GSM Outdoors announced the acquisition of Cold Steel, a knife and tool company founded in 1980 that has been adopted by military, law enforcement, EMS, self-defense practitioners, and others. The brand’s products include checked Kraton handles, the use of San Mai III stee, and the Tri-Ad locking mechanism for folding knives.
Eddie Castro, CEO, GSM, said, “Cold Steel is an iconic, best-in-class brand that Lynn Thompson has built over the last 40 years by pushing the needle on innovation and new testing standards. His users are some of the most loyal followers I’ve ever seen and a testament to what he has built. The team and I are highly enthusiastic about bringing this legendary brand into the GSM Family and broadening our current line of cutlery offerings.”
GSM Outdoors’ brand portfolio includes Stealth Cam game cameras, Walker’s hearing protection & enhancement, Muddy blinds & tree stands, Birchwood-Casey and TekMat gun care products and targets, Boss Buck & American Hunterfeeders, New Archery Products (NAP) broadheads & ground blinds, Western Rivers game calls, Hawk &Big Game treestands, Down & Out Blinds by Hawk, HME hunting accessories (Coyote Light & Scent Slammer), SME shooting accessories (Bullseye), Crossfire Holsters, Cyclops light accessories, Viking Solutions, Hunters Specialties (Buck Bomb, Scent-A-Way, Johnny Stewart), Skull Hooker, and G.P.S. Range Bags.
Logo courtesy Cold Steel
