I was waiting for this. Me as a guy who lives in Eastern Europe, Cold Steel was my first love regarding to knives. Unfortunately in my country I dont have too much brands like you guys in USA, so I bought few Cold Steel EDC knifes. They are expensive here, but very good quality knifes.

Great new series but it would be sweet if you turned these into Seth vs DCA formats where you each show your 5 picks

Cold steel knives rock. I wish other manufactures would make knives like cold steel.

The AK47 folder is highly underrated. S35VN DLC blade & an aluminum pommel. Andrew Demko design. So good

The Ultimate Hunter does not get the love it deserves. It's an outstanding knife, especially if you do a choil mod on it.

I picked every one that you did except the Lucky Two, of course as an old farmer, my formal events are things like machinery auctions. Great presentation, thank you!

Could add a budget amount for the 5 total as well. How far does $500 dollars go on one brand compared to another, for example.

I started my knife collection with Cold Steel knives, specifically the old Twistmaster series with Opinel-like locking mechanisms.

The value you get from Cold Steel knives is just incredable. Especially when you compare it to stuff like the taggedout in the last video…

The Cold Steel AD10 with its Tri-Ad lock is an absolute beast. Huge chunk of S35VN blade steel, held rock solid by the Tri-Ad--best lock on the market today. Its only rival is the Spyderco Manix 2 XL in Cruwear, also massive, and with a ton of good looks.

I've been carrying Cold Steel blades for 20 years. Some of the best knives I have in my collection. My favorite is my Recon1 in CTS XHP. Holds an incredible edge and super durable

My favorite brand

Great vid! I enjoyed the thoughts behind all the choices and will look forward to more of this content. And David, you do a great job of presenting your knowledge of knives without coming off like a know it all! Very professional!!!

Great idea for a series. It might be interesting to see SOG next

Great idea for a series and an awesome premier, you guys rock 👍

Love this new series! Can't wait to see others!!!

I have cold steel’s entire CTS XHP line-up / offerings. Plus many retired CS knives in Carbon Steel. Been collecting Cold Steel for 20 years.

Very informative and well articulated, thank you sir. Great post

Great new series! Looking forward to seeing other brands and the reasons why the choices are being made.

Excellent series idea, looking forward to see what’s coming up next! 👍🏻👍🏻

It feels like y'all made this video just for me

Ive always felt that the Code 4 is one of the most underrated knives in the hobby. I think that might be my big knife choice, if I was restricted to Cold Steel Knives.

Great idea for a new series. Looking forward to see what other brands make the cut

Very excited about this new series!!!

Love the idea for this series. Could we possibly get Spyderco next?

great video DCA, as a relatively noob to knife collecting i love every video you do (and i watched older videos in your collection too) i love the folding flavour of knives and wish we had the choice to carry more than just a swiss army knife (i'm from the uk) i own a few larger flippers and love every knife that you show us, keep up the great work sir

Great video, when I got into collecting knives my first 2 knives were the Cold steel SR1 and AD10. Still have them, will never get rid of them

Perfect choices!

I love Cold Steel folders, I have about 20 of them and they truly fit any type of use you could ask of them.Thanks DCA and KnifeCenter.

Awesome new series. I'd love to see some budget ones like crkt would be a good one and so would civivi

Liked the new series alot!

Great series looking forward to more of these. Next up Boker has my vote. 🤘🤙✌

Great series! Keep it up with various popular brands. I would be interested in you vs. Seth ideas too.

This series is the best because it covers everyones interests, folders, choppers, fixed blades, you got it all in every video, you guys are on a winning series, this is the knife talk i like rather that just showing whats new

Great ! Looking forward to seeing other episodes on great brands such as spyderco benchmade etc.

The Air Lite is missing. It's very thin and light. I like it a lot despite having an AUS10 blade.

I have had a Recon 1 for about four years, very tough knife!!😊

Love the new series!

I am a fan of cold steel's throwing style knives. Have a gi tanto, a Shanghai shadow, a sure flight thrower, and a set of medium sure strike shurikens.

Civivi would be an interesting one to do next as their catalog is pretty big

You need a tanto in the fix blade category.

Nice variety good job 😊

Really enjoyed that! Thanks

First: I like the format of the video. Second: Between all that you have selected, and wherever I have chosen to go with Cold Steel (but haven't yet pulled the trigger), several of these are in my KC wishlist. Nice to know that all I really need is time & patience. And money. (Mostly money.)

