Cold Steel Marauder Overview

The Marauder knife was inspired by the formidable combat knives of WWII and honors the name of Merrill's Marauders -- also known by their code name Galahad, the United States renowned long range, deep penetration assault unit within the South East Asian theater of conflict. The Cold Steel Marauder Bowie is rugged, relentless and reliable. A true battle ready Bowie.

The huge, extra broad AUS8A steel blade on the Marauder has a long curved cutting edge with deep wide blade bevels and formidable clip point. The Marauder's full tang is encased in a double quillion sub hilt Kray-Ex™ handle that is impervious to the elements and incredibly comfortable. The sturdy and versatile Secure-Ex™ sheath allows the knife to be fastened comfortably and securely on a belt or pack, or LBV.

[moneystewart]

I love the look of the Marauder, that blade is a Cold Steel home run hit out the park with the bases loaded, a Grand Slam.

[steveo]

I got the serrated version of this! Serrated blades are FAR more destructive against flesh, I cant think of a more effective knife for combat than this. This blade will truly offer maximum damage against adversaries if your back is against the wall. I ordered one and showed my dad, then he threw me a $100 bill and said, “Order me one too!”

[BladeHQShorts]

You are most welcome. Glad I could do it for you. One of our hard-core knife guys at Blade HQ bought the Marauder the other day and was rocking it on his hip yesterday. It was proof to me that this knife is a winner. If Parker buys it, guaranteed it's great.

[powerplayreal]

One of the best med priced Cold Steel knives and good material with Aus8a and the sheath, good and tough as well a light weight blade for chopping, cutting and whatever else you need a good blade to do.

[KBar]

The Marauder is based off an old WW2 Marine Corp Raider Knife. And its is, just as it was, badass. Most people however don't even know who the Raiders were.

[VictiSeal]

The self defense aspect of the marauder is inflicting instant fear on anyone you point the knife at.

[mrmoe]

8yrs later and I bought this knife the other day. It’s still just as good. But I’d say it didn’t come hair shaving sharp, which is fine by me

[Victorcreed]

You are right Ben, just thought i would throw my two sense in, great knife, it is based off of a combat bowie that the Marine Raiders carried in WWII, Merrell comes from Merrell's Marauders in WWII. Army special ops unit in the Burma/Chinese theater. They were very successful in terrorizing the Japanese with these bowies, as you can imagine. Thanks for the great review and one of the only ones out there pretty much worth anything.

[BorderCowboy]

Just for a heads up, the K-Bar is a WWII MARINE CORPS knife, and I own both of these. The Marauder is a beast in the bush.

[BRTactical]

Ben, thanks for attending my request. This is really a very nice knife. I am wanting that each day more. Thanks, man.

[MrAbekabe]

"as you can see this handle has some contours in it.. that I enjoy..."

[idontplayeveryday]

Keep in mind that this and the Ontario raider bowie is about the same length.

However, this is 11 oz and Ontario bowie raider is 24oz

In a fight, this is has tactical advantage

[TheDishD]

Wow thanks for the heads up on this fixed blade, looks beasty and i do love my Bowie style blades. I would like to see it go up against the Marine Raider (which i have), i think this will have to go onto the wish list. I really digg your honesty in these overviews Ben, keep up the quality work, best wishes and take care

[danielandrews]

Buck 119 or the marauder?? Cant decide!!

[cbroz]

May only be "9 inches"...but it has a huge belly for cutting..

[TheMadMedek]

It looks nothing like the Fighting knives of ww2. Yeah its clipped but that's it. Looks more like a Bowie than a Ka-Bar. Looks great none the less

[BladeHQShorts]

That's the best category to put these ones in. :)

[chromeeagle]

You did a good job drawing the flock of pagasi lol

[LabyrinthOfEyes]

What are some bowie knives similar to this in style? I really like the design and shape of the blade but I would prefer the blade to be made out of a higher quality steel.

[dtester]

Bk9 is not that much diff in price. I'd say Bk9 is more multi purpose, but the Marauder is a better straight up fighter

Taiwan makes some good stuff actually and I can tell you this one is nice. They are not China...politically they both claim to be the rightful ruler of each other but ultimately they are separate nations.