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Badawg
11-26-2008, 06:45 PM
Anybody have any experience with the Cold Steel Nightshade series of non-metallic knifes? I keep looking and wondering if they really have any use...

crashdive123
11-26-2008, 06:52 PM
I've seen them quite a bit at gun and knife shows. While they sure could inflict a lot of damage, the only real purpose I see for them is getting through metal detectors.

Badawg
11-26-2008, 06:55 PM
I have read that they make it through the metal detectors, but that Mass spectometers pick them up just fine...

crashdive123
11-26-2008, 07:01 PM
Really? I wouldn't think that a mass spec would pick them up. Believe me, I'm not suggesting that somebody should try and get one through security. I just don't see a practical purpose for them --- unless it involves illegal activity.

Badawg
11-26-2008, 07:30 PM
I think I am going to buy one and see if the lab Mass Spec will pick it up. They are 11 bucks for the Skien Dhu version...

But I'm not going do do anything illegal, just nice to be able to carry something no-metallic sometimes.

crashdive123
11-26-2008, 07:37 PM
One of the shows I went to, the vendor was doing a demo. Not sure of the model or name, but shaped like a large spike. He was "stabbing" some wooden planks, driving it right through. Kind of goobered up the tip a little, but did what it was intended to I guess.

Rick
11-26-2008, 09:20 PM
"But they told me the metal detector wouldn't pick it up!"
"That's what you get for clowning around."

http://www.livegeist.com/live/picoday/clownarrest/clownarrest.jpg

Runs With Beer
11-26-2008, 10:00 PM
Did anyone notice the green balloon.

crashdive123
11-26-2008, 10:03 PM
Talk about being wrong on so many levels.:eek::eek::D

RangerXanatos
11-26-2008, 10:07 PM
What's special about the balloon?

Like Crash stated, I don't think they would be practical except for illegal activity. Unless you wanted to store it outside in the weather for secrurity perhaps. Maybe in a potted plant? But how would it help you with it being outside?

Rick
11-26-2008, 10:33 PM
You aren't talking about the balloon now are you?

chiye tanka
11-27-2008, 02:48 AM
I know to some this may come as a shock, but I've got 4 different models. You're all right, that's all they're good for, and it scares the he11 out of me.

Blood Groove
11-30-2008, 02:24 PM
tanka, do those Nightshade knifes actually cut? All I've really seen then do is stab and stuff.

chiye tanka
11-30-2008, 08:58 PM
The Skean Dhu does, but only due to it being serrated. I have put an "edge" on the Cat Tanto, but it rips more then cuts. They work great in a pinch though.

Blood Groove
12-02-2008, 07:27 PM
Sharpening those seems like it'd be awkward. On the Cold Steel Video I saw good ol' Lynn cutting open envolpes and packages with them but that's it.

crashdive123
12-02-2008, 09:09 PM
Plastic can be sharpened to hold a very sharp "slicing" edge.

SARKY
12-02-2008, 11:04 PM
I use the Delta Darts as tent pegs. They are light and tough as nails. They do have the triangular bladed piece with a ring on the grip. I was thinking about getting one of those cutting off the ring and using it as a spear head.

crashdive123
12-02-2008, 11:06 PM
Now that's a pretty good idea for a multi use item.

chiye tanka
12-03-2008, 01:16 AM
I used my GF's black emory board to sharpen it.
I've got the delta dart, jungle dart, skean dhu, cat tanto, and small double edge bootknife.

Blood Groove
12-03-2008, 10:57 PM
Man that's quite a collection of the Nightshade series you have there. All those plus the other cold steel knives you have, you're that company's #1 customer.

crashdive123
01-03-2009, 12:42 AM
Sarge - Move this to Survival Kits & Survival Products

SARKY
01-03-2009, 02:28 PM
The NightShade series is glass impregnated nylon (I work in the plastics industry) so it is tough and can be sharpened. I've been thinking about getting one of the push daggers and using it as a spear head. The Delta darts I use as tent stakes plus they can be used in a swing trap.

Leighman
01-03-2009, 04:08 PM
Really? I wouldn't think that a mass spec would pick them up. Believe me, I'm not suggesting that somebody should try and get one through security. I just don't see a practical purpose for them --- unless it involves illegal activity.

And guess what?
If you are caught (i.e. airport/gov't buildings) the penalty will be even more severe than attempting to enter/pass with a conventional knife for the one simple reason that non-metallic knives are specifically designed to evade detection and you are correct, they offer zero paractical purposes for EDC but as noted, they may offer some outdoor trapping/spearing/arrow-type of utility use.