Cold Steel has never used D-5 tool steel in any of their products before. They have used SK-5 and Carbon-V but that's an entirely different beast the D-5. There was a Chinese knock-off of Cold Steel knives that advertised their stuff as made out of D-5 tool steel so if that's what's stamped on the side of the blade you probably got one of the knock offs.
That looks like the Cold Steel clone that come out several years back. They released either a Chinese or Pakistani Gurkha Kukri and Trail Master clone with logo's and all. The Kukris didn't stay out very long even with dirt cheap prices. Mainly due to poor heat treat and inferior steel. the blades kept chipping or breaking into. The Trail Master clones did a little better and are still around today. The ones with Trail Master Logo are harder to find but the Mtech MT151 Trail Master is still readily available around 20 U.S.D.
He never let the camera show the marking very well, but the first thing I thought was it's a fake. Something isn't right with the edge (it isn't there). I have been cutting the same sorts of pine trees on my farm for many years. Never an issue. The right downward angle and it only takes one chop.
@@fredbrackely Thank for confirmation ,that sad to see that ,that happen.to your Kukri knife by Cold Steel. I did see another video with a similar issue by two guy that was out camping and their blade chip very much the same.
@@fredbrackely I am unaware that Cold Steel ever made a Gurkha Kukri out of D5 steel. They have changed the steel used over the years. There was Carbon V, Sk-5, A2 and now even CPM-3V. The have made at least 2 versions of San Mai. Never thought a big chopper with a hard core sandwiched between 2 softer layers would work once something hard was hit. Still wonder why you never returned the knife after the first chip. The pattern of the breakage is puzzling also. For a divot like that to breakout it looks like lateral forces not downward stroke onto the edge. A very hard hammer strike from the side would produce that sort of break. A chop of the knife onto something would roll the edge, perhaps break a thin linear section where the strength of the steel was exceeded. The brief glance of the letters "Gurkha Kukri" looks odd also. On the 2 versions I have the font in the letters "ukri" are the same thickness but slightly reduced in height. Those letters look thinner on your example. I suggest you return it to Cold Steel. If it is a manufacturing problem they will replace your blade. If it is a fake they will let you know.
Regardless if this is a real cold steel or not, a handmade Nepalese will always be the best option. They cost the same if not less, and outperform the American or Chinese "kukris" many times over.
I wasted so much money until I learned better. If you want to do the khukuri thing, do it right and get a real one from a reputable Nepalese company! Convex edge. Differentially heat treated blade. Proper blade geometry. All by hand. Ask the same type of blade from an American company and they would be asking for minimum $400 USD. 🙄
The handmade ones that are street heated are nowhere near the strength and quality of the properly heat treated 3V Models. I have had both and had heavy break outs with handmade one from Nepal. The same thing didn't have any effect on the Cold Steel 3V Gurkha Kukri.
I bought a Cold Steel Stainless ATC mad in Japan a few years back. Simple batoning on medium hard wood snapped the blade just in front of the handle. Blew me away. Contacted Cold Steel. Sent it in to them, never heard a peep. I suspect you'll get the same response. Stick with carbon steel.
Buy original nepalese handmade khukuri.. u wont have to complain or have to worry about these types of problems... And price is cheaper than those u have...
Looks like a genuine cold steel kukri, that vintage would have been in 01 tool steel most likely a example the had a poor heat treatment. Couldn't have been that bad tho poster said that he had been using it for 6 years before the failure. With a proper heat treat it would have endured far worse treatment than described and then some with no issues at all By all accounts cold steel kukris are far more consistent in heat treatment than the even best Himalayan imported "real" kukris regardless what some foolish fan bois say.
I think you were just unlucky, the flat grind is an excellent grind for kukri, I some that are well over a hundred years old, and I've never had a problem using flat ground kukri
Dr. Gyi would never design a Kukri with the intended purpose of chopping wood. Great all around blade but at the end of the day it was designed to lop the heads of one’s enemies and in that task it most likely wouldn’t chip like that.
