Cold Steel Leatherneck SF - FAIL

On this first outing with my Cold Steel Leatherneck SF, the knife failed - big time. While batoning through an outer section of a small, knotty log, the knife encountered a difficult spot and gave up, leaving a chunk of the blade edge embedded in the log. Get an ax... right? Yeah, I know. This is hard use for a knife, and an axe would do the work faster - and with less potential damage to the edge. However, this is intended to be a fighting utility knife, and it just failed the "utility" part of that claim. If it can't be used for HARD utility work, that leaves us with only the "fighting" claim to apply to the knife - and it will so rarely be used in that situation, that I don't think it's performance there is worth measuring (certainly not by me). I think a fighting utility knife should EXCEL at hard utility work, because that's what most of us will really use it for - then, if the knife is proven, we will trust it to go in to battle where it may be used in the other role to save lives. I would not trust this knife in hostile environments or situations now knowing it's limitations, but if you believe the stress I put on this knife was unreasonable and abusive, go ahead and buy it. But when you get it, remember, DON'T BE ROUGH WITH IT... ;)

I will be contacting Cold Steel in regards to Warranty Repair/Replacement. I don't know what to expect from them in regards to this, but I will update you in a future video.

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[onetaothree]

What a worthless piece of shit! Cold Steel's ad copy for this knife says "German 4116 stainless steel". In other words "worthless shit". Anyone who knows anything about knife steel knows German stainless steel has no place outside the kitchen. Cold Steel has started getting greedy and putting out sub-par shit knives so Lynn Thompson can roll in money and go on hunting safaris. Have you seen their new 2012 stuff? Pure crap.

[TheLateBoyScout]

@onetaothree This was the SK-5 version which is no longer for sale from CS. They've updated the steel and grind.

[DrWrongPaul]

Hi, did you ever solve your leather neck knife issue?

[TheLateBoyScout]

@DrWrongPaul Just finished shooting a video on that. Will post an update vid as soon as I get it edited down.

[rdcd20]

What kind of wood were you going through ?

[TheLateBoyScout]

@rdcd20 Not sure. Cord wood from a grocery store.

[NewSurvivalSkills]

In a true survival situation where your knife may be your only tool, who in their right mind is going to baton wood with it? Also anyone with a fair amount of common scenes would know better than to baton a piece of clearly well seasoned hard wood that is full of knots. There is nothing on this planet that is indestructible and Cold Steel never made the claim that this knife is, try using more common sense and brain power .

[Arata414]

Everyone check out my video of the Cold Steel Leatherneck SF doing some split-batoning. It can take abuse. Check it out now!

[SwissArmyBumpkin]

well no shit! it's advertised as a tactical knife and general utility use is only implied, perhaps i can educate you at this point, if it doesn't say bushcraft or survival knife on the box, DON'T BATTON ON IT! a utility knife is not the same! what's next? ''kitchen knife fails to cut a brick''? seriously, some of the info on youtube. it should be called ''wikitube'' take this sort of ''half- educated opinion sharing'' with a grain of salt ppl!

[captainamer71]

wow that knife is junk the GI tanto they make is 10x the knife

[tomtom671]

maybe you should've use some WD-40 as recommended by nutnfancy... haha im just kidding man. thanks for sharing this video

[bluehoarse]

Americans trying to batton with a small $50 knife... makes me laugh every time I see it on youtube lol...

[ArtistBlade1972]

Poor metallurgy. The grain structure in the broken area looks as big as grains of sand. Terrible heat treat.

[oliver6able]

Cold Steel is high priced crap! Buy ESEE or TOPS! thatchannelwithstuf you must just buy crap tools. Good quality knives will surpass this and more!

[SpartanJohns]

That's no good.

I would not call that abuse.

[Thieflyfe]

cold steel red neck is a better knife than this. i think you guys should check it out

[EuropeanOutdoorsman]

The 1.4116 ThyssenKrupp is actually tougher than SK5. Better as a knife steel? I don't think so. The German steel ones haven't hit the market yet, so if you like the knife in carbon get it before they run out.

In any case, this is an obvious manufacturing defect since I didn't have this issue with my knife. Will people also please stop using a FIGHTING knife for bushcraft. There are plenty of tough woods knives for under 70 bucks... i.e. the BK2!