custom Strider Gunner all titanium (photos)

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I don't see a lot of photos of custom Striders here , let me post few to make this day less boring .
I am not sure how many of those made but I got just got one ,
beautiful knife , only negative thing it opens and closes like a rusty door , I guess steel ball doesnt like titanium blade :cool: .
if you have any custom striders please post them I would love to see them .
Thank you .


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Beautiful knife but I really like the sheath! :thumbup:
 
Wow - that is a nice piece.

The closest I have to a custom is a gunner grip SMF with digicam blade.

I really like some of the customs they do - especially the Wolfman one - but I'm not big on safe queens - I use everything I buy - and I am just not well off enough to carry a $2000 knife as my edc.
 
How viable would a titanium blade be for EDC if one were so inclined?

What are the benefits/reasons to use Titanium in a blade?

***These are honest questions asked by an uninformed person regarding the matter...I am not trying to start "another strider thread".****
 
theres no titanium in that blade. just the handle. the titanium isnt hard enough for edge holding like steel is.
 
bada61265 said:
theres no titanium in that blade. just the handle. the titanium isnt hard enough for edge holding like steel is.
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A few knives use Ti blades, whether it's beta Ti or 6Al-4V.

As for EDC, Titanium doesn't corrode either.
 
unit said:
How viable would a titanium blade be for EDC if one were so inclined?

What are the benefits/reasons to use Titanium in a blade?

***These are honest questions asked by an uninformed person regarding the matter...I am not trying to start "another strider thread".****
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Honestly I have no idea ,
here is closer look
blade is titanium with carbide edge
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bada61265 said:
theres no titanium in that blade. just the handle. the titanium isnt hard enough for edge holding like steel is.
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Actually there are several custom striders offered with Ti blade, this one might be as well since the OP mentioned that and the rough edge in the pictures.
Ti is lighter than steel, not corrosive in extreme salt environment, non magnetic but it won't hold edge very well, easy to scratch and harder to sharpen and polish.
To me it has no business in hard use knives.
And to be technical Ti is an aluminum alloy and VERY corrosive but when it oxidizes it instantly develops a very fine film-patina that prevents further oxidation.
When I was a kid we used to make fireworks bombs with filing down a piece of Ti and mixing its shavings with Potassium permanganate. If you strike the TI blade against a concrete block you will see a bunch of sparks.
 
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I really like that design. I'm not real sure about ti blades though.

One of my favorite things about that knife is the Greg Everett sheath. Just gorgeous!

I have a couple custom striders. One starlingear and one MSC. I'll try to get some pics up sometime.
 
Quite a piece of art. Too bad it opens and closes like crap. That would kill the whole thing for me.
 
rookie4real said:
To me it has no business in hard use knives.
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I love Ti for hard use knives! It doesn't get as sharp as steel, but doesn't chip and you can baton trough dozens of trunks of soft, hard, dry, green, carbonized, frozen, whatsoever wood that it will keep kicking ass! I say this from experience, I use a Mission for hard tasks... I prefer it over a FK A1. For fine works and food I have a Mora and plenty of folders...
 
rookie4real said:
Actually there are several custom striders offered with Ti blade, this one might be as well since the OP mentioned that and the rough edge in the pictures.
Ti is lighter than steel, not corrosive in extreme salt environment, non magnetic but it won't hold edge very well, easy to scratch and harder to sharpen and polish.
To me it has no business in hard use knives.
And to be technical Ti is an aluminum alloy and VERY corrosive but when it oxidizes it instantly develops a very fine film-patina that prevents further oxidation.
When I was a kid we used to make fireworks bombs with filing down a piece of Ti and mixing its shavings with Potassium permanganate. If you strike the TI blade against a concrete block you will see a bunch of sparks.
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I have done this with golf clubs...sort of. I scuffed a rock with a Ti wedge and it was like the 4th of July. That was perhaps the coolest thing ever done with a golf club;)

I agree that Ti would seem to have no place in knife blades (honestly I am not too keen on Ti handles, but that also is a matter of opinion I suppose). Thanks for the replies and insight.

I have seen many such Striders with Ti blades (also CuBe blades). I have heard various uses for the CuBe, and heard about the downsides. I was just curious if Ti was done entirely for artistic value or for some unknown to me performance benefit. The edge treatment is an interesting process that apparently improves performance considerably...but will have to be re-applied if the blade is used extensively (I am told).
 
only like the sheath

the knife is to much "cool" looking, not much as a knife
may good to show only

Maxx
 
Its a nice art knife, I like that it shows what can be done with Ti in knives. Shame about the action of it, it might be the steel galling against the Ti, the only other common option could be a ceramic detent, but that would wear right into the blade faster than the steel will.

Great sheath!
 
unit said:
I agree that Ti would seem to have no place in knife blades (honestly I am not too keen on Ti handles, but that also is a matter of opinion I suppose).
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And why you say so?
I'm not trying to sell Ti knives and I'm not starting another Ti vs Steel war, I've been in too many already. I use Ti knives for diving and they're great... so it seems they do have a place on knife blades.

The knife shown on this thread is really nice!
 
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