Author Topic: Cold Steel Laredo Bowie (Read 822 times)

Fafhrd · « **on:** May 09, 2003, 07:02:17 AM »

Has anybody had experience with the CS Laredo Bowie yet? It's a pretty knife, more like a short sword really. But I wonder if it would hold up to field use.

JeffG · « **Reply #1 on:** May 11, 2003, 03:58:49 AM »

I don't know about the Laredo, but I have NEVER had a single problem with the 2 dozen or so Cold Steel product that I own...

Fafhrd · « **Reply #2 on:** May 17, 2003, 03:33:49 AM »

I broke down and bought one. Got a price waaaay below what Cold Steel recommends, although still pricey. That sucker is as bis as a small sword, and the steel lives up to its reputation. It came out of the box almost as sharp as a straight razor. The hilt is resin treated word, dark red-brown in color. Overall, its got a nice balance and feel to it for a Bowie.

It reminds me a little bit of the Bowie knife on display in The Alamo, and I know ole Jim would have been tickled to have one. Great knife!

JeffG · « **Reply #3 on:** May 17, 2003, 06:07:45 AM »

When I first got my Trailmaster, I was putting up a treestand to hunt deer. A 3-4 inch poplar tree had fallen across the sand road, and it was twisted in a way we couldn't move it by hand...I chopped through both ends with the Trailmaster, and it still cut summer sausage quite nicely for lunch!! Congrats on your new knife!!

Fafhrd · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2003, 03:29:56 PM »

Thanks, Jeff. Glad to hear good reports like yours. I just hope that, with the 'dressing up', the Laredo will hold up as well as the Trailmaster. When the old-timers lived by their Bowies, that's why they used them - they cut anything and lasted forever!