The Cold Steel Spartan Review. A big ribbed tactical knife for everyones pleasure.

The Cold Steel Spartan is a big tactical fighting knife I guess. At over 9 ounces and with an over 4 inch blade, this massive folding blade is perfect for brunches, and fending off ninjas. In this review I compare the Spartan to other Cold Steel folders like the Colossus, the Frenzy, the Spyderco Para Military 2, and the Benchmade Crooked River. So join me as we tear up fine art, books, water bottles, and some wood I found in the basement. Also in the video I said once that it's 7 ounces, it's over 9 ounces- the measurement section is correct. I caught this while uploading the video, and I ain't fixing it now.
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[@GearSkeptic]

1. Open a Private browsing window. 2. Search for “plus-sized folders”. 3. Begin wrist workout.

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

This guy gets it

[@tikkidaddy]

When you move to CA only to realize the only thing you carry that is still legal is your dick...

[@lawrencewilhelm3031]

mark burress Not true. While vacationing in California police confiscated my dick stating that it was an automatic over 2 inches.🙁

[@Greg_M308]

@@lawrencewilhelm3031 Bragger! 😉

[@redfaux74]

Cold Steel does that to me too.... all night long baby. 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸

[@3p1cand3rs0n]

Pro Tip: Keep in mind that this blade is AUS 10a, which Mathematical Research Scholars have calculated to be approximately 25% more AUS than AUS 8, which gives you (obviously) the maximum street-legal amount of SurpriseMotherFuckerness by cubic volume.

[@user-to5wk6yb4s]

🤝👍

[@JoeDurobot]

*Designed in the US, inspired by a blade shape from Nepal, made in Taiwan, with Japanese steel, and named after a Greek city from some reasons.* *A truly international masterpiece of a knife!*

[@theblishknovk]

The Greek Kopis Sword actually looks like a slightly straighter kukri in a way. That was the inspiration but absolutely has kukri similarities.

[@lucianbrad4291]

Exactly ! 😊

[@lucianbrad4291]

@@theblishknovk Yeah, it's kind of "what was first ? The egg or the chicken " thing ... Actually, it seems that Khukri was inspired ,in some extent, from greek kopis ... (I've read it on a nepalese site, is not invented by me...) Now, it would make sense - since Alexander the Great managed to reach India at some point ...and probably some of his soldiers choose to settle there ...

[@theblishknovk]

@@lucianbrad4291 makes sense

[@ngkngk875]

@@lucianbrad4291 there were greek kingdoms that existed in Asia long after Alexander had died. It’s crazy how much about that part of the world is completely unknown and/or lost to modern people.

[@dropkickengage2194]

"Moisture from your fallen foes". Yet another classic line. Its a travesty that you only have 34K subscribers.

[@redfaux74]

Yeah... well that was last year. Now it's 60k. Last night it was 59k.

[@droogbear649]

Even if I didnt obsess over knives this channel would still be top ten for me.

[@807D14M0ND5]

That's me. I own exactly one cheap Gearbest pocket knife and the knife in this video is the uglyest thing I've ever seen. Yet here I am again.

[@bigfish8280]

I own a cold steel Spartan. I absolutely freaking love it! Hands down, my favorite knife out of the many that I own

[@Hungrybird474]

They have the signature ones for a $100 right now @ midway

[@patricksmatrick6193]

This made me want to grow a mullet, buy an Affliction shirt and use my Spartan for dinner at Golden Corral.

[@PerceptionVsReality333]

And some dirty ripped up jeans

[@grtwhtbnr]

Dude they sell schmediums at baby gap and, if you're really dedicated to the cause, you can just get a spray on or a rub on shirt tattoo that they sell at TapOut Gyms.

[@MikeStrafaci]

😂

[@sticksnstonespatriot1728]

Affliction shirts. Lmfao. Mullets are beautiful and endangered, these days. ......like a unicorn 🦄

[@DElge-pm3gx]

Wann have a mullet too now ;*))).

[@DEATHMETALRUST]

This review reminds me of the signs people put on their front windows that say: “We don’t call 9-1-1” “If my dog don’t shoot you, I will”

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Or the random houses in the neighborhood that have the “no trespassing” signs.

[@DEATHMETALRUST]

Advanced Knife Bro you know it.

[@AdamasOldblade]

Just wanted to say, I found your channel about a week ago and your reviews are seriously fantastic. They're hilarious, the humour is sarcastic and sharp, but you're still actually reviewing products. Love it.

