Drop Forged Strength! Cold Steel Survivalist
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So glad you finally reviewed this blade! This is my number one favorite “jack of all trades” knife for hybrid outdoor/self defense/camping use. Unlike most other “master of none” designs, I find the Survivalist is aptly named because it truly punches above its weight in all categories. For price, the durability, reliability and performance is without compare among my other Cold Steeles’, Condors’, and Kabars’. Bar-none. I belt carry it in a two knife system with the drop forged hunter where I have the smaller knife’s sheath attached over the larger blade’s at the bottom. It looks REALLY good and it’s an incredibly adept outdoor sporting combo.
short: the blade is awesome as fuck! and i own more than 50 knives
The first time I purchased this knife was five years ago, and I definitely put it through quite a bit of tests!! it held up extremely well which is why I bought two more shortly after that!!
When it comes to great value, that is not going to break the bank, you can’t get much better than this!! It definitely won’t let you down. It does every single thing I need it to!!
One day my boss had some flooring coming in to the job site.
We had to take apart the skid it was on so I was like ‘hold on guys I have something for that’.
Went and grabbed this blade and just destroyed that skid. Everything from chopping to prying.
I felt like a badass that day
If you look around you can find them for as low as 55 to $50 at times. I have one and love it. Hard to beat for the price even at 70.
@@LXT43 My survivalist is the best knife I own next to my TOPS silent hero; the survivalist is easily a $100 quality knife for $70, and I couldn’t care less where it’s made.
@@LXT43 you're full of crap!!! This knife is worth more than knives costing way more!!!
I have this knife, a standard Ka-Bar, an Ontario SP10, & some others. This is by far the best knife I own. I don't think you can find a better knife for the cost. I wish Cold Steel would make similar handle upgrades to The Drop Forged Hunter, & completely redesign the Drop Forged Bowie, such that it's an actual Bowie with a decent grippy handle, rather than the current short handle w/ fake stag scales, & zero retention to prevent it from slipping out of your hand.
This is one of my favorite large fixed blades. Basically indestructible and 52100 allows for easy field sharpening. Really a great value as well.
For me 52100 is the regular carbon steel that performs like super steel. You can get a great edge, a great edge retention and a very good strength. It’s not a stainless steel but it’s more rust resistant than 1095 and with that coating ... The best part of this knife seems to be that, like you said, they did not go for the overkill profile. I think you have a winner. Very informative video, as usual. Thanks.
I bought the older version with the gold color. I did wrap the handle with electrical and tennis tapes. It feels way better. But the knife is great for every job I had for it, indoors and outdoors. Good review, by the way!
this knife has convinced me that cold steel is a brand that does NOT disappoint. from switzerland
I haven't stripped any larger Torx screws, but I have stripped Allen's. Torx screws were designed to not strip as easily as Allens do.
Yep... Aaron got it totally backwards. Talk to any bike shop about stripped hex screws. Torx, Torx Plus, and Paralobe heads are considerably more resistant to stripping than hex heads.
Thanks again Aaron. I'd probably wrap it in tennis grip tape to mitigate shock from chopping as well.
Love it. Essentially a drop forged trail master.
Don't hit it with a rock. It's not recommended, anyway, but you might have to do so in sn emergency. I prefer the Schrade SCHF2SM. It's a solid piece of 1070 steel, with a hollow handle bored into the grip. It's less prone to shattering if abused.
Nice review. Thanks for the heads up on the $35 Cold Steel SRK in SK-5 steel. I just got mine in the mail today.
I recently bought the drop forged bowie with faux stag scales, it's actually really good 👍.
Do love Cold Steel! Their hatchets are also really great.
They're my fav company..... but i have more Spyderco's for some reason. Lol darn pawn shops and their cheap 2nd hand knives!
I just dry-shaved with mine. Didn't think I was accomplishing much,then noticed that the front of my shirt was completely covered with whiskers. Not bad for a production blade.
Looks like a pretty decent blade would love to know the exact hrc and what they heat treat for. 52100 can be plenty durable enough for use at 61 ish hrc
I purchased the drop forged hunter and I used commercial grade shrink tubing then paracorded it, worth’s great. I may just try paracording the survivalist first, if I’m not happy I’ll shrink tube it, it difficult to get the shrink tube over the handle heat it first
Hey Aaron just wanted to say thanks for your update link for the Cold Steel Recon. I purchased one of the Recon tanto edge with the CZcams Amazon link you provided the other day. This Cold steel Recon makes me feel like I a mini Samurai Katana when I have it in my hands super fun. So thanks for that link and recommendation
Glad to hear it!!
