Cold Steel Nightfall Series Premium

It's amazing that you can buy a knife made with this much of this wonder steel for this little, finished this well. Imagine having a long sharp blade, that will stay sharp essentially forever, unless you are cutting other metal, or a ridiculous amount of something. The blade geometry on this is so absolutely perfect to support a thicker than usual blade with two or three times the strength of a typical knife blade because of the steel used, and the needfully thick profile. It feels like they went for maximum comfortable weight, that would still support the "Tanto Doctrine" for blade geometry. Which, to my knowledge, to date, hasn't been really beaten by anybody when factoring blade strength versus cutting ability. Tanto wins. And this is a big one of those. it means having a stupidly big blade, that's very easy to wield, while being stronger than it has any need to be. That's a great thing to have in an inexpensive knife steel like AUS-8. It's a freaking miracle to have in a godsteel like CPM 3V. In it's size, it's like the benefit of having a modern wakizashi or katana in T10 tool steel. Ridiculously strong yet flexible blade that can take a hit, but will still stay sharp forever. The downside? sharpening is not fun. That said you don't have to do it often. My one big trip using this amazing blade to clear brush, it was still almost razor sharp after weeks of solid use. I also used it to chop down a smallish tree, and size logs for a fire. Still sharp. I only had to touch it up after a solid two weeks of abuse. In my mind, it already paid for itself. It would still slice paper, but hang up at rough sections. True to CPM 3V, I had no roll-overs. Especially with Tanto blade geometry. Just dull sections that needed touched up. Bringing the entire blade back to razor sharp took 5 minutes on a machine with a super fine 1200 grit diamond wheel and water at 120rpm, followed by some stropping with a 20 dollar wal-mart leather belt. With your expert arkansas stone work, it would probably have taken twenty minutes to get a slightly better result than I did. This is a big, expensive piece of steel. If you need something like this, it's worth it. I needed a big durable blade. This fits that bill. Honestly it's gross overkill, but the good kind. The kind that could be a weapon in a pinch if needed, and an insanely deadly one. I don't know why sometimes it's only Cold Steel filling a niche in the market, but I'm glad the person doing it cares about their reputation enough to make something truly special. This is an excellent knife. Thanks Cold Steel. Your love of this art shows in this design. You should consider making wakizashi sized blades in CPM 3V. In this size you could literally plug the numbers into a computer for the tanto configuration, and with this steel, do half geometry. And carry it through. Even halving the angles on the blade. And the steel would handle it fine, and you'd only lose 25 percent of the strength of the design, but make a usable 20" blade. You could harden to rockwell 63-64 so it has a bit more springiness. The enduser would still garner most of the benefits of the edge retention of CPM 3V in a 20" blade. I wouldn't even offer a rounded edge. I'd market on the long tanto configuration, carried to Wakizashi size for the first time.

Good fit and finish I'm passionate about the Samaria and there blade style but serious outdoors person it is a great chopper for a medium kiku! Don't regret it for not getting one there 249 at lowest at blade hq and knife works ! Great fit size and edge!! I'm not a cold steel fan as much as most but I'm saying darn she's Great so far !! For 180 down Don't regret I weighted a year and so glad I tried it for trout blowfish nothing else but a 10 in plus light blade will slice prickers and fall small trees Ron hood made the hoodlums but he passed so I no longer risk breaking the blade its a piece of art collectible and this does so well for a substitute!! I'm a mettalurgist! Typing on a smart phone and I am 6'3 with a set of speakers so excuse grammar and spelling!! Advice skip machetes and or get a Camillus carnivore ex and then get this for better light chopping as well as heavy the key balance edge retention acute sharpness and it is light it will cut what heavy slow blades can not cut !!!!

This Cold Steel dagger, Tai Pan, is the best fighting knife. Most daggers are in a very long and thin triangular shape with a needle thin tip and not too sharp edges. Yes, they are good at stabbing but that is it, they are not good at slicing. The Tai Pan has a wider profile and razor sharp double cutting edge. You can stab and slice with Tai Pan. Since a dagger is mostly used for stabbing so you want a strong and tough tip and that is where CPM 3V steel is great. The 7.5" blade is about perfect size for good balance and fast in the hand.

I purchased this knife because it looked interesting on you tube. I did not buy it for any defensive use. The workmanship, quality and sharpness were remarkable. Razor sharp, one of the best made knifes I’ve seen. 10/10. The sheath is quite good, but it takes a little experimenting to learn how to remove the knife smoothly. 8/10. A sample set of one. I recommend this knife.

I love cpm 3v, waited 10 days for the nightfall editon because it was listed at 149. Great deal on great steel. Sadly I waited for the wrong one to be delivered. However, landing a 12" blade with 3v with perfect Fit and Finish for 149 still a major score..the coating can be better used on steel that doesn't even come close to cpm3v toughness. * hint= watch and wait, Cold Steel prices on Amazon vary a lot from week to week.

I own alot of CS knives and I've always wanted one of their fixed blades. When I first purchased the product I expected the dlc coated version(as shown in the picture) but instead I recieved a satin finished one. I was disappointed but not angry. I'm glad it came in 3v instead of the vg-10 version. But I still wished it came in as shown in the picture. Regardless I'm still happy for what I got. It came in standard packaging covered in some form of grease(probably to protect the blade from rust). It was tucked in a cardboard surrounded by bubble wrap and the sheath came in sealed in plastic. The sheath has a pretty good retention it not too strong or too weak. The blade comes in wicked sharp and the grip is rubberized and super grippy. If your looking for a tactical short sword this one should fit the bill.

Seems durable and sharp. Has a good weight to it.

Het mes is super. Maar....Het past totaal niet in de secure-ex sheath. Na 100+ keer proberen gaat het erin maar dat is dan ook alles. Veel moeite om erin te krijgen, veiligheids"klik" niet te doen, met veel kracht er in en nog meer kracht nodig om weer eruit te halen.

Tiene la medida de un Tanto, más de 30cm, es full tang y peso bien equilibrado. Un filo de muerte y una funda excelente. Sin duda esta empresa hace grandes artículos y este es de los mejores. Ojo, no es nada discreto en tamaño y en definitiva no es algo que puedas salir cargando a la cintura todos los días

The knife and sheath are perfect. There is lots of room in the sheath so it does not rub the knife edge on the securex sheath and it does not dull the blade. When you push the knife fully into the sheath there is a positive snap and it holds it pretty good, not too tight or too loose, just perfect . And at that point there is no wiggle or rattle inside the sheath. It has the new cold steel logo so this is made after the sale of the company years ago. The grind is perfect and extremely Sharp.

This is one impressive knife. More like a short sword, yet light weight and fast. It comes very sharp and the sheath is spectacular. Holds the knife secure and sits on your belt just right in order to put it into action. Great reach when swinging this knife. Good grip with rubbery handle. This knife is just magnificent.

Me gusto que cold steel pone atención al detalle y tiene acabados muy bien hechos y además corta muy bien