they just price them that way! Another couple minutes (and 30 cents worth of Paracord for the handle, and presto. If you think someone is personally shaping and crafting each Strider blade, and then carefully heat-treating each one individually, you’re WRONG. A further few minutes is likely spent doing final fit and finish before sending these out for mass heat treatment. SilverSneakers members can: Access live online fitness classes and an. Either of these steel options, even on the largest blade that Strider offers, uses less than $10 worth of steel (especially in the quantities that Strider is peddling away to an unsuspecting and gullible public).Įach blade takes less than a minute to water jet the shape, and a couple more minutes to CNC cut the angles. All Otf MembersOffice: Texan Knives 24022 Loop 494 Suite B Porter, Texas 77365. From the introduction of the checkered Kraton® handles, and the Americanized Tanto blade, to the inclusion of innovative new blade steels like San Mai III® and game-changing locking mechanisms. These are relatively durable, but any metallurgist worth a **** will tell you that these are no match for a good, carbon steel that has been properly heat treated. Cold Steel has pioneered new materials and designs that have helped to shape the world of the modern knife, edged weapons and tools. They also offer the latest fad in steel, which is BG-42, another decent grade of stainless. If someone wanted an SnG or whatever they would have to get a custom from MSC or Dwayne Dwyer. Wide range of pocketknives for everyday carrying, camping, hiking, hunting, work, and more. I heard at first that the production knives (SnG, folders, fixed blades) were going to be discontinued. Get innovative technologies, top style, and quality materials. Apparently due to a falling out between McBurger and Dwayne Dwyer. A Strider is a CNC machined, mass produced blade made from ATS-34, a decent, but relatively cheap tool-grade stainless. Ok so I am confused I saw the statement that Strider Knives was closing down. that is, if the “effect” they were going for was ease of manufacturing in mass quantities. On smaller rope the relative performance of the blades will become closer together, they will pretty much equal once the diameter of the rope is less than the width of the edge on the Boye hunter.

Just wondering if any of you can confirm this.įirst, I will stipulate that the Strider has an extremely EFFECTIVE design. The the rope cutting shows a similar performance ranking as light wood cutting. This announcement is following right on the heels of another statement, also via social media, that Strider Knives would be shuttering its doors.

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