kind of a bummer.
i got my strider SLCC in the mail yesterday. i feel like, with the popularity of strider knives, their quality is really going downhill.
i try not to be picky... but some things are bugging me about my new knife.
namely:
heat discoloration from the grinder
crummy stamping
dents/tooling marks in the spine
am i being too picky? i mean, striders are meant to be users, and we aren't talking about sebenzas here... but this thing was 325.00. and it's a custom! should stuff like this be acceptable?
and i'm not necessarily trying to bash strider either-- for the most part i'm a loyal customer-- i've owned an SA, MFS, SLCC (nightmare), 2 SNG's (gen5 and gen6), EB-T, and now this SLCC. i've never experienced QC like this on any of my previous striders.
let's just say... they don't make them like they used to.
i hope they don't keep this trend up.
ps
no bos h.treat either :'(
i got my strider SLCC in the mail yesterday. i feel like, with the popularity of strider knives, their quality is really going downhill.
i try not to be picky... but some things are bugging me about my new knife.
namely:

heat discoloration from the grinder

crummy stamping

dents/tooling marks in the spine
am i being too picky? i mean, striders are meant to be users, and we aren't talking about sebenzas here... but this thing was 325.00. and it's a custom! should stuff like this be acceptable?
and i'm not necessarily trying to bash strider either-- for the most part i'm a loyal customer-- i've owned an SA, MFS, SLCC (nightmare), 2 SNG's (gen5 and gen6), EB-T, and now this SLCC. i've never experienced QC like this on any of my previous striders.
let's just say... they don't make them like they used to.

ps

no bos h.treat either :'(