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Thank you!

[@notsans9995]

I'm a Ti-lite in the streets but a Spartan in the sheets.

[@helman7838]

I love my spartan. I found out it cuts corn stocks well, but not the rock hidden amongst them. Let's just say my knife now has "caracter".

[@johnwesleyhardin5867]

I once broke a Rajah-2 on an old messed up scrap wood/leather chair. I chopped the arm of it with the inside curve and the notch that allows the blade to be locked open with the locking bar, broke off into a small chunk, making the blade non locking and basically not very functional. It had held up fine until the old cursed scrap chair, and was fairly surprising to have it break. damn voodoo chair

[@paulEG6]

Advanced knife bro cold steel review on my bday? Hell yes!

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Happy birthday!

[@paulEG6]

Advanced Knife Bro thanks, you made my day!

[@richardcranium6554]

Haffy Burpday.

[@OUTDOORS55]

The spartan is a knife that is much lighter than i feels, much smaller than it looks, is stronger than it needs to be, and isnt as useful as it looks. I still have mine though, because it shouldn't exist.

[@grtwhtbnr]

Bro, This was the review that got me to buy that blade AND I clicked subscribe. I cant wait to spend my nights alone, in front of my full length mirror practicing my "deployments", using my folded Spartan like a microphone and shouting "... 'cause you'll always be my dream come true! Oh my darlin IIIIII LOOOOOOVVVVVEEEE YOOOOOOOOU!!!!!!" Good review bro.

[@peacefulsleep7751]

I would buy it if it was a little bigger and more tactical

[@Liv1ngTheDream]

Beat me, damnit!

[@TheStratman007]

Rajah II from Cold Steel. It us a larger version of the Spartan. She is one very bad mamma jama.

[@redfaux74]

@@TheStratman007 Exactly.... I just bought mine. Incredible!

[@paypatrolfactor5336]

@fight shit it is a little bigga and badda 2 so buy one and have fun.

[@jangounbrained]

THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!

[@rickmarkt4671]

Jesus man, one of your best reviews yet, blew beer out my nose and on the lap top when the knife flew from your hands!

[@TheStratman007]

I own two Spartans. I absolutely love them. My favorite a the 5.5" Recon1. However, the Spartan us a very close 2nd for me. I also own the Frenzy, and when a couple of bad boys at the university saw it, they had to wipe. ~Love me my Cold Steel folders~

[@choirboyzcutleryoutdoors]

Love your Cold Steel Videos... They in no way make me regret the over 70 pieces of cutlery I have bought from them... Nope these tears are from laughter sir from laughter sir

[@sp22m3]

The design is the result of some ouzo and a picture of a greek kopis on someone's laptop. It allows you to grab your nearest pair(why if there's just one?) of leather under/outerwear, some mead, and kick the next door to door salesman down your front steps. You also forgot to mention the finger-guillotine feature. Because the blade slams home into the handle so vigorously, it tends to act as a wonderful digit subtractor. Sure, it mostly happens to the fingers of the person trying to close it one-handed....but I assume it's a tactical feature to deal with those pesky trojans. On second thought, related to the trojan observation, maybe it's not meant as a FINGER guillotine... hmmm....

[@dobypilgrim6160]

Always a good day when you post a video. I enjoy the snark.

[@justaamateur6533]

Now this, is a review.

[@CineresCineribus]

That was the greatest knife review ever. I was flipping my Spartan open and chugging a dew while watching it. Merica. You got a new sub

[@redfaux74]

You spelled it wrong. 'Murica.... you blasphemer.

[@CineresCineribus]

@@redfaux74 Goddammit you're right, my bad!

[@redfaux74]

@@CineresCineribus 🤣

[@redfaux74]

@@CineresCineribus I'm a pure blooded Hill Billy.... I kan spel. 🤠

[@TheKnifeJunkie]

I used to EDC the Spartan, back in my conspiracy theory days. Now a days I just keep it by the bed... ‘cause midnight attacks.

[@alxs2666]

Moving opens a brand new world of backyard batonning and neighbours wondering wtf is going on with those floodlights ?!

[@GTPRIME209]

Second review I’ve seen from you, and they were great, Very funny and great vids.

[@williamstoneman6977]

This channel is a total gem. So glad i found it

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Thanks man!

[@some1won]

And you’re back with a vengeance! Great monologue on this; glad to see the dry humor making a resurgence.

