Mick Strider has some explaining to do.

[JD Mandrell]

Indeed, I don't see anywhere where it says a firearm was discharged. That said, I find it incredibly difficult to believe a $1,000,000 bond was issued for just locking the doors and driving off. That's just me though.

No it's not just you Spark, my degree is in Admin. of Justice and there is virtually no way that he got a bond that high just for a "drive away" car theft.

Even across state lines, it just doesn't ring true.

 

[Spark]

Dont they have like a list of such?
Something we can check and say, "Hey theres his name"?

Ranger School graduates are listed on the wall. People who served in the Regiment aren't. Personally I have no doubt Mick Strider served in the Regiment. I just call into question the duration of this service, and would like to know the circumstances why he was removed from 2/75. It's already been shown he's lied about his combat service. He's changed his story twice about getting "DX"ed. I have the feeling that the truth is something else entirely.

 

[FRANKeCAST]

Dont they have like a list of such?
Something we can check and say, "Hey theres his name"?

I'm sure there is.I just don't know the proper channels of going about it.

 

[dpimpc]

Oh come on. Some of the arguments in here at least have some basis for their questioning, but your posts are truly getting to be ridiculous. Like now Mick is responsible for writing the ad copy of ANOTHER knife company... that is sitting on some dudes personal web page???

Deep down inside you must truly think he is Superman......

Thanks for the laugh though.

m1

I agree. I'm just watching all this and the posts about all the ads just seem to get in the way. I like things better when people discuss. Now I need still need a popcorn smiley.

 

[CY_]

just found this thread... good grief, what a mess!!!

 

[Boats]

We should ALL get right off the Ranger aspect of this. Granted, the only proof of the Ranger claim is a heavily modded DD-214 of questioned authenticity, but really, Mick has essentially confessed that he didn't do much "active duty" Rangering.

The larger holes in his sweater of yarns appear in that '86-93 time bracket and then in the post-prison marketing build-up of Strider knives with the apparently incompetent help of some of the biggest parodies of reporters to ever dare call themselves members of the press.

A goodly fraction of the grief being given to Mr. Strider is fueled by the stories (ad copy) that have appeared in various gun and/or knife rags. Now, it is well known that advertisers get a huge pass in those pages for the qualities of their wares that appear in those glorified press releases. However, giving total passes on the fundamental details of the people being profiled is still rather amazing. It appears the only qualifications to write such articles are: having a passing familiarity with written English. A love of the exclaimation point! And a capacity for various acts equal to those of a veteran porn starlet. Oh yeah, a mil/leo background, no matter how irrelevant to good writing on a topic, is a bonus to further impress the gullible.

It's a good thing no one reads those rags for their articles. We don't have a smiley that accurately captures the transaction between the industry players and their ad-copy flacks who sell subscriptions to the public detailing the byproducts of their unwholesome trysts.

However, the other large part of the grief Mr. Strider has been catching has to do with his own narrative of "places" and "events." No one seems to be able to get a straight answer on any of those places and events that are disputed by people who think that precious little of it adds up.

This thread could end so easily with answers that make sense, but those answers are not going to be volunteered, so it won't.

 

[Gollnick]

Mr. Strider can not be responsible for what other people say about him.

Also, let's please avoid baseless speculation about things such as why a bond amount might have been set one way or another. The accusations which Spark presented in the very first posts of this thread are backed by apparently-credibility, documentary evidence. They are damning enough without adding any unsubstantiated speculations to them. In fact, adding such speculations only dilutes the compelling nature of the original presentation. Furthermore, if we stay focused on those original, well-supported points, maybe it will help those who can give authoratative responses to them to see them and focus on them and provide those responses so that the verasity of those accusations -- some of which have been persistent rummors for quite some time -- can be once-and-for-all established by documentary evidence and these questions can be ended finally.

 

[Allan Molstad]

I have no doubt Mick Strider served in the Regiment.

Then he has done what I could never do, and I thank him for his service to the country.

 

[Boats]

Mr. Strider can not be responsible for what other people say about him.

I fundamentally disagree with this. He cannot be responsible for what EVERYONE ELSE has ever said about him, but he is responsible for mistaken information promulgated to his benefit, that he has taken no pains to correct.

That he agreed to correct any such misimpressions, deliberate or innocent, to settle his TAG lawsuit, further makes him responsible for the highest profile erroneous information out there.

SKI, this very moment, features a laughingly bad article from the American Handgunner 2002 Annual by Darryl Bolke. That PDF remains up, without annotation that substantial details in it are grossly inaccurate.

http://www.badlandsforums.com/faq/Images/AmericanHandgunner_2002TacticalAnnual_StriderKnives.pdf

Sorry, it was the "Tactical Annual," which must be industry jargon for "Extra Slutty!"

