http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQfTYAR9m3g
cold steel grosse messer test cut

We tested the factory edge before sharpening it for an hour. Then we tested it again.

i don't really bash cold steel's products or at least attempt not to sound that way, but its as if they attempt to make a product to resemble something historical, but slightly miss the mark in their design.

i can remember seeing the official cold steel videos of this and a few other of their historical swords and can remember seeing from the lighting reflections in the videos the waves in some of their grinds. they just look like they need a touch of refinement to my eye.

Well, we ended up liking the sword so much that we get 3 more of it, clearing the stock of the shop.

http://youtu.be/CC29wKK5fVg

Single handed Cold Steel Grosse Messer cut. Since I was operating all by myself, I totally forgotten to lock up the legs of the portable cutting stand, causing it to fall. :P