[@harolddavis4138]

Yup I got me one for when I'm not packing my big knife.

[@edwardroach5645]

Dude!!! I love this video as much as I love my cold steel! Keep em coming!!

[@jeepnicc]

Awesome! My Aus10 is parked out front right now on a set of 37 inch Toyo MT's and one ton axles... Great vid man. Thanks for sharing!

[@charlescollier7217]

Hilarious review, as always! Completely agree about the Colossus. It doesn't LOOK the part, but good LAWD that thing is a slicing machine! Also, it's surprisingly slim in the pocket and actually disappears if you're not trying to cram a bunch of other stuff in there.

[@WillEDC]

Charles Collier very under appreciated.

[@Hungrybird474]

Seen the signature for under a $100 @ MidwayUSA. Ordered at that price . I think I got all my cold steel knives from midway at great prices

[@bzr160]

I'm just picturing the face of a cop seeing this here in the UK:)

[@grtwhtbnr]

In the US the cop would be like "show me yours... and I'll show you mine"

[@perrosdemaiz]

It was 70 degrees in the SF Bay Area today. I like 70. It doesn’t get much closer to perfect for me. Maybe 62 is better for working, but after work when you’re relaxing in the back yard, 68 man, 68. California winters are the best.

[@hotrodparker]

Hahaha! No problem with wrist action opening here. lmao Headed to Ohio Knife and Tool to buy the Spartan and Rajah 2 today, because I like petite carry folders while I'm benching 350. ~and I need a folder up to the camping/bushcraft tasks I'm forced to endure for the next 3 months in Florida. Y'all enjoy the snow!

[@superg8018]

Love this review!

[@theimperialbeachbum1304]

Just the best content anywhere!!!

[@sebastianniqvist3144]

This bad boy of a knife is a blend of: -Gurkha Kukri -Greek Kopis -Iberian Falcata. The Spartan together with the AK-47 are the 2 knives that caught my eye from the Cold Steel family. Cold Steel D. E. L. I. V. E. R. S. !!!

[@justpettet3506]

that colossus is amaze balls

[@mforrest1508]

Killer boots man!

[@failure2flinch876]

Jason LOVES it!

[@dtdt1100]

If I expect a knife fight the Spartan is coming along.

[@thetacticalparadigm5331]

I love my Recon 1, Code4, American Lawman, and my two Voyagers, one plan edge in CTS BD1and the other Lynn Thompson serrated crazy edge in CTS XHP “murdery weapon” but I must say that Spartan is intriguing !! So many knives 🔪 and so many Cold Steels ..... HELP .... The struggle is real ....LOL Great video !!

[@ocomegashadowstacking5886]

Really awesome review video.

[@mohdzaudikhasni8829]

Yeah! Chop with folding knives is awesome brother! Very like it.. No one can beat cold steel price and tough his knives!

[@mikelikesknives428]

Thank you for the laugh today. I needed it. Cold Steel 4 life!😂

[@lacanian_lifter]

This is the knife you start carrying when you know you’re about to get fired and want your coworkers to remember you as “the knife guy”. The sense of ambiguous dread you may have gotten reading that sentence isn’t gonna be dispelled by reading this one. Brought to you by Cold Steel™.

[@Outpost_76]

I saw Cold Steel and instantly thought about sweet kung fu moves in slow motion. That short at the end was great bro.

[@joneslarvell2075]

Actually the blade shape comes from ancient Greece and specifically the ‘city state’ (back then) of Sparta, hence the name! The blade shape it was inspired from is the ‘kopis’.

[@grey7987]

This is the only knife I've ever owned that somehow manages to be both too big for any reasonable use and yet also too small to comfortably fit in my hand. I find myself tempted to try grinding off and flattening out part of the hook at the bottom of the handle to make more room to grip.

[@M240Bravo]

There's a ton of people that have nodded theirs because of this. I dont own one but if I ever was given one (I'm not paying for one) there are some pretty awesome mods to try

[@grey7987]

@@M240Bravo I'll have to look into that someday soon

[@Apex_grind562]

I'm 3 years late. I have the original version in aus 8. Still damn amazing!

[@fisch666xxx]

"More firm in the hand" - how did you leave that one alone? That is... what... she said! Thanks for another top notch review and for taking anything too seriously - cheers.

[@llcoolzim]

This video is amazing! Instant sub!

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Thanks man!

[@brokken2178]

Hey, when depressing the lock, use the side of your thumb(perpendicular)at the first knuckle, this grip also ensures your index finger is locked close to the pivot. Cold steel pro tip.