Try Today kukris if you won't get this one fixed, I think they are much more consistent quality, better made overall and cheaper than cold steel, also cold steel is grinded for like meat cuts rather than chopping and it probably wasn't tempered well so that's why the blade was brittle and failed. I think their machetes are good for the price but this one isn't cheap and for that money it should last much much longer than that, again idk if it was the temper on this particular piece or if the model just sucks in general not sure.
What steel version is it SK-5 or O1 Tool steel , it doesn't happen like that to the better of the two. SK-5 or O1 Tool steel , which one is it if you don't mine stating.
It says in the description it's D5, O1 and SK5 are used on newer models, before it used to be san mai iii for the expensive one and D5 for the cheaper option (not sure), either way this should not happen to any of the steels used as they should be tempered and should bend, rather than break, he was probably just unlucky and reveived an untempered knife.
@@taitrunkl7086 D5 is brushed cookware steel 😎 ,maybe a fake cold steel , would have been cool if he showed the other side where the steel type is makes on the blade ,plus it has a make on the blade tang that no other Cold Steel Kukri has.
@@powerplay4real174 I never heard of D5 being used either, he said it's D5 in description and I tought it may be an older version. It may be a fake, but he probably wouldn't say he'll send it back to cold steel, unless he's lying or was scammed.
Hey Fred,if you look at the symbol on the side of the knife it's the Bando association,that means this blade was designed for fighting not logging.If you want to split wood buy an axe but if you want to lop off heads and limbs you get this kukri.I've owned over a dozen cold steel knives over 30 years and never broke one.I carried a trail master in the infantry for over 20 years it served me well.You wouldn't use a dagger as a pry bar or to baton you shouldn't use knives as axes either.In the demos you see cold steel people cutting rope,tatami mats or meat that will never damage the knife.You can't put Glock pistols in ovens,drive ATVs under water or use knives as axes they will fail as they weren't designed or intended for that.
@@lastswordfighter sure but too many people are beating on a hardwood tree soon the handle gets loose then it breaks you see it all the time.As a soldier or citizen you shouldn't be cutting trees in the first place leave no trace remember?
Cold steel makes mainly garbage. I have broken a SRK myself and seen countless other break (including a Trail master) both by chipping and by breaking in half like a twig. If you have a knife from the old days (early 90s) when Camillus used to make their knives you might have a good one, but those days are long gone. A knife shouldnt break like that, if it cant handle wood it for sure cant handle other metal knives blocking it, or human bone.
@@sgthl I've used cold steel knives since the 80s and never broke one.I bent and snapped the tips off kabars all the time.Gerber mk2 are so brittle if you drop it they have been known to break.Cold steel are now using better steel but really if you keep breaking knives that's on you.
It's not cold steel it's a GSM product they're huge corporation they are not going to specialize in blades Lynn Thompson's sold the name Cold Steel 2 GSM they're just putting a name on it. Cold Steel is dead and gone if you have some of their older blades from the 80s you have an American-made blade if you have some of their older blades before the GSM you have imported blades that were still a specialty tool in and his production crew now you are getting a Walmart blade with a cold steel name on it
1000% Fake. Sorry Lad, you fell for the old bait and switch trick. You need to buy from a respectable dealer. Yes, the price might be a little more, but you are guaranteed to get what you pay for.
A lot of you are of the same opinion. I'm not one for providing BS. That Cold Steel knife cost me at the time $179.00 from the Knifecenter.com, the San Mai version was + $300 and something. It was not a clone.
That´s cold Steel for you. Bottom of the scrap pile garbage, advertised as tough and reliable knives. C.S. knows that 99% of their knives go to people who never use them, so it doesn´t matter that they have non existing heat treatment (proper tempering/hardening) and quality control. Their average buyer is someone who will never use the knife and will never find out that it´s s*it. By the way, the "san mai" CS talks so much about is just VG1 steel, which is mediokre at best, it´s nothing special at all.
