Cold Steel 54VPN Lucky Two Blade Gentleman's Pen Knife 3.25" Closed, CPM-S35VN Blades, Carbon Fiber Handles

(4 reviews)

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4Deadworms
Wales, UK

Sep 26, 2017

Pros: Blade Material, Overall Quality, Handle Material, Weight, Pocket Clip, Blade Sharpness

Cons: None

Old school charm, space age tech.

It's beautiful, there's no denying it. It is quite small too but I am absolutely charmed by this pen knife. I had lots of these when I was a kid - ok, they didn't cost as much but then they didn't hold an edge like this does. You're probably not going to work the guts out of it but you could because that's S35VN in there and the handle is incredibly strong. I would term this an occasional knife, for those times when you really, really need a razor sharp, tough as hell blade but left your bowie at home. I spent all day with my brother in the warehouse last week cutting cardboard boxes open, just to see how it faired and it's still taking the hair off my arm and is still a thing of beauty. I don't know any one who would call me a gentleman but this knife makes me feel like one. Love it.

Caveman
AL USA

Aug 13, 2017

Pros: Lock Type, Pocket Clip, Lock Ease of Use, Blade Sharpness, Blade Material, Handle Material, Weight, Ease of Opening, Overall Quality

Cons: None

High class med/sm TRUE pocket knife

High quality in every way including steel. I bought another one to collect and pass on to son. Don't know what happened to first reviewers knife but sounds like a different item all together. This is classy, compact and very sharp pocket knife. Best I've ever seen in size and quality with serrated blade an extra in my book. Also like the way they made the half way open notch firm but not difficult..

Daniel R.
St. Charles, MO

Dec 02, 2015

Pros: Handle Material, Blade Material, Ease of Opening, Handle Feel, Weight, Lock Ease of Use, Lock Type

Cons: Overall Quality, Blade Sharpness, Pocket Clip, None

I am disappointed

I bought this knife as an EDC, and I was interested because of the materials and its design. The knife came out of the box incredibly dull, although the serrated blade was serviceable I'll admit. The carbon fiber scales were absolutely riddled with voids. This wasn't my issue though as looks don't matter much to me. I can say that I'm not used to sharpening a high hardness stainless steel like CTS-XHP, but after about ten minutes I got it hair shaving sharp. My issue with the blade came the next day when I took it to work. I was excited to finally have a stainless knife that wouldn't dull immediately after a day of breaking down cardboard boxes, but alas my knife was somehow dull again before I even got to use it. I couldn't even break skin if I tried. I've resharpened it about 5 times to shaving hair but the results are the same each time. There is something seriously wrong with this knife and I'm starting to wonder if this is the reason Cold Steel switched to S35VN for the Lucky. It is sort of humorous considering its name, but I'm not laughing.