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You mean the lock stabilizer? It keeps the lockbar from getting oversprung during hard use/unlocking.
 
And "Hinderer" is an excellent knife maker in his own right. He originally developed the lockbar stabalizer for his own knives and other makers, like Strider, saw how intellegent his stabalizer is for people in extreme situations so they don't over extend their lockbars, military, firemen and such, so they licensed it from Rick (Hinderer).

Do a search on Rick Hinderer and you'll see some awesome knives.

later,

oil
 
What Dave said, and most importantly, its a Strider knife, you know it'll be the absolute highest quality! And yeah, Rick is a friend, his knives are awesome, one day I'll grow up and own a Firetac Extreme D2 Tanto.
 
And a perfect example of the evolution of Strider knives. It was added only because it was a truly funtional addition. They do what they are intended to do (prevent over springing the lockbar when closing the knife), don't add any convolutions to a simple knife, and look pretty cool as well. They remind me of the case head of a fired 9mm shell. :)

John...
 
There is also an often overlooked benefit of the "Hinderer", which is it prevents the lock bar from flexing/moving front to back, it stabilizes it and keeps the bar very rigid, and tight against the tang. I admit, at first, I thought it was gimmicky, but I now believe it does indeed acheive its 2 intended purposes, I like it, plus, theyre heat treated and usually have cool colors.... :)
 
I will add that although it's nice to have the Hinderer component on my Striders, none of my prior Striders ever had a problem to begin with.
 
So if I understand this correctly, when pushing in the piece that locks the blade open, there have been concerns and or instances where the bar has been pushed too far and jammed the blade open? Or the bar has become sprung to the point that it no longer engages the blade and the blade is free to move? The LS was developed to deal with these concerns and it's no longer an issue? Forgive me for my ignorance but I've never owned a frame lock knife and only handled one from a different manufacturer while browsing knives at the local shop. They don't carry Striders. Thanks in advance for your patience guys :cool:
 
From the write up on the Strider site it sounds like it's to prevent overtravel whne UNlocking it.
 
Ok, thanks guys. And Dave H: thanks for pointing that out. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the frame lock. I keep thinking of the liner lock and forget that the bar doesn't stop against the handle scales as in the liner lock design. Would it be correct to think of the Lock Bar Stabilizer as a "keeper" for the locking bar?
 
Do all strider folders now have the Hinderer? Is there a pic of the Hinderer online somewhere? Do the AR and GB have it now? Is it like the CRKT LAWKS lock?



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All Striders do NOT have the Lockbar Stabalizer, only the 6th Generation and forward SnGs and the 2nd Generation and forward SMFs. I'm not sure on the PTs but I don't think they have the stabalizer. Here is a schematic of it and reasoning behind it from the actual maker/inventor, Rick Hinderer.

http://www.rhknives.com/Rhknives/stabilizerx.html

hope this helps,

oil

ps. it's nothing like the lawks system. one is to make sure the lock doesn't disengage the other is so you don't screw up the lockbar on a framelock knife when you close it and also prevents lock travel.
 
LAWKS prevents from accidental unlocking a frame lock - it does not stabilize anything, its a safety switch
 
nonbox said:
Do all strider folders now have the Hinderer? Is there a pic of the Hinderer online somewhere? Do the AR and GB have it now? Is it like the CRKT LAWKS lock?



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NB, liner locks like the AR/GB dont benefit from it, since the G10 scales keep the liner from overextending itself and becoming unsprung.

CA, yeah, i suppose the Hinderer could be thought of as the lock bar's keeper, if what you mean is it protects and locates the bar.
 
Hi Guys!
Thanks for helping with the explaination of my Lockbar Stabilizer...I think you all nailed it very good!...If could add just a couple things....The Lockbar Stabilizer does 2 things...correcting a inherent problem with framelocks...one problem is the accidental over extending of the lockbar when closing the knife(unlocking the blade)...even tho you usually position the clip over the lockbar to help with this it can still happen...usually it wont if your just casually opening and closing your knife but if your a firefighter/emt like me and your working a high stress scene and you have heavy turnout gloves on you can and will overextend the lockbar..given the adrenelin involved and not watching your tool...this happened to me...not a good situation..hence the lockbar takes care of that problem...you absolutly can not over extend the lockbar with this installed...
The second problem is flexing of the lockbar towards the spine of the knife (vertically if your looking at the knife edge down)...this is because to make the integral lockbar a slot must be cut in the handle..this leaves space for the lockbar to flex which is movement of the bar when the knife is in the open locked position...anytime you have movement within a system its a chance for the system to fail,also this causes undo wear on the surface of the lockbar face. The Lockbar stabilizer also corrects that problem..With the Lockbar stabilizer installed the lockbar when it is locked has absolutly no movement whatsoever...
I use this on all of my folders and I licenced it to Strider
I hope this is a good discription of this device...Thanks for you interest! if i can be of further help dont hesitate to email me.

Regards,
Rick Hinderer
 
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