COLD STEEL Recon 1 4" S35VN Razor-Sharp Blade 5.375" G-10 Handle Tactical Folding Knife w/Tri-Ad Lock, Ambidextrous Pocket/Belt Clip

Always like Cold Steel. Prices have risen too high, especially on fixed blades. Some tiny recent knives are sketchy. This is tough, old fashioned lock back. Thick grip. Sub hilt for forefinger to prevent slipping and cutting yourself. Great G-10 texture, full size. One of my favorite daily carry knives—from opening boxes to cutting clothes from someone injured to self defense in non-2A communist states where they can’t read the constitution. Great price on Amazon. Beat all competitors when I got it. You can see price history and time a great purchase that’ll last years.

This knife has a high return rate. My guess is this knife isn't fidgety and people want fidgety knives. But I bought 3 of these knives and I love them. They one hand slow roll open with super smooth action and locks with authority. The lock is a triad lock. It will never unlock by accident. Once locked it's nearly a fixed blade. The G10 handle is high quality and feels great. It comes with left and right hand pocket clips so it can be carried left or right handed. The s35vn blade steel is a premium steel and comes perfectly sharpened.

Beautiful knife. RAZOR sharp right out of the package. The release is a bit stiff, but that’s totally normal for this model. Great size for bigger hands, plenty of grip. Zero complaints so far.

Awesome knife. The s35vn blade is very sharp out of the box. they fit and finish is very good as well. I think you could use this knife for anything. This would definitely make a good bush craft knife.

Good knife for the money but it isn’t a bench made , I’ve put it through some abuse , held the edge for the first few weeks then needed a touch up, it’s comfortable in the hand and has a decent weight to it, the opening action on the knife is smooth but harder than you would think or want it to be , takes a bit of effort , overall for the price it’s a solid knife

The Recon 1 has been around in one form or another for almost 25 years. I got the Recon 1 clip point with a 4” blade on it. This knife checks a lot of boxes- Hunting fishing, camping, EDC and the list goes on and on. It also eliminates my need for a fixed blade and could be used in a self defense situations. Like a lot of Cold Steel knives, it is pretty big but it carries well due to the handle because my so slim. The Tri-Ad lock works awesome. The blade material s35vn and comes super sharp out of the box. Be careful with it. All in all a true all purpose banger. New Cold Steel fan for sure.

I should mention, for the sake of future readers, that this review is for the 2018 S35VN version of the knife. The blade steel has been changed, and, unlike the dealer-exclusive S35VN version that has a satin finish, this model has a DLC coated blade. Given that I have been a fan of Cold Steel products for years, I waited far too long to try out this model - I say that, because it has kicked essentially everything out of my pocket. One of the reasons I waited so long is that the previous iterations of this knife had blades that were not sharpened all the way down to the bottom, leaving about 1/8 of an inch of essentially wasted blade length. The current (S35VN) version is sharpened all the way to a small sharpening choil. The grip is comfortable, the texture on the handle is grippy without being problematically so, the DLC finish on the blade is even and excellent, the edge from the factory was satisfactorily sharp (not crazy sharp, but still very sharp), the pivot smoothness is good, and the lock is not too stiff to disengage easily with one hand. True to form for Cold Steel knives, the lockup is rock solid and the blade closes dead center. The handles being made entirely of G10 makes the knife lighter than it might otherwise be, but it is a very robust cutting tool that I have no hesitations using for whatever may be in front of me. Also true to form for Cold Steel pocket knives, the black pocket clip began losing small bits of black paint the very first day that I carried it.

Tip has chipped and there’s a few bends in the blade edge. And this was only after breaking down some cardboard boxes. It is also very hard to open. It’s gotten a tiny bit easier to open after a year but it’s still hard to open. Payed a lot of money for it to chip and to not want to carry it most the time because of the opening issue. Just save some money and skip this one. The only real good thing I can say is that it has stayed sharp and that’s why I gave 3 stars. But I would definitely not purchase another one.

Kommt sehr scharf, macht einen wirklich sehr robusten Eindruck, ist überraschenderweise sehr gut in den Hosentasche zu tragen mit dem Gürtelclip und kaum störend oder bemerkbar, dadurch dass auch nur ein kleiner Teil vom Griff raus steht fällt es kaum auf. Hält seinen Schnitt dank des S35VN Stahls echt gut. Es kommt auch mit einer sehr feinen und sehr spitzen Spitze, die ich durch Hebeln mit der Messerspitze abgebrochen hab (kleiner als ein mm) das Messer ist immer noch spitz!

Restituito perché chiusura difettosa.

Da gibt es kein schlecht. Die Messer sind einfach schön und scharf so wie ich es mag. 👍👍👍👍

Das Recon 1 ist ein brachiales Teil. Ich hoffe, es erfüllt meine Erwartungen hinsichtlich der korrekten Wärmebehandlung der Klinge und der Haltbarkeit der Klingenverriegelung. Nach dem Waffengesetz ist das Führen, ob mit oder ohne Daumenpin, des Recon im öffentlichen Raum zumindest hochproblematisch. Ich denke, um ein abschließbares Behältnis zum Transport kommt man dann nicht herum. Warum die Klinge schwarz beschichtet ist erschließt sich mir nicht. Der Klingenstahl ist an sich hoch korrosionsresistent. Was mich ein bißchen ärgert ist, dass nach diversen YouTube-Videos das Messer in den USA unter 100$ kostet, obwohl hergestellt in Taiwan. Hier wird es meist mit 160 bis über 200 EUR angeboten. Wie kommt sowas? Insgesamt aber ein tolles Messer von einer technischen Finesse, die Freude macht. Vielseitig anzuwenden, unkaputtbar, mit einem super Klingenstahl und einer innovativen, bombensicheren Verriegelung. Es wird einem nochmal schmerzlich vor Augen geführt, wie sehr der §42a die hiesige Messerszene technisch kastriert.

Einhandmesser, welches sich auch sehr gut und schnell mit einer Hand öffnen läßt! Auch im geschlossenen Zustand aufgrund seiner Robustheit gut als "Kubotan" nutzbar! Und hier kommt das Gesetz ins Spiel, man darf es nicht mitführen! Das muss jedem klar sein, der es erwirbt! Ansonsten ein perfektes Messer, scharf, robust...es liegt top in der Hand. Es kam bei mir schon sehr scharf an, trotzdem konnte mein Schleifer des Vertrauens noch etwas rausholen! Die ganze Serie ist toll....nur, wenn man es mitführt verstößt man gegen das Gesetz, zumindest in Deutschland, da hilft auch der kleine Waffenschein nichts!!!