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From a Crossbow to a Blowgun: Ten Cold Steel Survival Weapons

November 8, 2026

A Survival Gear video walks through ten Cold Steel survival weapons the channel says keep selling out. The lineup runs from a compact AR-style crossbow to a katana built for cutting power over tradition, with a few unusual entries mixed in.

Key points

  • Cheap Shot 130 crossbow: The channel highlights its telescoping stock, red dot sight and built-in cocking mechanism, with a listed 226 fps and an original price around $280.
  • Spirit Survival Spear Head: A fixed-blade knife with a removable threaded handle, so it can be mounted on a standard broom handle as a spear.
  • War Hammer: Survival Gear points to the drop-forged 1055 steel head and hickory handle, and to tests against concrete, metal and a pig skull.
  • Warcraft Tanto and Dragonfly Katana: The Tanto has a 12-inch CPM 3V blade at roughly $400, and the Katana a 29.25-inch 1060 steel blade built for cutting momentum over agility.
  • Big Bore Blowgun: Billed as a step up from typical .40 caliber blowguns, with a larger bore the channel says can punch through half-inch plywood at 20 yards or more.

Quick take

Survival Gear treats the list less as a buying guide and more as a tour of how far Cold Steel stretches traditional weapon designs, from a broom-handle spear to a steel cable whip disguised as a cane. The theme the channel keeps returning to is durability under abuse.

Watch the full video: Survival Gear