Richard Simmons
01-22-2012, 02:50 PM
Pretty much impractical in the extreme but couldn't resist a bargain. Stopped by a little antique mall today, besides the usual stuff they have several vendors that tend to have knives on a regular basis and found a CS Rajah II, LNIB for $45.00.
I'm not a big fan of Cold Steel but given that this model sells for close to 2x that much I figured it was worth checking out.
http://www.knifeworks.com/coldsteelrajahiigrivoryhandleplainedge.aspx
Don't have a camera at the moment but the link posted above will give you some details.
This think is huge!. The handle allows for several grip variations. It's a bit awkward to open one handed but once you do it's rock solid with no bladeplay. Mine shows virtually now wear at all though it won't cut paper smoothly. It's either been used enough to dull it or wasn't sharpened well from the factory. Edge doesn't show any signs of sharpening other than factory edge.
More or less a folding Kukri. Will it end up in my EDC rotation? Probably not. Likely it won't see much use though I will get the edge up to par by the end of today. Still it is pretty cool and for the price I do think it was too good to pass up. Part of collecting, at least for me is variety and this is definitely that.
I'm not a big fan of Cold Steel but given that this model sells for close to 2x that much I figured it was worth checking out.
http://www.knifeworks.com/coldsteelrajahiigrivoryhandleplainedge.aspx
Don't have a camera at the moment but the link posted above will give you some details.
This think is huge!. The handle allows for several grip variations. It's a bit awkward to open one handed but once you do it's rock solid with no bladeplay. Mine shows virtually now wear at all though it won't cut paper smoothly. It's either been used enough to dull it or wasn't sharpened well from the factory. Edge doesn't show any signs of sharpening other than factory edge.
More or less a folding Kukri. Will it end up in my EDC rotation? Probably not. Likely it won't see much use though I will get the edge up to par by the end of today. Still it is pretty cool and for the price I do think it was too good to pass up. Part of collecting, at least for me is variety and this is definitely that.