Strider SMF cube question??

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Hello all!!

I am new to this forum but not forums in general. I have found them quite useful in the past and have an odd question. A little background on me. I am not a knife collector or anyone that claims to have any high end knife experience..... Here is my story.

I deployed in 2008 to Iraq. While there i found that i was the only machinist and compitant welder on base and this quickly spread. People would come all the time with off the books jobs and i would do them for trade on coffee or steaks for my troops, and what not to improve the conditions there. I had a marine come to me one time and want a Basketball hoop made for them to play and wanted to trade me a blade for it. So i did and in the end he gave me the knife.

I never used it and it got packed into my seabag for the trip home. I never opened the seabag and it has sat since untouched. I was going through it yesterday and found the knife. Decided to google it and was amazed. For what i thought as a $30 knife turned out to be a strider SMF. But i couldn't find the same blade. Mine was a brown metal. So i dug deeper until i found one more like it. Its copper beriylium(sp). It listed it as an SMF CUBE.

Talk about a real antiques roadshow moment...!!!!

Know i am stuck with this rare knife and don't know where to proceed. I would like to sell it as it isn't the style of knife i find myself using, but dont know where to turn to value it or what coarse of action to take with it. I figured i might be bale to find some support here. I will enclude some pictures of it. I found several online in the same condition and better, with posted prices from 600-900. I found 2 on ebay and one is listed for $1500... I think out of line maybe. But he has had two offers on it. What kind of offers i dont know but i got to figure that people wouldn't make offers unless it was somewhere in the ball park.

One of my questions is, should i send it back to strider? I hear they have a kind of "spa" treatment for them. My blade is in excellent condition with no chips or flat spots. Although it is dull. It has oxidation which from reading happen over time to the material after the clear coating wears off. The G10 part of the handle has a spot where something hit it. There is scratches on it and a chip missing. The titanium side shows normal carry wear and two small scratches i didn't even know where there until the flash from the camera hit them just right. You can see them in the pictures, but i have to look hard to see them. The pictures really don't do it justice.

So would it be worth it to send it back get the G10 replaced and the blade blasted again then sharpened? What would the value be before and after? I know that's a loaded question..... I have had one guy try and buy it off me but i didn't feel comfortable selling it with out hearing other opinions. He said that he has had a few but has never seen one with the same color combo as mine.

Anyways. Thanks for any help you can give in advance.

Nathan


 
To reflect it you need to change your user group to reflect your paid membership

Go to the top of the page and click on settings then next on the left side of the page click on permission group

Select the membership that you paid for

Good luck finding out more about this rare piece~
 
Went to settings. It has a spot to pay for memberships but no permission group link. I thought i read somewhere that it took up to three days. I guess i will wait and see.
 
Strider doesn't do refinishing blades/handles to remove scratches or wear anymore. But they might consider it for a vet with a CuBe
 
olybears57 said:
Strider doesn't do refinishing blades/handles to remove scratches or wear anymore. But they might consider it for a vet with a CuBe
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I wonder if I can just buy the G10 handle piece. That seems to be the real only damage that couldn't be fixed.
 
I'm pretty sure Strider would replace the handle free of charge if you asked. Hell, I've seen guys break their Striders in half and the Strider guys have replaced the blades for free.
 
Strider will sharpen it, but if it isn't broken they won't do much more. Don't use the us postal system. Only usefedex if you do send it in.
 
Hey, twin. When you click the settings button you should see a "My Settings" bar like the one below on the left side of your screen. Under "My Account" you'll find the "Permission Groups" tab. Click on that, and it'll let you select either registered user or whatever subscription group you've paid for. :thumbup:

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That ended up being a mighty pricey basketball hoop. :D Congrats! :cool:
 
Here's a little info I found by searching:

It's a knife for use by certain military units like EOD who require a nonmagnetic, non-sparking blade. Strider has made fixed blades and SMF's from CuBe. If you sharpen it yourself and breathe in the dust it can f**k you up or kill you... also best not to cut food with it either. And don't lick the blade no matter how delicious it looks...
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Value was estimated at $600+/- in June 2013.

Hope this helps!
 
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Neat story. That makes good sense for EOD, and Strider knows "military."
I've never seen one of these. Fun to read.
 
Does anyone know a knife maker that might help restore this blade? Im thinking that because of what its made out of that it might be hard to find someone.
 
Why not just send it in to Strider and let them take care of it? If you have someone else work on it that will void the warranty.
 
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