Vinnie, I'm not bitching; I'm having fun here in the Strider forum while I eagerly await my Strider knives.
I recommend Strider knives to ALOT of people because I happen to think that these guys makes some of the most kick*ss knives around, and therefore it's probably somewhat my fault that these guys are so friggin' busy. Hell, I even talked my favorite knife dealer into become a Strider dealership.
On May 20th I sent an e-mail to Mick inquiring as to the status of the GB that I have on order. On 5-21 I received a courteous e-mail from him explaining that he would forward my e-mail to Steve for a reply. Did I ever hear from Steve? No. But I understand that these guys are doing the best that they can. So a month later I chose to poke some fun at them in this post because their correspondence isn't quite as great as their knives, which I can certainly live with. Hell, I've already asked my Strider dealer to place another $1100 worth of orders with them on my behalf. I guess you simply misunderstood my attempt at some fun sarcasm. If you felt that I somehow invaded upon your personal post to the Striderguys, then I apologize to you for that. You know these guys, and I don't. All I know is that I like their knives alot, and everyone that I know who knows them says that they're a great bunch. Good enough for me. So relax, and enjoy the forums. And I'll continue my sarcasm because it's my favorite way to pass the time between cool knives.