Is they are not made in the USA. But for the price you would be hard pressed to buy a better knife. I have the several of them, Pendleton lite, Canadian belt knife, Tanto lite and Outdoorsman lite. They are my beater knives, both in the kitchen and in the field.

I do a lot of soil sampling for work and the Outdoorsman and Tanto have been used to hack through roots, slice into soil samples, sharpen stakes to mark sample locations, and numerous other tasks unkind to a blade, and they have done so without a whimper. With their corrosion resistant construction, they have also held up well to being carried for months in my field pack and exposed to rain, mucky soils, sand, peat, snow, summer heat in the truck, and other things which have destroyed other knives I have used.

In the kitchen, the Canadian Belt Knife and the Pendleton lite are quite useful, maintain a nice edge, and are comfortable in the hand. They have also proven equally useful for field dressing game, particularly the Pendleton lite which has become my go to small game knife.

They will never replace my better knives entirely, but for inexpensive beater blades they are difficult to complain about.

Cold Steel makes some great knives and, as an added plus, Lynn Thompson is a great guy. I have 3 or 4 of them, including a Pendleton Lite, and it is a great knife.

Matt

I have a cold steel roachbelly on my belt as we speak. very good, light knife....surprisingly I have had it on all day and its so light I can forget its there. I was in the solo canoe trying my new set up w/ the pedestal.....