I really want a strider... but...

[kamagong]

Hard to find a knife that will do all the tasks you listed above well. I had a SMF. If I had been inclined to pry with my knife, the SMF would have been the knife I chose. But it was overkill for most other things I needed a knife for. That same stout blade that would do well in prying sucks when you're trying to cut cardboard.

 

[Gadgetman7]

I use a Strider occasionally and I have no doubt it would work but it will eventually break. It will likely be fixed under warranty but you're out the knife until it returns and prying will also trash the edge.

I'd try a Leatherman Supertool 300. Extremely stout and has replaceable wire cutters on the pliers head. By all means get a Strider if you can afford it. They are great knives - just spend the extra $50 and get the Supertool to go with it.

 

[Hawk45]

Use what you have and just get one of those mini key-chain pry bars. Cost you all of $5 to have everything you want. I say it all the time, these things are tools, but tools have specific tasks they do well and should be used as such. A folder should not be used as a pry bar, a pry bar should. I don't use a drill for a hammer, so I shouldn't expect a folder to be any different.

That being said.. if you just want a Strider.. nothing wrong with that either.

 

[BBW]

Hard to find a knife that will do all the tasks you listed above well. I had a SMF. If I had been inclined to pry with my knife, the SMF would have been the knife I chose. But it was overkill for most other things I needed a knife for. That same stout blade that would do well in prying sucks when you're trying to cut cardboard.

That's why they have a tanto 3/4 grind.... the tip ha a false edge to pry with and a main edge to keep sharp and cut.
I re-profiled my SMF main edge to 20 degrees and it sheers toilet paper

 

[wsdavies]

Maybe it's just me, but using a $300 knife as a pry tool is just insanity. It's like a plumber wearing a $5,000 suit to do repairs in your septic tank.

 

[alexandrews]

If I were you...I wouldn't pay $75+ for a SMF to get .4 inches more of a cutting edge. Just get an SNG.lol That's my two cents

 

[Popsickle]

i carry an aluminum SMF daily.... i pry shit and cut shit. the warranty covers it all. get the strider and dont look back, you wont want too lol!

i also own 6 striders so im a bit biased..... looking for my seventh now!

 

[Noctis3880]

I'm sure the Strider could handle it. I just feel that prying bits of metal will dull your edge unnecessarily. But then again, I have a difficult time imagining what other "hard use" that super thick blade can be used for that thinner blades can't take.

 

[SteelSnob]

I'll never buy another Strider. Worst customer service experience I've ever had. Extremely poor f&f with the customer service to match. And no they haven't had a no questions asked warranty for years now. If they even suspect you've taken the knife apart they don't warranty it. Don't believe the hype.

 

[Hawkings]

Knives cut. Prying tools like prybars pry. Just because a knife is a Strider or Sebenza or whatever doesn't mean its going to do things a knife doesn't do.

Striders wont make espresso, you can't play a Sebenza like a harmonica, ZTs cannot recarge a car battery.

If you want to cut AND light pry, get a SAK and cut with the blade and pry with the flat screwdriver blade.

Would that not be just as bad ?

If a knife can't pry.
If Striders wont make espresso.
If ZTs cannot recarge a car battery.
Why would a screwdriver pry ?

 

[BBW]

If I were you...I wouldn't pay $75+ for a SMF to get .4 inches more of a cutting edge. Just get an SNG.lol That's my two cents

Have you held both? is .4 inches of blade ALL you can see between them? really? not ergos, width, length, etc right?

 

[BBW]

I'll never buy another Strider. Worst customer service experience I've ever had. Extremely poor f&f with the customer service to match. And no they haven't had a no questions asked warranty for years now. If they even suspect you've taken the knife apart they don't warranty it. Don't believe the hype.

I don't know where you are getting your info from but is incorrect. F&F is far from poor, customer service is excellent (you just send the knife with 15$ and comes back new), they DO have a no questions asked warranty. They don't recommend taking your knife apart since there are too many retarded people that can't put back 2 washers, 3-4 screws 1 pivot a 1 blade back together in the same way. Get your shit straight before opening your mouth

 

[marcinek]

Would that not be just as bad ?

If a knife can't pry.
If Striders wont make espresso.
If ZTs cannot recarge a car battery.
Why would a screwdriver pry ?

No, because the "business end" of a flat screwdriver is designed quite similarly to the "business end" of a dedicated prying tool, and both are designed specifically to withstand some (to a large amount) of stress. Unlike a knife blade.

You can't recharge a car battery with a frying pan. But you can boil water in a frying pan.

(And, if the you trash the screwdriver on the SAK, the rest of the SAK isn't ruined.)

 

[Tony8179]

I don't know where you are getting your info from but is incorrect. F&F is far from poor, customer service is excellent (you just send the knife with 15$ and comes back new), they DO have a no questions asked warranty. They don't recommend taking your knife apart since there are too many retarded people that can't put back 2 washers, 3-4 screws 1 pivot a 1 blade back together in the same way. Get your shit straight before opening your mouth

It's not that they don't recommend taking the knife apart, it's that they won't work on the knife under warranty if they think the knife has been taken apart. That, to me, is not a no questions asked policy. To me, a no questions asked policy is that I send in the knife stating what is wrong with it and I receive my knife back in like new condition at no charge other than shipping. I take all my knives apart. All of them. It bothers me that I want to spend my hard earned money on a knife and am told by the producer of the knife that I'm not allowed to take it apart. That's nonsense. And let's be honest, compared to other knives out there at the same price the F&F is a bit lackluster. The F&F has always looked raw to me on the production models. I know that they say Striders are supposed to be used, and used hard, but just because they are supposed to be used doesn't mean they can't have excellent F&F.