Condor! I'm looking at a number of different knives by them right now and would love to hear your opinion in this format.

I love this kinda series!

i think you nailed it with your pick

I like all 5 of your choices , and would pick the same ones. Well done !

Looking forward to this series with other brands

Good to see you brother David.

I think for the price the AD-10 is a very good deal, it's a really well built tank of a knife with great materials though you could say that about a lot of their knives

I just need em to bring that desperado back man......😢

Happy to see the ultimate hunter finally get some attention, great , ans for the money to me its hard to beat

Recon 1, Twistmaster, Pendleton Hunter, SRK in Carbon V, Bushman. That's what I have from over the years.

Spyderco next please!

Excellent exercise, love it

Very good collection❤

I agree with your categories

Great video - this format is a great way to have a look at a good chunk of a brand's range. Hope we see a lot more of these. On the subject of Cold Steel *to me* it's funny people think Cold Steel's bread and butter is folders - large or small. It probably is these days, but that is not how I think of Cold Steel in my head. The first Cold Steels I can remember are the Carbon V Trailmaster and the Tantos . Both were availble in San Mai. I'm not sure if they were the first Cold Steels, but they were the first I can remember. They were advertised in Soldier of Fortune and were very expensive and not easy to get ahold of over here in Australia. It's actually possible that the very first Cold Steel I saw was tghe Urban Pal or the Urban Skinner, but the Trailmaster and Tantos are what are stuck in my head. It's been a while now. So I think of Cold Steel more as a fixed blade large-ish knife company. The Kukri - I can't recall what it is called the SRK, the Special Projects knives. Even the first small Cold Steel knife I can remember was a fixed blade - the Urban Pal push dagger. I know Cold Steel started making folders, but folders and pockeyt knies is just not how I think of them - it's not the first thing I think of when you say Cold Steel. When I think Cold Steel I think Trail Master and Tanto. If I think more I think Urban Pal and the new kid - the SRK. In a way I don't think of their folders as "real" Cold Steel and probably unfairly I don't think of theior folders as high tier production knives. The folders seem like johnny come lately after thoughts to me. For me Cold Steel is primarily a fixed fighting and survival/field knife company and to some extent I think of the post Carbon V knives as lesser knives - again that is unfair of me, but that is how ideas stick in my head. I guess I'm just old and crusty.

Do Civivi next!

Love the Engage!

Thank you for coming back to earth with prices,variety is nice but not everybody can afford tenderloin 😊

Excellent series idea! Spyderco and Boker have got to be next up on the docket.

DCA, I can't believe the tuff lite didnt make the cut! I do wish that knife came in more premium steel and handle material, but either way that knife is probably one of my favorite cold steels

Favorite knife brand. Our tastes couldnt be more different. I carry espadas and talwars everywhere i go lol.

Recon 1 (plain edge, drop point), Recon 1 XL (full serrations, tanto), Espada XL, Recon Scout, and Trailmaster would be my 5. A 4" blade wouldn't normally be my smallest, but it's Cold Steel.

Nice video thanks

A great new show.

I initially thought I’d like to see Spyderco next but Buck or Boker would be pretty interesting.

- SR1 Lite Clip Point for a hard use folder - Tuff Lite for EDC - Urban Edge push dagger for obvious reasons - SRK full size in SK-5 as camping/survival/tactical tool - Recon Scout or Trail Master as choppers/shtf tools I got so many Cold Steels but those are my ideal choices.

My 5 knife collection: Recon 1, Mini Recon 1, Code 4, American Lawman, Master or Magnum Tanto in 3V. Up next I believe Spyderco has the inventory for such a consideration. This is the way.

This is a really cool new series! Cold Steel is a great brand to start off the series! I feel like Boker, Kershaw, and CRKT would be great brands to highlight in future episodes! For my choices, I'm going to have to agree with you on the AD15 and the Lucky Two! The AD15 is a great "big" edc folder knife and I love the unique design! It has premium materials, great ergos, and a finger safe lock! The Lucky Two is a quality gentleman's knife that also packs a premium steel and good utility with the dual blades! For the "small" edc folder, I'll have to go with the Tuff Lite. It has everything you want from a Cold Steel knife in a very small package! I'm not that big of a fixed blade guy, so I only need one fixed blade and that's the iconic Recon Tanto! It's tactical and can be used in a more utilitarian setting! A tough, do-it-all fixed blade that I keep in my car!

