Just my 2cents... I'm not sure why people care so much about the person himself. I like hinderer knife designs(example) I don't know anything about the guy or really care. No offence to him, but I'm buying a knife not buying into him personally. There are many companies, that I buy product from that I disagree with. Do I refuse to shop at walmart because of there connection to using child labor in the third world countries? No. Do I refuse to buy apple products because I disagree with some of there stances on subjects and because of their terrible labor conditions where people die from exhaustion in China? No. You can always look for the negative. The guy(strider) has military contracts, so clearly other people who also serve don't really care about the person himself if the knife works. I don't own any striders or have any intentions of buying them btw.