Strider knives

AKADave

AKADave

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Just looked at their website and price list. They seem pretty standard stock removal with some decent steel a chord wrapped handles with kydex. Very plain and utilitarian. They seem to be way overpriced compared to some other stuff available. The only thind that I have seen that sets them appart is that dappled finish which cant be too durable. Am I missing anything?
 
Have you read ANYTHING at ALL on these forums about Strider?
:rolleyes:
Start HERE

Striders are actually incredibly inexpensive for what you get. They are 189% indestructible, AND are backed by a total, utterly complete guarantee. If you EVER break or damage your strider, it will be repaired or replaced FREE OF CHARGE. Try getting that out of Cold Steel, or anyone else! Add to that LIFETIME re-wrapping of the handle, sharpening, and blade refinishing ALL AT NO COST, and I think you will see the fuss about them. Just send 'em your money.

drjones
 
Hi Ya AKADave,
I kinda thought the same thing...at one time. Then I held one, then I bought one, now I've got 3 of 'em and I'm always on the lookout for another. Well thought out and executed designs, good quality materials, the best heat-treating to be found on the planet earth, excellent sheaths, first-rate warranty (probably won't need it) and LOVE that smell! They're not for everyone, which is cool cause it leaves more in the market for me to lust after. Had a chance to cross paths a couple of times with the Strider Guys at Blade, some damn fine folks!
Stay Safe,
Clyde
 
Some brands really seem to develop loyal followers. Mad Dog, Busse, Strider, Tops, Reeve, etc.. All kinds of claims are made and defended with ferocity. That's OK. I'm sure they are all fine knives. I think Strider makes a decent knife that will perform as advertised. They are utilitarian. Value is in the eye of the buyer. If you like them - buy them.
 
Why not try one before you say it cant be worth the money?:confused:


Thats what I am doing;) , I have an AR on order, seems to me like a great folder, and probably worth every penny.:)


Erik
 
So is Busse in the same class? If so then they are priced a bit better. The folder I have seen looks nice but I didnt see one on the website.

I guess Im into at least some work going into the handle materials and fit and finish. Linen micarta or stabalized bone or some killer indestructable wood product...but chord? I was wrapping blade blanks with para chord when I was 10. Okay I will look at one. I have to say I have seen a Tops knifs and handled one and I do like the look and feel but they appear to have more craft to them than the Striders.
 
Well, you've certainly gotten off lightly so far. A post questioning the value of Strider knives can lead to the need for an asbestos suit.

Most Strider knives are not really my style, although I really like the AR. Even though Strider's fixed blades don't turn my crank, I will admit that they are incredibly tough knives.

Busse's have a style more to my liking and they are also exceptionally tough.

From the waiting list for both these companies knives I would say that they are both very popular. If you like them, I doubt you could go wrong with a knife from either one of these top flight companies.
 
Dave, please do us all a favor: Buy a Strider, use it, and THEN tell us what you think. Buy ANY OTHER KNIFE (Except Busse), use it, and tell us what you think. If there is ANY OTHER BLADE (again, spare Busse) that outperforms and outlasts Strider, well, then call us all retards and stick dunce caps on us. :p

The cord-wrapped handle is not a product of laziness, cost-cutting, or anything similar. Striders are among the best thought-out and engineered products in the world. They are manufactured by current and retired SF guys, who know what is needed, what works, and what doesn't work in the field. Few other handle materials provide as good a grip as cord when wet, cold, sweaty, gloved, whatever...Many, many tests prove this.

Not to mention that if need be, you can unravel the cord, and use it for a myriad of other things, and you are still left with a perfectly useable blade handle.

I'm sorry if I sound at all harsh, but from all the reading I've done, I'm quite confident that Striders are the best out there. I am definitely not alone in thinking this. I'd feel the same way if you tried to tell me that your Toyota is better than my BMW just 'cause yours costs less and does the same thing. (PLEASE, no war here about cars! Already been there, done that!!! :D )

Try learning and researching BEFORE you talk. Do a search on these forums on "Strider" and see what you come up with. Did you read the thread I posted for you up top???

Do you know what would happen if you even THOUGHT about cutting the tail boom off a chopper with a Tops knife? The blade would go limp like in the cartoons, and then it would run away! :D

Just buy a Strider. If you don't like it for any reason, you can definitely get your money out of it by reselling it here. Hell, get a GB folder, and I'll take it off your hands!!! :D

drjones
(HEY MICK: Can I get paid for endorsing your product like this??? I'm a DAMN good salesman for my current company!!! Need any more loyal employees??? :D )
 
I guess this whole SF thing kind leaves me shrugging. I really have no need for a fixed tactical knife. It reminds me of the kid that used to walk around the neighborhood in full cammo bdu and face paint with his big knife etc. Kinda loony. That said I do carry an Emerson CQC7 from time to time.

Im not sure why I would want to cut the tail off a chopper but Im sure if you say the Strider will do it, it will do it. What I have no doubt of is that as a cutting tool my 11.5 inch blade 1095 forged Moran style Camp/Fighter will definitely outdo any grind job you mention. Its just the nature of the two methods of manufacture. I can also bend my blade 1/4 spine and all quite a bit and it will return true, I have seen someone try that with a Specwar and they had junk after that. Im not trying to be harsh I just look at knives differently than the Tactical crowd. Want an awesome knife look a KWMs Avatar...now thats a knife.


