Look what someone found

I have to agree with most that have posted here.

Regardless of what side you stand on, you have to admit that posting this on his commercial website of business is atrocious, sets the worst example of integrity and essentially now places his company lower than wherever he believes the Strider company currently resides. This is piss-poor behavior for a commercial knife company that should be setting a positive example, Thompson should be ashamed of himself. :barf:

I can honestly say that I could never ever buy another Cold Steel blade. EVER AGAIN!:mad:

Some have stated that they will not buy Strider as a result of current allegations, to each his own, BUT

I refuse to support Cold Steel and their childish personal-envy fueled vendetta antics.:grumpy:

Thompson's knives are cheap & copies of superior originals at best. :) I'm not going to miss them.:D
 
Strider has been proven to be an OJ Simpson.....and still you will suck?

By that I mean that, although most people are convinced that OJ did cut off the heads, there are some groupies who will deny and support OJ forever, no matter what.

Strider has supporters who do a similar thing for him. Truth does not matter. They LOVE him.

I am glad I will die of old age soon.
 
SpEcTeR said:
Regardless of what side you stand on, you have to admit that posting this on his commercial website of business is atrocious,
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This is what bothers me, too. These websites are discussion groups. We can and do differ, sometimes violently. The most extreme ideas come up time and again, with the old battle lines reestablished. Bad feelings persist.

But it's a discussion. We are all entitled to express our beliefs. That's what we do here.

When it comes to business, though, I expect a maker or manufacturer or dealer to tell me what he or she can do for me, what the product is and how it will benefit me. I don't click on a commercial site to read about the owner's psychological hangups. When that's what I find, I guarantee you -- I won't be back. It's no longer business. It has taken on the trappings of an obsession or a cult.
 
In Belgium such advertising is illegal.You have to remove it and a financial sanction is an extra.I find that in the USA the marketing is agressive.I don't like Strider knives at all but Strider is able to sell them and make a lot of happy customers so :live and let live.He is still a human being with feelings you have to respect.
 
Michelle said:
Ummmmm, actually no, that's not true. I think you are assuming that he's in a bad place and/or victimized in some way. Not so. Sorry to disappoint.

m1
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Not disappointed at all. I was just remembering his posts elsewhere about wanting to take a break from the internet. It seemed that he was tired of all the stuff that has been going on. It did not appear that he was very upbeat at all. I give him credit if he is able to take all this in stride without being bothered. Having my life dissected in public, day after day, month after month, would sure get to me after a while.
 
Keith Montgomery said:
Not disappointed at all. I was just remembering his posts elsewhere about wanting to take a break from the internet. It seemed that he was tired of all the stuff that has been going on. It did not appear that he was very upbeat at all. I give him credit if he is able to take all this in stride without being bothered. Having my life dissected in public, day after day, month after month, would sure get to me after a while.
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Sorry if I sounded flippant. I think thombrogan summed it up though. The internet, and the goings on of it are a pretty small part of life/business, etc. I think it would suck for anyone to have their life dissected as you so aptly put it. And when I say he's not a victim, I only in mean that insofar as recourse can be taken on some of this stuff if SKI cares to spend the time, energy, etc., to do so.

Ren put it best though with the whole "dogs under the table" example that he posted in another thread. A wonderful bit of much needed perspective on this whole mess.

Take care,

m1
 
Esav Benyamin said:
This is what bothers me, too. These websites are discussion groups. We can and do differ, sometimes violently. The most extreme ideas come up time and again, with the old battle lines reestablished. Bad feelings persist.

But it's a discussion. We are all entitled to express our beliefs. That's what we do here.

When it comes to business, though, I expect a maker or manufacturer or dealer to tell me what he or she can do for me, what the product is and how it will benefit me. I don't click on a commercial site to read about the owner's psychological hangups. When that's what I find, I guarantee you -- I won't be back. It's no longer business. It has taken on the trappings of an obsession or a cult.
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I agree entirely.

