Strider Ar-gb Hardcore Max Duty Folder???

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3/16" thick, flat ground S30V? This thing can't possibly cut well. I'm sure it's indistructable, but this is way over the top.

Anybody have a real reason to carry a folder like this?
 
RoninPimp said:
3/16" thick, flat ground S30V? This thing can't possibly cut well.
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For a lot of cutting the edge profile is more critical than the spine thickness, David Boye's drop point hunters were more than 3/16" thick and the blades were really narrow, however the edges were finely tapered and thus cut well for shallow work.

Anybody have a real reason to carry a folder like this?
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A heavier blade gives you power on the swing so it has benefits in wood working, you can lop of small branches for example, and it has more prying strength, from a pure cutting perspective though you would be better off with a thinner blade but Strider tends to not focus their gear on purely optomized cutting tools but rather have a more broad scope of work.

-Cliff
 
I LOVE my AR!! It is an awesome, wicked, wicked tough knife, that will do anything, and then some. I carry mine in a sheath on my belt, although it is comfy clipped to the pocket. I am getting a Ranger green GB soon too. I LOVE theses knives!!
 
An AR/GB is as close as you'll get to a fisxed balde just in a folder. It is quite a heavy duty knife and a kydex sheath is recommended. I'm sure it can cut well, but my GB needs sharpening, and I did not have the opportunity to put it to any major work yet.
 
There are a bunch of LE/Military/EMT/Firefighters, and SAR folks out there who need a quality fixed blade, but are not allowed to carry one due to regulations...that is what GB's and AR's are for. I carried a GB quite extensively when assigned to a LE helicopter. It was one of the few folders that I could cut my way out of the helicopter with. The GB/AR's are simply a folding fixed blade, and are more knife than many folks need, but are great for those who truely have a need for such a tool. Mine cut just fine as well.
 
Do I need a "real" reason to carry it? I just love everything about the AR. I've carried nothing but since June 1st, 2005......and that is a definate RARITY for me!! It is the perfect folder, and just today I received the TADGear version with the tritium thumb studs, and black contoured G-10 handle scales! Absolutely wonderful. :D :D :D
 
I guess it could make sense for a very few people. I'm sure Strider is glad to sell to anybody with the $. I can't ever see an average Joe carrying one EDC. I never thought I'd see a folding sharpened prybar...
 
RoninPimp said:
I guess it could make sense for a very few people. I'm sure Strider is glad to sell to anybody with the $. I can't ever see an average Joe carrying one EDC. I never thought I'd see a folding sharpened prybar...
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Not every product on the market has to suit your taste, so it is pretty stupid to go arount complaining about it- What is the point? WTF is an "average joe"?

In reality "average joe" carries some POS 420J2 junker, and thinks a $20 knife is "real nice". Only Knife knuts are going to spend hundreds on a knife, and this is the market that high end knife makers cater to.
Why post another flame-troll topic trying to knock on thick bladed knives?
This isnt the first thick bladed folder, nor will it be the last. Some people like having a knife they can pry with, and that is their prerogative.

I have the perfect solution for you. . . dont buy one! :p
 
RoninPimp said:
LOL, my point is only to ask a knife question. This is bladeforums after all.
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And I gave a rambling answer to your question, so all is well in the universe :D

I see alot of negativity from certain individuals towards so called "sharpened prybars" around here and find it to be irritating, since I am a great lover of all types of knives, and think it is stupid when people attack knives made from thick stock. It would be equally stupid for people to attack thin knives. Of course, if your post was an honest question, then my post is pointless. . .Blame it on the bourbon! :D
 
Why can't people just understand that there are a lot of different knives out there for everyone to choose from. Who cares how thick a knife is. If you don't like it, just leave it be.

I've got thick and thin knives. But you know, from working in the ER, that I've actually seen a lot of defensive knive wounds. Quite often, the attacker will have a knife blade snap once cutting or stabbing and incorporating a twisting motion and encountering human bone. In the heat of the moment, there's a lot of adrenaline running through the veins and little thought as to technique.

every so often, a victim's attack is stopped by the knife blade breaking! Knowing that, I carry my Strider with utmost confidence. What's wrong with overbuilt. People wouldn't complain about that in a car would they?!

cliff
 
I'm with Rat and ER on these threads turning to the bad, anywho you can re-profile the edge or have it done.Sharpen and your ready to cut rope. :)
 
You'll be surprised how well the AR cuts. It is a fine knife. You won't regret it.
 
The AR/GB has a decently thin edge for slicing, and they come from Strider screaming sharp. You want to see a thick edge, look at the Extrema Ratio knives, I love them too for being the world's most massively built lockback, but they are far more a sharpened prybar than Striders, though of course you can put a thinner edge on the ER knives to help them cut better.
 
Megalobyte said:
The AR/GB has a decently thin edge for slicing, and they come from Strider screaming sharp. You want to see a thick edge, look at the Extrema Ratio knives, I love them too for being the world's most massively built lockback, but they are far more a sharpened prybar than Striders, though of course you can put a thinner edge on the ER knives to help them cut better.
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Agreed. The Striders have a full flat grind to them. So, their edges are very sharp. The Extrema Ratios are more for combat and prying. I, personally, prefer them to the Striders for 'duty' work, and feel they chip less than Striders do. But if you need to whittle, the ER's won't cut it. ;)

WYK
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
and thinks a $20 knife is "real nice".
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Actually, Rat, just for grins and giggles, I can think of one $20 folder that is real nice -- the KaBar Dozier folding hunter.

Mine gets rotated into EDC with a Ritter mini, a Cabela's mini-Grip in G2, a Bradley Alias II and a Beretta Airlight.

It's a heck of a knife for 20 bucks, dontcha think?
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
A It would be equally stupid for people to attack thin knives.
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This is a bit different because knives so designed are basically optomized to cut things, which for most people makes sense for a knife. Thicker stock makes the knife able to do other things as well but many feel these are poor choices for knives and thus don't see the merits of the design hence the commonly used phrase about knives being expensive and ineffective prybars for example.

-Cliff
 
The AR is too much knife for most.. but for the few who want that much of a knife, the AR/GB is the answer - and boy is it a helluva fine knife. You show me what that thing cant cut well!
 
You show me what that thing cant cut well!
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-I don't have time to write a list that long :) If cutting is your primary use for a knife, there are much better choices. If your job (or mental fantasy) require the ultimate in indistrucability then the Ar might make sense. In the end, it's your money.
 
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