@Josh ? did you even watch the video or the countless others with broken CS products? I actually have a small playlist on my youtube page, take a look. CS has zero quality control because of exactly what i said. They still have "san mai" in VG1 on their webpage page aswell, and VG10 which is only marginally better to be honest (it was supposed to be a "super steel" but it´s still way too brittle of a steel for a users knife, especially in CS incompetent hands with no proper heat treating). I have personally broken a SRK, and know of several others who did the same. CS is a garbage company with garbage products run by a fat clown of a ceo who calls himself a "warrior" when he can barely stand up from a chair :D . Read up on why you dont get the point: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice-supportive_bias
Cold Steel has never used D-5 tool steel in any of their products before. They have used SK-5 and Carbon-V but that's an entirely different beast the D-5.
There was a Chinese knock-off of Cold Steel knives that advertised their stuff as made out of D-5 tool steel so if that's what's stamped on the side of the blade you probably got one of the knock offs.
Did you mean counterfeit product ?
@@MrGamer_jinjit_96That's what "knock-off" means...counterfeit.
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That looks like the Cold Steel clone that come out several years back. They released either a Chinese or Pakistani Gurkha Kukri and Trail Master clone with logo's and all. The Kukris didn't stay out very long even with dirt cheap prices. Mainly due to poor heat treat and inferior steel. the blades kept chipping or breaking into. The Trail Master clones did a little better and are still around today. The ones with Trail Master Logo are harder to find but the Mtech MT151 Trail Master is still readily available around 20 U.S.D.
It's a good looking one but its a Fake Cold Steel Gurkha Kukri in D5 cookware steel.
He never let the camera show the marking very well, but the first thing I thought was it's a fake. Something isn't right with the edge (it isn't there).
I have been cutting the same sorts of pine trees on my farm for many years. Never an issue. The right downward angle and it only takes one chop.
No it was actually a real cold steel blade, not a rip-off. Is it worth splurging for the San Mai steel, so this doesn't happen? I don't know.
@@fredbrackely Thank for confirmation ,that sad to see that ,that happen.to your Kukri knife by Cold Steel.
I did see another video with a similar issue by two guy that was out camping and their blade chip very much the same.
@@fredbrackely I am unaware that Cold Steel ever made a Gurkha Kukri out of D5 steel. They have changed the steel used over the years. There was Carbon V, Sk-5, A2 and now even CPM-3V. The have made at least 2 versions of San Mai. Never thought a big chopper with a hard core sandwiched between 2 softer layers would work once something hard was hit. Still wonder why you never returned the knife after the first chip. The pattern of the breakage is puzzling also. For a divot like that to breakout it looks like lateral forces not downward stroke onto the edge. A very hard hammer strike from the side would produce that sort of break. A chop of the knife onto something would roll the edge, perhaps break a thin linear section where the strength of the steel was exceeded. The brief glance of the letters "Gurkha Kukri" looks odd also. On the 2 versions I have the font in the letters "ukri" are the same thickness but slightly reduced in height. Those letters look thinner on your example. I suggest you return it to Cold Steel. If it is a manufacturing problem they will replace your blade. If it is a fake they will let you know.
@@fredbrackely hell no it's not worth it. buy a $15 tramontina machete lol and an axe, maybe a real kukri
Regardless if this is a real cold steel or not, a handmade Nepalese will always be the best option. They cost the same if not less, and outperform the American or Chinese "kukris" many times over.
I wasted so much money until I learned better. If you want to do the khukuri thing, do it right and get a real one from a reputable Nepalese company! Convex edge. Differentially heat treated blade. Proper blade geometry. All by hand. Ask the same type of blade from an American company and they would be asking for minimum $400 USD. 🙄
The handmade ones that are street heated are nowhere near the strength and quality of the properly heat treated 3V Models. I have had both and had heavy break outs with handmade one from Nepal. The same thing didn't have any effect on the Cold Steel 3V Gurkha Kukri.
I bought a Cold Steel Stainless ATC mad in Japan a few years back. Simple batoning on medium hard wood snapped the blade just in front of the handle. Blew me away. Contacted Cold Steel. Sent it in to them, never heard a peep. I suspect you'll get the same response. Stick with carbon steel.
Cold Steel never made a D5 Kukri.
Buy original nepalese handmade khukuri.. u wont have to complain or have to worry about these types of problems... And price is cheaper than those u have...
