Strider: Old vs. New.

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Do any of you with multiple Gen SnG's have a favourite for any particular reason?

The 6th Gen seems like its much improved since they first debuted but I notice some people are still on the hunt and cherish the earlier models.

What has your experience been?
 
I have a Gen 5 and a Gen 6 SnG - and I carry and use both. If I had to pick one of them, I'd pick then Gen 6. The Gen 6 SnG's have an enlarged thumb oval for easier 1 hand opening, the (Rick) Hinderer Lock Stabalizer, and there is a bigger cutout in the lock for you to close it one hand. On my Gen 5 SnG I almost never unlock and close with one hand... Because it kills my thumb to push the lockbar over. So on the Gen 6 SnGs there is this nicer cutout for your thumb.

Also in my findings the Gen 6 SnG's are very smooth action. Gen 5's felt great - but the Gen 6's are even better.


BTW Make sure you check out the Unofficial Strider FAQ - http://www.badlandsforums.com/faq/UnofficialFAQ.shtml

Especially this page: http://www.badlandsforums.com/faq/WhataretheImprovementsintheSnG.shtml
 
HKSIG45's SnG Tip of the Day:
Don't use ur thumb to unlock use ur index finger.
 
I think many times people will search out an older generation of any knife just for the sake of having an older model. Whether it be for the collector value, knowing that you have the first one that started it all, or just to have one from each generation. I just think it is really more of a collector issue than a statement of usability than anything else.
 
The only reason I have been looking for an old one is the finish. The generation 2's were stonewashed. That is my favorite finish on a user grade knife. I wish Strider would do another run of them. I would jump on a stonewashed generation 6 in a heartbeat.
 
Cool, thanks for the info and opinion guys.

I forgot about that FAQ. I'm a member their too but only as a lurker.

My friend was showing me hie 6th Gen SnG the other night and I'm liking it a lot.

Didn't have any of the tool marks that I hear people talk about every once in a while.
 
One more question. Couldn't find the answer on the FAQ.

What year did the 1st Gen SnG come out?
 
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