They should rename this knife to "Shabazz Slayer". +10 damage against those of the Shabazz Bloodline.

3m41s: "There is no concern about safety with this knife."

Gives new meaning to "Director's Cut."

You buy and carry this knife because you know what is necessary in real knife combat. The 'jackass' is the one facing you with a ridiculous 3.5" Spyderco toothpick.

The ti-lites are tough with a lightening fast deployment. I've carried the 6 inch (VI) for years & the one time I needed to deploy it in a "sketchy^ situation...the opposition decided a hasty retreat was in order & all ended well. This is a stab/slash knife built for speed & reach...all good things in my book.

I’m really glad you weren’t testing out a gun safety.

Well, if your ever need to stab a man behind a fridge, then your covered

I can’t believe the first on-camera cut was from a cold steel and not a z-hunter :b

i like posting the disassembly and review the same day. also 3:40 and then jump to 8:05 just kills me

I would totally whip this out at a Starbucks

You sold me at "ow.. you son of a @!$%&"

For size comparison we've got the RAT number 1, the RAT number 2, and the Equator.

Honestly, I loved this review. It was probably the best knife review I have watched. Cheers

Skip to 8:05, you’ll thank me.

It WAS your finest hour! Memorable, entertaining review, all the more so for handling the mishap well.

makes the 0452 look reasonable

I love your presentations. Clear, concise, and succinct. Thank you.

Awesome. I just ordered one. I mean, why wouldn't you? Great review, as ever.

I think you missed your calling. I just can't decide if you should be a philosopher or a stand up comic. Thanks for the very amusing review!

I've carried mine almost constantly for the past 7 or 8 years. I literally never use it for anything, so it still has 100% of the factory edge on it after all these years so far. The only thing it ever cut since I got it brand new was my finger the first day I had it, I accidentally grazed my finger with it just barely and didn't know I had the cut until I saw the blood because of how ridiculously sharp it came, and the blade is so thick and heavy you have to make sure you can maintain control of it at all times especially when it is in an unlocked position. I too believe that it does have an innate thirst for blood built into it one way or another and mine has been standing by for all these years just waiting for things to go south far enough that somehow I'm in a situation where the only thing I have left to fight with is a knife. I hope that never happens to me but if it does then at least I will have a lot of knife to work with.

I wish I seen this sooner... I did pull this out at a BBQ. People laugh and ran... at the same time.

Sir, your honesty, work ethic, and attitude just earned you a subscription. You made me a fan, Cheers!

This is by far one of the most hilarious and jackassey knife reviews you have made by far. 😂

I just bought a Luzon 6 in EDC every day love it.

You have been very informative in the past within your videos, however... you are a hysterical guy that had me laughing out loud for a good 5 minutes... thank you! It was needed! Keep up the great vids!

I've been waiting for weeks for this review! Merry Festivus to me!!

I whipped this out in a Burger King because I had to be an idiot and order the Quad Stack burger which gives me jaw cramps if I try to take a full bite, and my friend crawled under the table because of all the sideways looks I was getting. Of coarse I did not notice because I usually don't pay attention to what other people are thinking.

Is that a cold steel in your pocket or are you very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very happy to see me?

Probably one of my favorite reviews ever

Best knife review i've seen in a long time!

Some knives are just not meant for EDC. This one is pure bling. And I like it!

I have the 4" model. I feel like I didn't commit enough 😀. Also they make the whole lineup in CTSXHP now.

Damn.....this is a bayonet....

How appropriate that your first on camera cut comes via a Cold Steel. The Pig chopping, people stopping, shenanigan doing knife champions!

If I was ever in a position where I had to defend myself with a knife... This is the one I would want. Otherwise it wouldn't be coming out of my pocket.

Favorite Nick review so far!

The second you started talking about it being an finger guard I knew it was coming.

Another stellar review by the great Shabazz.

new format is on point! go Nick

I've wanted one of these for years. I have no idea why, I just want one...

Nick, do you believe in Karma?

This is the knife that makes you feel like a West Side Story Santa's elf!

...I vertically carry this knife everyday in my left rear pocket next to (2) 10mm magazines- this is a get-off-me-blade. It also doubles as a VERY effective kubaton, especially with the quillion 'flippers' on the one end. The TiLite VI is a specific purpose blade-personal protection. It doesn't need premium steel since it most likely will never be used for EDC cutting usage-you carry other blades for EDC. ''Jackassery" is a very good word to describe this knife! Loved your review and hope your finger is doing better! I LMAO and am so sorry I did...but I just couldn't help myself!

I like this knife and CoodSteel some of the best purpose-built self-defense knives you can get.I live in Baltimore MD.and I carry a lot of knives made by them.When you can't carry a gun this the next best thing.

This would make a great backup knife to carry along with my edc.