I have one from the mid 90s in sk5. I have beaten the hell out of it with zero problems.
Long life SK5
Looks like a genuine cold steel kukri, that vintage would have been in 01 tool steel most likely a example the had a poor heat treatment.
Couldn't have been that bad tho poster said that he had been using it for 6 years before the failure.
With a proper heat treat it would have endured far worse treatment than described and then some with no issues at all
By all accounts cold steel kukris are far more consistent in heat treatment than the even best Himalayan imported "real" kukris regardless what some foolish fan bois say.
i have one in O-1. has been violated for 5 years, and have never had such problems.
I think you were just unlucky, the flat grind is an excellent grind for kukri, I some that are well over a hundred years old, and I've never had a problem using flat ground kukri
Oh it was super sharp. I think a scandi grind would be better though, if they sold them.
@@fredbrackely It would suit a kukri, convex or flat grind (Simon from Tora Kukri)
It's a fake.
Dr. Gyi would never design a Kukri with the intended purpose of chopping wood. Great all around blade but at the end of the day it was designed to lop the heads of one’s enemies and in that task it most likely wouldn’t chip like that.
Its not a real cold steel , not to be rude, just to let you know
Try Today kukris if you won't get this one fixed, I think they are much more consistent quality, better made overall and cheaper than cold steel, also cold steel is grinded for like meat cuts rather than chopping and it probably wasn't tempered well so that's why the blade was brittle and failed. I think their machetes are good for the price but this one isn't cheap and for that money it should last much much longer than that, again idk if it was the temper on this particular piece or if the model just sucks in general not sure.
What steel version is it SK-5 or
O1 Tool steel , it doesn't happen like that to the better of the two.
SK-5 or O1 Tool steel , which one is it if you don't mine stating.
It says in the description it's D5, O1 and SK5 are used on newer models, before it used to be san mai iii for the expensive one and D5 for the cheaper option (not sure), either way this should not happen to any of the steels used as they should be tempered and should bend, rather than break, he was probably just unlucky and reveived an untempered knife.
@@taitrunkl7086 I never heard of
D5 tool steel 😎
SK-5 carbon steel and O1 tool steel ,but no D5 tool steel 😎
@@taitrunkl7086 D5 is brushed cookware steel 😎 ,maybe a fake cold steel , would have been cool if he showed the other side where the steel type is makes on the blade ,plus it has a make on the blade tang that no other Cold Steel Kukri has.
@@powerplay4real174 I never heard of D5 being used either, he said it's D5 in description and I tought it may be an older version. It may be a fake, but he probably wouldn't say he'll send it back to cold steel, unless he's lying or was scammed.
Hey Fred,if you look at the symbol on the side of the knife it's the Bando association,that means this blade was designed for fighting not logging.If you want to split wood buy an axe but if you want to lop off heads and limbs you get this kukri.I've owned over a dozen cold steel knives over 30 years and never broke one.I carried a trail master in the infantry for over 20 years it served me well.You wouldn't use a dagger as a pry bar or to baton you shouldn't use knives as axes either.In the demos you see cold steel people cutting rope,tatami mats or meat that will never damage the knife.You can't put Glock pistols in ovens,drive ATVs under water or use knives as axes they will fail as they weren't designed or intended for that.
The knife should at least be able to handle a young soft pine tree without cracking.
@@lastswordfighter sure but too many people are beating on a hardwood tree soon the handle gets loose then it breaks you see it all the time.As a soldier or citizen you shouldn't be cutting trees in the first place leave no trace remember?
Cold steel makes mainly garbage. I have broken a SRK myself and seen countless other break (including a Trail master) both by chipping and by breaking in half like a twig. If you have a knife from the old days (early 90s) when Camillus used to make their knives you might have a good one, but those days are long gone. A knife shouldnt break like that, if it cant handle wood it for sure cant handle other metal knives blocking it, or human bone.
@@sgthl I've used cold steel knives since the 80s and never broke one.I bent and snapped the tips off kabars all the time.Gerber mk2 are so brittle if you drop it they have been known to break.Cold steel are now using better steel but really if you keep breaking knives that's on you.
