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Aniketos said:
Sal Glesser said:
It's hard for me to respect his opinion when he knocks things that he has not used. He says a Sebenza is inferior to other knives, then admits that he hasn't tested one because he doesn't like the warranty. He hasn't tested the knife or the warranty, but he has no trouble claiming they're inferior.BlondieAlmostEdge said:
What did he say? That they raked him over the coals? He didn't say they refused to warranty the knife. This is another case of him knocking something he hasn't used. He says he didn't try to use the warranty on the Strider, and then he claims that the warranty is not as good as others. That means nothing to me. Sounds to me like Strider is just another respected knife maker that has no respect for his opinion.BlondieAlmostEdge said:
I have used one, that was what I based most of the comparisons on (cutting, ergonomics, etc.) . I stated it was inferior in regards to flicking and spine whacks because Reeve said it was abusive and would damage his knife and other makers guaranteed it would not on theirs.bobert said:
I don't have to when the makers say it for me. They are the ones that freaked out when I duplicated the work they used to promote theirs knives and their knife got functionally damaged and then they said that a replacement I would get would be marked accordingly. This is a weak warrenty policy, one of the weakest in fact because the warrenty does not support the marketing claims. You can't claim abuse when you promote a knife doing the work and more extreme besides.
It is all on the forums unless someone deleted it. I just reread it less than a month or so ago. You can check the threads for yourself and see if that seems like a strong warrenty polich for you.BlondieAlmostEdge said:
The warrenty policy they stated is directly inferior. I have damaged other knives duplicating tests makers did, they were replaced without some "idiot" mark because the knives didn't do as promoted. I also didn't get publically attacked for attempting the work.Aniketos said:
Strider has also stated spine whacks against hard targets is abusive with their folders.
Aniketos said:
. I think it is very informative to know exactly where a given knife will fail, and what various knives are capable of taking. I mean you can believe a manufacturer when he says his knives are indestructible, or you can see the knives in action with people like Cliff, who have a fair amount of knowledge concerning steels and their properties, and are able to give an informative, unbiased review of the knife. I am a huge Busse fan, I have seen Busse's broken before..didn't piss me off, any knife can be broken. But when Cliff breaks a knife by testing the knife (chopping through concrete), and the maker has stated that their knife is able to chop through concrete, well then the knife should be replaced no questions asked...I expect a Swamp Rat or Busse would be warranteed no questions asked in this instance, since they perform the concrete chop at various shows across the country. I have never seen Strider chop through a concrete block, and I don't know if they claim that their knives should be able to, but if they make those claims they should warranty without stamping the blade...no questions asked.
