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thoughts on strider SNG!
- Thread starter Brendan
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the timing of this thread is very strange.....
i am also a busse enthusiast, and i was hankering for a nice folder......then i read millions of strider vs. sebenza threads......
then after i learned all i could about these folders, i traded into one of these:
strider MSC RC NM SNG (strider acronyms are almost as bad as busses):
MSC RC NM SNG = Mick Strider Custom Recurve Nightmare Grind SNG....
i am also a busse enthusiast, and i was hankering for a nice folder......then i read millions of strider vs. sebenza threads......
then after i learned all i could about these folders, i traded into one of these:
strider MSC RC NM SNG (strider acronyms are almost as bad as busses):
MSC RC NM SNG = Mick Strider Custom Recurve Nightmare Grind SNG....
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that's just plain nasty looking (in a very good way)
I don't envy you when that needs sharpening. I've just been trying to strop my strider but the heat treat is something else. My Busse knives get a mirror polish pretty quick. I must have done about 50 - 75 passes on each side with new compound and it hasn't made a difference. I'm tempted to get it on the stones but don't want to scratch up the blade
yes, I suck at sharpening !! get em sharp but make em ugly !
I don't envy you when that needs sharpening. I've just been trying to strop my strider but the heat treat is something else. My Busse knives get a mirror polish pretty quick. I must have done about 50 - 75 passes on each side with new compound and it hasn't made a difference. I'm tempted to get it on the stones but don't want to scratch up the blade
yes, I suck at sharpening !! get em sharp but make em ugly !
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that's just plain nasty looking (in a very good way)
I don't envy you when that needs sharpening. I've just been trying to strop my strider but the heat treat is something else. My Busse knives get a mirror polish pretty quick. I must have done about 50 - 75 passes on each side with new compound and it hasn't made a difference. I'm tempted to get it on the stones but don't want to scratch up the blade
yes, I suck at sharpening !! get em sharp but make em ugly !
i planned on using it as an edc, but i am wavering on that.....if it ever needs sharpening, it is definitely going back to strider for the spa treatment....
if i do carry it, i will only use it for self defense......my cutting chores can be handled by my little buck 373 3-bladed stockman, and my classic SAK...
this blade might be just a bit too valuable to carry....if i were to use it in a self defense situation, it would no doubt get confiscated by the police.....
i have no desire to lose $800 worth of blade to the police......what if they "accidently" lose it in their evidence room???
i think i'll stick with my spyderco harpy for my main SD blade...
