Mick Strider has some explaining to do.

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WORKER#9 said:
You admit your wrong, sir. You have proven less than nothing to me.

I find this whole thread absurd.

I do not have to support any position, it is you sir, who need to support your position. I have read and reread "YOUR" position when all I see is an axe to grind.

I do see your position as a business owner. Create a circus. Create a Coliseum. They will come. When there nothing left of substance it's time to recreate our business as " THE NATIONAL INQUIRER" of the knife world.

I stand by Strider knives. It is that simple. My beliefs will never change.
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I have given you every opportunity to explain your position.

I have given you every opportunity to cite any possible flaw I have made in my arguements.

I have given you AMPLE evidence that Mick Strider's claims do not hold water. You have yet to provide even the most cursory of refutations.

You now dare to question my integrity in this matter, and say that I am doing this for business sake? For money? Tell me, Mr Worker, what brilliant marketing scheme has me calling out a knife maker with such a rabid following that they will deny the validity of court documents, not accept Mick Strider's own words as his own, or even basic common sense?

I dealt with this in 2003 when Mick Strider acted like a complete ass. That his behavior hasn't changed one iota, yet I remain willing to even deal with the likes of you speaks volumnes about the differences in personal character.

I ask you one last time, provide a scrap of evidence backing up any claim you are making. Otherwise, just admit that you have a huge double standard, and that you refuse any evidence.
 
Justabuyer said:
I had my SMF folder out today. Cut a bunch of cat 5 wire in a large bundle.
Opened a lot of boxes on a big Department wide move. Knife worked Great.

In fact several people commented on it. One guy asked where he could get one.

I guess my question is this, If I still like Strider folders a lot will I be the subject of ridicule here for that? Will I still be able to buy and sell them here as a very wise poster asked not long ago?

Is this going ANYWHERE? Will ANYTHING be changed?

I am still going to take my folder to work in the morning.
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What might change is that more folks will know that they are buying the product of a poser.

Enjoy your knife. Odds are only you will know the whole tale of the shitheel who put his faked name on it.
 
Bohica2u said:
Hey! More stuff------pure gold!!


www.militaryphotos.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-13161.html

maw05-28-2004, 12:10 PM
to quote the immortal words of mick strider:

"1. There is no such thing as a knife fight.

2. People who train in “knife fighting” live in a fantasy world. People who make “fighting Knives” make fantasy knives…
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Pure gold??? More like pure old.....

I am not even sure what this proves?? I must be missing something?
 
tyr_shadowblade said:
What a f*cking scumbag!!!

......His business is ruined. His reputation is ruined. He has become a joke and a pariah. And . . . it is now public knowledge that he has violated Federal Law by being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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LOL that is what a few seemed to have been motivated by when the crap started several years ago. The breaking news in this thread is nothing new it is just the same stuff piled together in another location. I think you are kidding (or completely deluding) yourself with the comments that Strider is done for and his business is toast.

Just to qualify I do own 1 Strider knife. I like the design of it so I bought it. I didn't buy it because it was ground by some bad ass-ed MFer or some super spy child prodigy I bought it because I found the design interesting and I wanted it.


By the way when did BF start running membership drives for TF? That sure appears to be what this thread is all about!
 
chris in mo said:
LOL that is what a few seemd to have been motivated by when the crap strarted several years ago. The breaking news in this thread is nothing new it is just the same stuff piled together in anotehr location. I think you are kidding (or completely diluding) yourself with the comments that Strider is done for and his business is toast.

Just to qualify I do own 1 Strider knife. I like the design of it so I bought it. I didn't buy it because it was ground by some bad assed MFer or some super spy child prodigy I bought ti because I found the sdesign interesting and I wanted it.


By the way when did BF start running membership drives for TF? That sire appears to be what this thread is all about!
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The same stuff? Mick added a whole new layer of bullshit just last week.

Trying to get ol' Electric Gun involved was a bad move. That dude is Mick without the felony rap, the questionable DD-214 and relatively hot product line.:rolleyes:
 
My dad was in the Special Forces. I have his graduation certificate and several other things from his estate including a couple firearms I managed to get lucky enough to inherit. He died never talking about any of his service history to anyone, not even his own family. I don't think most real heros see the need to talk. Perhaps they can't talk about it. Maybe they just don't want to again deal with something that was one of the harder things to deal with in life by thinking about it let alone talking about it. They walk the walk though and thats all that ever mattered. We asked but he'd always change the subject or pretend he didn't hear or somtimes smile and just shake his head no. We got the message. Actually that probably said as much as any words could have in my opinion. I doubt we could have handled it anyways.

STR
 
I haven't read through this entire thread but I have read a good portion of it. Took up half my afternoon. I feel dirty. Phucking filthy, really. I feel like I've been sniffing around someone's clothes hamper. I hope I never have to go through such public scrutiny... I don't wish that on anyone.

I don't want to argue about what Mick may or may not be guilty of. Fact is, NONE of us know all the facts... although there sure is a lot of speculation going on. I do want to offer again part the very first response to Spark's initial attack, from my friend Lifter.

lifter4Him said:
What about the fact that he apologized and paid for it?

Do you mention the truckloads of gear he has given soldiers?
The money raised for and the help given to Rob Simonich's family when Rob passed away?
The huge amount of money he raises every year for kids with autism?
The fact that a percentage of the money from the collaboration with Ken Onion and kershaw goes to paralyzed veterans?
The fact that a percentage of the money from the collaboration with Kit Carson goes to the EOD memorial?

Tell the good with the bad, tell the whole story.
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To me, this is a VERY important element to the big picture, and something that has been basically ignored throughout this endless thread.

The above examples are just a small portion of the amount of generosity and displays of good character from Mick.

