Cold Steel - Recon 1
| Model | 27LC |
| Blade Style / Finish | Clip Point / Black Teflon¨ Finish |
| Blade Length | 4" (10.16cm) |
| Blade Thickness | 0.14" (3.5mm) |
| Blade Material | 440A Sub Zero Quenched |
| Blade Hardness | 55-57 HRC |
| Handle / Color |
Zytel / Black |
| Clip | Ambidextrous Stainless Pocket Clip |
| Opening Mechanism | Ambidextrous Ridged Thumb Disk |
| Lock Mechanism | Ultra Lock.™ |
| Overall Length | 9.33" (23.69cm) |
| Closed Length | 5.33" (13.53cm) |
| Weight | 5.6oz (166g) |
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Manufacturers Description:
Cold Steel¨ is famous for raising the bar in the knife industry and our new Recon I tactical folders are sure to set a new standard that will be hard to beat. Why? Because they are as tough as nails and will cut like a chain saw! We have pulled out all the stops when we made these knives. Every facet of their construction has been over engineered to make them as strong, durable and effective as humanly possible. The blades are made out of 440A Sub Zero Quenched stainless steel and the handles are thick Zytel¨, massively reinforced by heat treated steel liners and five locking bolts. To compliment their super tough blades and handles they each feature our revolutionary Ultra Lock™ (patent pending) which practically precludes lock failure. To compliment their tactical mission we have given each blade a tough black Teflon® finish. Our testing has shown this coating or finish offers three major advantages for use on tactical blades. The first is; it is highly resistant to scratches and abrasions while keeping rust at bay. The second is; it eliminates glare and light reflections which may give its user away. The third is; it's a superior lubricant which causes the blade to slip through even tough material with markedly less friction . This means you can cut deeper and far longer than with a non Teflon® coated blade. To make the Recon I as easy to carry as possible we have equipped each knife with a small, extra strong pocket clip. This clip is completely ambidextrous so lefties take note. What's more its diminutive size doesn't abrade and irritate the palm under protracted use like a larger clip would.
Ultralock
After 2 years of experimentation and testing, Cold
Steel® is proud to introduce our new Ultra Lock.™ We believe
this revolutionary locking mechanism (patent pending) is as
“fool proof” as it gets and represents a big advancement in
safety. The way the lock works is as the knife is opened the
blade rotates in a semi circular manner around the locking pin
via a larger cut channel in the blade tang. Then just prior to
reaching the fully opened position the spring loaded locking pin
moves forward through the oncoming straight portion of the tang
channel until it “dead ends”. At this point the blade is rigidly
locked open and can’t budge even a fraction of an inch as the
locking pin is surrounded by solid steel which prevents any
movement of the blade. In fact this lockup is so strong it can
only be overcome in two manners. The first is to apply so much
force to the blade that the locking pin shears off or breaks
through the solid steel blade tang. The second is to manually
retract the locking pin far enough that it escapes the straight
part of the channel. Once this is done the curve portion of the
channel can engage it and once again rotate around it as the
blade is closed.
