General, grind lines are even, edges are nicely rounded. Their remarks regarding the handle ergonomics, I wasn't really expecting MH to be that much comfortable in hand, rather the opposite, but it is :) That was a nice surprise. After all I've heard of Striders, including Built like a tank, very tough and solid, MH can, and will take a lot of use and abuse. Personally find much more useful than tanto. Knife is different types of cutting after all, including chopping may be, so the the knife is rather blade heavy, and more traditional clip point is used, instead of tanto. General - Simply put, Strider MH a very beautiful knife :) It is designed as a field knife, thus certain specifics in the design. The improvement will be, probably not very significant, but I think it's worth a try :)
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It's been several month from then and surrently I am trying to work with Strider guys to get another MH made of BG-42 steel anyways, at this time to make comparison :) In the end BG-42 is a better steel, I believe Mr.īoss will treat it well, and eventually I can get a little bit thinner edge on the knife, without compromising the edge strength, plus increasing the cutting. Unfortunately, G10 handles are incompatible with tigerstripe coating, (read details below, in the Handle section) so I've had to settle with Questions I've emailed were answered promptly and in timely manner :) After handling most of the Strider blades I've changed my mind one more time & decided to get MH model, with They are really nice people to deal with, in person or with the email, all the Gun Show in cow palace, I've met with David and Bibiana of Oso Grande Knife And Tool Company. Then, the problem was which one to get :) I was contemplating for a while, decided to buy MT model, but in 01/01 at SF Heat treated by Paul Boss, which by common opinion is one of the best in that(heat treatment) business, I've changed my mind & decided to go with ATS-34, after all that is However the project got delayed, then after exchanging emails with more knowledgeable people than myself, and taking into consideration fact that all the Strider knives are BG-42 is used by Strider in their folders and sometimes for custom
I've been told that they'd have to make a custom one. Show in September, and asked about the knife made of BG-42. I've met Strider guys at BAKCA(now almost defunct) 2000 annual knife Get a knife from Strider and check it out myself, I wanted BG-42 blade, instead of Strider's standard ATS-34. I've been disappointed with ATS-34/154CM several times, with different manufacturers, thus I've had my reasons to think twice.
However, I did have strong opinion against ATS-34 Strider knives were made (I still do basically, but not the one
First time I've heard of Strider knives was again on Cliff Stamp's website, where he Story - It took quite some time before I've acquired my first Strider knife.
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