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Cold Steel Code 4 Spear Point vs Cold Steel Finn Wolf

Cold Steel Code 4 Spear Point runs a 3.5″ spear point blade in CPM-S35VN; Cold Steel Finn Wolf runs 3.5″ of straight back in AUS-8A. The Cold Steel Finn Wolf is the lighter of the two by 0.90 oz.

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  • Cold Steel Code 4 Spear Point · Spear Point
    3.5″ blade · 0.138″ spine · 4.3 oz · ~0.79″ tall (derived)
  • Cold Steel Finn Wolf · Straight Back
    3.5″ blade · 0.118″ spine · 3.4 oz · ~0.82″ tall (derived)
Spine thickness, same scale
0.138″
0.118″
Length and spine thickness drawn to true scale from published specs. Outline is the shape family's, not a trace of this model.
SpecCold SteelCold Steel Code 4 Spear PointCheck priceCold SteelCold Steel Finn WolfCheck price
Blade length3.5″3.5″
Spine thickness0.138″0.118″
Overall length8.5″8.375″
Closed length5″4.375″
Weight4.3 oz3.4 oz
Blade shapeSpear PointStraight Back
SteelCPM-S35VNAUS-8A
LockTri-AdTri-Ad
Handle materialAluminumGriv-Ex
Price bandMidBudget

Tinted rows are where these two differ.

The steel difference

CPM-S35VN

S30V with niobium swapped in for some vanadium: slightly tougher, noticeably easier to sharpen, marginally less edge retention.

AUS-8A

Cold Steel's designation for AUS-8.