STRIDER vs Emerson

both are perfectly adequate for defending the food court/american eagle/wherever you happen to be stationed.
 
din said:
both are perfectly adequate for defending the food court/american eagle/wherever you happen to be stationed.
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I'd prefer something cheaper in 1095 steel for that:thumbup:. Though to be honest, I feel Emerson would be uncontested in that area with his karambit folders.

Strider would win out for "the folder you can kill your monitor with", whereas I've got two broken tips on my Emerson knives, and I did nothing near as harsh.
 
I do own a Emerson super commander, no play or broken tips. But then i havent done any hard work with it and i never would (fear of braking it). If i were to get a folder now, it would be a Strider or Crusader Forge, i wish i would have done more reaserch befor jumping on that emerson, and i agree with earlier comments that emerson's lack personalety.


Id say eather one o these, theres no contest. Emersons are just simply inferior. These are built like tanks and then some.
Cruder forge
Strider


But if you do get an Emerson, do your selfe a favor and go with the plain edge.

/cheers
 
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din said:
my bad, forgot about what an operator mick is.
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When they start making the knives out of Mick, then you could have a point.
Till then it's just more annoying background noise which furthers nothing.
 
Best of both worlds...

Well, I wouldn't mind a waved SMF DGG, or a framelocked SOFCK-A with a GG scale and tacticool striped blade.

In that case, I'd buy an Emerson, secondhand works fine, and have a knifemaker mod it.
 
stabman said:
When they start making the knives out of Mick, then you could have a point.
Till then it's just more annoying background noise which furthers nothing.
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AMEN, i could care less, if anything bouncing back from jail time to run a business is quite admirable.


I love both strider and emerson knives, i think the wave alone justifies the price of an emerson which i dont think is overly high fora g-10 154cm knife anyways, and striders are just solid knives.

If your going to afghanistan or work on a farm and want a rugged folder get a strider, if your on a swat team or just want a quickly deployed sd blade.

My emerson k-bit is my favorite folder i own. :)
 
stabman said:
When they start making the knives out of Mick, then you could have a point.
Till then it's just more annoying background noise which furthers nothing.
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Exactly. thank u.
I'm liking my Emersons, but man they just don't compare to my Strider!
 
stabman said:
When they start making the knives out of Mick, then you could have a point.
Till then it's just more annoying background noise which furthers nothing.
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Yeah kinda like a dripping faucet. :D
 
retzius said:
You're right, they are mall commando or keyboard ninja knives, a.k.a. "operators".

I kid ;)
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Exactly, here comes one now, look at the gentleman closest to the camera. If you look closely, you can see that he appears to be carrying a Strider BN-SS. Here, he is detaining 4 motorcycle bandits who were running amok in the food court. They wear digital desert camo to help blend in with the walls of the Banana Republic, where most of the action takes place.

If you could see his right pocket, I have it on good authority that there was a SMF riding over there.

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This was the hottest, dustiest, BIGGEST mall I ever had the privilege to operate in. :jerkit:


PS: I chipped the tip on that knife. Well, I didn't, but I did hand it to the guy that did... oops.


Seriously, I own 4 Strider knives. They are great, and the MFS slices like a champ. The DB-L is the sharpest little prybar I've ever held. The BR is a beautiful piece of steel with classic lines and wicked potential. The SnG rides with me everyday, everywhere I go. I like to think of it as the Sebenza of the US Military, or the Sebenza as the SnG of the civilian world, either way.

Like it or not, Strider seems to be liked by many great organizations, including The Beloved Corps. There might be a reason for that, but some of you seem to care more about Mick's past or your baseless opinion of their ergonomics. They weren't designed to be used for hours on end. That said, my cord wrapped MFS was used recently to knock out some very seasoned burl wood. I used it for probably 45 minutes more on than off, and even batoned it ( :eek: I was gentle ;) ) with the hammer poll of my Equinox modified Trail Hawk with no ill effects on my hands or the knife.
 
Well, I do agree that striders are excellent knives and that the "real operators" carry them. However, this fact does not preclude the wannabe operators from carrying them. All the more the wannabe's want them for the perceived "real operator magic" to rub off on them.

The fact that they are "real operator" knives makes them all the more desirable to wannabes(I'm speaking as a mall commando here). :p

So does that make them a "real operator" or "mall commando" knives? Or will that depend on who owns them? For example: if a "real operator" owns a knife then it's a "real operator" knife. OTOH, if a "mall commando" owns it, then doesn't it follow that it's a "mall commando" knife?
 
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singularity35 said:
All the more the wannabe's want them for the perceived "real operator magic" to rub off on them.
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For some perhaps.
For me, not at all.
I don't want to be in the military.
I do not idolize the military or its personnel, or their equipment.
If it were the number one choice of cake decorators, I'd like it the same...perhaps even more, because then I'd never have to hear any "wannabe operator" hoojamaflippery.
 
stabman said:
For some perhaps.
For me, not at all.
I don't want to be in the military.
I do not idolize the military or its personnel, or their equipment.
If it were the number one choice of cake decorators, I'd like it the same...perhaps even more, because then I'd never have to hear any "wannabe operator" hoojamaflippery.
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Then obviously you are not one of the wannabe operators that I'm referring to. We all know who we are. ;)
 
I recived my first Emerson today-a lightly used Mach 1 dated 2000 which I won off of an auction site for $82 dollars (including box and papers). I have never handled an Emerson and I was a bit concerned after reading some of the comments on the net. It was beginning to sound as if these knives were a manufacturing disaster. Now that I have had a chance to hold and handle one, I have to say that it appears built to last. The blade is centered, the handles and liners are well matched, the liner lock is dead center of the blade and there were only very minor indications of tooling marks. It flicks open and locks solidly. Perhaps I got lucky. While it may look a bit ordinary with its black scales and blade, it sure is solid piece of gear. Quite a change from my BM Griptilian which is a very nice knife but in a different category.
I use my knives and I do not mind buying them used as long as they are in good condition. For me, shiny and smooth are secondary to well built and functional. As is the case with all of my tools, my knives are well taken care but are expected to perform. This knife looks like a keeper.
I have never held a Strider but the controversy surrounding his past is enough to keep me away. I served over 25 years in the Corps and don't have much tolerance for those who embellish their military credentials.
 
I looked at both before I made my purchase of the SNG. I was pretty underwhelmed with the Emerson offerings for the price. I'm not saying that they're bad knives, but they just didn't offer the design, steel, fit/finish, or overall quality feeling that I was hoping to get from a high-end production knife that cost as much as all of the models I happened to look at.

I won't say I was underwhelmed with the SNG, but I just never felt that I got the value I expected for the amount of money I spent. I had the option to wait and pick up an XM-18 and I sort of feel like I should have done that instead, but I doubt I spend that kind of money on a knife for a very long time to be honest. I've just found that there is very little I need in a folder that exceeds Benchmade/Spyderco toughness. I've got fixed-blades for fixed-blade tasks and my folders just don't need to be that rugged.

I'm not saying no one needs an uber-tough folder, but I don't. If I did, it would be an XM-18, an SNG, or something from ZT.
 
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