Chris reeve, strider, hinderer?

Krav said:
I almost traded my SnG DGG and Southard for an XM-18, but got cold feet. Nice they are, but giving up a little over $700 for a $400 knife brought me to my senses. If any knife should be added it should be the Southard. One helluva a flipper/frame lock.
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I have been trying to find a decent price on the southard, I really like flippers, and that seems to be a great knife[/QUOTE]
You have to buy hinderers at the right time when a new batch is made a lot more get on the market because there are ppl that just flip them and they will go for like 625$ if you wait and its been along time since a batch was made this price will just inflate to 825$
its the same with every knife if more arent being made (makers close their books) you pay a premium partially because the few they let go to dealers are all marked well over the normal price so now the hobacks knives that were 600$ are now all 900$ basically overnight
Just make sure you get exactly what you want
 
No other knives really "do it" for me like Striders and CRKs. Neither are totally ideal but they fill their niche. I tend to carry my SnG more than any other knife. I like pretty much everything about it. I especially like how the warranty does not dictate what is and what is not acceptable use. Yeah it is expensive but it certainly does not act expensive. It simply performs.
 
archieblue said:
No other knives really "do it" for me like Striders and CRKs. Neither are totally ideal but they fill their niche. I tend to carry my SnG more than any other knife. I like pretty much everything about it. I especially like how the warranty does not dictate what is and what is not acceptable use. Yeah it is expensive but it certainly does not act expensive. It simply performs.
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I've seen their Service Department turn owner's JUNK into as-new Striders and send 'em back out, for no charge.
Strider is IT for service. No doubt in my mind. I've seen it several times; experienced it once.
Sonnydaze
 
adinb114 said:
In my opinion, mostly reputation. Hinderers and CRK's and striders (I believe) all get attention to detail on the individual level, and the first two certainly have excellent fit and finish, but in the end, they don't really cut things better than many hundred dollar knives. Its sort of like owning a ferrari, its nice, you can brag about it, and if you somehow get into a street race, you'll be damn glad you have it, but it doesn't really make the morning commute better. And it does cost a whole lot more than a civic.
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^^^ This! Well said.
 
I own Hinderer's, CRKs, and Striders and I love them in that order. It's the intangibles that have nothing to do with cutting that appeal to me. My Ontario Rat1 camping folder cuts just as well. But when I pull out my EDC to cut something I enjoy the feel and heft of the knife. I enjoy the smoothness and ease with which it deploys. I enjoy the sound and the feel as the lock engages. These are things that have nothing to do with cutting. Just like the way a Bentley's door closes and the seats feel and the engine moves the car and the absolute vacuum sealed comfort and quietness has nothing to do with actually getting you from point A to point B. Some people just appreciate these tiny details and some people think they are a waste of money. But if you were a multi-millionaire would you buy a Civic just because it was a better value?

Full disclosure: I am an audiophile so I spend four figures on speaker cables for my stereo because they sound better than Monster cables or other mainstream Best Buy type speaker cables... Do I notice a difference? Hell yes, anyone can. Is it important? My wife could care less and thinks I'm nuts. Music to her sounds just as good from the jambox in the kitchen.
 
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Maprik said:
Full disclosure: I am an audiophile so I spend four figures on speaker cables for my stereo because they sound better than Monster cables or other mainstream Best Buy type speaker cables... Do I notice a difference? Hell yes, anyone can. Is it important? My wife could care less and thinks I'm nuts. Music to her sounds just as good from the jambox in the kitchen.
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You'd never pass a DBT. People like fancy things and ultimately want to feel like they have 'the best' but many times, there is no 'best.' Speaker cables are about matching an amp to a speaker (length of run can be a factor too). That's all. You can get a cheap cable that will sound identical, just not ANY cheap cable (has to measure properly). A good argument can be made that the fancier packaging, having speaker cables from a popular or high-end brand and things of that nature have value..you can brag about them and they make you feel more confident about what you're hearing. The same occurs in most hobbies, but whereas acoustics is purely science, knife-making is even more subjective. There is no 'accurate' or 'uncolored' and 'neutral' presentation to knives. I would compare the hobby more to owning watches or jewelry (moreso for women). They look nice, they feel nice, sometimes they have memories attached to them, but if we just wanted to cut, we'd buy something from Spyderco and call it a day.
 
I test all my equipment using DBT. If it doesn't sound clearly better it doesn't stay. Took me 10 years to get my rig right and it's been stable for the past 5. You are quite correct that there is no best but there is definitely better. I have a great audio group here in Portland and we do DBTs all the time in each other's systems too. No doubt the best speaker cable for my system might sound like crap in someone elses. My point is that when I open and close a Spiderco, a CRK, a XM-18, and a Munroe, I can feel and I appreciate, the difference in quality. They all cut. Just like music from a jambox is still music even if you can't hear most of it...
 
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