I feel that the word "Jackass" needs to be etched into the blade.

Im guessing this knife is not meant for opening letters

It's ridiculousness is what makes it compelling. I'd never carry it but wouldn't mind owning one just for the tacticool factor. But you literally spit on this knife!

This knife was my first EDC knife. I loved it for the cost, smoothness, and the reach. Working in network racks, the pocket sword could get into the little tabs on network cables. It opens mail amazingly. It is the very longest thing that fits in a normal pair of pants. The war crimes reaction is what stopped me carrying this. My EDC is now a PM2, a better knife in most every way, but I do miss the functional reach of this old friend.

A hilarious, entertaining review- I thoroughly enjoyed it 👌

I use to have the same knife and it had it uses. I live out in the sticks and I'm always finding myself needing to chop big weeds that grow up in my trails so It use to be one of my EDC blades. It actually worked pretty good for that. It was better than having to run around with a machete all the time. Some friends stopped by one day and wanted to go to the liquor store for some smokes so I road with and forgot to take it out of my pocket. While we were there another friend that has a blade addiction like me showed up and without thinking anything about it I was like hey check out this crazy blade I got and whipped it out of my pocket. I heard a couple people gasping behind me and turned around and everyone in there looked like they thought I was going to start stabbing people or rob the store. I probably do look like the kinda guy that might do something like that I imagine lol. Me and my boys made a fast exit before people started dialing the cops. Those blades would be first rate for what they were designed for and they make great mini machetes but I never found them very useful for anything else. I downsized my EDC blade after that so I didn't end up back in town with it. I was lucky I didn't get in trouble cause those are too big to legally carry here. Someone stole it and hope they get caught carrying it. That'd be karma for stealing part of my collection lol. I was kinda fun to play with though. Sometimes it's fun being a jackass. :)

yay! finally, a knife i own, is reviewed :D

“You could argue it’s a blade guard”...uh, somewhat unsuccessfully

I own both 4 & 6” versions, the 4, for strictly self defense is a great knife.

Yo this is my first time watching any of your videos and this shit was hilarious. Lol. Good review as well

I find this review most amusing from a number of perspectives. First -- A man is surprised in his kitchen by a home invader armed with a knife. The man turns towards the knife block in his kitchen and draws out the 4 inch paring knife, not daring to draw the 8 or 10 inch chef's knives for fear of being a "Jack Ass".

Nick, I have one of these (the later one with two rows of holes down each side) and surprisingly, no, it isn't the knife I poke fun at the most (probably because the knife I poke fun at the most was never intended to be jackassy...), but I can tell you that indeed, I do not have much in the way of applications regarding practical use of this knife. But there are two things I use it for, and as such, it gets a lot of use. I use this knife to open letters and packages. Yes, I know, but I do get a lot of letters and packages and as you said, this is a knife to basically jackass around with. To me, the Ti-Lite VI is a knife that's fun to jackass around with, so it's what I use as my letter opener. I have broken down cardboard with it--I've done that with every knife I own at least once--and cut through clam packing with it (also something I do with a lot of knives at least one), but just having a 6" bladed, liner-lock stiletto on more steroids than Barry Bonds really kinda says "I'm a knife guy" whenever I open my mail. Granted, if there are other people I don't know around, I'll use something as "non-scary" as possible, but if it's people who know who I am, well, out comes the Cold Steel Ti-Lite VI.

When you start jackassing, you get cut...

That was excellent, Nick. I won't judge you for being sliced on camera. Shit happens. I like the jackassitude of many knives and I appreciate the reviews out of your ordinary tastes. Glad you weren't charged with any war crimes while carrying this and as much as I don't love Cold Steel, they do make some decent knives. Merry Christmas, Nick

This is like a perfected folding fairbairn Sykes. There is no better tactical folding knife.

Hi Nick, another low drag tactical huge knife is the Opinel 13 might tacke a luc at it. I do enjoy your reviews, thanks for the entertainment!

heheeheh "when you damage it while jackassing" :P

That pull back at the top was hilarious!

Stopped at the 8:46 to comment and then back to the show. :0) I purchased this in ( I think) late December? I would have NEVER purchased this in Aus8 nor 10. But I see the date of this review and I am sure that Lynn was inundated with messages (like by me and others I am sure) saying something to the affect of (me speaking) "Lynn - can you please make this with blacked out G10 handles and upgrade the steel." Lynn as always delivered, man - I miss that guy already. Little did I know they would then deliver with a ALL BLACK in S35VN!!!! I never owned S35VN before! It is by far my largest EDC folder, I guess the closest would be the Super7 by Emerson, maybe the Gerber 06 Auto Tanto in S30V but the Emerson is still bigger. But I don't have many knives and every knife I have DOES have a specific purpose. You can only have so many knives unless you're one of those that goes overboard and has "safe queens" etc. I don't. I use my knives for general things you do with a knife but the main thing I do is that I whittle a LOT with my knives and this knife and the Gerber 06 Auto are absolutely PERFECT for wood work and getting in the nooks and crannies. Make no mistake about it, the S35VN blacked out is an absolute joy to use for whittling etc. I see no jackassery is having a piece like this Nick. What's funny to me is that you got bit by AUS8 steel...lol....deserves you right. :0)

Man you are funny as... I had some great laughs. Excellent presentation.

