Strider AR

mildot326

mildot326

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Well I'm looking at one of these knives.The price tag is quite hefty though!. I tend to "look before I leap" so I'd like to hear from owners about the AR model and the "Strider" line. I don't have a "beef" with the price if it is worth it, (ie) quality, fit&finish. Thanks
 
the ARs F&F is typical strider, ie i dont think any are just "perfect" but all i have seen lock up good, i would say quality is good.

i have had a AR and a GB and imho the SnG or the SmF both make better knives to edc, the AR/GB's are really more at home in a belt sheath vs pocket carry, they are big, thick, wide knives which, to me, dont ride well in a pocket, the SmF is right on the edge of being too big/thick, but will work "ok", while the SnG is great in that role.

if it was me i'd get a SnG if ya intend to edc it in a pocket vs a sheath, but some folks do edc the AR/GB's and like 'em,

oh, and i like large knives and thats what i usually am carrying ie EKI CQC12/CQC8/spyderco Ti ATR/crawford kasper and perfigo/etc. but the AR/GB is just so thick and wide...............
 
The Strider AR IS a fantastic knife!! At least the one's I have had. It IS a tank of a knife. I carried mine in a belt sheath, from Lifter's Leather. Dave makes some great stuff!!
 
I have a SnG - it's about the biggest I will carry, but I'm not 6'2". The length of your pocket when you sit seems to determine how much knife I carry, as it won't push out when I sit. Longer ones do.

There are those who think the fit and finish should be better, then compare it to full on CNC machined knives, which is a lot different. The grips and ergonomics are tuned for hard use, and wearing gloves in that role happens frequently. I have found it just as easy to open and lock with light gloves as barehanded. Plenty of owners have "melted" them with sanding to make it their own. They look nice that way, too.

Strider's have earned a reputation among owners as being able to put up with a lot of abuse, and have a guarantee to match it. It's shown up in tests, and in the field. NSN issued, to boot. They're a good knife for outdoorsmans in the know who need performance first and not looks.
 
Well I have an AR. Like the ones before me said they are BIG ! I feel that for a folder it can handle things that many folders can't. I have chopped through some paper towel tube sized limbs with ease. Lock up etc. is very good.

I love my Manix, which is a better slicer, but a smaller, slimmer knife and not up to things I put my AR through.

I knew it was big, yet when I first held it, well... you really have to hold one.

I would buy a used one try it, if its not for you, then you can resell it for close to if not what you paid.
 
I have an AR and have had it for about a year now. It goes in my regular edc rotation without a problem, and as a matter of fact I have it in my right pocket as I type!:D There are a couple of things you can do to get it more "pocket-friendly". I had a fellow make me a foldover type clip and had it mounted in the screw hole that screws the liner to the frame. Did have to inlet around that hole a little bit, but it all worked out. As this was done at the back of the knife, and the clip was a foldover, when in my pocket all you can see is the clip. That solved the "everybody can see that knife sticking up out of my pocket problem". The next thing I did was to reduce the width of the knife by reducing the width of the G-10 handles, or as another poster said, melted the grips and it does add to the look. This was easily done and I ended up with a slightly thinner knife. You can't really reduce the width all that much due to the thickness of the blade (.187") and the two liners (.100") but by doing what I did it seemed to make it smoother and more easy to carry........................I mean, I've added a clip and taken down the width of the handles on my Ontario Retribution 1 so I could pocket carry it, and it makes the AR look sorta skinny by comparision!!:D :D :D
 
Striders are great.

Go check out the knifetests.com. They do a very intense test with the BT. This just goes to show how a tough strider can be.
 
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