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Timothy Volkers - recon scout? if yes where did u find it?
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I bought it from one of Gideonstactical Amazon affiliate links. If you go into the description of this vide there should be a Amazon Link where Gideonstactical favorite items list should be. In the favorites list the cold steel fixed blade recon is one of the favorites
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I can't locate any Recon Scout at Amazon buy I did find the Recon Scout available for Pre sale at Osograndeknives.com. I found out the Grande knives are getting some in from just doing a Google search,
For Cold Steel Recon Scout and OSoGrandeknives is one of the first website pages that come up for available pre-order. I also noticed that opticsplanet.com has a small stock available as of 2 minutes ago for complete sale so you won't need to do a pre-order from Grande knives. Hope this helps and you find what your looking for.
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If you try my suggestions/tips and your still having trouble than get back to me right here on youtube and I'll try and help you further.
Sweet knife...
Definitely an upgrade with that new handle... if you wanna wrap the handle I would recommend tennis racked grip tape (like from Wilson)
Keep up the great work...
Tennis racket tape is the deal for knife handles AND it's perfect on firearms too!
You got it totally backwards regarding the screws. For a given size, torx screws support higher tightening torques than hex screws.
I love mine and it’s got a great feeling the hand and I’ve beat the tar outta it
Hello again Aaron hope you Ashley and the kids are doing well. Thanks for another great video I just ordered one for myself because of your excellent review. God bless you and your family and stay safe and stay alert :-) :-)
Great knife. Looks like it would be a great addition to any kit
The thing is, having this handle construction does not really add any more strength compared to an over molded or normal full tang knife, as both of those are allredy plenty strong and usually the weakest point with those it the blade anyways.
It would be cool if they made it thicker like the O-1 Trail Master. That was a cool knife.
Love this channel !!
You have inspired me in so many ways .
You have great recommendations to finding a good Bowie knife .
You inspire me to do better knife videos ( especially the ones I actually use haha - some I just buy for collecting purposes ).
Like this beauty by Cold Steel .
I will most definitely be using !!
I even bought a custom Kydex sheath for it ( not that there was anything wrong with the sheath that came along with the knife - I just wanted to upgrade ).
Thanks for showing the proper way to make a knife video .
Love this knife !!!
I have this knife, and the handle scales are better than they look. I tested them out wet, and they have better grip than a wet Ka-Bar with the Kraton rubber. The only negative is that the handle is a bit small for people with large hands. If you have regular size hands, it doesn't need modifications.
I wear XL gloves, is this handle a deal breaker?
@@quicktoevil it shouldn't be a problem. My hands are XXL in palm circumference (10.25"), and XL in length. There's plenty of length on the handle for people with wide palms. The circumference of the handle is admittedly a bit small. It's doable with gloves. But, if I was going to use this a lot without gloves, I'd probably add some circumference with grip tape or heat shrink grip.
@@quicktoevil I put heat shrink grip tubing on most knife handles. I haven't on this one, because the handles are so grippy. I don't even bother with handles that are less than 4.75* long. This knife will be just fine for you, unless your fingers are extraordinarily long.
Looking forward to a winter test of this blade! I wish the Hunter had those scales too.
Always a solid review
The Drop Forged Survivalist is a good replacement for the Recon Scout, which was discontinued over 10 years ago. It is a little thinner, but a little longer, and a small upgrade in steel from the old CarbonV (1095 Cro Van). I had been looking for an old Recon Scout, but they are hard to find and expensive! Then I found the Survivalist and it was like the Recon Scout came back with some improvements. Especially the new 36mh which has better balance and grip than the previous gold colored 36mc model.
Recon scout is still around my friend but costs about 3-4x as much
@@joshdoddadbod The modern ones use CPM 3V.
@@avatarion yup. Really disappointing they don't sell them in a more affordable steel.
Nice insight on the temperature considerations. No one else I’ve looked at has mentioned that.
