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Cold Steel® is famous for raising the bar in the
knife industry and our new Recon I tactical folders are sure
to set a new standard that will be hard to beat. Why? Because
they are as tough as nails and will cut like a chain saw!
We have pulled out all the stops when we made these knives.
Every facet of their construction has been over engineered
to make them as strong, durable and effective as humanly possible.
The blades are made out of 440A Sub Zero Quenched stainless
steel and the handles are thick Zytel®, massively reinforced
by heat treated steel liners and five locking bolts. To compliment
their super tough blades and handles they each feature our
revolutionary Ultra Lock™ (patent pending) which practically
precludes lock failure.
To compliment their tactical mission we have given each blade
a tough black Teflon® finish. Our testing has shown this
coating or finish offers three major advantages for use on
tactical blades. The first is; it is highly resistant to scratches
and abrasions while keeping rust at bay. The second is; it
eliminates glare and light reflections which may give its
user away. The third is; it's a superior lubricant which causes
the blade to slip through even tough material with markedly
less friction . This means you can cut deeper and far longer
than with a non Teflon® coated blade.
To make the Recon I as easy to carry as possible we have equipped
each knife with a small, extra strong pocket clip. This clip
is completely ambidextrous so lefties take note. What's more
its diminutive size doesn't abrade and irritate the palm under
protracted use like a larger clip would.
Ultralock
After 2 years of experimentation and testing, Cold
Steel® is proud to introduce our new Ultra Lock.™ We believe
this revolutionary locking mechanism (patent pending) is as
"fool proof" as it gets and represents a big advancement
in safety.
The way the lock works is as the knife is opened the blade
rotates in a semi circular manner around the locking pin via
a larger cut channel in the blade tang. Then just prior to
reaching the fully opened position the spring loaded locking
pin moves forward through the oncoming straight portion of
the tang channel until it "dead ends". At this point
the blade is rigidly locked open and can't budge even a fraction
of an inch as the locking pin is surrounded by solid steel
which prevents any movement of the blade. In fact this lockup
is so strong it can only be overcome in two manners. The first
is to apply so much force to the blade that the locking pin
shears off or breaks through the solid steel blade tang. The
second is to manually retract the locking pin far enough that
it escapes the straight part of the channel. Once this is
done the curve portion of the channel can engage it and once
again rotate around it as the blade is closed.
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