Are you looking for a tough foldable and have seen the 4-MAX but for your uses it is rather short?

5-MAX

Successor of the highly celebrated 4-Max, it boasts a very sharp 12.7 cm blade!
As with the predecessor, here too the materials are top notch, G10 scales, the award-winning TRI-AD Lock block and many other features have made it the worthy heir of Cold Steel's top folding folding device!

Thanks to its new length, the 5 Max is a versatile tool capable of giving its all in a wide range of activities , from cutting rigid materials such as wood to precision cutting.
No challenge is impossible for this knife!

TRI-AD LOCK LOCKING SYSTEM

Cold Steel is perhaps best known for its invention of the Tri-Ad lock , which has proven through rigorous torture testing to be the most secure folding knife locking system on the market. Designed by the genius of Andrew Demko, it resists up to 360 kg of pressure!

1. The blade rests on the solid stop pin, which transmits the force applied to it to the frame.
2. There is extra space to allow the balance wheel to drop deeper into the notch, to compensate for the effects of time and wear.
3. The entire surface of the blade block and tang fit flush together. The slightly angled block tends to force the block inward under pressure rather than outward, thus better blocking the blade when stressed.
4. The balance pin hole is made with extra space on both sides to allow for self-adjustment over time.

STOP PIN

Distributes the load of all positive and negative vertical pressures on the block system.
The pin receives all the positive pressure , which comes from the cutting edge, and transfers it to the grip frame where it can be effectively absorbed.
The negative pressures produced by unusual activities such as leveraging, drilling, digging etc. are instead distributed because the pin receives the forward pressure and transfers it to the liners that protect the block from failure .

SELF-REGULATION

The Tri-Ad Lock locking system, in addition to protecting the mechanism from the accumulation of lint, requires very little maintenance.
Designed to self-adjust as parts begin to wear over time, the Tri-Ad's design will allow it to adjust so that the lock bar always fits deeply between the stop pin and the notch in the tang.
This way you have a very safe and secure long-term locking.

SPECIFICATIONS

EXPLAINED BY PAOLO