Is this a real Strider or a knock off?

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Hellbound13

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Just got this knife from an online store. I am wondering if this might be a knock off.. The STRIDER stamp looks odd to me and the logo stamped in the blade is crooked. My other strider is not like this. Also it says "CMP 154" on the blade. my other Strider does not have this. Also my other Strider has two bronze washers in the pivot. This one appears to have one bronze and one silver or maybe plastic washer, cant tell without taking it apart. Any ideas?

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I can't see the imprint too clearly from your pic, but if the tang has a BOS stamp it's fake. Also take a look at the overall size of the knife and the size of the opening hole compared to one you know is real; that distinguishes the real ones from the fakes.
 
Reputable online dealer? Or "TheBay" retail store?

Comparable Strider cost? Or $75 shipped?

Fakes are so good these days that unfortunately these are the questions you start with IMHO.

Prof.
 
Professor said:
Reputable online dealer? Or "TheBay" retail store?

Comparable Strider cost? Or $75 shipped?

Fakes are so good these days that unfortunately these are the questions you start with IMHO.

Prof.
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It was $550 shipped from Steel Addiction Knives.
 
Hellbound13 said:
It was $550 shipped from Steel Addiction Knives.
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Cool. I was afraid this might've been your first rodeo, but seeing as though you've got other Striders, I can tell it's not. :)

Wierd with the pivot and washer deal, but my first hunch is it's ok judging by where you bought it.
 
Hard to say with the picture quality and angles you chose, but it does look legitimate to me. The tang stamp is most likely where the CPM-154 stamp is, not a BOS stamp. And the detent ball hole is there, whereas the fakes do not go all the way through if I remember right. Does yours have a lanyard hole on the G10 side as well? It should if it is real. Everything else looks about right, but better pictures showing the whole knife would help.

EDIT: with new pictures and comments, I'd say it's a legit knife.
 
A BOS stamp is a heat treat stamp that Paul Bos putts on all of the blades that he heat treats (best known for doing the heat treat on Buck knives). Everything looks fine to me.
 
That opening hole and lettering of the company name look a little suspect to me. Are the screw receivers knurled, or not?


Professor said:
Reputable online dealer? Or "TheBay" retail store?

Comparable Strider cost? Or $75 shipped?

Fakes are so good these days that unfortunately these are the questions you start with IMHO.

Prof.
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The fake that this knife might be usually costs around $200 from the people who sell them as fakes. If they're being sold as real ones the price probably isn't far off from a real Strider.
 
00ChevyScott said:
Hard to say with the picture quality and angles you chose, but it does look legitimate to me. The tang stamp is most likely where the CPM-154 stamp is, not a BOS stamp. And the detent ball hole is there, whereas the fakes do not go all the way through if I remember right. Does yours have a lanyard hole on the G10 side as well? It should if it is real. Everything else looks about right, but better pictures showing the whole knife would help.
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Yes it has the hole.
 
Hellbound13 said:
What do you mean by knurled? The screw receivers look the same on both knives if that matters.
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If it has a kind of cross hatched texture on the inside to stop it from spinning around in the handle, it's knurled. Striders have this, but apparently the Chinese fakes don't yet. It doesn't seem like your knife is one of the fakes we've been seeing recently, but I'd leave it up to the Strider experts at this point.
 
Tsujigiri said:
If it has a kind of cross hatched texture on the inside to stop it from spinning around in the handle, it's knurled. Striders have this, but apparently the Chinese fakes don't yet. It doesn't seem like your knife is one of the fakes we've been seeing recently, but I'd leave it up to the Strider experts at this point.
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Yea... your best bet for a definitive answer is to try an contact Mick Strider directly and have him take a look at the pictures.
 
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