Strider FS

Cliff Stamp said:
He was commenting on the arguement which is indeed unsound, you can't use popularity to judge quality. By the same logic the cheap Ka-Bar's are far superior to the Striders because there are far more Ka-Bars used by the military than Striders.

-Cliff
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i disagree... the original post wasn't that alot of people OWN striders. it was that they have a loyal following among those who put them to hard-use. a loyal following has nothing to do with popularity. that could be 3 people. or a million. the point he was making (and it IS a valid one) was that the people who own them and use them hard report that they are good knives and remain loyal because of their design and performance (me included). that is a pretty good indicator of quality design and production in my opinion. second of course to actually TRYING one.
 
benchmademan said:
the point he was making (and it IS a valid one) was that the people who own them and use them hard report that they are good knives
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And again, you can find similar people loyal to the cheap Ka-Bar's or any other knife. If you want to make an arguement of quality you need references of comparisons, what is the user experience of the owners, have they just used a Strider and no other high end knife or are they actually picking the Strider after using similar cost production and custom knives. It isn't as if Strider is the only knife that can make such a claim.

-Cliff
 
Cliff Stamp said:
And again, you can find similar people loyal to the cheap Ka-Bar's or any other knife. If you want to make an arguement of quality you need references of comparisons, what is the user experience of the owners, have they just used a Strider and no other high end knife or are they actually picking the Strider after using similar cost production and custom knives. It isn't as if Strider is the only knife that can make such a claim.

-Cliff
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Ka-Bars have decades of military service behind their reputation. hell yeah they have a loyal following. what's your point?

are you actually arguing that Strider does not make field proven hard-use knives?

now, i know you like to say controversial things on internet message boards... but come on. the guys statement wasn't outrageous or even contestable in any way. he wasn't saying "Striders are the greatest knives on the planet". he said they have a loyal following of people that use them hard and swear by them. i don't need i 3-brand comparsion to know that Striders are tough knives. it's a fact.

if you can't recognize quality when you see it and use it then maybe you should put that as a disclaimer on your knife reveiws.
 
benchmademan said:
i disagree... the original post wasn't that alot of people OWN striders. it was that they have a loyal following among those who put them to hard-use. a loyal following has nothing to do with popularity. that could be 3 people. or a million. the point he was making (and it IS a valid one) was that the people who own them and use them hard report that they are good knives and remain loyal because of their design and performance (me included). that is a pretty good indicator of quality design and production in my opinion. second of course to actually TRYING one.
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The point I was making is that they have a loyal following of people that use them hard and so they must be doing something right. That means they know their market and sell to it. The quality of their knives must be high enough for those people or they wouldn't have that following, but I don't think it necessarily guarantees quality in comparison to some other product. It doesn't preclude it, either. My point wasn't about quality, it was about marketing.
 
benchmademan said:
...are you actually arguing that Strider does not make field proven hard-use knives?
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What I am saying it that at most you can say based on that data is that they are the same level of quality as the other knives which can say the same thing and since you can in fact say this about very low level knives it doesn't make a very strong statement of performance at all. I don't think the promotion of "Is as good as a $50 Ka-Bar." would sell very many Striders, but that is what you are presenting.

-Cliff
 
i see. so basically, you are just trying to argue... not actually trying to make a point. have fun with that...
 
benchmademan said:
so i guess you see alot of people putting Hibbens to hard-use?

sounds like more negative reveiws from someone with zero strider experience. :thumbdn:

i can see why striders might not intrest everyone but the reason why so many people come out of the woodwork to bash them... i'll never know...
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You should take the time to read the context in which a comment is made. What you said shows a distinct lack of insite and maturity. I made no comments about the performance of either knives, only that popularity is not a gauge of quality. Especially when it comes to music these day. Now go grow some brain cells.
 
benchmademan said:
i see. so basically, you are just trying to argue... not actually trying to make a point. have fun with that...
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I can tell you are obnoxious and argumentative. Therefore you are a troll. All trolls get banned eventually.
 
Stone Knife said:
Why do people post things like this when they know absolutely nothing about the topic? They just demonstrate what they don't know.
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You're probably the first person to tell Nyeti he doesn't know much about Strider Knives.
 
Stone Knife said:
Why do people post things like this when they know absolutely nothing about the topic? They just demonstrate what they don't know.

The tiger-patterned knives have been made for special ops people for many years on a custom basis, strictly for the application I outlined above. Has nothing to do with video or any other games. They are serious tools.
If you see someone with a knife like that one, chances are they know what they are doing.
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Ummm, I emailed Strider and they said it was designed for a video game, in the email their was no mention of sentry removal or special ops using them.
 
Peter La said:
Ummm, I emailed Strider and they said it was designed for a video game, in the email their was no mention of sentry removal or special ops using them.
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Because that is sheer fantasy. Maybe he plays alot of video games.
 
If you see someone with a knife like that one, chances are they will have to kill you now that you know what they are doing.

A video game ... a video game ... I love it .... how much does that strange blade cost? :cool:
 
Esav Benyamin said:
If you see someone with a knife like that one, chances are they will have to kill you now that you know what they are doing.

A video game ... a video game ... I love it .... how much does that strange blade cost? :cool:
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$750 bucks ;)
 
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