![]() 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 Various Strider designs have met and exceeded the requirements in each of these fields.Story - It took quite some time before I've acquired my first Strider knife. The background of Strider Knives founders enables the company to assess requirements in diverse fields ranging from the average line soldier/marine through special operations, law enforcement and hunting to commercial diving. Others are simply the company's ability to look at a potential work environment and design a prototype to be tested and assessed by the workers of that environment. Many of Striders available edged tools are drawn from customer's specific design requirements. The initial goal having been met, Strider Knives found a ready market for custom-edged weapons and tools with the same component quality requirements as the first highly successful field knives. The initial goal was to provide a field service knife constructed with the finest components available, yet affordable to the average enlisted man and within his maintenance abilities. The company was founded and is currently operated by former military personnel. Strider Knives is a privately owned and operated company devoted solely to the development and construction of edged tools designed to survive use in the harshest of conditions. Mick’s entry, an incredible integral knife made out of ½” titanium stock with a zippered composite blade, gorgeous handles, and integral guard was the unanimous winner, and effectively retired the competition. At the 2002 Blade Show, a group of the best tactical knifemakers in the country decided to compete with each other to produce the most innovative and interesting fixed “battle blade” at the show. Mick also worked on his technical skills, always striving to become better at the physical craft. ![]() ![]() It drew on the weapons carried by Roman legionnaires, yet was modern and usable in the 21stCentury battlefield. An example of this was the Ajax – it featured a very wide blade surface clearly designed to inflict damage. But constant in all of them was a disregard for convention, and a desire to try new ideas. His knife line grew over the following years to include different varieties of fixed blades, all distinctive and many with specialized uses. For instance, he was not the first to wrap a knife handle with paracord, but he was the first to do it in a way that was tough enough for sustained infantry use. Mick sampled some good ideas, but made them great. ![]() Soldiers, policemen, and other men going into harm’s way couldn’t buy them fast enough. No one carrying a Strider knife was going to be spotted because of sunlight glinting off of polished steel or a glossy leather sheath. These knives were the first indication of his innovative approach: in addition to their utilitarian design, the knives carried a subdued finish and subdued sheaths. The knives he made didn’t look like the hunter-inspired knives seen in most PXs instead they were almost brutish in their functionality: beefy, solid, and with unbreakable ¼” stock full tangs. He started with a tabula rasa, a clean slate, informed only by his own experiences and knowledge of what a soldier needed in a knife. Mick’s approach was to not get burdened by the weight of past designs. This turned out to be fortunate turn of events, both for Mick and for the knife using world at large. In 1988, he began making specialized knives for use by the military.
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