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Cold Steel SR1 Lite

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Ryan Nafe
Cold Steel SR1 Lite
February 22, 2022 07:55PM
This looked like an interesting knife just because of the rather extreme stock thickness and lock strength. It’s not very expensive, I like 8Cr13MoV just fine, so I figured I’d buy one. I’ll check the HRC later tonight:








Stock thickness is 0.190” and the edge is a uniform 0.035”, so I don’t see how it’s really possible to break the blade or ripple the primary grind, the durability is just too high. It’s interesting. The edge is literally 75% thicker than the Chief’s edge.
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luisknivacc
Re: Cold Steel SR1 Lite
February 22, 2022 09:23PM
Now that's a knife you can hand to pretty much anyone and the only thing you worry about getting damaged is themselves lol.
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Ryan Nafe
Re: Cold Steel SR1 Lite
February 22, 2022 09:27PM
Yup! Haha exactly.
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jasonstone20
Re: Cold Steel SR1 Lite
February 22, 2022 10:20PM
Ryan,
I have been thinking of picking that knife for a while, I just haven't got around to it. Should be a good beater knife. If I recall, they also make a Tanto version. If they do, that is the one I want. The American Tanto is great for EDC and utility use.
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Ryan Nafe
Re: Cold Steel SR1 Lite
February 22, 2022 10:47PM
It checked at 57.5 HRC
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cKc (Kyley Harris)
Re: Cold Steel SR1 Lite
February 23, 2022 05:02PM
solid knife allright. is that a triadlock or regular
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Ryan Nafe
Re: Cold Steel SR1 Lite
February 23, 2022 06:10PM
Yeah the triad lock. With an oversized stop pin, too. ????

Edit to add, the “????” Is what the system defaults to when it doesn’t understand the emoji input.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/27/2022 06:34AM by Ryan Nafe.
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Ryan Nafe
Re: Cold Steel SR1 Lite
February 27, 2022 05:17PM
Midway USA has a number of Cold Steel knives on pretty steep discounts right now, just an FYI for everyone. I ordered a 4 Max Scout, after tax and with free economy shipping it was $67.50, for that price I had to try it.
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Ryan Nafe
Re: Cold Steel SR1 Lite
February 27, 2022 11:48PM
Big problem discovered with the SR1:

The edge is making hard contact with the leaf spring that operates the lock, as well as some contact with the backspacer near the butt of the handle. Not good.
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jasonstone20
Re: Cold Steel SR1 Lite
February 28, 2022 12:38AM
Here is a link to the Midway Cold Steel sale:
[www.midwayusa.com]
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cKc (Kyley Harris)
Re: Cold Steel SR1 Lite
February 28, 2022 05:15AM
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Ryan Nafe
Big problem discovered with the SR1:

The edge is making hard contact with the leaf spring that operates the lock, as well as some contact with the backspacer near the butt of the handle. Not good.

So no internal stop pin?
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Ryan Nafe
Re: Cold Steel SR1 Lite
March 01, 2022 12:10AM
Either that or the placement/fitment of it isn’t correct. It’s a big problem though, impacting the edge pretty badly in that spot.
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