Real or Fake Strider

supercoup · Jul 27, 2013

Normally I hate these types of threads, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.

I just picked this up recently and a few things seem off, but a few things seem right on. Was wondering if any strider fanatics could help me identify if it is indeed legitimate, and any other information about it would be great.
Thanks in advance guys.

http://imgur.com/vRP1zSP
http://imgur.com/ZbK9mOk
http://imgur.com/wSb4QiM
http://imgur.com/aY967fD
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hatchetjack · Jul 27, 2013

It's the older one before the LBS.

mjolnir74 · Jul 27, 2013

The pivot looks pimped. Other than that I agree ^^
The oversized pinstop on one side was probably put on to make lock rock go away.

supercoup · Jul 27, 2013

Will that stop pin void any warranty work?

mjolnir74 · Jul 27, 2013

Email Josh at Strider knives and see. They might have done the stop pin. Otherwise, just use it and if something breaks, send it in with UPS or Fedex.

mjolnir74 · Jul 27, 2013

The pivot may be a problem though, only Josh can answer that one.

Nullity · Jul 27, 2013

supercoup said:
Will that stop pin void any warranty work?

Actually, in my opinion, that stepped stop pin proves it was worked on by Strider because that is exactly what they do.
Simply because I have never seen a fake with the stepped stop pin, I'm gonna say real.

I do wonder about the female side of the handle hardware though. Doesn't look right. It should look like this, if you disassemble.

RevDevil · Jul 27, 2013

If you got a "smokin deal" on it, it might not be authentic. People always come here asking where the best place is to buy Strider knives. They sell for the same amount at every online store almost. There was even some guy on eBay a while back selling Striders that he customized and sold as "custom Striders". I emailed him through eBay and told him he was full of poop, and that I had also reported him for falsely advertising a production knife as a hand ground custom.

Nullity · Jul 28, 2013

GronK said:
Does repeating myself make me unoriginal? I don't recall anyone besides myself posting this in the past. Please link to original if I'm wrong. I got a lot of ego tied up in being original.

Making fun of Strider on BladeForums... yeah, I'm sure you are the first to do that.

You make my Strider sad. He gets enough heckling from my Spyderco. Though, they both team up to make fun of my Microtech. Poor guy gets no love.

GronK · Jul 28, 2013

Nullity said:
Making fun of Strider on BladeForums... yeah, I'm sure you are the first to do that.
You make my Strider sad. He gets enough heckling from my Spyderco. Though, they both team up to make fun of my Microtech. Poor guy gets no love.

Thanks for quoting me here. If it wasn't for this I would have no clue about what happened to my posts from last night. They don't alert you, evidently, when they promote your posts to Whine and Cheese. I mean yesterday was National Scotch Day but I knew I didn't partake so much as to imagine I made some snarky posts. Your quote prompted me to do a search and I found them and, glory be, my senility is still very much debatable.