound of Lynn talking about knives, and opening knives, it just relaxes me so much.

Coronavirus checks under its bed for Lynn Thompson!

The old norse saying is. "A knife is life!"

I have carried a 4" Voyager since I was 24 years old, I'm 53 now. I just switched to a Pro Lite a few weeks ago and love the greater comfort in my pocket without sacrificing any quality. Thank you Lynn Thompson for your awesome products from a life long customer!

Well said! One thing I really appreciate about Lynn is that he is able to stand there giving a lesson with a large amount of knives in front of him and he can name every single one. I have been surprised and disappointed in the past when other makers can't remember the names of their own products.

Pulling 10 knives out of your pocket to prove a point is the most effective argument ever! Adding up 3x 3 inch blades and justifying it makes you even greater! Having about 30ft of blade on you at all times is the cherry on the cake! Lynn you rock

I have carried a 5.5" Espada for almost 5 years now. However, I always have a smaller blade for work/utility purposes. Even my keys I carry in a way that I can pull them out and use them defensively. I carry my Espada as a last ditch effort. Plus, I love it. Fits my hand perfect. Knife friends always get a kick out of me flicking it out of my pocket. Only have had to deploy it one time in self-defense. He ran. Fast. So, yes, carry big blades but be aware of your surroundings. You don't always have to use a knife to save your life. Used correctly, knifes will save your life. Use them wrong, they can ruin it.

One thing I firmly believe is, other people's "Feelings" do not trump my Constitutional Rights. Thanks for this video. It is definitely thought provoking. "Never Unarmed.."

Always carry 3: a multitool, a big ass cold steel folder that you never take out unless absolutely necessary, and a safe-looking 3” folder.

I work in a "gun-free zone" and can't carry my pistol at work, but I'm never without my XL Vaquero. I also carry a couple of smaller knives for utility tasks so I don't panic the PC crowd. It's always better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it!!!

Go Lynn! Love how he keeps a small smile on his face, while constantly deploying his plethora of Cold Steel edc’s. “King of the edc” for sure. 👍🏆🎉

One thing Stickman lacks. Undiluted pure passion. Miss ya Lynn. edit: Stickman, dont get me wrong. You're doing a solid job. Enjoyed the Ranch weekend vid - Indeed some big shoes to fill

The more Cold steel videos I watch the more knives I want to buy!!! Thanks for making great knives at an affordable price with top quality and razor-sharp edge out of the box.

I’ve carried a recon 1 since I was 16 (26) now and I’ve def scared slot of friend and people and it’s only a 4” blade. Little do they know I just got the xl version too muahaha

Bottom line people are cowards that get scared when a guy pulls out a pocket knife to cut an apple. Our grandfathers are rolling in their graves

Cold Steel forever. In any situation,a Cold Steel makes the difference.

I'm a proud owner of many of your knives and other weapons for that matter. Thanks for the excellent products.

Thank you - Living in Chicago has its drawbacks for a knife guy like me and ironically (as I always followed the laws) I just found out two weeks ago that 2.5 inches are the max blade I can legally carry. Wow! That was a shock sitting with my 3.75-inch folding blade in my pocket (fortunately it was a friend informing me of this rather than the authorities). Well, being one to follow the laws (now that I know it), i've been racking up the hours reviewing and trying many 2.5-inch knives, and while they will never feel the same as the larger ones, I was impressed with the many choices and reasonable handle sizes available and am experimenting with them now. - While disappointed in the revelation of this long-standing law and also my ignorance of not knowing, I found great Joy in watching your excellent video and reasonings for embracing small knives, and will now look at them in a more positive view thanks to your video.

Lynn, you're the man. I'd love to meet you in person some time! I just scored an OD Tanto Recon 1 from my local knife shop. It identifies as a "small knife" so I'm good to go. Its the perfect EDC blade. Keep up the great work!

Hello from Russia, CS! Your knives, axes and my favorite shovel ))) are very good! Thank you for your great job!

Thank you Lynn, this is much appreciated from the UK.

I thought Mr Thompson was BS until I saw him shooting down a charging buffalo

I was rally expecting Lynn to hold last counterpoint in his mouth. I love this guy and his knives!

I want to be Lynn when I grow up. Seriously, the argument to always be armed a duty of all citizens/Patriots. My CS Talwar is the smallest I carry.

I've been buying Cold Steel knifes for a long time,nothing but quality ! Recently bought the Finnwolf. Love it.