As soon as I read the description non amazon about 3 months ago as soon as I read 52100:that's ball bearing steel I hit buy got mine in and took the scales off and took a permanent black marker to them and put them back on . Those scales are really nice and grippy . I love it one piece of forged steel .
JOE X Just destroyed this knife. Not for use on hard targets and they hard prying. Started out great but snapped. Great on wood an softer objects but high carbon makes it more brittle and not so tough. Mine is really sharp and I cam imagine edge retention will be very good.
Ooh. That's awesome, as modern Bowie and below $100😍
I have had mine for over a year. I. Like it . it's the right size for all day carry in the woods great for the big camp knife chores. Pared with a good saw like a silky and a smaller knife for fine work it covers most of what I need.
Down sides. Here in Wisconsin we have to deal with the cold as well and that is when the Handel gets uncomfortable if the Handel could be thinned down and full wood or micarta be used instead I would have no complaints.
Get your original Cold Steels while you still can. Lynn sold Cold Steel already and I don't know how it'll play out... But I like to think Lynn Thompson made the best choice for the company and did it in good faith for us all and for the future.
Arrghhh!!!! Why do I have to keep finding these damn knife reviews. You guys are draining my bank account. Quick question for you Aaron. What do you think between this and the Ontario SP6 knife? I know you did an old review on it and these two are in the same category with 8" blades and similar shape. I've had the SP6 since you first did that review and it is a tough blade designed for damage. I also have a Recon Scout that I got back in 2005 that just sits in a box now as I never really used it much. The only other blade that I have in this category would be the Ontario RD6, RD7 and RD Tanto in 5160 steel.
I think I like the idea of the drop forged knife more than the actual knife. But I wouldn’t be afraid to have this one as my only blade in a survival situation.
Thanks for the review, informative as usual.
I’d like TOPS to make one like this. 🇺🇸
Great review as always. Best knife review channel on CZcams. I think this is a great knife at a great price. I’ll probably pick one up when availability is a little better. Thanks for your work!
Best budget blade on the market.... period!!!
I would love to see smaller version of this knife.
That would be cool
And they need to make a Drop Forged Hunter with handle scales.
Good idea
I absolutely love mine
I own one of these. I wrapped the handle with Head tennis racket grip tape and it does a great job of insulating hot and cold, not to mention giving a better overall grip and no hot spots.
You need to check out some of the Miguel Nieto knives from Spain. I'd like to see you review the chaman xxl. It's a big all arounder with n690 steel. Sweet knife. Keep up the good work!
I have one of their slip-joint folders and it's a very nice knife and it was fairly inexpensive. Yeah, I'd like to see some reviews on some of their fixed-blade offerings. They have a lot of good-looking blades but reviews- especially in English- are almost non-existent.
@@ogivecrush check out Bush Camping Tools... Cool guy and does a handful of Nieto knives on his channel. I've yet to see the xxl but I can say from my experience, I love it.
@@davidm3463 Cool! I will check it out. Thanks!
I have the nieto semper fi 1 and its fricking awsome
Really dig ur reviews man keep it up!!!
For most the Cold Steel sure seems a good choice however I must consider grip first in most knives. Why? Only one hand to work with concerning any medium to large knife. And on that principle always consider incidents causing the same possibility for anyone. So when it comes to mostly metal, aluminum and carbon fiber grips I rarely will consider such knives. Grip in my case is always a top priority. This still provides plenty knives to consider. If you can imagine the wear on skin being essentially one handed. Very few really can realize such a thing. This comes with six decades of experience. Thanks to thalidomide!
I have had the original silver over black release with no scales for a few years, & I like the feel with my fingers falling into the troughs on either side (depending upon grip). I put some sticky tennis racket tape over the handle for thermal protection. If spudge gets under it, I just remove, clean & re-apply. I wish that you had removed the scales to reveal the cross profile of the forging. I am wondering if the forging dies got modified or not. Regards, Barry from Western Mass.
Thanks been watching your channel for years love your videos thank you
Looks like a really good value; found it on amazon for $75.
Check the amazon links
@@gideonstactical I sure did; not there. I did just find it when I keyword searched for that knife, it is about $75 on amazon, but your link does not bring this knife up.
Good quality test . Good information. I believe I will buy this knife.
