I won't touch the e-mail issue. Instead, I want to address some comments that 1whobuys made.
Dear Mr. 1whobuys,
Near the end of your post, you replied thusly, "Enjoy it now, Your 15 minutes will be up some day." I'd recommend picking up the tactical issue of American Handgunner so that you can read the article on Strider knives. The 15 minutes have long since passed, my forumite. If I remember correctly, Mick started grinding knives in the mid '80s while serving his country. In '94, Mick and Duane went to knifemaking full-time. 15 minutes has been more like 15 years of knife making. Many people think of Strider Knives as a new company, as Striders are new to the regular, average Joe knife user. Ask nyeti (go to the Strider Knives forum in the makers/manufacturers section) how long he has been using Strider knives. Or, go read the American Handgunner magazine. Nyeti wrote the article. Now Strider Knives have 4 different folders you gan get as a factory collaboration with Buck Knives (large and small versions of a tanto and spear point), and a fixed blade is tentatively scheduled for this fall.
Here, though, is the most inaccurate thing you said:
Well, sort of. yes, you can kill with a key or a pen. If you and I were to duke it out and the chouce were a Strider WB and a Bic, you and i would choose the WB. So, please FULLY qualify statements that pertain to weapons and self defense. Or, are you saying that people ought to leave thier knives at home, as a bic will do everything that a pen can do in a self defense situation? I didn't think so...
Funky loking? Well, that is a legit comment. Some don't like the looks, that is cool. over priced? Well, for you, perhaps. Strider knives aren't cheap. Then again, go to their shop and you see exactly 2 guys grinding away. Yep, this is no factory. Mick and Duane are 2 custom makers who put out a lot of hand made knives. The sheaths are made by SOE and aren't cheap by themselves. Don't forget that for your $325 you get a heat treat that is specified by the Strider guys and done by Paul Bos, you get a nylon sheath with kydex insert made by SOE, who make AWESOME nylon gear, and you get an unconditional warrantee. Break it, they fix it. If you don't want to pay the price for a Strider hand made blade, I guess you can wait until the Buck fixed blade collabortation comes out. Or, you can get another custom maker to make you a knife of 1/4" ATS-34 with Bos heat treat and an SOE sheath. but I bet you won't save much $$. Again, that is your decision. But then you had to go and call these knives pieces of feces! Strider knives were for military guys from the beginning, and they still are made with WAR in mind. I recall a story by Knifebomber (you can see a pic of him and his Striders in that magazine) talking about miniguns. He was in a chopper with another guy (both minigun operators) and the minigun jammed. Well, to unjam it you use this metal tool which you use to rotate the barrels. The tool had fallen out of the choper, so Knifebomber handed this pal his very own knife (after the dude's knife broke or something) and they got the mini-gun firing again. THis is a tame example of a zillion anecdotes where Striders were used in the line of duty to SAVE LIVES! Guess what? a bunch of those guys hunting terrorists in the sandbox are using Striders every day. They use Strider knives to protect your freedom, so you can go on the net and have fun. These knives ARE NOT crap. Funky looking? Fine. Over Priced? Maybe. Pieces of S#%!? No, they are not. They are qality tools used every day by people who are out there making your life easy. You, sir, are wrong.
Now, I can understand where you are coming from. I think you were angry yourself, but whether you are justified in being angry or not is not important for what I am saying here. All I wanted to point out, as politely as I could, is that your post contains greviously erronious claims mixed in with some valid consumer input. But is comes across as a load of horse s$%&.
I don't need to touch your parting statement, as my arguments on that are covered above. Without "tough F^&$ers" like the Strider Knife guys and many of their customers (I guess that is to whom you were referring), you would be food in a week for the Osamas of the world.
Dear Mr. 1whobuys,
Near the end of your post, you replied thusly, "Enjoy it now, Your 15 minutes will be up some day." I'd recommend picking up the tactical issue of American Handgunner so that you can read the article on Strider knives. The 15 minutes have long since passed, my forumite. If I remember correctly, Mick started grinding knives in the mid '80s while serving his country. In '94, Mick and Duane went to knifemaking full-time. 15 minutes has been more like 15 years of knife making. Many people think of Strider Knives as a new company, as Striders are new to the regular, average Joe knife user. Ask nyeti (go to the Strider Knives forum in the makers/manufacturers section) how long he has been using Strider knives. Or, go read the American Handgunner magazine. Nyeti wrote the article. Now Strider Knives have 4 different folders you gan get as a factory collaboration with Buck Knives (large and small versions of a tanto and spear point), and a fixed blade is tentatively scheduled for this fall.
Here, though, is the most inaccurate thing you said:
Well, sort of. yes, you can kill with a key or a pen. If you and I were to duke it out and the chouce were a Strider WB and a Bic, you and i would choose the WB. So, please FULLY qualify statements that pertain to weapons and self defense. Or, are you saying that people ought to leave thier knives at home, as a bic will do everything that a pen can do in a self defense situation? I didn't think so...
Funky loking? Well, that is a legit comment. Some don't like the looks, that is cool. over priced? Well, for you, perhaps. Strider knives aren't cheap. Then again, go to their shop and you see exactly 2 guys grinding away. Yep, this is no factory. Mick and Duane are 2 custom makers who put out a lot of hand made knives. The sheaths are made by SOE and aren't cheap by themselves. Don't forget that for your $325 you get a heat treat that is specified by the Strider guys and done by Paul Bos, you get a nylon sheath with kydex insert made by SOE, who make AWESOME nylon gear, and you get an unconditional warrantee. Break it, they fix it. If you don't want to pay the price for a Strider hand made blade, I guess you can wait until the Buck fixed blade collabortation comes out. Or, you can get another custom maker to make you a knife of 1/4" ATS-34 with Bos heat treat and an SOE sheath. but I bet you won't save much $$. Again, that is your decision. But then you had to go and call these knives pieces of feces! Strider knives were for military guys from the beginning, and they still are made with WAR in mind. I recall a story by Knifebomber (you can see a pic of him and his Striders in that magazine) talking about miniguns. He was in a chopper with another guy (both minigun operators) and the minigun jammed. Well, to unjam it you use this metal tool which you use to rotate the barrels. The tool had fallen out of the choper, so Knifebomber handed this pal his very own knife (after the dude's knife broke or something) and they got the mini-gun firing again. THis is a tame example of a zillion anecdotes where Striders were used in the line of duty to SAVE LIVES! Guess what? a bunch of those guys hunting terrorists in the sandbox are using Striders every day. They use Strider knives to protect your freedom, so you can go on the net and have fun. These knives ARE NOT crap. Funky looking? Fine. Over Priced? Maybe. Pieces of S#%!? No, they are not. They are qality tools used every day by people who are out there making your life easy. You, sir, are wrong.
Now, I can understand where you are coming from. I think you were angry yourself, but whether you are justified in being angry or not is not important for what I am saying here. All I wanted to point out, as politely as I could, is that your post contains greviously erronious claims mixed in with some valid consumer input. But is comes across as a load of horse s$%&.
I don't need to touch your parting statement, as my arguments on that are covered above. Without "tough F^&$ers" like the Strider Knife guys and many of their customers (I guess that is to whom you were referring), you would be food in a week for the Osamas of the world.