Listen, I have no dog in this fight. My only motive is to hopefully help show the whole story. I am not close buddies with Mick, although I do consider him a friend; as do many, many other knife makers, knife enthusiasts, dealers and people otherwise involved in the field.

I honestly do not know of a more generous person in the knife industry. And I am not just talking about his donations of money and knives to various causes. More so than any other knife maker, he is known for helping people, for bending over backwards to give back to the community. He has personally helped me on several occasions. It seems like half of the “new” makers I talk to have said the same thing. Again and again, I have heard examples his generosity. He’s also a very nice guy, although you might not guess it from his posts; he’s not the most eloquent speaker/writer. In cyberspace its really easy to think you understand a situation or know a person, based some anonymous entity looming over a keyboard. Things are not always what they seem.

Again, I don’t want to debate what’s already been beaten into the ground here. I just think it’s important, as Lifter said, to know the whole story. I just wanted to pipe in with my own limited experiences. You’re all welcome to pass judgment based on the man’s past, and on copy & pastes from the nether-regions of the net, but for me what really matters is who this person really is IN REAL LIFE. None of this ugly shit can change that.

Peace out.

JG
 
Spark, even with all of your slandering and character assassination, people will still buy Strider knives. After all your hours and hours of research, Mick still has many friends and fans. Mick and Strider knives can’t make knives fast enough to fill orders. Many of their models are sold out and are on high demand. Very few knife company that is this large have this situation. You should just give it a rest. Mick does not participate in this forum due to slandering such as this, so why do you continue spend your time (which you obviously have too much of) to bring up things irrelevant to Blade Forums? I am disgusted by the immaturity and malicious behavior of some of the members here, and so are many other people specifically strider fans who actively participate in other forums instead of this one.
 
Spark said:
I have given you every opportunity to explain your position.

I have given you every opportunity to cite any possible flaw I have made in my arguements.

I have given you AMPLE evidence that Mick Strider's claims do not hold water. You have yet to provide even the most cursory of refutations.

You now dare to question my integrity in this matter, and say that I am doing this for business sake? For money? Tell me, Mr Worker, what brilliant marketing scheme has me calling out a knife maker with such a rabid following that they will deny the validity of court documents, not accept Mick Strider's own words as his own, or even basic common sense?

I dealt with this in 2003 when Mick Strider acted like a complete ass. That his behavior hasn't changed one iota, yet I remain willing to even deal with the likes of you speaks volumnes about the differences in personal character.

I ask you one last time, provide a scrap of evidence backing up any claim you are making. Otherwise, just admit that you have a huge double standard, and that you refuse any evidence.
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Sir, I guess thats the difference. I don't see what you see. We live on the same planet, but we are worlds apart.

The likes of me....HUH? I have no double standard. I live by my standards, you live by yours. It's nothing personal right? It's just a search for the truth!

I have to fight for injustice as I see it. I see this thread as an injustice.
If I am to rolled to the chopping block for my beliefs, so be it. I will not live any other way.

You start a fire and when it gets a litlle hot, I am the one to blame?


I believe in GOD, you provide me with one scrap of evidence he doesn't exist...

Some things are bigger than cut and paste, like God and my beliefs.

Mr Worker#9
 
People with under 10 posts, who take cheap shots at me and my business, are less than impressive. You are trolls, pure and simple, but that's fine. The truth still rings out loud and clear.

26 pages and Mick Strider has yet to deny a single statement. Third party protestations ring very hollow.
 
Kumdo isn't it funny that when someone played that card about giving equipment to the troops when it was Lynn Thompson that we talked about that no one gave it any credence at all? You know as well as I do that if this thread was about Lynn Thompson or pretty much anyone else really that every one of the guys here taking up for Mick would be just the opposite and ready to go to the public hanging. How filthy would you feel then?.


STR
 
I may have less than 10 posts, but I assure you that I have way more than 10 orders from 1SKS over the past many years. You folks have always been one of my first calls when a new knife was needed as a gift or for myself.
 
STR said:
Kumdo isn't it funny that when someone played that card about giving equipment to the troops when it was Lynn Thompson that we talked about that no one gave it any credence at all? You know as well as I do that if this thread was about Lynn Thompson or pretty much anyone else really that every one of the guys here taking up for Mick would be just the opposite and ready to go to the public hanging. How filthy would you feel then?.
STR
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Who is Lynn Thompson? That Cold Steel guy? What does he have to do with anything? I don't know him and so I couldn't make any personal comments about his character. Did you read my post? I was trying to provide a little insight into who Mick is beyond what's being typed or pasted here. I don't see how that would apply to someone I don't know... :confused:
 
sky masterson said:
This is the most disgusting thread i have ever read on a knife forum.

This thread was started by Spark,the owner of Blade Forums.The

stench will not soon be forgotten. :barf:
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You obviously did NOT see the poopy boy pic or the fat chick with the halbeard over in the Cove if this is the most disgusting thread you have ever read on the forum:D
 
xdanx said:
Spark, even with all of your slandering and character assassination, people will still buy Strider knives. After all your hours and hours of research, Mick still has many friends and fans. Mick and Strider knives can’t make knives fast enough to fill orders. Many of their models are sold out and are on high demand. Very few knife company that is this large have this situation. You should just give it a rest. Mick does not participate in this forum due to slandering such as this, so why do you continue spend your time (which you obviously have too much of) to bring up things irrelevant to Blade Forums? I am disgusted by the immaturity and malicious behavior of some of the members here, and so are many other people specifically strider fans who actively participate in other forums instead of this one.
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Slander? You're talking about libel. Even Spiderman got that right.

Why does almost every Striderette come off like an ESL drop-out?
 
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