Australian Hunter

FINN and BEAR it

Years ago, I stumbled across Cold Steel branded knives while I was in search of a more affordable alternative for a custom blade I was looking to replace. Though they are fairly widely available, I had not heard of the brand prior to that.

In the end, I did not go with a Cold Steel knife to replace my custom knife, but I took home their medium-sized Finn Bear. These days, I use two Cold Steel models on a regular basis. The Finn Bear, the subject of this review, and a Master Hunter, which is a much larger knife.

At some stage, I owned another one of their options, the SRK (Search and Rescue Knife), but it was stolen from my car. Of the three, the Finn Bear is the smallest and

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