[@CrimsonSurvival]

I’m pickin one up next month, along with the new Luzon.

[@serenedelusions]

Good and funny review 👍🏾

[@meatballwanger]

This is the best thing I ever saw.

[@francismartino6890]

My Favorite Folder

[@synpheous6125]

Holy shit. Where have you been all my life? Sounds like Ethan Klein with a slight southern drawl with a perfect 5/7 dry sense of humor. When my parents die, can you adopt me?

[@shrooman777]

I dropped that knife in my fish tank once and my seahorse tried to mate with the handle.

[@joeframo3347]

Hey man you have a great platform you're funny as hell totally hilarious you turned a knife video into a fun video course the knife is awesome I definitely need one thank you for sharing

[@ClarenceKansas]

2 brunch references. Living his best life.

[@DElge-pm3gx]

Super Video mate very informativ and shitload of fun

[@stepheno.2730]

Hilarious review man but 100% fax! Love it! Subbed.

[@tikkidaddy]

Lucas Red n Tacky #2 SUPER TACTICAL bearing grease packed into the triad lock...worked over a couple of TV sessions, then rinsed out well with SUPER TACTICAL WD40...and then lubed properly broke in my triad lock folders.

[@pieman7]

How did you know I generally work out my wrists every day? Nice to finally see this Spartan review. Still don't know how you make time to make this great content. You're the hardest working Bro I know. Is that the wood frame of the Hoverman antenna that got chopped? RIP antenna...

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

I kept the copper... but good eye! It never worked at my house.. we were in an area that television signal sucked... 40 miles outside of DC is apparently too “rural”. I Might make a better- non half assed stand next time

[@LarsRibe]

I would love to hold some of the Cold Steel Counter Point folders. Whisper them dirty stuff while flicking them.

[@ArcticGator]

lol, funny about that backlock, the first pocket knife i ever had my dad gave me was a smaller version of the buck 110 with a 2 1/2" blade but the lockback was so strong on it i had to use two hands and all my strength to close it, i think i was about 10 or 11 then, i have pretty much carried a knife ever since then.

[@bombfog1]

Excellent stream of consciousness!

[@waynehighsmith7591]

The Spartan is my EDC blade. And it's fully legal here in Indiana. I own both the AUS-8A and AUS-10A versions. It's badass to the bone.

[@HollywoodTacticool]

hilarious yet very useful video

[@stephan123321]

Watching your vids...always a pleasure! Keep up the good work...many informations & your "out of the ordinary" humour is still great! Beste Grüße aus dem kalten Deutschland......Peace, Stephan

[@theimperialbeachbum1304]

Love it!!! Keep it up

[@not-a-theist8251]

I like how you give inches and actual units. Always nice to have😉. I really like this style of review. Could you reference less hair metal bands though?

[@brokken2178]

Lukas Schäfer Skid Row is not “hair metal”, how dare you.....

[@not-a-theist8251]

@@brokken2178 I'm sorry to inform you that you are wrong 😞

[@brokken2178]

Lukas Schäfer www.google.ca/amp/s/www.metalsucks.net/2010/07/23/the-top-ten-bands-most-often-miscategorized-as-hair-metal-1-skid-row/amp/

[@brokken2178]

Lukas Schäfer They toured with Pantera!

[@g2h0]

when the bottles came out lol

[@Marato_Marato]

The best knive made by A.Demko👍

[@stephenravenscroft3636]

Fuck you're good at these. . Thanks mate. .I wonder if your old neighbors will miss marveling at your back yard antics through a crack in the curtains ..

[@johnwesleyhardin5867]

damn goofy neighbors are just jealous and possibly old (and, or tweekers depending on what part of town you live), cantankerous, and into bullshit gossip.

[@Mikey1951ful]

Nice boots!

[@bornrg]

Thank you for the gratuitous backyard Ninja water bottle disembowelment.

[@bornrg]

Now take your own advice and make sure you wipe down the blade, remember it's aus 10.

[@will-jc5vo]

Who could dare unlike this video?

[@modakkagitplugga]

Rajah 2 is where it's at. I had this and the espada xl, but the rajah 2 is perfect. Perfect length

[@tntanto]

Another CS I’d love to own.

[@johnruff7417]

Sweet boots!

