Okay, so if the BM Stryker was introduced brand new today...

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Lavan

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Wouldn't it be the hottest thing goin?

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No.

I've never seen the appeal of that knife. Thumb disk, tanto, liner lock and isn't it chisel ground too?

Just say no.

Phil
 
Okay, no. :D It isn't chisel ground, which probably explains why it has outlasted the Emerson design by a number of years.
 
No, even though it's a great design.

Too bad that Benchmade replaced it with an updated version, featuring such crap like assisted opening, ugly groove marks in the G-10, and thumb studs.

How great would the current 910 be if they used the axis lock and offered a 710 type blade?
 
I don't see why BM didn't go with those xtra thick titanium liners that the 425/426 have. If it is going to be a liner lock, might as well have some "beef" behind the blade.
 
the liners on the new 912, 913 are 25% thicker than the old 910. Per the balisong support team at Benchmade.
 
phatch said:
No.

I've never seen the appeal of that knife. Thumb disk, tanto, liner lock and isn't it chisel ground too?

Just say no.

Phil
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I think that's a bit harsh.

No, not the hottest thing going. But not near the bottom of the barrel either.
I like thumb disk openers. Two reasons:

1) They usually give the knife a very clean look, being more low-profile than a thumb stud or thumb hole.

2) I've noticed lately that with the exception of Benchmade, and a handful of models from a few other companies; no one seems to be able to make a thumb stud that doesn't raise blisters or peel skin from the thumb. What happened?? This problem didn't exist a few years ago. Thumb disk openers haven't gone that route, thankfully. I used to own a Stryker. That disk was always comfortable to us.

Tanto: Some folks prefer that blade style over others.

Liner-lock: I've never had a well-made one fail on me, ever. Yeah, it's old technology. But when properly done, it works.

Chisel-ground: Definitely personal preference here. Thankfully, many tanto-pointed folders have returned to the traditional V-grind.
 
I have the full and small auto version of this knife and like them better than the liner lock. The mini-stryker is very comfortable and I like its size more than the standard. I do like this knife and I dont like most tanto's.
 
It's almost a non-tanto tanto. The dip in the spine makes it nearly the same as a regular curved blade. Just cover a teensy bit of the tip of the "tanto" part with your finger. Looks regular doesn't it? Actually closer to a spear point but stronger. But it is just enough to make that extra point act like a HUGE single serration and cut VERY aggressively.
I stopped carrying it for a while. Now it's back and I have no idea why I stopped. I think it was because I'm not SUPPOSED to like a tanto.
But this one barely is.
However that straight tip scrapes and pierces like a champ.
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The old design- I liked. The new thumbstuds(they are cheaper to do then a disk) I don't care for.



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I had 3 and they never caught on despite the somewhat ergonomic design. I don't care too much for liner locks since better mechanisms do exist these days, nor do I like an Americanized Tanto, nor do I like the newer modifications.
 
the liners on the new 912, 913 are 25% thicker than the old 910. Per the balisong support team at Benchmade.


Cool, that means I may have to look into one.
 
yablanowitz said:
It isn't chisel ground, which probably explains why it has outlasted the Emerson design by a number of years.
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It has only outlasted the Emerson design in the BM lineup because Emerson only had BM manufacture it until he opened his own production line. They would have been delighted to continue with the 970 series. It was a great seller for them.

It's still a great seller for Emerson, along with all the other chisel grinds he sells.
 
yablanowitz said:
Okay, no. :D It isn't chisel ground, which probably explains why it has outlasted the Emerson design by a number of years.
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not correct, all the prototypes were right hand CG, i have had 3 myself, and theyalso sold a CG version, the 910CG, i have had a couple of those also.

the stryker is what BM started making to replace the 970 series (ernies designs) which were disco'd when he started EKI and started making the CQC7/etc, so it has hardly "outlasted" ernies designs.

the stryker has a good blade to handle ration all of elishiwitz's designe do, and if ya want a tanto w/a "V" grind this and spyderco's lum is about it,

i very much prefer emersons stuff myself vs the stryker though, really i like the AFCK and others more than the stryker if ya are just talking BM, but its "ok" i suppose, i know i have had a lot of them thru trades and such, but have swapped all of them off, and i still have lots of EKI stuff so that should say something.

also a liners thickness isnt the do all/end all indicator of lock strength,

again, not a bad knife, but imho there is tons of better stuff around these days, thats an older design.

the "hottest thing going on"??

not hardly, lol.
 
Lavan,
I must have been so taken by the tanto blade on the Stryker that I completely missed taking a good hard look at just how ugly the handle was!
So, if it was introduced today; I still would be making the same mistake - twice.
But I would probably be still waiting for an automatic M2 steel model and end up with a Microtech instead.
 
Today as I was running out of the house, I remembered this thread.

I was driving into NYC, which is something I do a few times a month, and needed a knife with a blade shorter than four inches.

I had my usual EDCs, Benchmade 530 and Endura 3 serrated, but - I wanted something inbetween. Something strong, something with a blade about three and a half inch inches.
Something well made.

And I realized suddenly - there aren't a lot of three and a half inch blade folders on the market. The Enduras are longer, the Military is fantastic but 4 inches, the 710 is just a hair under 4 inches, Griptilian 3.4 inches and a bit thick in the pocket, Calypso and Delica and Centofante and Native all shorter...

Glancing into one of my boxes of knives, I saw my Stryker D2.

Well, there was the knife I was taking with me.
Was thinking of selling it, actually, but today I saw that it has its place.

Would love to see more folders in the 3.5 to 3.6 inch range
with good steel. Non assisted, with thumbstuds or a Spydie hole.
And a reasonable street price.
 
how ugly the handle was!
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oh no! The deepest cut of ALL!!!

That UGLY handle feels so good. No pointy back to dig into heel of hand when thrusting it into ninja armor.

:D
 
I have one in the black blade (has 154cm stamped under the thumb disc on the reverse side)
It feels beautiful in my hand, and when closed with the blade spine facing your palm, and thumb on top of the handle in a fist, it makes a tremendous fistload.

I stopped using it the day I gave it a whack on the spine and the linerlock failed.
I haven't been a big fan of any tanto point but I did like this one.

I do have it next to my bed for any rude awakenings that may happen though ;)
 
i wouldnt use a knife for SD with a bad lock, send it in to BM for adjustment or get something else to use for SD, imho anyway.
 
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