Why buy a STRIDER, specially now?

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mantzao

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Hello,

I've been thinking about a post like this for a while but was afraid it might rub a few the wrong way but due to the resale value increasing i needed to ask it.
I've had two PT's and sold both due to lock rock.
I don't live in the US so by being afraid of customs i sold them without sending them in for warranty.
So now that strider out of business and there is no warranty that i know of, why buy them and most likely at a higher price?
Am i missing something?
 
mantzao said:
Hello,

I've been thinking about a post like this for a while but was afraid it might rub a few the wrong way but due to the resale value increasing i needed to ask it.
I've had two PT's and sold both due to lock rock.
I don't live in the US so by being afraid of customs i sold them without sending them in for warranty.
So now that strider out of business and there is no warranty that i know of, why buy them and most likely at a higher price?
Am i missing something?
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Mick Strider Customs will still do warranty work on them I believe. Another reason, if you like the design.
 
I get that but i believe it's a well known fact that it's a flawed design.
If it doesn't have lock rock it will develop it eventually so that's what i don't understand.
I get the collector value but why sell a flawed design for more?
 
mantzao said:
I get that but i believe it's a well known fact that it's a flawed design.
If it doesn't have lock rock it will develop it eventually so that's what i don't understand.
I get the collector value but why sell a flawed design for more?
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Because Strider knives got such a status that they can sell titanium splinters wrapped in paracord for $100 and people line up for these :eek:
Knives have become a geeky collector's hobby, definitely not based on quality of design but mostly on tacticool or “authenticity” braggin' marketing. Totally irrational market but well it's fun!
 
mantzao said:
I get that but i believe it's a well known fact that it's a flawed design.
If it doesn't have lock rock it will develop it eventually so that's what i don't understand.
I get the collector value but why sell a flawed design for more?
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Collectors have a special logic all their very own . I've seen just the empty boxes for knives and the stuff go for real $$$ at auction . Or junky old toys , etc. :rolleyes:
 
mantzao said:
I get that but i believe it's a well known fact that it's a flawed design.
If it doesn't have lock rock it will develop it eventually so that's what i don't understand.
I get the collector value but why sell a flawed design for more?
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Yes for production striders. Obviously he will be doing work on his customs. I am almost certain I have heard he will continue to do work for production Strider knives from the era before Strider Knives (mick strider and dwayne dwyer) was dissolved. He is still making production grade striders in limited numbers.

The lockrock thing is only an inevitable issue on earlier striders. It is a flaw in the ones that have the heavily radiused concave tang lockface. He corrected it quite a while ago by changing the geometry of the tang lockface to a more straight diagonal one.
 
Lapedog said:
Yes for production striders. Obviously he will be doing work on his customs. I am almost certain I have heard he will continue to do work for production Strider knives from the era before Strider Knives (mick strider and dwayne dwyer) was dissolved. He is still making production grade striders in limited numbers.

The lockrock thing is only an inevitable issue on earlier striders. It is a flaw in the ones that have the heavily radiused concave tang lockface. He corrected it quite a while ago by changing the geometry of the tang lockface to a more straight diagonal one.
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This is my understanding as well.
 
The honest answer is the same answer for why any of us spends the money we do on yet another knife in a collection: aesthetic appeal.

Despite how much I love Strider pattern knives, I would never buy one. My interest doesn’t overrule my disdain for their history of problems, or Burger’s stolen valor episodes.

Still, I can’t look down my nose at a person who buys one, because I have 11 folders in my own collection, despite carrying the same knife 5-6 days/week. My buys are no less ridiculous than anyone else’s.
 
As said the warranty is still covered on the old production knives and they are still making production knives. I personally like the design and have never had this lock rock problem .There are a few tricks to try if you have it, before the need to send it in-often just cleaning surfaces and tightening screws, but sometimes they need to go in.
With that said there is no reason you have to have one and being out of country doesn't make it any easier. Many fine knives out there, but as I said I like the knife(actually SnG-can pass on others without any sacrifice, and I have many preferred knives to the PT )
I also can pass on tiger stripes-many just love them , but I have never gotten it.
 
If you like the style of knives and don't care about proper behavior. Personally I don't see any reason to (knowingly) support the company.
 
As a former U.S Army Paratrooper, serving in both the 1/75 Inf. And the 2/504 P.I.R. I cannot support strider knives
or their overpriced blades. Someone lying about who "they are" would certainly lie about a product they want you to buy.
 
If only M. Strider could come onto the largest online knife community to clarify and put potential customers at ease.

Oh wait..
 
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