@@snakeplissken571 In the 80s and early 90s they were good knives. Today, not at all.
d5? What d5? CS never made that kukri in d5 version.
D5 is the Chinese knock-off version, apparently. So that explains the entire video lol
Fake, D5 was never used by cold steel.
It's not cold steel it's a GSM product they're huge corporation they are not going to specialize in blades Lynn Thompson's sold the name Cold Steel 2 GSM they're just putting a name on it. Cold Steel is dead and gone if you have some of their older blades from the 80s you have an American-made blade if you have some of their older blades before the GSM you have imported blades that were still a specialty tool in and his production crew now you are getting a Walmart blade with a cold steel name on it
5-6 years is pretty good for a tool thats used often especially chopping down trees and shit imo
I have the officer nepal kukri and I can chop wood easily (with some Bando training too hehe). The down side is a patina on the the spine of blade.
Why does this look like the us east coast
It is the US East coast.
the san mai is not good for harder tasks, since its core is vg10. Its more of a collectors blade
@Josh ? Dont agree? I heard a few times about this problem, and cold steel themselves position the sanmai as a weapon and not a tool.
Is it SK-5 or O1 tool steel 😎 one is better then the other , it would be good if you stated which version of steel it's made of.
Really awful that happen to your Cold Steel Kukri blades.
1000% Fake. Sorry Lad, you fell for the old bait and switch trick. You need to buy from a respectable dealer. Yes, the price might be a little more, but you are guaranteed to get what you pay for.
You bought a fake cold steel bro.
Quenching is fail that knife is over timbering and the knife is very thin
A2 Steel ?
They never made A2 I would think it was 01 because coldsteel stopped using that steel. I think they had problems with it.
That's a clone man. Please take this down. Or change your title to clone failure.
A lot of you are of the same opinion. I'm not one for providing BS. That Cold Steel knife cost me at the time $179.00 from the Knifecenter.com, the San Mai version was + $300 and something. It was not a clone.
Holy fudge sickles, thats awful.
This is a fake, they don't sell them in olive sheathe
I painted the sheath.
@@fredbrackely it still looks off to me
Homemade serrations!!!
estabas picando piedras con eso jeje
Вот это подтверждает моё мнение!!!! Нужен нож, сделай сам!!! Получится, будет служить всю жизнь!!! Не получится, учи мат.часть и делай снова!!!!
That looks like a fake.
No it was a boxed original from Cold Steel.
@@fredbrackely they don't make D5 kukris man. It's fake sorry.
That´s cold Steel for you. Bottom of the scrap pile garbage, advertised as tough and reliable knives. C.S. knows that 99% of their knives go to people who never use them, so it doesn´t matter that they have non existing heat treatment (proper tempering/hardening) and quality control. Their average buyer is someone who will never use the knife and will never find out that it´s s*it. By the way, the "san mai" CS talks so much about is just VG1 steel, which is mediokre at best, it´s nothing special at all.
@Josh ? did you even watch the video or the countless others with broken CS products? I actually have a small playlist on my youtube page, take a look. CS has zero quality control because of exactly what i said. They still have "san mai" in VG1 on their webpage page aswell, and VG10 which is only marginally better to be honest (it was supposed to be a "super steel" but it´s still way too brittle of a steel for a users knife, especially in CS incompetent hands with no proper heat treating). I have personally broken a SRK, and know of several others who did the same. CS is a garbage company with garbage products run by a fat clown of a ceo who calls himself a "warrior" when he can barely stand up from a chair :D . Read up on why you dont get the point: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice-supportive_bias
No that's a fake cold steel.
No this is not our khukuri this khukuri not made in Nepal this khukuri is made of you Soo this khukuri is dublicate 🤬🤬🤬🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
No, this is not your Khukuri. Your Khukuri is much much better that this version I bought.
incredible ! at that price ..
Hey go2 khhi
Coldsteel is notall its cracked up to be, i never spend money on their shit
You get what you pay for.
This was not a budget kukuri
It looks like a dud to me.
It cost $179 at the time.
@@fredbrackely, could’ve cost $300, it’s still broken.
C!one