question for strider owner or fans

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Vermont woodsman

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Im a long time sebenza fan, and was thinking of getting a strider. From being a sebenza fan for a long time imexpecting close to perfection when i get a new strider smf. I called some internet dealers and they said a sebenza and strider are different etc..etc... as far as perfection goes how close are they, when they come out of the box did you notice and flaws on your strider. 400.00 is alot of money for me, and i expect close to perfection, thanks for your replys. :)
 
My blade isn't centered on my SMF but I don't regard that as a flaw. Both my SnG and SMF came flaw free. I have been very pleased. They are not the same as my Sebbie, not the same at all, but fine knives with great pride of ownership.
 
I'm going to suggest that you get a Busse.
But what do I know?
FWIW, there is a Busse forum on this site,
and there is at least one Strider forum "elsewhere"
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OOPS, I was thinking fixed blade.
sorry.
 
We all may well die of old age by the time the Busse folder comes out.

I don't own a Sebenza or a Strider, so my opinion is next to useless. From what I've read, fit and finish on the Strider will be less meticulous than the Sebenza, but the Strider is nigh-indestructible.

I plan to own both someday.

Jeremy
 
If a Sebenza was a Mercedes then a Strider is a Hummer H1. They're both at the top of their respective niches but they are different niches. The Strider may not be as well 'appointed' as a Sebbie but it won't fail you. Another option if you are looking for a tank-like knife check out Jones Brothers Custom Knives.

I don't own any of these knives or cars BTW :footinmou .
 
Get one! If you don't like it, there is always someone to take it off your hands.

You can't loose!
 
The level of fit/finish isn't really comperable between any Reeves knife and a Strider. **edit: oops, thought we were talkin about a fixed blade here :p The strider folders are quite nice, big solid folders that feel like fixed blades when locked open, the fit finish comment I had made earlier applies to these as well though.
 
Vermont woodsman said:
Im a long time sebenza fan, and was thinking of getting a strider. From being a sebenza fan for a long time imexpecting close to perfection when i get a new strider smf. I called some internet dealers and they said a sebenza and strider are different etc..etc... as far as perfection goes how close are they, when they come out of the box did you notice and flaws on your strider. 400.00 is alot of money for me, and i expect close to perfection, thanks for your replys. :)
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before you drop 400 bones on a strider or seb, also consider rick hinderer's work. super heavy duty stuff with meticulous F & F:

http://tadgear.bayarea.net/edged tools/tad_gear_dauntless_x-treme.htm

http://www.rhknives.com/Rhknives/Rick_Hindererx.html
 
Strider makes a great hard use heavy duty knife. I had an AR and really liked it but ended up selling it for two reasons, I needed money and it was carried much less than my other knives. The F&F isn't really as good as with a Sebenza, but it is really meant as a hard use working knife. The Sebenza is a differnt beast and made to a higher standard of finish. Both work well though.

If you like one, and can't get to feel one in hand before buying, feel confident that you could always resell it. Like the Sebenza Strider's resell pretty well as long as they haven't been abused or used to much.
 
I am hoping my new SMF will arrive today.

I have had a Sebenza for some time now, and I feel that it has lived up to my expectations -- a close-to-perfect, dependable folding knife. There are other possible solutions to that problem, e.g. some of the custom makers mentioned above.

I am interested in the Strider not as a beautiful or perfectly-made folding knife, but as a fixed-blade replacement that I can carry in situations where a fixed-blade would be legally or socially unacceptable. I hope I can enjoy the aesthetics of its workmanship, but that is not the primary motivation for my purchase. My expectations are that it will be a ruggedly overbuilt folder that will equal the Sebenza in dependability. Whether one would ever "need" (or merely want) a folder that meets those criteria would be a separate, but important, question.

Charley
 
I own a couple Sebbies, several Striders and a Hinderer Firetac Extreme. The Extreme to me is the best of both worlds, F&F are amazing and they are hell bent for strong and Rick is a GREAT guy to talk too. The Sebbie seems dainty but elagent and the Strider is a "cutting implement" definitely function over F&F which is great if you use a knife for more than just slicing up cardboard. Just my .02.


alan aragon said:
before you drop 400 bones on a strider or seb, also consider rick hinderer's work. super heavy duty stuff with meticulous F & F:

http://tadgear.bayarea.net/edged tools/tad_gear_dauntless_x-treme.htm

http://www.rhknives.com/Rhknives/Rick_Hindererx.html
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Vermont woodsman said:
Im a long time sebenza fan, and was thinking of getting a strider. From being a sebenza fan for a long time imexpecting close to perfection when i get a new strider smf. I called some internet dealers and they said a sebenza and strider are different etc..etc... as far as perfection goes how close are they, when they come out of the box did you notice and flaws on your strider. 400.00 is alot of money for me, and i expect close to perfection, thanks for your replys. :)
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If you're looking to get something with all the perfection of the Sebenza, only better, you might look at the Scott Cook Lochsa. As others have said, if you're looking at an smf, you're looking at a different type of knife, whose strengths lie in other areas than the Sebenza's.

Joe
 
My AR is a brute of a knife. Close to a fixed blade in a folder that I could find.
 
I own a few striders, an SnG and an AR in folders and they are tanks. Please don't thunk I'm being sarcastic, but all knives are made by humans so there are no "perfect" products. I'm the same way, I want as flawless as possible, especially for 350.00-400.00. I consider a flaw somthing that compromising the function of the knife. In that respect, striders are flawless, just rough around the edges. They won't fail. If detail is important, go with the sebenza, if brute strength for hard use is what you're after, look at striders. I hope that helps...Jim :D
 
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