Is The Cold Steel Natchez Bowie Knife Really Worth $600?
Not many knives are worth $600. For that price, you can get a nice set of kitchen knives (or even 2). So when Cold Steel released its new Natchez Bowie with a suggested retail value of $599.99, I had to see what the hype was all about. Luckily for me, I was able to get a really good price and didn’t have to pay anywhere near $600. This is what I thought: What I like about the Natchez Bowie: 1. The blade steel is top of the line. Cold Steel is using VG-1 San Mai III in their Natchez Bowie knife which is folded and laminated Japanese steel. This steel has an inner core of VG-1 stainless which is hard enough to stay razor sharp, but also somewhat brittle. To counteract this, there is a layer of softer 400 series stainless steel on each side. The three layers of steel are laminated together and you can see a faint lamination line running just above the edge of the blade. 2. The handle of the Natchez Bowie is made from Micarta. This material is made from multiple layers of blue jean denim-l
