GB question

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Hey guys,
I don't intend to start a ruckus, but I have had my GB for a week now and I decided to put it through some paces. I spine wacked it on the arm of a chair and it failed. I was dumbfounded so I tried again and it folded on me again. Now, I get pissed, find a 2x4 and hack it damn near in half with the blade, open and close it about a dozen times and I spine wack it again and it holds up just fine! I have repeatedly wacked it on everything since then (including a steel pole) and now it refuses to fail! Was it a fluke? Did the liner lock just need some break in time before it engaged solidly(kinda like Emersons do)? Anyone have any input? Mick or Duane?(If you aren't busy grinding) Anyway I am relieved and just wanted to share it with you guys. Maybe I just had to abuse it a little to get it going.
 
One of the first things I did was to perform the above mentioned test several times. My GB has not failed.

Was there any lubrication on the locking surfaces when you first did the test yourself? I ask this guestion because upon inspection of new knives I frequently find lubrication on these areas. I clean the surfaces prior to using my knew knives for this very reason. Even the best lock could fail if lubricated inadvertantly when the knife was assembled. The lock moving across the surface several times can wipe/scrape away the lubrication from the engagement area. This is what I am willing to bet happened in your test.

I do not work for STRIDER KNIVES. I hope that my answer to your question helps shed light on your situation and that you do not find it out of line.
 
I did not even think about extra lube! All of the factory lube was still on and some of it had worked out of the pivot and onto the blade surface. I am such a hairbrain, That never even occurred to me.
Thanks for that rapid response!
 
I have had my AR #96 for about 1 month now and have never had a problem with lock slipping or failing. I do know that the liner lock when new engaged about 1/2 way only. It is made like that so that the knife will have longer life. Eventually as the knife is used more and more the liner will engage fully. Most likely your GB being brand new you might not have engaged it fully. Spin wacks are something no other folder can take! Only the Strider AR 0r GB IMO will hold up to this.

J
 
Sounds like it just needed a good ass-whipping.
Good work.
We send them out when they are "just there".
Usually they don't fail. Sometimes they just need little love.

Mick
 
When I received AR #79 several weeks ago, perhaps half of the liner actually engaged the tang, but this proved to be more than sufficient and rock solid. Now, several weeks later and after being opened a dozen or so times each day, three quarters of the liner engages the tang, and gives a very satisfying "Thunk!" as it seats.
Mick once pointed out that linerlocks of most knives are half as thick as Striders, and therefore half of a Strider Folder linerlock engaging is very solid. Indeed this is true.
AR #79 has seen some fairly heavy tasks here on the ranch, and it has become a constant companion. It's THE knife that I reach for whenever I'm forced to bet on a solid lock-up.
There's just nothing like a Strider AR/GB series knife. They're beyond compare.

Now I need to get my ass out to the grinder in order to make a spanner wrench so that I can take this baby apart and give it a good thorough cleaning. :)
 
the first time i opened my gb i turned it over and smashed it into a wooden cabinet a couple dozen times and it was fine.

although i have another question, how come mine WREAKS of cheap cologne, it smells like somebody dipped the thing i a vat of old spice, is there a NEW new strider smell??:barf: its starting to go away, but when i first got it it made my hands smell like it after only handleing it for a couple seconds.
i still love the knife though, even if it does smell like old spice!
 
Mine had a candyish scent. As though it passed through the conveyors belts of Willy Wonka. I assume it is the New Strider Smell. It went away eventually. I think this may have been this cologne-like smell you are talking about. Mine smelled like something between a jolly rancher and a new leather jacket.

Shelby
 
Very strange scents happening here, guys. My AR #79 smells exactly like a stripper that I used to date at the DollHouse in Ft.Lauderdale Florida. Her name was "Peaches", but Peaches wore perfume called "Poison", so my AR smells like...Poisoned Peaches.
 
"Something between a jolly rancher and a new leather jacket."

shelby, thats a perfect description of what mine smells like too. just couldnt tell exactly what it was, old spice was the closest thing i could think of.
 
Originally posted by Eric Blair
My AR #79 smells exactly like a stripper that I used to date at the DollHouse in Ft.Lauderdale Florida. Her name was "Peaches", but Peaches wore perfume called "Poison".
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Hey Eric!!!

You knew Peaches too!!!! ;)

Ross T.
 
Ross, I'm afraid that you're mistaken, my friend. Although you were quite intoxicated at the time, I'm ashamed of you in the fact that you've forgotten that you were actually with Peaches' mentally disturbed tranvestite brother "Pooches". In fact I seem to recall you commenting at the time that Pooches smelled like a wet dog wearing Brute 33, and not at all like poisoned peaches. :p
 
dang, all this talk of sweet smells makes me want some cherries;)
But that is just me or is it:D

Liong

P.S. Eric, I knew Ross was into that stuff. He always talks about it in chat.
 
Okay it's a chocolate covered leather jacket.

It is more likely a mixture of the "stuffs" we use here.

G96
WD40
LPS3
Break cleaner
On folders, Mobil 1.
Sweat
Blood
Cordite


Who knows?

Mick

Edited for punctuation.
My Damn browser kills my punctuation!!!
 
What? No Hoppe's #9? Ive been wiping mine down with Hoppes lately. Now if women would wear perfume that smelled like burnt powder and Hoppes.................................


God I love the smell of Nitrites in the morning!
 
Originally posted by Eric Blair
Ross.... Although you were quite intoxicated at the time, I'm ashamed of you in the fact that you've forgotten that you were actually with Peaches' mentally disturbed tranvestite brother "Pooches". In fact I seem to recall you commenting at the time that Pooches smelled like a wet dog wearing Brute 33, and not at all like poisoned peaches. :p
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Eric.....man, don't scare me like that:eek:

Ross T.
 
Mick,
What a list! G Damn G-96 rules!

You guys should run a my AR smells like....

Contest

So far Eric wins with the stripper story...

Any others?
 
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