I'm really enjoying your tests, but this time it looked like you babied the Strider more than the Not-a-Manix Manix 2.
For one thing, the Strider cannot cut worth a darn. The NAMM2 did much, much better. And as a result, you were cutting deeper with the NAMM2 and using the blade as a pry bar to break off the wood. The Strider got an easier test and never did do much cutting other than to create a giant fuzz stick.
I also noticed in the NAMM2 test, that you didn't test the blade play before the cutting and prying test.
It looked to me like you held back on the strikes of the Strider, too, compared to the NAMM2 and the Grip. Maybe you didn't want to break such an expensive knife. I wouldn't.
I don't have a NAMM2 (just a real Manix), but I do have a Poliwog with a caged ball lock. It doesn't look that strong to me. The tang just barely catches the bottom of the ball and for some reason, the tang is filed thinner on the contact point -- more on one side than the other. With any looseness in the pivot, it seems like it would take very little to make that lock go south in a hurry.