This is some crazy over the top stuff. I wonder if the tab could work as a front flipper mechanism?

See Nick, that's what you get for talking smack about huge and murdery knives. They fight back!

Some red Loctite will fix that finger right up! : )

"Im just gonna back away so i dont evicerate myself" 😂

I just bought a 6" ti lite in the uk The stock had just turned up yesterday on receipt of the knife It does not flip open it can only be opened fully by using both hands and opening it like a conventional Knife are they not ment to open with one hand and flipping open I have another ti lite that opens exactly how it should .the law in the uk has changed when it comes to flick knives and alot of people are saying the ti lite is now illegal others saying its is still legal .my question Has coldsteel adjusted the opening of these knives when ment for the uk market to get past the new law that came in June 2021 ? Any one know anything!? Thanks

2:48 ...adds another lever to the jack assitude of this knife... Excellent! Best comment on the internet all day!

Great stuff Nick. Thank you! You say you are from Michigan... You weren't born and raised in Brooklyn, were you?

To "send people running" is a use.... Especially to send "jackasses" running.

Good review Nick, thanks.

I looked at these knives for several years, contemplating a reason I would get one. The six is too much, but I got the 4” version because it was on sale for $41. It is a novelty but at least the 4” doesn’t look quite so psychotic. I doubt I would carry it because of the negative attention it would draw. It is just a curiosity for my collection.

I held both the 4” and 6” in my hands and felt like a 4.5” would have been the sweet spot for me. For the style of knive I felt the 4” was slightly undersized but the 6” looked almost comically oversized so I did settle on the 4”. What sold me on it besides the look was the build quality and snappy but smooth action. Great little piece, even the zytel version.

I thought I had a pocket sword with my 0452 and now I realize it's a tiny edc knife

Hee superb video review loved it made my day

Nick, what knives do you typically use in the kitchen? Love the channel.

8:05 that's it, it's made for cutting jackasses and it demonstrated that very well. Nothing else to see here, am buying it 💯

After watching this I became addicted to the term "jackassing".

Cold Steel's pull down menu under "Knife Purpose" should read: Everyday Use Hunting Outdoors Tactical Jackassery

Lol......you are frikkin AWESOME.....love your reviews.....keep em coming....

you friggin nerd. please, Nick, put this review on your blu-ray compilation... lol. thanks for you videos and your time. keep up the Fantastic work, buddy.

Nick. I'm a huge Cold Steel fan. Love your reviews on them, though! Hilarious! Sorry you were cut, Bro!

Is this Coldsteel's version of the Opinel No 13? Actually, these could be the steak knives in a knife collector's cutlery set.

I use this as an EDC, too many robberies / tweekers in my area and getting a CCW permit for a pistol is nearly impossible in CA and so this is the next best thing. Also you can use it as a baton first and knife second...

“It has a hunger for flesh” hahaha

Hey Nick. Will you please do a review on the little brother of this knife ? ( Cold Steel TiLite 4" ) Cheers

Anytime Nick and cold steel meet its magic.

kind of annoying the quillions are facing the wrong way for waving it - relying on the jimping instead of the actual curve is silly.

Am i the only 1 noticing that the vid length is 1337?

I have an old titanium Ti Lite that was originally anodized blue. Extremely cool knife.

People who don't care about this knife would be begging to have it with them if they ever got into a violent confrontation in a parking lot like which happened to me.

First of all they make a smaller version for places where you can't carry a 6" blade. 2nd I would consider this purely for personal defense when you're walking to your car at 2am when it's scary and quiet and you can't carry a gun. In my experience these are solid defense weapons that I have not cut myself with to date. See me later because I am a jackass and might whip it out to show my buddies after a few drinks.

I've carried the 4 inch for a long time and it's absolutely designed to be a thruster. I would say the best way to use it is in a sabre grip, and from below the quilons. They have stopped me from running my hand up the blade.

The owner of cold steel is always packing multiple knives on him I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a boot gun as you were speaking to him that’s just how he rolls

Yeah this 6” knife is just ridiculous, I used to own one, i still have the 4” version and that’s an awesome blade to carry, but I actually got made fun of by everybody I’ve ever met for buying the 6” version, given what I said, it’s freaking awesome y’all should get one

"JackAss-ing" added to vocabulary.

What do you think about the 4 in version I really want that one.