[@SpyderHeel]

I lost it at the beginning of the comparisons. Had to pause the video until I quit laughing. On a semi (huehuehue) related note, I seen Cold Steel is coming out with their version of the AD-15. That Scorpion Lock looks neat. As always, great video. May your move out west go as smoothly as possible. Lynn be with you.

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

I really want to check out the AD15

[@SpyderHeel]

@@AdvancedKnifeBro I'll definitely have one on preorder. Just gotta recover from the CRKT Provoke I just got first. I was tempted by the AD-15 midtech, but $650 is a little steep for me. I draw the line (for now) at my Spyderco Nirvana. You make it to Cali alrite?

[@AdvancedKnifeBro]

Yeah $650 is a lot. Not a lot I’d spend that on. I’m probably gonna buy the CS version. Not in CA yet... stopped at a McDonald’s in NM right now. We’re doing shorter days because of the kids.

[@SpyderHeel]

@@AdvancedKnifeBro Agreed. $150 is easier to swallow than $650. I wonder if fry batoning with the CS Spartan is socially acceptable? Or maybe proof esque ketchup packet slashing while making guttural sounds we've come to know & love. Anyway, Here's to hoping you & the kids make it safe. Word to the wise, Don't stay at the comfort inns in Phoenix. Major piss stains on the mattresses.

[@lloydallenbelenzo4671]

UK left the group

[@wanderingmagoo9028]

Personally Whitesnake is much better to chop wood too. :P As always a review that makes me smiles and laugh. Thanks. :)

[@abnergaldos8695]

But But How do you sharpen the recurve blade. Wha wha whaaa 😢😢😢

[@jasonchatham4170]

AKB move to TX, we carry OTFs and guns all day. 😎

[@sdrtyrtyrtyuty]

Speaking of working out our wrists, does anyone have any good website recommendations to help strengthen the wrists some more?

[@luisloya1120]

Hilarious review. That's it I'm subscribing AND buying one.😆😅👍

[@warpedone2]

Great reviews, even for them OVER worked wrists...... keepem coming (lol)

[@Liv1ngTheDream]

I'd buy another one if it was bigger and more tactical.

[@TheStratman007]

I like the Rahjah II. She is larger than the Spartan and a very bad mama jama. $110.00 through Knife Center.

[@Liv1ngTheDream]

@@TheStratman007 It's a fine blade indeed. What I'm after is a full sized CS Spartan folding kopis, preferably in 3v. I'm not asking much.

[@davidcarson7855]

I don't have a Spartan yet, but I do have a Rajah 2, xl Vaquero, holdout and crossover

[@davidday6736]

Don't move....America needs you

[@winstonwright8374]

As a guy that likes his Smith and Wesson Black Ops Gen 4 I have to say if you do want the smaller version of the Spartan you may want to check out the Gen 4 Black Ops.

[@blitzbbffl]

Hey AK bro, do they make a "keychain version"?

[@danhaywood5696]

Awesome. Always liked Cold Steel, but just recently became interested in martial arts, though I've carried pocket knives all my life and carry my CS Bushman 7" into the forest with me everyday out foraging while my dog hunts about. So I am learning cane combat and am interested in learning to fight with knives as well, though I've been stabbed and shot before. So I ordered a bunch of Kerambits and trainers, and a CS Spartan and XL Luzon, including a Double agent as well. That shit arrives to tomorrow I hope. Man I gotta have an XL Espada in polished aluminum and G10. I know I'll fuck it up though. I should get it in non polished G10, but it's the gorgeous badass wicked look of the polished aluminum and G10, I can't deny. I got some CS sword canes too. Been working on customizing them for fighting grip and control, got that done nice, so both sword and cane shaft can be fought together or apart with tactile control of both. My customized Oak cattle cane is my primary battle cane, and it looks medieval, the way I've outfitted it. I will learn to fight both cane and knives together. I can fight my cane either hand or both and switch off generally. Man, I'm gonna be busy. I gotta tire and pad up some more trees. Got arthritis in hands and wrist, which pisses me off 24/7 and goddamned back hurts, fucking knees blablabla. I'm developing a new kind of combat cane. It's really awesome and powerful I believe, and is used a bit differently because it has more, and unique grip controls. Yeah Mon, gotta love Cold Steel. Only way we can own quality pocket swords which can be safely and effectively used. Badass throwing knives and spears and full on battle canes. Fuck yeah!

[@Chineseknives]

One of my favorite cold steel but i have not it. It is a little expensive here, about 110€ (and € > $). Beautiful knife and a beast.