I've got a Swift, and until I started carrying my Hogue, that was my EDC. It's a beast!

Great first pic on doing cold steel! I’d like to see esee, buck, and kershaw!

Strangely he didnt show any Tanto blade here, for which is Cold Steel famous.

See, I pull off all my pocket clips. They go, they go right in my pocket.

Some brands you will struggle to cover all 5 categories... with Boker you will stuggle to only choose one per category.

Hi Knife Center and comments section! Had to comment on the Cold Steel video to show my appreciation for this channel. My curiosity for knives started with Cold Steel but my love for learning about all things knives started here. Your consistently high quality content has created a long time fan

Great topic, David! While I share your thoughts on the knives you've selected, I still can't imagine a Cold Steel folding knife collection without the Recon 1, American Lawman, and Code 4.

DCA, I've actually gave this topic a lot of thought. I have many knives, including some I've made myself. No Chinese-made knives for me when my life is in peril. When the SHTF in the USA, my five GOTO knives are: 1) my Swiss Army Fieldmaster in left front pocket; 2) my Cold Steel AD-15 (made in Taiwan - not China) in right front pocket; 3) no gentleman's knife for me, but a purely offensive knife - my Gerber Mark II strapped to my right lower leg; 4) my camp knife - my Ka-Bar BK2 in my right-side shoulder harness; and 5) my ESEE-6PDE-001 with the machined G10 scales in my left-side shoulder harness in cross draw location. And then there's the guns.

I don't understand much the obsession with "finger safe" locks the triad lock is one of the strongest locks out there and you hopefully have two hands so you can operate it without problems and without any risk for your fingers. I think it's the best choice for a hard working knife.

Cool video. I would have chosen the same 5 knives though I do carry an SRK on my side almost everyday. I love Cold Steel knives I have many in my collection and have never had an issue with any of them. I can't wait to see your next video on this subject.

Pretty cool video.

I love the Lucky, highly recommend it. It's both unlike Cold Steel and *very* Cold Steel at the same time. Very good value for money for the quality and materials, I'm surprised you didn't mention the price. For the 3", I probably would go with the Hold Out, that's on my wishlist, alongside the Code 4 for a larger folder.

My favorite is the Ti-lite 4" 😊

The 4 I use the most. American lawman Master hunter in sanmai Srk in carbon v Trail master in 3v

Excellent! Would like to see a Kershaw collection. Thanks

Wow! Nothing there to fight about! I own a Trail Master San Mai III, and I go along with the assessment - it's a GREAT knife! Now, for the next manufacturer, and a challenge indeed, DC! Let's see how how you do for Victorinox? Go for it! I'm waiting with bated breath.

Great series starter DCA. Easy choice- Columbia River and Gerber

I always, almost religiously carry my cold steel recon 1 in my wallet pocket. Mini tuff lite also gets plenty of use, which isn't shown here... love it!!

DCA, loved the concept of the series. Some good choices there...Big Cold Steel fan here. I have somewhere north of 100 of them. Sounds like a lot, but you'd be surprised to find how many of them I do not have. I'm primarily a folder guy, so I currently only have about twenty of their fixed blades. In fact, two of them that you mentioned in the vid, the Trail Master, and the Drop Forged Bowie, well, they are now on my to get list...Cheers!

4Max Scout, SR1 Lite, American Lawman, Verdict, & Tuff Lite mini are in my CS collection. Love ‘em all. The 4max & SR1 could stand in for fixed blades competently.

They can nail those 5 plus every kitchen type

Thanks DCA for the wonderful review, now do Boker please. You've said in a previous video that if you had to stick to only one brand it would be them because of the variety in the models.

I found my next knife: lucky 2. Loved it

Great vid. Love the theme! The five broad categories work for me. My personal picks (based on my current collection): 1. AD-10. 2. Air Lite. 3. Gents Folder - NIL (no Cold Steel meets my gents requirements) 4. SRK-C 5. Largest I have is an SRK (I don't carry blades over 7") but I like the Trail Master in the vid. I've fallen out of love with Cold Steel since GSM buy-out. Purely personal opinion but value & quality have dipped but still worth a look. Can't wait to see the next brand. Sharp blades all.

Nice! 👍

I would love to see an installment of this series on Boker

That cold steel AD10 is a trip . It would take me a while to get used to its action . I like the idea of this video , btw

19:55 reminiscent of the short blades that the Texans carried at the Alamo.