 

[Popsickle]

id like to correct you both...... Strider WILL work on a knife that has been taken apart. If you damage the knife in the process there will be a charge involved to fix it. If you dont have "SIMPLE" mechanical skills then dont work on it....PERIOD. Read the warranty before you comment... they will not work on PIMPED knives, they will just be sent right back to whoever send them in.

i sent a knife in with loctite on the pivot that I took apart. NO CHARGE, and it came back PERFECT



STRIDER WARRANTY AS POSTED ON THE USUAL SUSPECT NETWORK
If your folding knife has been modified we won't fix it so don't send it in
modified= if any tools were used on your knife to change its appearance Your warranty is void
Change the blade grind= void
Polish the screws, blade or titanium=void
Modify the handle=void
File your lock bar=void
Drill any holes in your knife=void
burn up your knife in a fire= VOID
If you strip a screw we will repllace it for a charge
If you break the tip or chip the blade we will fix it no charge
If you take the knife apart and ruin the lock up thier might be a charge
***charges are detirmined on how long it takes us to fix it****
WE WILL NOT SEND OUT OR SELL ANY PARTS



Simple solution. DONT PIMP!!!! buy the knife and use it, if a problem arises(im quoting Mick Strider when i asked about something) "Send it in!"

 

[stabman]

I think Strider had their warranty change did they not due to...for a better word..."people" breaking them intentionally and then sending it in? In short however, if you break it in a must do situation, no worries, if you go rambo in your back yard and pry everything for the fun of it they will not cover it. Correct me if I am wrong.

If you break it, they fix it.
If you "pimp" it, they'll charge you to fix it.
They got sick of the "Franken-Striders."

 

[lava_lamp]

Striders are better at prying than slicing, but can do both. I have a tango SNG that would be my voice for cutting paper, but my PT would do fine. Any of the FFG Spydies would be better at paper slicing and worse at prying than the Striders.

 

[BBW]

You beat me to it and to add some:
From Josh (I'm sure Tony and Steelsnob know who he is since they know so well about Strider and their warranty)

HIGHLY recomends that you do not disassemble your Strider folding knives.
WE ARE SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH TIME FIXING KNIVES THAT PEOPLE DID NOT PUT BACK TOGETHER CORRECTLY. We do not want to get to the point where we have to charge for "shop time" on knives that are not re-assembled correctly.

thanksQUOTE=Popsickle;10181997]id like to correct you both...... Strider WILL work on a knife that has been taken apart. If you damage the knife in the process there will be a charge involved to fix it. If you dont have "SIMPLE" mechanical skills then dont work on it....PERIOD. Read the warranty before you comment... they will not work on PIMPED knives, they will just be sent right back to whoever send them in.

i sent a knife in with loctite on the pivot that I took apart. NO CHARGE, and it came back PERFECT



STRIDER WARRANTY AS POSTED ON THE USUAL SUSPECT NETWORK
If your folding knife has been modified we won't fix it so don't send it in
modified= if any tools were used on your knife to change its appearance Your warranty is void
Change the blade grind= void
Polish the screws, blade or titanium=void
Modify the handle=void
File your lock bar=void
Drill any holes in your knife=void
burn up your knife in a fire= VOID
If you strip a screw we will repllace it for a charge
If you break the tip or chip the blade we will fix it no charge
If you take the knife apart and ruin the lock up thier might be a charge
***charges are detirmined on how long it takes us to fix it****
WE WILL NOT SEND OUT OR SELL ANY PARTS



Simple solution. DONT PIMP!!!! buy the knife and use it, if a problem arises(im quoting Mick Strider when i asked about something) "Send it in!"[/QUOTE]

 

[BBW]

It's not that they don't recommend taking the knife apart, it's that they won't work on the knife under warranty if they think the knife has been taken apart.

LMAO lets do an exercise: which of the following knives has been taken apart?
answer
a)SnG
b)SMF
c)XM18
d) Emerson CQC11
e)all
f)none

Lets say you know what you're talking about; lets say you are correct and not talking BS. How would you "think" I dissemble my knife? nicks and marks? as far as I know I can adjust the pivots and it doesn't void the warranty......
What if you don't see any marks because I was careful and had the right tool?
The bad thing about public forums is that retards with no brain or knowledge post whatever crap they can spit out their mouth and confusing other with no knowledge. At the end we have a bunch of people with no idea (sometimes not even with real contact about a specific knife) talking about something they don't know
My advice: if you don't know what you're talking about just STFU
And yes, sorry but it pisses me off and I don't care if its about Strider, Hinderer, buck or Spyderco. Get your shit straight

 

[SteelSnob]

Uh oh! Fan boy rage alert. The fan boys are having a hissy fit because somebody said something bad about their favorite knife company. You need to get your shit straight. Their warranty is not no questions asked. And it's a knife company, not your wife no need to fight for their honor. I had poor experiences with Strider as have many others. They're reluctant to mention it because of fan boys like yourselves that will jump down their throat. Seen it a million times. I'm not going to waste anymore time talking to clowns.

I have no problem with Strider fans, just the butthurt fan boys that rage if you don't praise Strider.

And that company is owned by crooks that made up stories to "steal valor" so they can sell their tacticool gear. Something to think about on this day meant to honor true veterans.