Yes Chuck, Strider is responsible for these types of obvious misrepresentations still being used as marketing materials, even if drafted by others.

 

[Allan Molstad]

It's already been shown he's lied about his combat service. .

If he has filled out some type of offical form and lied about something, thats one thing....

But adding a bit to a story that is writen about yourself, or any internet forum stuff is another and not to be seen as being equal as a sworn testomony in a court of law.

I dont trust one word of the many stories I hear about people in forums or on the Web....But if you place you hand up and swear in error you did something and this is a lie, then thats a different story,.

Has he filled out a offical type goverment
form where he clearly lied about a matter, not just got it wrong or mixed up, but truly lied to mislead?

 

[Jim G.]

Boats your derailing the main discussion with the inclusion of this stuff. Why make it easier for Striderites to derail the thread. Keep it on point.

 

[Spark]

If he has filled out some type of offical form and lied about something, thats one thing....

But adding a bit to a story that is writen about yourself, or any internet forum stuff is another and not to be seen as being equal as a sworn testomony in a court of law.

I dont trust one word of the many stories I hear about people in forums or on the Web....But if you place you hand up and swear in error you did something and this is a lie, then thats a different story,.

Has he filled out a offical type goverment
form where he clearly lied about a matter, not just got it wrong or mixed up, but truly lied to mislead?

Yes, he has. He had to allocute in a court settlement that, in fact, he had no combat experience. That right there is solid proof that he has problems telling the truth, no matter how he might spin this.

"Adding a bit to a story" is one thing. Continually making claims about being in combat is another. Telling your friends that you are a combat vet with medals doesn't help either.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I don't know enough about the US court system to be able to say, but the $1,000,000.00 bond might have been because of the armed carjacking charge. It looks like that was one of the original charges, that was later dropped, and it is a very serious charge.

 

[FRANKeCAST]

I am no longer going to post in this thread.

I have read all the information here and have come to my conclusion.I support Mick Strider and Strider knives.

It's about the blades to me.

 

[NousDefions]

Continually making claims about being in combat is another. Telling your friends that you are a combat vet with medals doesn't help either.

You have evidence that, after the lawsuit, Mr. Strider claimed combat experience?

 

[Bohica2u]

I am just pointing out copy that is very recent, even past the date of the lawsuit in which he admitted to lying about his prior "service".

By the way, a real reporter or writer will check the background of the subject they are writing about.

Sorry, attacking me won't work. I see certain names here that show up on other forums during internet searches on E-1 Mick. AND those same people were attacking posters who were questioning Mick's dealings and lies. You know who you are because you like to post the same info about yourselves each and every time.

Here's one (or two):

www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=128926


FrankEcast: is this yours?.........>>>>

http://s6.invisionfree.com/SocomII/ar/t182.htm

AND

http://navyseals.com/community/registry/index.cfm?list=F&scan=181

 

[Jim G.]

You have evidence that, after the lawsuit, Mr. Strider claimed combat experience?

Just look at Mick Strider's postings on this site and match the dates against the law suit date and you can answer your own question and see for yourself. Then draw your own conclusions.

 

[STR]

Spark I have to ask this. It has been mentioned before that your true motives have been in question behind this thread. I think someone asked, "why break this news with this thread now?" if I'm not mistaken. I know part of your answer from what you said then but my additional question is:

1) Is there anything between you and Strider or you and Mick that came up in the past that would lead one to believe or wonder if you perhaps held a grudge and were waiting for your revenge and just the right moment?

2) Is it possible that a relationships with an approved distributor with a distribution agreement with the store could have been viewed by Strider as a bad thing that caused bad blood between you back when they were such a dealer? Oh I don't know. Maybe someone like Cold Steel maybe???

I ask this trusting your fairness. I believe they are valid questions but I realize if I asked something of this of the owner (s) on other forums I'd probably get black listed PDQ from the membership registry. So, at the risk of my own peril from these forums I await your reply.

STR

 

[Boats]

You have evidence that, after the lawsuit, Mr. Strider claimed combat experience?

Have you been paying attention. He claimed it here.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1231694&postcount=27

10-02-02

Okay now lets just get this over with...Both myself and my partner Duane, are combat vets. REAL combat vets. Whatever that may mean, I guarantee we qualify. Nearly every male I know, is involved in what people like to call Spec-Ops. We have thousands of knives in the hands of operators all over the world. That feedback, along with law enforcement feedback, is what drives our company.

 

[jackreacher]

The only person who needs to post in this thread now is Mick Strider to answer some questions. You all know, that is never going to happen. I think the rest of you guys are just beating a dead horse beyond death! :yawn: