Strider concerns

[Gress]

Wow, is that all there is to taking apart a Strider? I wonder why people have such a hard time putting it back together properly that they had to explicitly say that there was a charge for reassembling it properly.

Is there some sort of trick with the lockbar where you could mess up the lockup?

Pay attention to putting the washers on proper sides, loctite the pivot, adjust the pivot tension. That's it.
From time to time and depending on the luck with the Strider you may need to fix few other things, e.g. loose stop pin, etc. IMO it is not that difficult either, however you can always send the knife back to Spa.

 

[mongomondo]

The only tricky part is that they put red loctite on the pivot. Everything else looks dead simple. Framelocks have the simplest construction out there, especially the SnG/SmF since they don't even have liners.

 

[Toyz]

Striders do have washers as others have shown via photos. They take some time to break in - I'm currently breaking in a SMF as I type this.

I bought my first Strider - a SNG - about 1 1/2 years ago (new) and I almost sold it right away because it was stiff and tight. That would have been a mistake - it became very smooth over time.

Most of us on this forum are knife nuts and use our knives as worry beads - we are constantly fiddling with them and opening/closing them even if there is no cutting task at hand, so breaking in a new knife never seems to be a real problem.

If you decide to take the knife apart, consider picking up a syringe of CRK lube - it's really good stuff and has staying power.

BTW - the recommended way to care for a Strider is not to take it apart - just spray it down with WD40 and wipe off the excess with a rag and Qtips.

 

[Gress]

The only tricky part is that they put red loctite on the pivot. Everything else looks dead simple.....

If any at all Out of two Strider's I have neither one was loctited out of the factory at all. So sometimes you need to take care of this yourself.

 

[Gress]

Striders do have washers as others have shown via photos. They take some time to break in - I'm currently breaking in a SMF as I type this.

I bought my first Strider - a SNG - about 1 1/2 years ago (new) and I almost sold it right away because it was stiff and tight. That would have been a mistake - it became very smooth over time.

Most of us on this forum are knife nuts and use our knives as worry beads - we are constantly fiddling with them and opening/closing them even if there is no cutting task at hand, so breaking in a new knife never seems to be a real problem.

If you decide to take the knife apart, consider picking up a syringe of CRK lube - it's really good stuff and has staying power.

BTW - the recommended way to care for a Strider is not to take it apart - just spray it down with WD40 and wipe off the excess with a rag and Qtips.

You definitely may spend hours of opening/closing to "break it in", however IMO the easiest way (and better for the blade too, as you do not wear it out and create unnecessary groove) is just to take a deep breath and....adjust the pivot screw a bit. All it takes is a counterclockwise turn of perhaps 1/10th of a circle or so. Done in less than 10 secs.

 

[Big_Red]

Or sell it and buy knives that are smooth out of the box.

Striders are cool, but mine have all gone to more loving homes

For what it's worth... mine seem to be smoothest when damn near dry.

 

[Gress]

Once you adjust it to your likings Strider's are excellent knives.
Smooth and strong. And there is no need replacing teflon washers every so often