Reviews & Ratings for Cold Steel Espada XL AUS10A 7.5in Folding Knife — 5 reviews — Page 1

This is my daily primary carry knife, because it really is the best knife I've ever owned, and I've owned them all. Even Benchmade takes a back seat to this one and I couldve bought 10 of these for the price of the one benchmade and not have to worry about getting it dirty, scratched, lost or stolen like you do with BM. However, there is one major problem with this knife that could be easily rectified as I know I'm not the only one to complain about this, and that is the size of the pocket clip. It is pathetic! I've checked all of my other knives, even the 2"er's and they all have an appropriately sized clip in comparison to the overall size of the knife. Of course, this is not an easy fix for the customer. I do not know why, but there are zero universal clips that can be bought independently that will fit this knife, so I've had to modify mine to accommodate a suitable clip and that requires drilling into the kydex, which I hate to do. During production, they should add several threaded holes for the numerous clip that are available, and why not? One of the biggest selling points to everything is comfortability, and being able to comfortably carry a knife this size requires a clip that can handle the task. Why, or who decided this clip was adequate after having built and designed the best knife on earth, only to fall short entirely when applying the means to carry it is a fascinating detail that I don't care much about..In fact, don't use screws at all for the clip. Use a pi...
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Ive had alot of hunting blades, skinners, Buck drop point, i have blades from WW2 Filipino knife to a cold steel push dagger.Ive owned alot of Cold steels blades, their fixed blades are the best! Trailmaster to the Pentagon stiletto. They make great knives , hatchets etc... Thank you Mr Thompson.keep it up.

Everyone in 'Merica needs to own and carry one of these. For when the King sends the tax man around.But,seriously great knife. Its a pocket sword.Bigger than it looks. Will impress your friends.Your cold steel collection will not be complete without an espada.