Strider packaging

"Tools designed to be used."
Hartsfield coined this phrase and it he was correct also.
 
Oh boy.
I dont think that us users go by that motto. I like it because I love the design.
I have a Strider because the blade has an amazing heat treat. The lock up on mine is broken in and just nice and smooth as any high end mid tech ive owned. Action as well. So from a guy that uses and works on them. It is all in the design and that goes for most of us.
I wish the design came from a great guy like CRK or a custom maker. But it does not.
Target customers are people that might need to beat on their knives and cut at the same time. It is nice to know that the bar is set high for what the blade, pivot and lock can handle.
All that said. Math and Science are my thing. I might sound like a dumb butt.

How about instead of a box we ask for a spanner tool. That would be a better add on for the knife. I use a large flat head for mine.

orixa said:
An interesting topic nonetheless, it tells me a lot about a company and their target customers. From what I read here and on previous threads I find Strider's mode of business arrogant and borderline offensive, yet customers are eating this up because they buy this: "it's a tool and and we're in the business to make TOOLS..blah blah blah.." By this logic, Strider is not in the delivery business and it makes perfect sense if you buy a Strider you'd have to drive up and pick it up yourself.
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I've got a spanner tool. Never needed to take one apart. Ever. If you need to borrow it Bella pM me.
 
stabman said:
This may be the longest thread on the topic of plastic baggies ever! :D
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I know, who saw that one coming...it took a thread on the topic of plastic baggies for a Strider thread to stay on topic :D


Now I feel I need to say something on topic :p The baggie should not be the reason for not buying a Strider :thumbup:
 
Oh , im Ok mjolnir74. :) Nice guy you are. I made one homemade a few years back. But I just use my large flat head now. I only broke it down when I get her in to just sterilize the interior and put it back together.
I was trying to change the subject from boxes and paperwork to a spanner bit. Which would be far more important to the average user.

mjolnir74 said:
I've got a spanner tool. Never needed to take one apart. Ever. If you need to borrow it Bella pM me.
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I used a fork with the correctly spaced tines and the outside two bent out of the way.
 
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I always look for my tools to come in a baggie. My Dewalt combo pack came in a Hefty bag. The counter man at the 7-eleven said it came from the factory that way. What says quality tool more than a Baggie?

Nice knife though.
 
PURPLEDC said:
Strider is a different breed of person. Im not sure how familiar you are with the mick and his company or if you have seen his old website when it was up but it really doesnt surprise me if mick did in fact pack his knives that way. He has always operated from the perspective that his knives are tools and not trinkets. Function has always been first to him over aesthetics. .
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A different breed of person ? That's a nice way of putting it... Most of us that have been here awhile, have read more than enough about him, to know what he really is. Of course, there are many that drink the kool-aid and defend him by saying, " Oh that's just Mick"... That subject has already been beaten to death, so I will go no further.

I only skimmed the posts, but my consensus is, they ship the knives out in whatever they have left over in their lunch bucket at the end of the day.
He isn't the one paying ridiculous (imo) prices for a knife, so it isn't up to him to decide that it is alright to get beat up in transit.
 
338375 said:
so it isn't up to him to decide that it is alright to get beat up in transit.
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Ah dang, I got ripped off...mine showed up with no scratches at all.
The blades were centered as well...
Crap, just my luck, missing out on all the drama the internet promised. :(
Woe, woe is me.
 
I bought mine used, it came in a plastic baggie. I never saw a box or package that made anything better. My SnG is a sweet knife and it doesn't matter what it is shipped in. When not being used my knives sit in the safe or a drawer, never in the box.
 
stabman said:
Ah dang, I got ripped off...mine showed up with no scratches at all.
The blades were centered as well...
Crap, just my luck, missing out on all the drama the internet promised. :(
Woe, woe is me.
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I'd send it back :D
 
wazu013 said:
I always look for my tools to come in a baggie. My Dewalt combo pack came in a Hefty bag. The counter man at the 7-eleven said it came from the factory that way. What says quality tool more than a Baggie?

Nice knife though.
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Actually Dewalt is a great comparison. they advertyise them to be "hard use" tools (although they really aren't) and almost every one comes packaged in it's own protective case. As most expensive tools do. I do not own a Strider so please take what I say with a grain of salt. I hear about how Mick Strider always says the knives a re built for hard use and not show pieces than can someone explain this....
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Or this...
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Although those beauties ARE designed for hard use, you can't say whey are meant for it. from what I hear they come in padded pouches. This seems a bit hypocritical to me.
 
The bottom one is sweet. Maybe for a rich Strider user.
I user Dewalt tools. I love them. Very nice anniversary gift from my wife. Those tools and my SMF did some nice drywall last night for a buffing area... This is a knife that I actually let my friend use who was helping me. And I let him cut the sheetrock with it.
 
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orixa said:
An interesting topic nonetheless, it tells me a lot about a company and their target customers. From what I read here and on previous threads I find Strider's mode of business arrogant and borderline offensive, yet customers are eating this up because they buy this: "it's a tool and and we're in the business to make TOOLS..blah blah blah.." By this logic, Strider is not in the delivery business and it makes perfect sense if you buy a Strider you'd have to drive up and pick it up yourself.
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Well, I don's see Mick or Duane out delivering the knives themselves, so one of several domestic and international delivery services probably do it instead.

Point of fact, they are in the business of making AND selling tools. Otherwise it's not a business, right? In order to sell them on any sort of large scale they practically must ship them out, and they use an appropriate business to do so. Your strawman is not holding up.
 
stabman said:
Ah, but it has scratches now, so they wouldn't refund me on the original lack thereof. :D
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Good point :D

NorthernSouthpaw said:
Actually Dewalt is a great comparison. they advertyise them to be "hard use" tools (although they really aren't) and almost every one comes packaged in it's own protective case. As most expensive tools do. I do not own a Strider so please take what I say with a grain of salt. I hear about how Mick Strider always says the knives a re built for hard use and not show pieces than can someone explain this....
stryder%20starling%20gear_open_L.jpg


Or this...
1245%5Blarge%5D.1370635996.jpg


Although those beauties ARE designed for hard use, you can't say whey are meant for it. from what I hear they come in padded pouches. This seems a bit hypocritical to me.
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There really is no explanation for those :eek: The only exception would be someone that has WAY to much money, and worships at the alter that is Mickey Burger...
 
Some of the fake Striders ship with a box, and a nylon sheath for about 15 bucks. You would think a 400 dollar knife could match a 15 dollar knife.
 
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