Necessary on the heavy-duty knife, but anyways. So, I've lowered the angle to 25 degrees, and polished it too. The little bit thinner edge would improve cutting performance, without degrading the edge strength. 25" Strider standard thick), but I thought I considered it somewhat thick for the knife of this size & width (though MH is. Out of the box, MH had a fairly thick edge, I've measured it with using Edge-Pro Apex sharpening system+Magic Marker ), or another tool maybe, a chisel for example. If you need something stronger, (probably you should be looking for the tanto) then Strider has plenty of tantos in the menu Strength for most of the cutting/stabbing applications. The long clip point, while it may not be as strong as tanto point, still has plenty of MH is quite blade heavy, and as you can see on the picture it has a lot of belly. MH is gonna do either well, or very well for all sorts of the tasks such as: chopping, slicing, fine cutting,Įtc. Geometry a lot, besides exceptionally sexy looks, it's very functional. Long clip point, saber grind, bead blasted blade, made of ATS-34, heat treated by Paul Boss himself ) I like MH blade Well, Strider's reputation is well deserved apparently.īlade - blade length, 6¼ inches total. The sheath is really worth mentioning :) High quality, multi-carry, Kydex sheath, with extra pocket on it, to accomodite your favorite favorite multitool, or sharpener, or whatever else you have in mind ) I didn't find anyĭefects of flaws in the knife. 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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