Strider: New Lock Up or Old?

Sufler

Sufler

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I'm seeing a strange phenomena on the exchange and elsewhere recently. I see people who are selling or requesting to trade their recently purchased new lock Strider folding knives for the old lock up (radiused). What gives? What do some of the Strider users on BF say? Do you guys prefer the old lock up?

Thanks!

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I've owned numerous of both kinds. I have pretty bad luck with the old, and now own 8 Striders with the new lockup. 4 of 6 of my old Striders developed vertical play pretty quickly, and zero of the 8 new ones have any play to speak of.

Long story short, I MUCH prefer the new. Couldn't tell you why some people prefer the old. Nostalgia?
 
I just have old. It works so well I have no need for the new. Of course, that doesn't mean I don't want one ;-)

DJK
 
Latest and greatest always sells. Look how popular the V2 of the ZT0550 is. I have old and new(Strider). Doesn't matter to me. Price does.
 
While lock geometry is more complex than simply the cut of the lock-tang (radius, flat, "fail-safe", etc), many people think a radiused lock-tang (older Strider locks) is more reliable than a flat lock-tang (newer Strider locks).

Just because a lock has play does not mean it will fail. A zero-degree lock-tang angle is as fail-safe as a frame/linerlock can get, but it will have tons of play.


My opinion is that you either trust the knifemaker or you don't. Try not to get too obsessive... :)
(Then again, I guess that's why we are here. :p)
 
I only have the old and I'm more than fine with it. Zero play on a DDC SnG CC and RW-1 are going on 8 years and a PT CC and RCC are still rock solid at 2 years.
 
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