Lynn, your XL Voyager saved my life. Enough said.

Can you make the Spike series into folders? Feel that it’s would be a popular slim knife for a lot of people

Wow, Lynn i was unaware of carrying multiple small knives. Thank you.

Excellent video! Thank you. I love Cold Steel knives and products.

Very well spoken and everything he said was true

Thank you for your professional info & your personal philosophy. I always enjoy listening to your testimony. I am 70 now, have collected weapons my entire life, including many cutlery items. I discovered your company decades ago & own many different CS blades, some even multiples as you mentioned. Of all the different brands & models that I have purchased, your brand most populates my collection. Thank you much for the design, materials, craftsmanship, ergonomics, sharpness out of the box & testing that you demand. In my opinion, it makes you the "top gun" of the industry!!!

I have had a micro recon for 3 years and it has done every job I've given it to do.

Thanks for making quality knives, straight up. One who is knifless is lifeless

Average grandpa carries candies in his pocket. Grandpa Lynn carries Mini Recons.

Two things I'd like to add. The first thing is that fairly regularly when I pull out a knife to do some small job thing, people in veritably ask the tired old question of , " why do you carry a knife ?". My standard answer is; " why don't you ?". I tell them to carry a knife for one month without running to get one, if you even can. I follow up in a month and every one of them I challenged just pulled it out to show me they still do, and put it back into their pocket. I nod, say nothing keep going. Secondly, I was working a flea market selling antiques, and I got a drunk belligerent man who I politely asked him to leave my booth and area, (there wasn't anything he could afford anyway). Well it seems apparent I probably should've ignored him but I couldn't afford for him to break my stuff. Off topic, a second, a girl stated that she wished she could afford to buy all the cool things I had for sale, and I told her that I agree, I wish I could afford them too. I could afford to buy them to sell them, but couldn't save any of it. I did own them for a very short while I guess, but could not get attached to them. I also couldn't show up to do a show with the same old stuff. So I dumped at the price I paid first and looked for something else every month. Back to our drunk friend. He starts cussing and stumbling around and with the last bit of his diatribe he says " I'm gonna get my fuckin gun." ..I very calmly stated " do you think Horace Smith and Dan Wesson got rich off selling one fuckin gun ? And what makes you think you're gonna make it to yours ? ". I'm not saying that is caused it but his face went white/green, he ran over to the fence line puked and left. I carry both but sometimes a knife will allow you to close distance and you can stay on top within 21 feet, in a self defense situation. Lynn may even have a segment on this, but as a first timer I don't know? I'm older and slower now , so my tactics change to fit my ability. I've carried a knife since before I can remember. I always had it in my pocket, and it was my grandfathers jack knife. I owned others, but even in my day pulling out a ten inch blade would spin heads, but not like today. I carried a knife always and in high school I carried a buck 110 on my hip. No one thought anything of it. I was hunting at fourteen and typically carried a shotgun. To a local farm I had permission to hunt from the farmer. I'd see ten people on average who would stop and ask " what time is dinner ?", "what you going after ?", etc. I had a friend, I went with every chance we could, like a few days every week. One time I walked to a small country store type thing, and my mother got (three) phone calls from concerned neighbors about me walking up the road because of a dangerous "S" curve by an old cemetery. Two fourteen year old boys walking down the road with shotguns three or four times a week, raised no alarm. However one walk up the road and concerned citizens came out of the shadows to try to save me. What the hell shifted this paradigm ? I was off grid "so to speak, for several years after my military service and was astounded by the fear to even show your weapon in public, that the general population has. WYF? !!! If anything, looking at all that has happened maybe it's time to send your children to school packing ? I wore a buck 110 to school every day at sixteen years on, and carried a small pocket folder too. No one said anything. I used my Buck knife daily, and sometimes many times a day. my father told me that he would take a shotgun to school and leave it in the principals office and grab it on the way out to go hunting. Same thing with the movie theater in the managers office. He was like 8-10 years old. If anything I believe we have made it so scary to see a gun that people freak out. Everyone should carry ! Ask the founding fathers. Stop with the dumb shit. We were a more polite society when everyone is packed. Go beyond the second amendment to the writings of our founding fathers. History is repleat with examples to guide you to a better understanding of why they added it to our bill of rights. Carry a knife, because you will find it so very useful. Carry a firearm, because it is your right and duty, just like voting. ' The Wild Wild West". "Billy the kid" who you all must have heard of, killed four men. Four. Some drug dealer in Chicago will rack up a higher body count than that today. I don't know how, since guns are barely legal there, and you have to jump through a lot of hoops to get a permit, so it must be the safest city in our country right ? All these killings are bullshit and we can only surmise that the media is making stuff up, or thugs are targeting victims who they know have no self defense weapon whatsoever. People ! Stand up for your rights or you will lose them all. The bill of rights is not the government giving these rights to us. These are rights given to us by God. The constitution is only a directive demanding that we shall not fear the government coming to take us and control us. The Wild West isn't so wide as the stories we hear. The future isn't so bleak that we should give control to our government . They cannot take our right to speak freely, they cannot take our right to defend ourselves both foreign and domestic, well ,they are trying and succeeding with the unconstitutional (red flag laws). We have the right to not be tortured. The right to not being confiscated and the government gets your stuff ( wait, I think that already happens). The government cannot take these rights, but we can give them up. For what ? A little temporary security ? Put some real thought into what you are casually giving up. Lynn has the right idea ! Carry all that you can. Legally. Thanks Lynn for. a great , informative , vision of " ready for anything " lifestyle and sharing this with us. I'm gonna rethink some things for sure.