Really Im not trying to be a flame magnet, just thinking out loud.
 
Thanks Dave. It is Dave isn't it? I love my Pronghorn, but there are a lot of people that would not care for it. We all have our own preferences in knives. Though I do not care for a lot of the tactical knives that I have seen I can appreciate the fact that others see something much different than I do when they look at a Strider knife. I love the fact that so many people like so many different kinds of knives. It makes things way more interesting. Things would be so darn boring if we all liked the same things.

So if you don't care for Striders and knives like them (I know, there are no other knives like Striders), you have so many other choices that it really is no big deal. Isn't it great?
 
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I guess Im into at least some work going into the handle materials and fit and finish. Linen micarta or stabalized bone or some killer indestructable wood product...but chord? I was wrapping blade blanks with para chord when I was 10.
FYI, Striders do come with G-10 handles, and they're really comfortable. Somehow everyone forgets that ;) and I suppose no one has problems with G10 durability. Here's a pic of my Strider MH/G10.
<a href="http://zvis.com/knives/knimgtmpl.shtml?/images/knives/fix/skc/stridermh3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://zvis.com/images/knives/fix/skc/stridermh3i.jpg"></a>

Okay I will look at one.
I guess only looking won't do, try to handle and use one.

I have to say I have seen a Tops knifs and handled one and I do like the look and feel but they appear to have more craft to them than the Striders.
Donno. I've handled various TOPS and Strider blades, don't think so.
And I do like Strider G10 handles a lot more than TOPS.
 
G10 is very good stuff. I have one of the very first BM CQC7 and the G10 has been bulletproof. I like it almost as much as the different Micartas and the linen on the Tops lookse very cleanly executed. I guess by "looking" I mean get my hands on one, I will try.

KWM yes its Dave and you bet Im glad that people all have different tastes and that we can be accomodated. I just ask these questions because there has to be some subtleties that I have overlooked. I know what you mean about the Pronghorn, Fowlers style is an aquired taste but the construction is beyond reproach I think. You may not like to look at it but from what I have read and seen in tests it about as good as it gets.


So again I am convinced to take a closer look (had another thread about 440C), hopefully I can find one locally since they are pretty spendy and I dont want to get stuck if I ultimately dont care for it.
 
My very first Strider should be at my doorstep mid next week. I got one sight unseen, I am getting one simply because of what I've heard here.I have zero doubt it will live up to my expectations and I'm not easily impressed. I expect it to be a folding beast the likes of which I've never held and I'll probably be right.

The person whom I'm trading stated it best. Striders aren't art knives there tool knives, and they are designed and built as such. If you want a gents fixed blade get a Lake, if you want a gents folder get a Sebenza or a William Henry . If you want a knife that if you drop it you don't have a corinary get a Strider. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder(or is that BEER holder? )To me Striders are a work of art to some there ugly.
 
The real beauty of Stider's designs is their simplicity. They're the 4X4, diesel powered work trucks of the knife world. As far as folders go, the AR is the only folder I own. I use it for anything I would use a fixed blade for, from cutting crap that shouldn't be cut with a knife up to chopping. It's the only folder I've ever had that feels as tough as a fixed blade. If you really appreciate knives that can be used, get one. You may find yourself selling all your non-Stider blades so you can buy more Striders.

MO
 
I think they are overpriced, overrated and the handles have a lot to be desired. Why buy Busse or Strider when you can buy custom?
 
Because we don't all have 4 digits before the decimal point on our knife budgets. for the price of a custom you could get a strider GB/AR and a 5inch fixed blade for the price of a GOOD custom fixed blade. Add to that the wait time for most customs and it easily becomes a more viable option for most of us to go to TADgear.com and order a Strider and wait the shipping time plus any backorder time, Strider is as near custom as I'll probably ever be able to afford and that suits me just fine:)
 
Add to that the fact that Striders warrenty is better than any other I've ever seen. Equal to that of any custom maker. If it breaks they fix or replace free of charge. No fine print no legal mumbo jumbo just plain good old American simplicity. It breaks we fix it. That's the main reason I'll be carrying a flat ground tiger stripped GB on Tuesday and will faithfullu stick to Strider, They take care of there customers.
 
It's a perfectly valid question, seems to me.

A 1/4" piece of steel with paracord wrapped around the end....Quite a few people would look at that and wonder what they were missing, and then they might possibly post here, asking that very question...very sensible approach.

Telling someone to just go out and buy a $200-$300 piece of steel so they can find out for themselves is not sensible, in my opinion...especially if they were just curious about the knives, and had no burning need for one.

I happen to like Strider knives...I also wonder how smart it is for me to pay Strider prices for a 1/4" piece of Bos heat treated steel with some paracord, or even G10, on the handle.
I mean really, a 1/4" piece of steel is going to be tough, no matter what. It's that simple.

TOPS knives are also extremely tough, and I would have to really doubt they would wilt or curl up if someone attempted to use them for a "Striderulean" task.
Again, it's the 1/4" stock..it's just going to be tough.

I really think some people would buy Strider excrement if it were available, just because it's from the Strider guys...there's nothing wrong with that kind of blind brand loyalty I suppose.
Several other brands have the same following..some are more unpleasant to run afoul of than others...Thankfully, the Strider following is one of the more mature and pleasant to cross paths with.
 
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