Is the G10 on striders a weak point??

joeyza

joeyza

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I dont know too much about knife materials and how they hold up but I was thinking about this and isnt the fact that striders have only one part of the frame titanium and the other part G10 a major weak point in the blade?
I know G10 is strong as hell but its no titanium so isnt that the first part that would give way under heavy use?
Any input appreciated!:thumbup:
 
I think that the pivot would be the weakest point.

G10's tensile strength is almost up there to Ti so I doubt either would somehow "fail" during any kind of use In order to make the scales fail, you'd have to subject them to forces that would shatter your hand first.
 
I wouldn't worry about breaking a strider, and If you do they'll fix it as long as you don't mod it , I have beat the snot out of my tanto SMF without hesitation. I agree though the pivot is the weakest part on a folding knife, but the Strider pivot is beast I would use her hard and not worry, the SKI crew has your back.
 
CWL said:
I think that the pivot would be the weakest point.

G10's tensile strength is almost up there to Ti so I doubt either would somehow "fail" during any kind of use In order to make the scales fail, you'd have to subject them to forces that would shatter your hand first.
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thats interesting to hear..an i guess it makes sense that strider wouldn't give out lifetimes warranties if they thought their knives had any sort of weak points!:thumbup:
i've also heard that strider pivots are quite large in respect to other folders? I have an SMF but am still trying to learn as much about them as I can
 
Allen R. said:
I wouldn't worry about breaking a strider, and If you do they'll fix it as long as you don't mod it , I have beat the snot out of my tanto SMF without hesitation. I agree though the pivot is the weakest part on a folding knife, but the Strider pivot is beast I would use her hard and not worry, the SKI crew has your back.
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that great to hear thanks!
 
I chewed the pivot up on my SMF's with my spanner tool, It's my fault and it looks horrible, I wanted a new pivot, nothing wrong with the knife just an ugly pivot, Josh said send it in with 15.00 bucks and we'll replace the pivot and tune it up for you, The standard answer if you break your knife is send it in with 15 bucks and we'll make it right.
 
Allen R. said:
I chewed the pivot up on my SMF's with my spanner tool, It's my fault and it looks horrible, I wanted a new pivot, nothing wrong with the knife just an ugly pivot, Josh said send it in with 15.00 bucks and we'll replace the pivot and tune it up for you, The standard answer if you break your knife is send it in with 15 bucks and we'll make it right.
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has to be said that is a pretty amazing warranty! so did you actually send your knife back in? i've read that it can take quite a while for people to get their knives back, anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months?
thats understandable of course as i can imagine their quite busy over there at strider but would be nice to know what kinda time frame one can expect to get their knives back. i'm not speaking from experience of course, just stuff i read..
 
I was about to say that the pivot is the point where all the stress will go, but after looking over pictures again, the g10 and the titanium probably take the most stress along with the pivot. That being said, an extreme unhaman amount of force would be required for the g10/titanium to even warp. Breaking one however, would probably require the force of god. Since striders don't use stop pins, force is somewhat spread out through the scales. Force is also taken away from the scales by the pivot. So, to sum up my answer: The g10 is the weakest part of a strider, but under so circumstances is it the weak point as their is no weak point.

Ps. i dont even own a strider . . . well yet
 
I dont know about newer striders but I know the olders ones were designed as such that the G10 did not take much force at all due to how it was constructed. The lockup was a combination of the titanium lockbar and the thumbstud stop bar only made contact with the titanium side so that even under times of lateral stress the energy was not being exerted on the g10. But to ease your mind some knives currently made utilize G10 and carbon fiber that lack any support from titanium or steel in any regards and simply have steel disks for the wearing of the pivot bearings or washers. The man made materials used in knifemaking have come a long long way in recent years. And as long as your using a folding knife for its intended purpose you shouldnt run into issues where it would fail. I often questioned striders choice of construction method thinking it wasnt going to be sturdy but I would say the thousands of knives in pockets across the country and the hundreds put to work in the military proved me wrong.
 
No worries on the G10 on Striders. It is tough and the warranty is top notch.
 
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