Cold Steel Tai Pan san maiIII/san mai comparison
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- My old man has an original Cold Steel Tai Pan san maiIII and I had the chance today to have my new san mai Tai Pan in a side by side comparison. It was an interesting exercise and to be honest the two knives are very close in quality, fit and finish and overall feel.
The Cold Steel Tai Pan san maiIII is made in Japan is VG-1/420J laminate and comes with a leather sheath. My old man has had a kydex sheath made for his Tai pan as well.
The new Cold Steel Tai Pan san mai is made in Taiwan and is VG-1/420J(?) laminate and comes with a Secure-Ex sheath.
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I am sorry about the lighting, this video was done in the back yard of my old man's house and I did the best I could.
I think ColdSteel switched from production in Japan to production in Taiwan in 2006. Thank you SO much for the comparison.
to be honest I am not sure.
Great video brother. It is interesting and appreciated to see the comparison between the two. True blade enthusiasts understand this. And solid decision to eventually get the Kydex sheath for your Tai Pan. I have purchased many custom Kyndex sheaths for various knives. I do appreciate the original leather sheath, it's well made, fashionable and just smells of distinct quality of leather and wood. I wouldn't take it on a moist camping excursion however. The older San Mai III version is less pointy and it's edge does infact protrude slightly more than the Taiwan version. I prefer the minor difference in shape of the Japanese version despite the Taiwan version possibly having a slight edge in stabbing penetration with less force due to it's more acute tip. The Japanese version I'd say would have the advantage in slashing and cutting due to it's slightly wider body and edge actually being more pronounced that pass significantly beyond the ricasso compared the the Taiwan version. These little characteristics matter in performance. Quality between the two is nearly the same even though most everyone including myself feels the older versions have that extra bit of love and care put into them, especially with that stamp of being made in Japan. Overall I prefer the Japanese version with it's slight difference in blade shape, and it's more pronounced edge, and the finish of the blade is just better.
thanks mate, I do wish I had bought an original san maiII Tai Pan, but am I glad Col Steel did reproduce them which gives me the opportunity to once again get this iconic CS knife.
Today I think it is 3V step up. Steels get better all the time and cheaper.
I have to agree
Very good comparison, my friend! Cheers!
thanks mate
They did a disservice to the customer by switching to Taiwan. I haven’t researched this, but did they reduce the price for the customer after making this change?
I think the pricing is around the same.
Does the new version have a deeper hollow grind?
I sure wish I had purchased one of the original TaiPan daggers years ago. I kept putting it off; now it's too late.
they are about the same mate
>I have several SanMai Tantos that are made in Taiwan and they are all perfect. I have heard that the blades are sandwitched in Japan, but put together in Taiwan, i dont know. But it is beautiful blades for sure.
they are a damn fine knife
I miss the Made in Japan blades.
Have a couple, but still miss them.
they are very good-quality blades, though the Twaiwan ones are pretty nice as well. I get what you mean though mate
Place opening of kydex sheath in hot water, it will soften the kydex. Gently pull the top of the sheath open. Then place the knife in. Adjust untill you are happy with the fit. Hot air guns can over do it. Try hair dryer. But i find hot water does not loosen it up too much.
thanks for the tip
Good video bud. Did you nick ya left index finger with your old man's Taipan.
no I did that before I shot the video.
Great video 👍. Yeah I'm just going to have to settle with the Taiwan made Tai pan... The Japanese version would be so hard to come by..
yeah they are almost impossible to buy these days and if you do find one you will pay a lot of money for it.
@@waveman0 yeah for sure... they can pretty much name their own price..
Was looking at imperial Tai pan love the handle /ray skin ... Numbered 1-500..
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yeah they are pretty good mate
The peacekeeper 1 and 2 are also another rare blade come by.. very similar to the Tai pan..
even more rare and expensive is the Imperial Tai Pan and Tanto, a limited run damascus bladed Tai Pan and Tanto. That's even if you could ever find one.
@@waveman0 yeah the imperial Tai pan with the specially wrapped handle..
@@waveman0 PS: the recon tanto in San Mai is on sale at cleavers Atm👍👍.. check them out..
@@marcie-leebyers9521 yeah I have the Recon Tanto in Aus-8a , it is a beast, I don't think I need to go with the san mai ATM. Thanks for the heads up though.
They are both the exact same steel. Just put together in Taiwan. Some knives from Japan were not always the same shape.
no sorry John, Cold Steel has clearly stated they changed from san maiIII which uses VG-1 to san mai which uses VG-10, which are different steels.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VG-1_(steel)#:~:text=VG%2D1%20(also%20known%20as,same%20steel%20as%20VG%2D10.&text=There%20have%20been%20reports%20that,these%20reports%20have%20been%20disputed.
@@waveman0 they are different but not that much different tbh, I just checked it. Also many claim that VG 10 is better than VG1
@@Vigilantea92 it is hotly debated in the knife world over the merits of vg10 and vg1, I don't think we'll ever get a definitive answer as to which one is truly better.
@Terry Weinhold I doubt it.
Ano mas pravdu!Mam tanto Japonske s mirnou, drobnou odchylkou na cepeli a druhe Taiwanske ktere je vyrobeno bez chyby a je krasne!
You can see actual laminate lines on the Japanese one the other one just looks like it was Exter something need to see a slight difference in the steel by the edge of the newer one with the old Japanese when you could actually see you laminate line which is awesome…. Not a fan of the new ones especially the ones coming from the new Texas company
fair enough mate
Can this newer model withstand snap out tests? Because i can se that its tip is much pointy comparing to older model.
I haven't done any point tests, and you are right Cold Steel does market the Tai Pan as being able to resist tip snapping. The only thing is it is a $300 knife and I am hesitant to test it that way.
@@waveman0 For that amount of money it should be able, after all what good is a high end knife if it is unable to survive hard use?
@@novicagojkovic4706 true enough mate, and it does carry a fair bit of the thickness of the central spine thickness of the spine all the way to the tip, I think it is fairly robust.