Thank you for supporting the second and being vocal about it. You also make terrific products. I'm a customer for life.

The first comments are pure gold. Fine good sir.

This guy loves what he does. Recon 1, all the way!!!

LOOL between the *Murica'* speech and pulling out that 5 1/2" blade I immediately subscribed! You rock Lynn!

Lynn that's what I really like about you man,your not afraid to say anything,and you tell it like it is,and you bring us great toys,love ya brother,can't see what you come up with next...

Very well said Sir! Here in MS, we’re lucky to not have any crazy rules for knife carry. I’ve carried a firearm daily for 22 years along with a ~3 in. folder. My current knife is the new Air Lite drop point, I absolutely love it! I have to dress in business casual so concealment and weight is a huge deal for me personally.

I carry 3 knives. One is a Rajah 2 for the last 2 years and now I will put a Espada XL in the rotation...so yes I love a big folding asskicking blade...the other 2 is a leatherman skelatool and a crkt neck knife...plus my other edc and firearm... Cold steel is very reliable....thank you sir. Cold steel dedicated fan.

I love the intensity for knives. It's awesome. People should carry what they want in the usa.

See, I used to carry smaller knives because people criticized me for "overkill". Then I got stabbed. I drew my own knife and I lost that fight and had my gut almost torn open. So I got a 12" hunter's Bowie. Since I've had it I have been mugged twice. Both times I was able to get the mugger to fuck off because I had 9" advantage and I wasn't about to be attacked again. The second time I got mugged after getting my knife, I got a Recon Tanto from cold steel and I now carry my bowie on my left hip (hung on my belt) and my Tanto on my right thigh (sheath rig + tourniquet set) Fuck what people think. Fuck not being able to fight back with MY weapon of choice because people think that I dont have the right to have a weapon suitable to my training and combat style.

Really enjoy Lynn himself talking for this long! More long Lynn video content please!!!

Lynn, we loved your original Voyagers.

2.5 inch limit at work. I love my tuff lite!

Thank you sir for all you do for the knife, gun and martial community. I am truly grateful. Cold steel for life.

Great information Mr. President. I have always loved CS.

Now thats a knoife

This guy is the dad and grandpa everyone wants.

Lynn is the Men, Always a Cold Steel. The best is, Not Big ore Smal. But the one you carry with you 24/7 is the best. And not that you have at home

Love this guy! A real stand up dude. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

Hey Lynn, we need a video upload of you cutting your birthday cake 🎂 with that knife 🗡 I carry my Recon 1 everywhere, EXCEPT at the International Airport where I work. Thanks for all the Awesome Knives my Bladed Brother ⚔️ ✝️

God Bless you, Mr Thompson. I own the 4Max (made in Italy) and recently purchased Recon 1, which are both fantastic knives. Your knives provide huge value not to mention the Tri-Ad locking system that is sturdy, reliable & solid. Many thanks.

The broken skull rides the fence of large and small knives perfectly.

I live in Kentucky we dont even need a permit to carry concealed guns, knives you name it

Lynn, You rock brother!!!!

Thank you for this video and for the great products! I’ve carried my Vaquero XL for well over a decade. Nobody knows how big it is because I always carry it with a smaller knife for social tasks. My small knife is either a traditional folder or my Pendleton Mini Hunter 3V.

