How do you like your Buck Strider tanto?

Crayola

Crayola

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Hello everyone!

The Buck Strider tanto has been out for quite a while now, so I'd like to gather up some more info about it. I have been reading old posts, and I'd like to get a current survey of it's performance. I am hoping to sell a knife I made, or trade it, so I can get a Buck Strider tanto. I am thinking of carrying this knife and a slipjoint from Sears (these are actually Camillus made stockmans, so the quality should be great.) That way I'll have a large folding sharpened prybar for the rough and tough tasks and a nice stockman with different edges for other cutting chores.

Anyways, what can you tell me about your Buck Strider? Discover anything interesting about them? How tough are they? Any info would be more than welcome :)
 
I have a BG42 First Production Run Buck Strider Tanto.
The factory edge was too steep and had to be thinned for efficent
cutting.Took a long while as BG42 is hard steel.
The tanto portion of the blade is only useful for piercing or scraping as it is very blunt.
The lock up is 100% and I have had no problem with blade wobble or any thing else.
This has been my EDC carry for work for about a year or more and I continue to carry it because it is a heavy duty folder.
I work in a highly corrosive enviorment and have had no rust problems.
A few minutes with a file rounded the square edges on the G10 to make it easier on my tender paws.
It has enough blade weight to make it a one hand opener by flipping the blade out . This comes in handy if I'm in an ackward position or only have one hand available.
I would recommend this as a heavy duty work or tactial knife.It carries well in the pocket(clipped)once you get used to it.
I recently got a Strider GB. Now I carry them both. The Buck Strider clipped to the pocket and the GB in a belt pouch.
The only thing I would change with the Buck Strider is I would like the tanto section to be like the Strider GB(Much sharper).
All in all I am very pleased with the service I have got from my Buck Strider Tanto.
 
I had the same problem with my BG-42 Buck Strider Tanto as R.D. Hatch had.
I took mine out to Mr. Belt Grinder and he solved those problems lickity split quick. Regardless of the original intent of the somewhat blunt tanto tip's edge, I need a sharp knife from ricasso to tip. The tip is still MUCHO thick but will now shave hair.
The G-10's texture was so aggressive I had to sand that down a tad too. It works perfectly for me now.
After a while, the blade developed some up and down play but hasn't compromised the lock up.

A real life Seal/Ranger/SWAT type operator may very well need the knife as originally provided by Buck/Strider, but, I'm just a regular person and will not likely be in a situation where I will need to dig an impromptu foxhole with my blade, pry open a window or door with it or use it while wearing tactical shooting gloves or any of that kind of thing.:rolleyes:

Sooo, now you might be asking yourself why in the Hell did that mental midget misque buy the knife in the first place? Simply because it appealed to me at the time and I wanted a tank tough folder for just in case. At the time I also had a fascination with BG-42 steel also.
Who knows, maybe the Walter Mitty in me will surface one day and I'll actually need that beast. ;)

yeah...right...:rolleyes:
 
I also carry a BG42 SB1. I've also owned the ATS34 version. They are very strong knives. I talked to the Strider guys once and was told the breaking weights for folding the lock or busting it backward. I don't remember them now, but they are way beyond what most humans can exert. Lets just say I like it so much, I had the Strider emblem tattood.
 
I have one and I use that as my "beater" knife, simply because it is very tough. I've done some chopping with it, and light duty prying. Yeah, the blade is all scratched up but the lock still holds and the action is still smooth. I really like it.

Shortly after I received it quite some time ago, I took some of my diamond files to chamfer the edges of the G-10 to make the grip a bit more comfortable. I did find the G-10 to be a bit too grippy at first, but as I carried the knife and as many times as it's slid in and out of my pocket, the texture has dulled a bit but not to the point a non-slip grip is compromised. I later ordered the drop point version and lucked out and got one from the first production run with BG-42 steel. My experiences with these two Buck Striders eventually lead to me getting the real deal, a Strider AR. OVerall, the Buck Striders are tough and bulletproof folders that can stand up to abuse.
 
How does the Buck Strider compare to the Strider folders? Are Striders vastly superior regarding durability?
 
Thanks everyone for your information, I really appreciate it.

Dex, I think I've read your Knives Illustrated article about 10 times this past week! It is great to get feedback from you since that article is "old" now. If after all this time your Strider is still a goodie, then that is fantastic.
 
Hey Guys....

My nephew has one of these..Its a tough as nails folder,, but on the other hand, the frigging thing is a prybar...

The edge is WAY to thick on it, making more of a tool to cut car doors off instead and any daily cutting chores...

Don't get me wrong,, its a Great knife,,good feel and built like a tank.The edge is just far to thick....

Some thinning of the edge would make this much more usable..

ttyle

Eric....
 
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