Cold Steel Twist Master ( hardcore Opinal )

[Robbi]

Cleaning out some fishing boxes today i found this Cold Steel Twist Master that i'd forgotten i'd had, it's a cracking knife, solid, hard wearing, great lock up etc etc.

It really is what a hardcore Opinal should look like.

Anyone know anything about them, my google-fu isn't throwing up much.

 

[Robbi]

just discovered that this is the "Carbon V" model.

wonder if it makes any difference ?

 

[demographic]

I remember Framar Shooting World selling them years ago, in about 1990 or so. That was the Carbon five one, can't remember there being another version at the time.

 

[Goatboy]

A big fan of Opinels due to the simplicity, quality, functionality and price. I like the look of that Coldsteel Twistmaster, is it nice to handle? Here's a video review: -

[video=youtube;1ksLF8pU6J8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ksLF8pU6J8[/video]

 

[Robbi]

good review, thats of the bigger drop point one, mines the clip point.

they are good in the hand, very non-slip and a lot stronger than the Opinal,

 

[demographic]

There's a new version of the Opinels as well, spotted one in Keswick a while ago
To me the hole in the blade looked crap and it wasn't cheap either. Oh, yeah, and its got a whistle.
Thats without the serrated blade, which I'm not a fan of at all.
Meh.

I like original Opinels and like the Twistmaster but I'm just not blown away by that thing.

 

[Robbi]

No, that doesn't look nice does it.