- New lightweight Nightshade
- Wannanty Cold Steel stands behind their knives 100 percent
- Representing the newest trends in high-tech, covert construction
- The fixed blade sheath knives have a five-year warranty
Product Description
Black as a moonless night and silent as the grave…these are the qualities that make up our new lightweight Nightshade™ series. Most are detailed reproductions of existing Cold Steel favorites and some are new designs… More >>
#1 by Richard Lee on July 21, 2010 - 5:10 am
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I like the knife but dislike the metal ring. It distracts and its not oictured.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by hippolytusartemis on July 21, 2010 - 8:09 am
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I ordered this “Skean Dhu” on a lark from Greenvalleyplace, a seller on Amazon. When the product arrived the tip was broken off. The tip is the only sharp part of the product. Without the tip this thing is less threatening than a butter knife or a letter opener. This left me completely underwhelmed by “Grivory” aka polyphthalamide the wonder material which replaced Zytel that Cold Steel uses in so many of these cheap products. It must be fairly fragile to have broken in shipping covered in bubble wrap. Perhaps my product was defective. I do not know. In any case the seller expects me to ship the item back to them with a tracking number and pay shipping. I imagine this will cost almost as much as any refund I might receive. I plan on attempting to dispute it through my card just on principle. At this point money is no longer the issue. My advice if you are curious about purchasing this item would be to buy it in a brick and mortar store so you can return it there. I have also contacted Cold Steel and left word with a manager. I am still waiting to hear back from them. I will update this review if anything positive happens. As for now, I would say this experience was much like lighting ten dollars on fire except in this case, someone got to keep my ten dollars. In that sense buying this product felt more like being robbed.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Mitchell Small on July 21, 2010 - 9:56 am
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This is part of my first experience with Cold Steel products. Not wanting to drop major bucks before I became familiar with the company’s quality, I selected a few items I could use but would not be hazardous to my budget if they were flops.
If this is an example, I need not worry, but this item was mildly disappointing.
I was looking for an “executive letter opener” that might serve alternate purposes in an emergency. The catalog states this is not a metal item, so there were no surprises there. The point is needle sharp and easily punches through many layers of cardboard or leather. It will probably do a nice job puncturing your steak, raw or well done, just as well. It did, however, fail to pierce a credit card. That remains my only disappointment with the blade. I would also have liked to see some type of sheath for it.
In terms of my stated use, it did a credible job of opening letters. Unlike a sharpened metal blade, though, the edges were ripped, not cut. The serrations on this blade are more than decoration, they are functional. In addition to piercing cardboard, I could carve it up with the Skean Dhu as well.
The grip knife is wonderfully firm and is definately a non-slip grip. The indent for the thumb is in a natural position and you helps hold the blade in the correct position.
Overall, I would rank this somewhere between a practice knife and a real blade. The point is sharp enough to pierce protective gear, but it may be stopped by a layer of plastic and the edge will cause injury if sliced across skin, but it is far from razor sharp.
While I am slightly disappointed, bearing in mind it’s real purpose, I would recommend this to other people with similar needs. Overall, it is well made and lives up to the catalog description.
Rating: 3 / 5
#4 by Matthew Wayne Street on July 21, 2010 - 10:28 am
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One of the best Cold Steel products I’ve ever owned. Edge is superb. As well as the rest of the construction. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Mitchell Small on July 21, 2010 - 1:00 pm
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This is part of my first experience with Cold Steel products. Not wanting to drop major bucks before I became familiar with the company’s quality, I selected a few items I could use but would not be hazardous to my budget if they were flops.
If this is an example, I need not worry, but this item was mildly disappointing.
I was looking for an “executive letter opener” that might serve alternate purposes in an emergency. The catalog states this is not a metal item, so there were no surprises there. The point is needle sharp and easily punches through many layers of cardboard or leather. It will probably do a nice job puncturing your steak, raw or well done, just as well. It did, however, fail to pierce a credit card. That remains my only disappointment with the blade. I would also have liked to see some type of sheath for it.
In terms of my stated use, it did a credible job of opening letters. Unlike a sharpened metal blade, though, the edges were ripped, not cut. The serrations on this blade are more than decoration, they are functional. In addition to piercing cardboard, I could carve it up with the Skean Dhu as well.
The grip knife is wonderfully firm and is definately a non-slip grip. The indent for the thumb is in a natural position and you helps hold the blade in the correct position.
Overall, I would rank this somewhere between a practice knife and a real blade. The point is sharp enough to pierce protective gear, but it may be stopped by a layer of plastic and the edge will cause injury if sliced across skin, but it is far from razor sharp.
While I am slightly disappointed, bearing in mind it’s real purpose, I would recommend this to other people with similar needs. Overall, it is well made and lives up to the catalog description.
Rating: 3 / 5