This is too much. Might even be grounds for a lawsuit there. Makes me sick. :barf:
 
Gee, Strider uses Bullshiit to sell knives and it's wrong.

Cold steel uses bullshiit to sell knives and it's OK?

Nah, not in my small book!!
 
wolfmann601 said:
Gee, Strider uses Bullshiit to sell knives and it's wrong.

Cold steel uses bullshiit to sell knives and it's OK?

Nah, not in my small book!!
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Since "bullshiit" is your forte, I would think that you are fans of both.

What is this- the 9th or 10th time that you have posted in a Strider-Cold Steel thread after saying that you were not going to post in them again? Help me out, it has been so many times, I have lost track.

Have you bought any strider's lately?

And this-

Date of Birth:
October 14
Favorite Knife:
STRIDER STRIDER STRIDER
Biography:
One of the most decorated, honored, and RESPECTED LEO's in My State's history!!! Nah, maybe the freaking world
Location:
Anywhere I choose, I am a Hero, a REAL HERO
Interests:
Earning Hero medals, life-saving medals, and Bravery medals. I also like shooting home intruders
Occupation:
C.L.E.O/C.O.P/RET-1999


What is up with that? Are you off your meds or something?

STRIDER STRIDER STRIDER is your favorite knife- have you had a change of heart? I mean one day you have owned some and the next day you have never owned one and it tends to get confusing.

But, instead of talking knives let's talk BMW M3's and Porsche 911's, that's what your favorite subject is on another website, but here you are too poor to buy a CRKT knife.
 
Some things in life are simple. Like toilet paper- in which direction to you put the roll on ( Print side out). If you have a gold commerative coin that is worth x amount of dollars and you also have a gold commerative coin that has been in an astronauts pocket on the moon , Id say the moon coin is going to worth a whole lot more money.What it appears to be here is that a whole lot of people are buying these knives based on Mr. Striders " background" i.e. hes been on the moon. If a relationship is based on a lie
 
digitalrebelttu said:
Since "bullshiit" is your forte, I would think that you are fans of both.

What is this- the 9th or 10th time that you have posted in a Strider-Cold Steel thread after saying that you were not going to post in them again? Help me out, it has been so many times, I have lost track.

Have you bought any strider's lately?

And this-

Date of Birth:
October 14
Favorite Knife:
STRIDER STRIDER STRIDER
Biography:
One of the most decorated, honored, and RESPECTED LEO's in My State's history!!! Nah, maybe the freaking world
Location:
Anywhere I choose, I am a Hero, a REAL HERO
Interests:
Earning Hero medals, life-saving medals, and Bravery medals. I also like shooting home intruders
Occupation:
C.L.E.O/C.O.P/RET-1999


What is up with that? Are you off your meds or something?

STRIDER STRIDER STRIDER is your favorite knife- have you had a change of heart? I mean one day you have owned some and the next day you have never owned one and it tends to get confusing.

But, instead of talking knives let's talk BMW M3's and Porsche 911's, that's what your favorite subject is on another website, but here you are too poor to buy a CRKT knife.
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What are you, stalking the guy ??
He's not the subject of the thread,
why are you worried about where he posts what?

Maybe you're the one needs medicating.
Go have another drink.
 
What a stupid thing to do ... to post something like that on business website; suicidal move if I ever saw one.

Strider is acting like a BSing kiddo but this guy (?) Lynn (love that name - always had, even since I had a teenage crush on young Tanner in Alf comedy series) is quite on par with him. Who would want to deal with somebody as childish as these two fellows when there are so many respectable companies around who aren't involved in lame juvenile boasting and flinging poop ?
 
Some thinds in life are simple. Like toilet paper- in which direction to you put the role on? (print side out) If you have a gold commerative coin that is worth x amount of dollars and you also have a gold commerative coin that has been in an astronauts pocket on the moon I`d venture to say yhat the moon coin is going to be worth a whole lot more money if you can prove the coin was on the moon. What it appears to be here is that a whole lot of people are are buying Strider knives based on Mr. Striders "background" i.e. hes been on the moon. I`ll suggest that a relationship based on a lie is not a very good relationship. On the other had if your buying his knives because they are a good dollar value ( gold coin but not on the moon ) thats a whole different story. I dont see where disapproving- or proving a marketing story has any thing to do with the quality of a knife or that by doing so ( proving or disapproving) Striders marketing can be seen as a direct attack on the man i.e. Mr Strider
 
Stop with the personal attacks, folks.
 
I changed my profile just for you and you bit. And no I take my meds daily.

Have a nice weekend and keep up the personal attacks, OK
 
bgspecialk said:
Some things in life are simple. Like toilet paper- in which direction to you put the roll on ( Print side out). If you have a gold commerative coin that is worth x amount of dollars and you also have a gold commerative coin that has been in an astronauts pocket on the moon , Id say the moon coin is going to worth a whole lot more money.What it appears to be here is that a whole lot of people are buying these knives based on Mr. Striders " background" i.e. hes been on the moon. If a relationship is based on a lie
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You are wrong.

I do not speak for anyone else but myself in saying that I do own Strider knives but I bough them after discovering their quality, durability, quality of materials used and exemplary customer service. It wasn’t until this whole charade started here at Bladeforums that I came to find out that Mr. Strider had a dark past.

Honestly, now that I know of Mr. Strider’s past, my Strider knives haven’t stopped working. They haven’t stopped cutting for me any less. They didn’t fall apart all of a sudden. They can still cut, slice and destroy anything I need them to just as well if not better than before I came into possession of this information.

To some it might have made a difference, but to me it matters not. To put it another way. I don’t buy Emerson Knives because I think he’s a cool guy or been told he is a samurai or a bona-fide ninja….I’ve never met the man. I buy them for their quality, grind, durability, design and customer service. I don’t buy Chris Reeve knives because I have been told that he is a model citizen, or because he is a good Samaritan, or pays his taxes, loves his wife and takes care of his kids. What the H#LL does any of that have to do with my knife performance or quality?!?! NOTHING!

I’ll agree with you on one thing. People that buy knives “just because” it was made by a person with a particular “background” are not the most astute buyers. Doesn’t matter what company it is.


But back to the true thread's subject. Lynn Thompson should be ashamed of himself. I find it interesting that no one has mentioned the fact that Cold Steel or owner Lynn Thompson has a knife on his site for sale that is a direct copy or piss-poor forgery of a Strider Design thats been around for years.....:D .....I'm sure most can't get past the initial infomercial. :barf:
 
Esav Benyamin said:
What are you, stalking the guy ??
He's not the subject of the thread,
why are you worried about where he posts what?

Maybe you're the one needs medicating.
Go have another drink.
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Why are you worried about what I post? Isn't attacking me for pointing out another poster's pattern of lies the same thing that you are complaining about? Maybe you should have a look at the other strider topics (the many, many topics on this same issue) and see who was insulting who.


And Spark- personal attacks, come on, that's what the whole other thread that you started was. While I agree with you that Strider has been caught out, this is ridiculous. How many times does this get repeated without getting a lock? Oh, I forgot, half the posts on this site are rehashes of the same thing over and over- Cold Steel, Spyderco vs. Benchmade, etc... The same topic with the same posts over and over by the same people. And that is not enough, the same people have to continue those same arguments on every knife forum on the net.

While it is a fair one to comment on matters of public record, it is another to post statements about your competitors on your business website, with the intention of hurting their business, that is actionable legally in most states and I would be shocked if Strider doesn't have a demand letter inbound to Cold Steel, which he should. The whole thing would be laughable if it wasn't so pathetic. I have never seen an industry (well apart from the tactical equipment softgoods makers) have such continued public attacks among the makers. What is even worse is that this is not a major industry that would warrant this kind of crap.

And really, I understand letting people continue posting on these issues but what about keeping it in one thread and locking the others? This thing is popping up in the Buck forum and GB&U again, the spyderco/benchmade thing has popped up again, I mean damn, some people need to use the search function and the mods need to start locking some of this junk.
 
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