Tell me more about this unusual Strider Fixed Blade?

Yeah, it was my mistake, and it's neat to see @Stickgunner replying directly. Since he does some very clear pictures, I sort of thought it was him since I had a couple of his pictures in the same folder, which all had that "clean stock image look" but I know he watermarks his gun images at least. So maybe it was just flickr who redirected me to something similar looking. There are a couple more Strider Fixed Blades and a ZT Bayonet in the folder, but none bring good reverse image results and the file names aren't flickr file names, I found them ~5 years ago.
 
Stickgunner said:
Thanks for the email that brought me over to this thread. I need to post over here on a more regular basis!

That is not my picture. The only unusual Strider knife that I can think of that I have posted a picture of is the prototype blade which belonged to John Noveske, and which Johnny gave to me.

Regarding reputable.... I'm prior MIL, a city cop, firearm instructor, martial arts instructor, photographer (web/ ad work/ books/ magazines/ papers etc) and I've been know to write articles for magazines. I won't say that I wouldn't shoot pictures of a fake blade, but it would be to point out that it is a fake. I'm working on an article currently which shows a knockoff blade made over seas versus a well known company. I don't think it is my place to say reputable, but I don't call anything which anyone has ever stated disputing anything I've written. That doesn't mean there haven't been differences of opinion, but factually I stay in my own lane, which keeps life easy.
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Nice to see you chime in ;)
 
Stickgunner said:
Thanks for the email that brought me over to this thread. I need to post over here on a more regular basis!

That is not my picture. The only unusual Strider knife that I can think of that I have posted a picture of is the prototype blade which belonged to John Noveske, and which Johnny gave to me.

Regarding reputable.... I'm prior MIL, a city cop, firearm instructor, martial arts instructor, photographer (web/ ad work/ books/ magazines/ papers etc) and I've been know to write articles for magazines. I won't say that I wouldn't shoot pictures of a fake blade, but it would be to point out that it is a fake. I'm working on an article currently which shows a knockoff blade made over seas versus a well known company. I don't think it is my place to say reputable, but I don't call anything which anyone has ever stated disputing anything I've written. That doesn't mean there haven't been differences of opinion, but factually I stay in my own lane, which keeps life easy.
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Aww crap guys, it's the cops! We gotta scram!
 
@shinyedges, Lapedog Lapedog , b00n b00n :

It is indeed a real Strider. The following photo is of a page out of a book by David Darom about custom knives, showing several early custom Striders:

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I don't currently have the book with me (and I don't remember which volume this was from--Darom has published a bunch of books and I snapped this photo a couple years ago), but I will be able to find the volume and page number this weekend. But rest assured, these are typical of Strider's early customs. Hideous stuff, if you ask me!

Edit: I should note that in the above photo, I had blanked out the signature marks on the blade ricassos because it was part of a knife-giveaway guessing game that I did on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knifeclub/comments/3lfq8o/giveaway_whoever_can_name_the_maker_of_these/. Again, I will track down the book this weekend and provide further photos, including the written text accompanying the pictures of the knives.
 
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I'm back! These custom Striders are featured in David Darom's book "The World of Art Knives" (Vol. 1), on pg. 220. Here are some more images, with the caption information, as well as closeups of the signatures etched on the ricassos: https://imgur.com/a/Usr4Cfp

These are part of a private collection featured in the book.
 
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