I've hurt a lot of bad people in my past and am very vigilant in protecting myself as I am almost always with my daughter and I really hate getting that comment "why do you always have so many knives?" My answer is always "because I cant remember the faces of the bad guys I have hurt but I know they remember me"

Ive been carrying a super edge on my key chain for 5 years and it's never failed me. I also have the Roach Belly and its really handy and with the sheath fits nicely in your pants pocket.

For God's sake, Mr. Thompson! You, and people working for you, are the most lucky folks! So many knives to invent and to play with! Envy you so much! 🙂😉👍

Love it, love Lynn, that vaquero looks like a bull horn!

Such a precious man, great vid.

Thanks for the info and mindset mr. Lynn

Fun fact: In Germany there is no blade length restriction on folding knives. As long as you can not open it with one hand. It just has to be a two-handed folder (that can also lock). If it is a onehanded folder, then it can't have a locking mechanism that locks the blade as you open it. I see market nieches.

Fantastic video Lynn. From California with much respect. Keep it up,

I carry my pocket bushman many years and I'm glad. Greetings from Poland.

I love Cold Steel and Mister Thompson. Keep up the great work!

Your intro is why I will be choosing Cold Steel for my next purchase. That and you have exceptional knives.

Got my Kudu right here watching this. I have the Kukri, Special Forces Shovel, Trail Boss, Bushman and many others. Keep up the good work. Customer for 15 years and for life.

Love the clips that you guys put throughout this video...just about made me spray the computer a few times.

My 4" recon tanto has lived in my pocket for the past three years since I got it. It's a great edc blade, small enough that I barely notice it in my front right pocket but hefty enough that I have never been let down by it!

As always you sir are the man. I love all your smaller knife.

i pulled a 4 inch blade to cut a box open once when i was a truck driver and the lady watching me looked shocked. just a tiny 4 inch blade. so i ordered a rajah 2 for future box duty.

I could listen to Lynn talk for hours. He's such an intelligent badass and always has something interesting to say.

Im In a weird place where nobody really cares about big knives but its extremely uncommon to see someone with one Ive been asked why but never scolded or frowned at maybe one day ill buy a coldsteel you guys are slowly winning me over

Thank you Lynn love your ideas and opinion! Blessings

Oh...and the cut to the Chevy chase scene from Fletch was brilliant...I needed a good laugh today

Cold Steel rules, man!

I’ve been a fan since mid 90s. Waiting for the latest copy of “proof” (on dvd). Lynn Thompson is my hero!

I'm guessing Lynn and I probably differ on a few key political issues, but neither of us would ever care to have those discussions for the exact same reasons, so I bet we would get along great. I just like this guy. I like a lot of things about him. I love his knives. I'm sure people have reasons why they aren't keen on him, and I've heard the stories, but they still couldn't change the fact that I am a fan of his, and I'll buy his products, and enjoy his videos and lessons for as long as he keeps makin em.

Lyn I really love your lectures in this format. I hope you will do more, exceptionally enjoyable and always very well spoken. Best wishes from Australia. If you come down here, it would be great to meet you.

I got a leatherman surge in my back left pocket, spyderco dragonfly on my keychain, and a XL Voyager Tanto in my right front pocket. Love the setup

Much respect, Mr. Thompson.

Would love to see more sheaths designed for scout carry. Thanks for all you do. I love all my Cold Steel Knives.

I totally agree Lynn. I love my knives!

safest to say is, have a multitude of blades for the job. Lynn has swayed me that if i truly want a knife for defense of my life that a large knife is needed. im working on the collection now. but i dont need to pull out a 6" ti-lite to cut a sticker off the paper tube or cut a twine. for those i have my "PC" 3 inch blade.

I’ve been carrying my super edge for about 2 years now I love it

Excellent video!

Because of this man and his knives, Cold Steel is my favorite knife company

I do dig this guy’s tantos. I own one. They cut amazinglyand the triblock is rock solid.

People who are against the 2nd Amendment should realize there are lot of vulnerable and responsible people out their that need to protect themselves and their families. In any altercation, I will defuse the situation or just run away. But I have been in a situation where my family is with me and I have to hold the line. There are a lot of bad communities with innocent civilians just trying to survive day to day. Bless you Lynn. Cold Steel for Life! :D

Lynn, please make a new balisong knife! One with a steel blade and steel handles (154CM or better). One that we can use for EDC purposes (pocket clip & spring latch). One with a unique blade style that looks badass! Please, do it! I'd buy it.