It may be a good knife; however it doesnt come close to the TrailMaster and Recon Scout it has replaced. THANKS CS AND LYNN for not warning us you were discontinuing the flagship knives that built your company. Had we been warned we would have stocked up a few extra TMs and RC's.. Thankfully there are some up-and-coming knife companies coming on line...
It's basically the same knife as the recon scout only better I have both and prefer the survivalist
I have a CS drop forged survivalist and I don't feel confident at all about the tip which is very thin.
I finally bought a Survivalist and this knife Is Bad Ass , I paid $66 on Amazon and at that price this knife is probably the Best Knife under $75 on The Market , YES its that Good . And if you've been thinking about getting one , just do it , before GSM either raises the price or changes the steel to that 4034 trash can steel . Just Do It ......
It's priced right for what it is yes it missed some of the finer things as you mentioned but if it didn't it would be a 150 dollar knife. So for 70 or so I'd buy it
Love your video's not appreciative of your lose remark of the K-Bar falling apart .I have my dads from word war 11 my own from the 60's and 4 other models of K-Bar all stacked leather and have yet to have one fall apart as you said. Stay safe out there Happy trails
Kabar’s are great knives, he purposefully broke it by batoning it incorrectly. Everyone thinks they need to split wood with a knife when that job is for a axe
Hi Aaron,
There are 2 other CS Bowies that are full tang (ok, actually one is kinda full tang ): Wild West Bowie and 1917 Frontier Bowie
Gotta wonder what it feels like in your hand when doing some heavy duty chopping. Vibes.
I have this knife and the Hunter as well. I really like the handle scales of the Survivalist and wish they put them on the Hunter. When chopping it seems to make a funny ringing/rattling noise but doesn't seem to punish the hand more than any knife but I haven't wailed on anything with it too wildly. I think since there's so much beef in the handle it absorbs vibrations decently. It's a really cool knife.
I've only used this knife with the handle scales on and for light de-limbing of a couple trees that were too close to a window. I felt next to no shock and the scales fill the palm very well. This is a nice knife!
I like that it’s basically one piece. It’s a decent price too. Fairly affordable. I appreciate the info on its performance. Thanks.
If you must chop with it, use a two finger pinch and use the lanyard to keep it from escaping. You'll get 2x the chopping power as opposed to a hammer/traditional grip.
I had the knife out just the other day and did some chopping with it, didn't really notice the ringing sound like I'd mentioned, must've depended on the thing being chopped. It's a decent chopper but it's full flat ground so the blade is a little lighter than many dedicated beastly choppers. A decent mix of large strong woods knife and a fighting knife. It is a Bowie, after all. Vibrations seemed insignificant as previously stated.
Wow exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks for the review. 👍
I love my CRKT muzzle break..but I have got to give this a try
I do have a signed autograph of Lynn Thompson topless with his headband on chopping meat with this knife he was using! I will treasure it for life!
That’s kinda sus tbh
Interesting blade. Shame they didn’t thin the metal handle down and put scales on it like a normal full tang knife
Since I haven't had the pleasure of handling one yet I get to ask you this question...do you think using a " ranger band" or just a length of appropriate diameter bicycle innertube slid over the handle would help mitigate any issues with the handle?
I own one and i used some very large heat shrink tubing and it works and looks great
Why can't they make this in a sabre grind. Love the drop forged hunter. Flat grind works for a small knife but the survivalist should he sabre grind
The only thing i dont like is the metal handle. In Canadian winters that badboy will literally become one with your hand lol and not in a good way.
Been thinking about getting one. Have carried a trailmaster for years. Is the blade similar to the trailmaster? Looks like it. The recon is just a little smaller than the trailmaster I believe.
It’s a darn good knife for the money... I use it on my deer hunts.
What did he mean when he said you can wrap the knife handle with skateboard tape? He wasn't talking about griptape on the handle was he?
Hey Aaron! Thanks for the Video! What happened to the hummingbird?
They are gone now. Thanks for asking.
Too funny. I have the older version and just ordered this one yesterday. This is a HIGHLY underrated design as is the Drop Forged Hunter.
I wish they would add some handle scales to the Drop Forged Hunter. I'd buy it immediately.
Hello Aaron is there any way you could do one of your awesome reviews on a tops Delta unit 3 it's a small knife but built like a tank.
