How are Strider Folders?

I just recieved my CB SMF yesterday, my 1st Strider. Today I ordered my 2nd Strider, CB SNG tanto!!!!!!!!!!! Nuff said!
 
gajinoz said:
It's like any knife, it has it's uses, it's very good in some areas and poor in others, depends on what you're looking for. I have an SNG that is certainly tough and, as Esav has suggested, you can get an extremely secure grip on it. However, for small slicing tasks, say peeling an orange or similar, there are knives that will work far better.

If you want a small pocket knife for small tasks and EDC, look at Spyderco or Benchmade or similar. If you want a larger, stronger knife that will handle a bit of abuse then, sure, look at a Strider.

My only complaint with mine is that I need to regularly tighten the pivot screw, this is mildly annoying.

If, on the other hand, you're more inclined to go for superb fit and finish, look at a Sebenza. A slightly better all round usable knife, IMHO of course.
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Hey there, gajinoz,
I would think a bit of threadlocker (Loctite or similar) ought to fix that slippage. Have you tried that?

Nice assessment of the situation.
Cheers.
 
knarfeng said:
Hey there, gajinoz,
I would think a bit of threadlocker (Loctite or similar) ought to fix that slippage. Have you tried that?

Nice assessment of the situation.
Cheers.
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This is one of those things "I must get around to one day". :)

I'm probably going into town today, might grab a bottle of loctite, thanks for the reminder. :D
 
samhain73 said:
What backspacer?? On a SMF or SnG?
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that was my point exactly , for the stop pin to fall out , either the back spacer (older SnG's ) came separated from the scale ( which is the stop in the closed position ) or the thumbstuds ( stop pins in the open position ) fell out.
 
gajinoz said:
This is one of those things "I must get around to one day". :)

I'm probably going into town today, might grab a bottle of loctite, thanks for the reminder. :D
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I'd see Strider about fixing it. They really do have good customer service.

Rich
 
The two SNGs I had were nice. The handles look funky but they feel great in hand. I did have to put loctite on the pivot, and the blades were off center when closed.

I like Rick Hinderer's XM better.

The best thing I liked about the SNGs, tough knife in a very light package. The oval opener works great! If you can score one under full retail I would say go for it. :cool:

Mine cut great after a slight reprofile. Not as good as a Sebbie, but better than people who never seen one in real life would have you believe.
 
ive owned several. currently only an sng concealed carry. wonderful knife.

i like most of their products.
 
In Australia, and because of a pivot screw un-tightening?

Loctite is a bona-fide factory fix for anything with screw threads that tends to loosen over time!
 
I own a SMF and a AR.

Both are fantastic folders, good lockup, good edge holding, etc...

They are not great slicers but that's not what they are designed for, they are hard use folders, which are designed to handle a bit of abuse.

If its a hard use no nonsense folder you are after, get one. You will not be disappointed.

They have a decent range of products to choose from and they are top notch guys. Cost wise they are on the higher side but IMHO they are worth it, I think a Strider and a Sebbie always end up in a knife nuts pocket at some stage or another anyway
 
Try Teflon tape on the threads of the pivot pin, that thin white stuff plumbers use.
I use this on every screw of my 3 Striders, and i can still take them apart for cleaning without holding a soldering iron to them first.
 
kwackster said:
Try Teflon tape on the threads of the pivot pin, that thin white stuff plumbers use.
I use this on every screw of my 3 Striders, and i can still take them apart for cleaning without holding a soldering iron to them first.
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Or you can use blue loctite instead of red, but Plumber's tape should work great too.
 
I have an SMF, an SnG and a PT. All three are excellent. My only complaint is about the ergonomics of the handle, which tends to hurt my hand during extended hard use.
 
My SNG drop-point Coyote Brown also suffered from a loose lockup and a stop pin that fell out of the blade, and i was really disappointed when this happened on my first Strider, being such a high dollar knife.
But i made a new, bigger stop pin myself, put it into the blade, and it now has a perfect lockup.

The security and ergonomics of the handle design, coupled with the Bos method heat treated S30V steel have kept it in my EDC routine for quite some time now,
 
With regards to my sng, I guess you could call it the thumb stud. I always thought of it as a variation of a stop pin, -perhaps incorrectly. They fixed it quick, but it fell apart first.
 
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