Cold Steel Pro Lite Sport Clip Point — Black

Cold Steel's Pro Lite range exists to put the company's hard-use engineering into a knife that does not cost hard-use money. An Andrew Demko design.

The blade is German 4116 stainless — the same steel used across quality European kitchen cutlery. It is not a super steel and does not pretend to be: it resists rust well, takes a very keen edge, and sharpens back in minutes on a basic stone. For a knife at this price that gets genuinely used, that is the right trade.

What you are really paying for is the lock. The Tri-Ad lock is Cold Steel's own reinforced backlock, and it is the strongest thing on the market at anywhere near this money. Textured glass-filled nylon scales, a stonewashed blade that hides scratches, and a reversible stainless pocket clip. Made in Taiwan.

Specifications

• Model: 20NU
• Blade steel: German 4116 stainless, cryo quenched
• Blade length: 3.5" (89 mm)
• Blade thickness: 3.0 mm
• Blade finish: Stonewash
• Grind: Hollow
• Overall length: 8" (203 mm)
• Closed length: 4.5" (114 mm)
• Weight: 85 g
• Handle: Textured glass-filled nylon
• Lock: Tri-Ad lock
• Carry: Reversible stainless pocket clip, lanyard hole
• Designer: Andrew Demko
• Origin: Taiwan