Cold Steel Voyager review

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Re: Cold Steel Voyager review

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Cycletroll wrote:
Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:43 pm
Very Cool!
How hot does the blade get while being "lasered"?
The immediate vicinity of the hole might get slightly warm to the touch, but no more.
Thick steel like 1" would probably be a few hundred degrees, but on thin stuff like this it's almost nothing.
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Re: Cold Steel Voyager review

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The Meat man wrote:
Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:26 pm
Cycletroll wrote:
Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:43 pm
Very Cool!
How hot does the blade get while being "lasered"?
The immediate vicinity of the hole might get slightly warm to the touch, but no more.
Thick steel like 1" would probably be a few hundred degrees, but on thin stuff like this it's almost nothing.
Amazing! Thanks for the info.
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Re: Cold Steel Voyager review

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You know, when I saw the first picture my first thought was "I bet there's enough room for a spydiehole there."

Thanks Meat Man! Great mod.
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Re: Cold Steel Voyager review

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so, how much for us to send ours to you? :D

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Re: Cold Steel Voyager review

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I bought a voyager vaquero xl se at a pawn shop for $35. It was in good condition too. Love the stonewashed look of the blade.

Everything else about it though is just rediculous.
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Re: Cold Steel Voyager review

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VooDooChild wrote:
Tue Mar 31, 2020 6:08 pm
I bought a voyager vaquero xl se at a pawn shop for $35. It was in good condition too. Love the stonewashed look of the blade.

Everything else about it though is just rediculous.
but ridiculous in the best possible way.
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current collection:
C253GBBK, C258GFBL, C101GBBK2, C11GYW, C11FWNB20CV, C101GBN15V2, C101GODFDE2, C60GGY, C149G, C189, C101GBN2, MT35, C211TI, C242CF, C217GSSF, C101BN2, C85G2, C91BBK, C142G, C122GBBK, LBK, LYL3HB, C193, C28YL2, C11ZPGYD, C41YL5, C252G, C130G, PLKIT1
spyderco steels:
CPM 20CV, CPM 15V, CTS 204P, CPM CRUWEAR, CPM S30V, N690Co, M390, CPM MagnaCut, LC200N, CTS XHP, H1, 8Cr13MoV, GIN-1, CTS BD1, VG-10, VG-10/Damascus, 440C
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Re: Cold Steel Voyager review

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ladybug93 wrote:
Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:44 pm
so, how much for us to send ours to you? :D
:D Ha! Better talk to Sal about that. ;) :p
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Re: Cold Steel Voyager review

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kennethsime wrote:
Sat Mar 28, 2020 6:11 pm
You know, when I saw the first picture my first thought was "I bet there's enough room for a spydiehole there."

Thanks Meat Man! Great mod.
I had the same thought. Absent a 6 Kw laser, adding an opening hole is a tedious project fraught with hazards to the knife, as well as to the craftsman. Thumb studs work, but the Spyderhole is pure poetry in comparison.
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Re: Cold Steel Voyager review

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knivesandbooks wrote:
Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:32 am
Vivi wrote:
Thu Oct 24, 2019 2:49 pm
Well this thread popped up when I was looking for something else in a search. I ended up selling my voyager to a co-worker because he was looking for a good pocket knife. Looking at those pictures has me tempted to order another.
I've been thinking about it too.
Well I found some new old stock pre-GSM BD1 Voyagers, so I ordered another just like this one I sold to a co-worker.

Carrying an XL version today. Excited to get one of the larges back into the rotation.

Funny how 6 or 7 years ago I got into Cold Steel a little bit, but then stopped following them. Now here I am with a drawer full of their folders kicking myself for not getting some of the stuff that's been discontinued since then.

Interesting note, I paid about the same price for this Voyager as I did for the one in the first post of this thread. Under $60.

Since many core models are now over my $200 limit, like DLC Manix XL's and Military 2's, I've been looking at Cold Steel more. The prices are a lot better. Recon 1's in G10 & S35VN were $50 on sale recently, and easy to find for $80. That's about the same price range as FRN & 8Cr Resiliences. $25 SRK C's compare well to the more expensive Bow River. The $30 SR1 Lite has better action than a lot of $100-200 lockbacks I've used.
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