Looks like your Wife is carrying a Mora 511, She should do a review on her Favorite camp knife.
In the camp video, he does mention it and said she switched to the Kershaw Camp 5 for food prep, because the scandi grind wasn't doing it, haha.
Great Blade . Have you ever tried the Recon Scout ? It's an Awesome Knife , it's the Best 7"ish chopper I've ever used , I like mine alot better than my TrailMaster , it's a better overall knife. I know you didn't l Iike the O1 steel but know you can get them in A2 or San Mai , I'd love to see a review of one ....👍⚔🖖
Hey there I received a question about buying a Recon Scout and where they can be found. I was wondering if you might add any helpful data to the comments/replies that I gave to the questioner.
Also the comment that I posted about a month ago where the question was asked I was thanking Aaron for the cold steel Recon suggestion and low price affiliate link. Hope that helps and I appreciate any helpful information you may have, Thanks.
@@timothyvolkers5343 -- Its a Sad day , it seems C.S. has discontinued the Recon Scout , I always thought it was a good selling knife , there are a few for sale on EBay . I wish I would have known beforehand o
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Yes I had read the same. There is still a few left over at Opticsplanet.com the price was about 135 if you want to 31st another. They were still in stock at about 5am
@@timothyvolkers5343 --- Opticsplanet.com says "ships in 3 to 5 months" , that tells me that they don't have it in stock and are waiting for it to come in . 👎
Great Video my Friend
Ok, Aaron...this or the Esee Junglas? Choose one.
Kind of different applications. Camping the ESEE, go bag, combat utility the cold steel.
I would love to see a version of this knife with a forward choil like the Tops knife. I wonder if one could be slowly, carefully and, most importantly, cut into the blade. No, I won’t try it, but I’ll ask a local blade smith.
It's pretty simple, just get a dremel and a bucket of water and don't cut/grind for more than a second at a time without cooling it back down in the bucket. I cut Emerson waves into my folders all the time, if it doesn't get hot it'll be fine. On the flip side, if you just cut right through and don't cool it off, you're basically making good steels into 420j2.
Do you know what the rockwell of this knife is ? Are what would be your guess since you used it ?
I wonder what your thoughts are with the cold steel counter point xl
Never forget your safety goggles on your campingtrip!😆
For a do everything, bug out, zombie, fighting, wood processing, and hunting knife. What is better, this cold steel or the steel will argonaut 800?
Whole knife its a piece of one, exactly the same steel? Im right?
I hope they do this with the drip forged hunter.
I love mine, best 70$ knife out there!
Has anyone removed the scales from the new version of this knife? There’s a vid here on YT where a guy shot his with a 9mm (lol) and then after the handle shattered he showed that it was highly skeletonized, completely hollow under the scales.
excuse me sir and ma'am i have a question... does the belt loop reversible from left to right and vice versa??? thank you...
Yes. The sheath that comes with it is completely customizable for right or left hand carry.
@@jessr.3763 Thanks
Looks cool but I already have my giant Bowie knife set with the felon from zombie tools
Love my drop forged survivalist!!!
Is the tip strong? I wanna know because I've seen people break the tip but I want to hear what you say.
At 2:03: What's the blade your wife is carrying? Thanks for posting, I love my CS Survivalist!
I like the look and overall design but wish the blade was shorter. I got away from large bladed knifes some time ago and find them to only be suited to more niche tasks but not real good for a "go to for everything" knife.
get the Drop Forged hunter.
Very Cool Survivalist Knife from Cold Steel products !!!!!!!!!!!
Cool. What do you think about the labor big brother?
I’m sold next on the long list of camping tools
Hey Thanks for the information and Great Video to 😎🤙
It's not full tang.
Makes that Tops knife look stupid showing them side by side like that.
Yeah, I said it!
Does anyone know if you can strike a ferro rod on the knife without damaging the coating? And will it rust if the coating comes off?
The only thing I don't like is that it has no blood strip.
Blood strip? Do you mean blood groove or fuller? If so, there’s no practical purpose, all it does is lighten the blade. As this has a full flat grind, there’s no need or point to it.
There is a practical purpose to a blood strip. This knife isn't so much for stabbing but slashing and cutting but it will
Can you compare Cold steel dropped forge VS Ka Bar BK-7