Buck/Strider

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3crom

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I realize this maybe getting old with you Buck guys but whats your opionion on this collaboration and the knife its self? a topic or review would be great!!
Since for now I can't buy a Strider I'll be happy too go this way!! I saw some on the bay but I'm kinda leary right now,I'll find one though!!

Thanks!! Dave
 
Which Buck/Strider model are you looking at? I hope to post a 1 month EDC review of my 889 today or tomorrow, so keep a look out for that thread.
 
:D Buck Strider SBMF Military Folder Knife, Ranger Green, BU-889OD
This is just one of them I've looked at,do they have a good strong blade? wobble? those are my main worries.

Dave
 
I love my SBMF (889) and I think it's a great knife for the $50 street price. Thick blade. Never heard of wobble being an issue with them.
 
3crom...
I love my Buck Strider knives.
Have a 890TX, a 889SBMF, 881, and 882SBTG, and two 889LE.
Had liner lock probs with one of the 889LE units that I was able to fix.

Since the day I received my 889SBMF, I have not gone a day without it or the more recently acquired 882SBTG.

Regardless of whatever other knife I have with me (always carry two)...either the 889 or 882 are with me.

No wobble on either the 882 or 889. If there was, it could be adjusted with the pivot torx.
 
Any old school knife with fixed pins is difficult or impossible to adjust, screw pivots are the snitz in the new designs.

Those few who complain about blade wobble want zero blade play as a quality point, but it's hard to keep a few thousandths clearance to open the blade and not have any wear with use over months and years. So it's real obvious those who complain aren't old enought to know about knives before screw pivots were so widely used, when most well used blades wobbled and nobody thought much about it. They all did.

Any Buck Strider model with ATS34 blade seems well regarded and a good buy. A little wear in, some good lube, and you can keep it as tight as you like.
 
tirod3 said:
Any Buck Strider model with ATS34 blade seems well regarded and a good buy. A little wear in, some good lube, and you can keep it as tight as you like.
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And any Buck strider you can find in BG42 is even better. My last one was a 881 and went to a friend that had more need of that knife than I did. It was a VERY nice knife all around.
 
You were very generous.

I had bought a 420mod blade version and found it less than satisfactory in the blade locking department. Overall, though, it performs well and handles very much like a SnG. I did sand off the extreme FRN checkering and made it equally comfortable. I've never dropped it, like metal handled knives, and it functions as well as a SnG when wearing gloves, which is superior to many other knives. It was designed and built to use that way, which explains why to some it's not as smooth as they expect.

They aren't slick shiny pocket jewelry, which most Buck/Strider owners seem to understand, compared to the "I wanna spend $400!" buyers looking for a knife to impress their friends.
 
tirod3 said:
It was designed and built to use that way, which explains why to some it's not as smooth as they expect.
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I had a ATS34 bladed 881T that is now in the hands of another forum member, and that knife was INCREDIBLY smooth. It saw a lot of use before I bought it and I was amazed at how well the PB washers smooth out with use. It was still tight as a tank, but took about 1/4 the effort to open that my BG42 one did. So I started opening and shutting the BG42 one about 100+ times a day for a few weeks, and it really started to feel nice after a while as well.

From this experience, i'd say that the Buck Striders really need to be broken in to be properly appriciated. They are great knives if the two I had are at all representative.

schiesz
 
schiesz said:
I had a ATS34 bladed 881T that is now in the hands of another forum member, and that knife was INCREDIBLY smooth. ...

schiesz
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Yep :)

And it still is smooth. ROCK SOLID with no wobble.
GREAT knife!

Thanks again Schiesz :thumbup:
 
I figured you'd chime in here Goose, glad its still workin sharp for ya. My friend loves the BG42 one as well. Those are some tough little knives.

schiesz
 
Glad to hear the action is smooth. I kinda meant the scale treatment, as a response to some buyers who think every knife mut be buffed out to the max in shine. That makes for a difficult user in some conditions.

For the price, one of the few knives with PB washers! Obviously meant for hard use.
 
Wow, ok, a Buck Strider with the scales buffed out... I never felt the scales on either 881 I had to be too rough to use, in fact I thought they were perfect for their intended use. They were both different, with the ATS34 one being a lot smoother, but it was more like the difference between 150 and 300 grit sandpaper. The BG42 one ate up a few edges on my jeans pockets, the ATS34 one wouldn't do that nearly as quick.

Maybe the 882 or 889 would be more suited to buffing out the scales, I just can't see anyone doing that to a 880 or 881. They scream for extremely hard use.

schiesz
 
The G10 probably needs no help, but the FRN was definitely too raspy for me. They stood up well on a piece of pine I surformed with the scales. Not too bad a shaver - and tough to get out of a pair of jeans. So I sanded them with 200 grit and finished with 20. It now has a tacky, grippy surface that hangs on well without slipping - or leaving hot spots.

After all the material removed, the rivets were still sunk enough to be unscratched. The FRN versions are quite a bit thicker that a real SnG.
 
Here's my smooth scaled 889 I posted a while back, I like it much better this way.

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Here is the post, (a lot of follow-the-links, but it'll get you there)
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3639629&postcount=68
 
I received my 882 last Saturday and i've been extremly impressed with it.It has one of the smoothest actions i ever seen!Oh yeah, and its built like a tank.
 
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