The New Cold Steel Voyager XL

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-

I like Cold Steel knives. I own, have owned, and have given away quite a few of them. I have even lost a couple in fairly extraordinary circumstances. They have served me well. About 15 years ago, I settled on the Cold Steel Voyager XL. It is a good sized pocket knife with a blade about 5.25 inches long.

I used it, among other things, as a sort of “worry beads”, manipulating it, opening and closing it with one hand, trying different angles and grips, and essentially, getting to know the blade rather intimately. Over the years, changes have been made. I broke the composite pocket clip on an early model; they were replaced with the current metal clip, which has worked well. The early models only had the thumb stud on one side. They were made ambidextrous. The edge style can be had in plain, serrated (with the excellent Cold Steel serrations), or half and half. I settled on the plain blade, but they all worked well.

I have used the knife to dress out deer and pigs, cut rope, …Read the Rest

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