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Cold Steel Ultimate Hunter · Drop Point
3.5″ blade · 0.138″ spine · 4.9 oz · ~0.85″ tall (derived)

Spine thickness, same scale

0.138″

Length and spine thickness drawn to true scale from published specs. Outline is the shape family's, not a trace of this model.

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Cold Steel Ultimate Hunter

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Cold Steel's dedicated folding hunter has a 3.5" CPM-S35VN drop point, 3D-machined G10 scales and a Tri-Ad lock. It weighs 4.9 oz. At $189.99 it costs $60 to $135 less than Benchmade's USA-made AXIS hunters.

Blade: 3.5″
Weight: 4.9 oz
Steel: CPM-S35VN
Price band: Premium

Best for

Skinning and breaking down game

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Specifications

Manufacturer-published figures, cross-checked against coldsteel.com.

Blade length: 3.5″
Spine thickness: 0.138″
Blade shape: Drop Point
Steel: CPM-S35VN
Overall length: 8.5″
Closed length: 5″
Weight: 4.9 oz
Lock: Tri-Ad
Deployment: Manual
Handle material: G-10

Why a drop point

The default hunting and EDC shape, and the safest general answer. The spine curves down to the tip in a convex line, which keeps the point low and strong and leaves plenty of belly for skinning. It is hard to make a drop point bad at anything.

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About CPM-S35VN

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

Edge retention

3/5

Toughness

4/5

Corrosion resistance

4/5

Ease of sharpening

3/5

1-5 is a relative ranking drawn from published composition and hardness, not a lab measurement. Higher is better on every axis, and no steel is a 5 across the board — edge retention and toughness pull against each other. All CPM-S35VN knives