Need more advice on a Strider SnG

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I'm considering an SnG, either in green G10 or the Gunner Grip, which is about $75 more. Any opinions on the Gunner Grip? I have experience with the G10, but have never held anything in the the GG material. This would be my first SnG - I have a PT and I really dig it. Thoughts, comments, opinions are most welcome.

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Strider SnG with Gunner Grip is way too thin(small) I traded mine.With G 10 is much,much better(still traded mine)!Best fit for me is Strider SmF with standard G10!!!JMHO
 
On the few that ive handled, i did not like the normal Lego Striders very much, but thats just me.
 
Gunner grip is very aggressive texture, but in terms of preference I prefer the regular lego blocks. Maybe it's psychological but I feel like I'm getting less for more money (less G-10 less Ti on a knife that's supposed to be beefy)
 
The Gunner Grip is grippy; I just feel that it thins out the G-10 too much for a supposedly "hard use" knife.
In my not so humble opinion, it makes it into a medium use knife, which is fine for most EDC tasks.:)
Is it worth the extra cash? Yes and no.
No, in that it it adds nothing functional, and actually weakens it.
Yes, in that there's something cool about how it looks. I ended up with one, after a couple of years of avoiding it because I knew (intellectually) that it wasn't worth it.
But the stupid thing kept looking cool, so I ended up with it.
 
I have a regular G-10 handled SNG and even that sort of tears up my pockets. I can only imagine how much destruction a DGG version would cause. Its not practical but it does look real cool and to some people that is the most important factor.
 
kawr said:
I have a regular G-10 handled SNG and even that sort of tears up my pockets. I can only imagine how much destruction a DGG version would cause. Its not practical but it does look real cool and to some people that is the most important factor.
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It actually doesn't destroy pockets any more than the regular one with bead-blasted titanium.
The ONLY ones which do not destroy pockets are the ones with the stone-washed titanium. They are quite nice (I have a SmF with stone-washed titanium side:thumbup:).
In use the DGG is practical enough; it is grippy and rather ergonomic.
I just wish they'd started with thicker titanium and G-10 rather than starting with the regular thickness and thinning it down a bunch.:(
 
I have a DGG SMF. The DGG on a knife as big as the SMF is niether uncomfortable nor weak.

All I can say is try to handle one somewhere.

As far as people saying that the GG G10 scale is weak because it's thinned out, I would like to see the proof. Who knows? All I know is I haven't had any problems with it at all.
 
Brennanscott said:
As far as people saying that the GG G10 scale is weak because it's thinned out, I would like to see the proof. Who knows? All I know is I haven't had any problems with it at all.
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For regular use, it will hold up fine.
However, many people put forth heavy prying as a "hard use" task, and I'd trust my "Lego" grip SmF far more than a DGG one.
However, I'd trust a fixed blade far more; I once pried open a steel gun cabinet I'd lost the key to with a 6" fixed blade Bowie knife (full tang) and a crowbar.
At the time, I didn't own more tools, so it WAS the "correct" tool for the job (sorta).
For regular cutting tasks, it should be cool.:)
 
stabman said:
For regular use, it will hold up fine.
However, many people put forth heavy prying as a "hard use" task, and I'd trust my "Lego" grip SmF far more than a DGG one.
However, I'd trust a fixed blade far more; I once pried open a steel gun cabinet I'd lost the key to with a 6" fixed blade Bowie knife (full tang) and a crowbar.
At the time, I didn't own more tools, so it WAS the "correct" tool for the job (sorta).
For regular cutting tasks, it should be cool.:)
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You agree though that it's not the hell on pockets that it looks like or that people imagine it to be?

I actually find it very comfortable and "grippy" as you call it.
 
I love my SMF DGG. The GG's are concave and a little thinner on the edges. But still rigid. I prefer the rounded gg's over the lego's

at the blade show I picked up a new one and compaired it to mine. My Ti and G10 was thicker then the new ones.
 
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