Mick Strider has some explaining to do.

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Well said, lifter.
I know very little about the whole thing(nor do I really care), and read the Strider crusades more for entertainment value than anything else, as they don't have any effect on my life. But the entertainment is coming from the posters, not the subject.Based on the work put into these recent threads, I would think many of you have a lot at stake to "get to the truth". The people whom like Strider knives will likely continue to like them( I do), while the people whom don't like them will likely continue to not like them as well.
Good luck on the crusades, guys.
 
I find this thread very informative and could be considored the "Go to" thread for anyone wanting a thorough layout of Mick's actions. From a man who built his empire on deception, he should also go to every forum he has posted this info in and appologize to all, especially the CUSTOMERS of Strider Knives. There has been a few situations posted where ethics are involved and it seems this one has alot of people who are ignoring or downplaying the deception. What if this would have never come to light? The games would still be going. After reading this, I will stick to other production knives and customs.

MPE
 
hey spark=what happened to the bf auction knives?

Except for the Busse that was auctioned off already, they are sitting on my desk, waiting for me to take the time to put them up for auction. They haven't been sold, given away, or anything else. If you would like, I'll take a picture of them on Monday. You have anything else to try to distract or question my integrity?
 
that wasnt the reason-

i asked because you never said anything about them at the auction post when people have asked-i saw you post here and mentioned it-
 
If all of this is true, and it is all OLD news that has been talked about, hashed and rehashed, dissected and detected, why would you spend all the time and effort to gather it all together and bring it up again?
Because, quite honestly, I'd never seen the claims that Mick Strider was going to be sentenced to serve in Somalia until last week.

Let me tell you something, I was active duty during this time period, stationed at Bragg, ready to deploy. I had buddies who were deployed there. I've met Dan Schlilling, the Air Force guy mentioned in Black Hawk Down.

For someone to use such an obvious lie to try to draw attention from the fact that they were going to prison for multiple felonies is astounding. That he does so repeatedly shows me that this is a habit for him. It directly insults my time in service and spits on the graves of every service member who died there.

To my knowledge, Mick has apologized to his family, friends,customers,those important to him, and moved on. Should he have to pay for it for the rest of time?
Mick Strider made this statement on the Feb 6th, 2006. This is not moving on, this is continuing to misrepresent himself. I challenge you to show otherwise.

It is all OLD news. And dont blame Strider for that other thread about cold steal, he didnt post in it or have anything to do with it. Even Kevin McClung calls it yesterday's news.
I don't blame Mick Strider for Cold Steel's ad copy.

I directly blame him for getting hot under the collar about it and using it as an opportunity to puff himself up more, and make more money by profiting off stolen honor.

Strider has no forum or presence at all on BF, hasnt for long time. You took the time to search tactical forums, badlands forum, bladeforums archives, legal papers,in other words you spent a decent amount of time on it. One really has to question your motives and ask why?
Fair enough. How are these for motives:
I'm a veteran. This lie insults my service, and attempts to steal the valor of men like Gordon and Shugart to bolster the reputation of a convicted felon. How many of you have knives named after them, I think the model is the SnG? How do you think Gordon & Shugart would feel about a felon lying about going to be in that theatre, then making money off their deaths?

I'm a gun owner. A convicted felon talking about owning and using firearms is food for people like the Brady's.

I own this site. Mick Strider lied to me, and to the 80,000 members here, and to the industry as a whole.

How are those motives.


And if you've seen the paperwork you know that he is not the owner of Strider knives.
This isn't about who owns Strider Knives, this is about the lies Mick Strider is repeatedly telling.

What about the fact that he apologized and paid for it?
What about the fact that he lied about this 6 days ago and it's still going on?

The money raised for and the help given to Rob Simonich's family when Rob passed away?
You would be wise to leave this subject alone with me. You do not want me to expand on this.

Tell the good with the bad, tell the whole story.
That is horse shit. I've run BladeForums.com for 11 years now, if I made these claims I'd be destroyed and run out of this industry. Why does he get a pass from his continued lies? At what point does he take responsibility for his actions? Hell, he was sued and the settlement agreement involves him stopping this behavior.

Tell me, has he?

You and I have always been friendly, not friends exactly but friendly. You even called me on the phone that time to tell me all your big plans for raising money for Rob Simonich's family, remember?
True enough, I even sent Christine a check for $20,000 to put my money where my mouth was and show her support in her time of need. Do you really want me to reveal everything that happened there? It doesn't paint a pretty picture for Mick Strider. You REALLY don't want to open that can of worms.
 
"I have to wonder, when someone claims that they were to be sentenced to serve in Somalia 5 days ago"


Five days ago.......ooh what a conspiracy.......something going on here........he must be guilty of everything.......maybe Mick Strider came up with the Somalia story FIVE DAYS AGO to try and throw you internet detectives off the scent.......something fishy going on.......doesn't smell right.

So how come I read about Somalia over a year ago.......huh.

really you private dicks should try harder.
 
You're a mark alright. A confidence man's prey if the slang isn't the same in the Sceptered Isle.

Care to elaborate? Your posting is mysterious, but only because it employs vague and incomplete sentences.
 
Well some here obviously consider all this stuff old news and to some it's new. I do care about the truth and would like to see a resolution one way or the other. I don't have any Strider knives except for some Buck/Striders but I do like the knife designs. However as a veteran I don't want to buy from someone misrepresenting himself as a something he is not. If Mick has not done this as of late and everything occured as stated in the papers then the guy has done his time and paid his debt. If however it still keeps happening then I don't want to participate in promoting that kind of person with my money.
I also feel strongly that is an honor issue and I have not brought it up but I think Mick should be contacted and at least given the ability to answer to the threads posted. It's Micks honor and MICK should be given the chance to speak for himself.
It really sucks that I see this all coming out and see on other forums the opposite story. I think the only way things can truly be settled is with a full disclosure of the truth, and yes if things went to shit with the Simonich fund it should be made public. I don't know Sparks but he seems to be a guy who is okay by me ( His management style is a little to free and loose but that works here ). Lifter I know from another forum and he is always spoken of in highly respected terms as a real man of honor.
I would just like to see the truth outed and the issue settled so I can either buy or not buy as I see fit.
 
Please kevin, now dissect another BF badman: Jaxurman.

I am sure there are others, why this now?

I don't know Mick so do not accuse me of defending him. I just see no benefit to this for you beyond payback.
 
"You're a mark alright. A confidence man's prey if the slang isn't the same in the Sceptered Isle.

Care to elaborate? Your posting is mysterious, but only because it employs vague and incomplete sentences."
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Yep I'll elaborate.....it seems that this anti Strider stuff has reached new heights lately , or depths, depending on which way you look at it. It smacks of a witch hunt and is starting to sound like a big conspiracy theory....when will it end......ever.

As posted some people claim that Mr Strider came up with the Somalia story a few days ago and they are making a big deal about it. I read this over a year ago. So one could argue that any argument or theory based on this is in actual fact wrong.

Mark would be my name.....I don't see myself as a victim of a confidence trickster......generally i am a good judge of character. I,m pretty sure I'm right in this instance as to whose corner I'm in.

Mark Lewis.
 
Hi Y'all,

It keeps being repeated that this scandal is old news. I am a member here and I didn't know anything about it until this week. I must not be deep enough in the Knife World to be on the distribution list.

I am willing to bet that most of the thousands of Strider owners STILL don't know about it and many never will.

BTW, it was my impression that the Somalia BS was REPEATED this week, not first invented this week.

As a combat vet myself, I am Deeply Offended by what Strider has done, it cheapens the reputation of all vets and gives more ammo to those who already hate the military.

Strider has experience in attending court in Libel cases. If he sees lies in this thread, he should sue, forthwith. Possibly, this time he should present his DD214, instead of failing to do so as he did in the last case.

Steve
 
MICK should be given the chance to speak for himself.

He is a member here (username "Mick Strider") and he's always welcome to post here. We have never deleted or edited anything he's ever posted here, not even the obscenities.

If he prefers to avoid a forum where he doesn't have the power to delete questions he doesn't want to answer, that's his choice. Or maybe there's some other reason he hasn't been posting here lately; I don't know.

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Please kevin, now dissect another BF badman: Jaxurman.

What do you want to know about jaxurman aka Jack Alvaraz? It's all still here on this forum; use the search button. He fooled us for a long time; finally we caught him lying. Of course I don't suspect you of trying to hijack this thread with something irrelevant; the relevance is clear.
 
Little technical note: it may be useful to explain what E1 (rank), DD214 ("Veterans' Military records"), DX (or DX'd) (no idea for this one) and similar terms mean :confused:


On-topic: being (former) jailbird explains his manners (and foul language) he showed many times :barf:

I guess we have new Mall ninja champion here - Darkops' ads can't stack up

P.S. it's "new" news for me :)
 
In the service there are "Enlisted corp." which are the soldiers, privates, seaman, airman, on up to Sargeants and such. Then there is the "Commissioned Corp" or "Officers" that have college degrees or some specialty training involving educations in most cases. The Officers as we call them that are the Capt. Cols, Generals, Commanders, Admirals and many other ranks all designated by a code on the paperwork used to describe pay grades.

E1 is what you start at. Enlisted 1.

O1 to 07, 8, 9 etc determines Officer or Commissioned Corp for pay grade and rank.

DD214 is simply Dept. Defense and the form #. Specifically the DD214 is the form each individual gets when he/she separates from the service at the end of their contract requirements or when they retire or when they are kicked out for any number of reasons. This form includes all pertinent information regarding training, medals awarded while on duty, pay grade, type of discharge, HONORABLE, DISHONORABLE, UNDER OTHER THAN HONORABLE, etc. and whether the person is eligible to reenlist or not as well as some other information in the form of codes and is used for resume and job applications.

All Veterans are given a 'long form' and a short form. The long form, which is the one shown that has the extension showing type of discharge simply has a bit more info at the very bottom like why the person was separated, type of discharge and the separation codes and is initialed by the person separating. Typically people that were discharged other than honorably don't show the extended form to potential employers but opt to use the short form since that information is ommitted.

STR
 
Thanks guys (even I linked these in my post (quick google search:)). But I still don't know what "DX'd" is?
 
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