A strider is also featured in the Netflix series “Love, Death & Robots”

Also, some people make slight lockstick waaaaaay worse than it actually is. Like, I've had a knife that I couldn't unlock with 2 hands using full force. I needed a separate tool entirely to unlock it. Ever since that experience I don't trip over slight lockstick, it's a feature not a failure unless you need to pry it open.

I have two off the rack SMFs, but a performance series is next in my queue. You also may have noticed, in Terminal List, Chris Pratt was also rocking a pair of Winkler hawks, at around $900 each. Someone in the know brought the props in.

Awesome video man! Super cool to see that in terminal list which was an epic show! If you’re going to blade show….just swing up here into the Arctic and enjoy the sun zero temps lol

Congrats on the Striders. They are amazing knives. And have fun with the customs it a whole new world but they are amazing also.

Just purchased mine new on the secondary market...how to say this, I paid a ridiculous amount because like you, I was going dow the rabbit hole.From the first opening.... lock stick, OK check the pivot tension and then the pivot play...the blade in the 45% moved back and forth, there was a huge pivot gap. Took it apart and measured it Pivot OD 261.35 mm ID 261.52 a diff of 0.17 mm. Called Strider and they said no problem send it in RMA was given to me. Cool you might think, now I am in Australia and I need to ship return warranty thru US customs and Aussie customs without paying duty, my god the paper work! So for now my fix was packing the 0.17mm with high compression grease and keep the lock bar dry, sort of works OK for now.

Super dope knife dude! Great review!

[3:03] Top-tier transition! Wow

Great video, keep em coming!

Did you get this on their website? Seems like that’s the best place to get them. I’ve seen a few on southern edges, too.

Definitely pretty awesome! Great video 👍

Love the spear grinds. I have a stonewashed in RWL 34 and she's as pretty as she is functional

I'll be at blade show!!!!!!! Great video Rikki!

This is a long shot but I just scored a Blacked Out Performance series SMF from Bladeshow 2023 but I personally would prefer a Tiger Stripe. Any chance you'd be interested in a trade?

Hey Rikki! Congrats on this beautiful SMF! Be assured, if you need to get heavy work done, you just can't go wrong! But also awesome EDCs!

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I'm sure they make it in other steels, and at $750 it doesn't matter what steel you put on it. You're not paying for material costs you're paying for the make, but still. CPM 154 on a premium production knife in the year of our Lord 2023. That's some basic b!tch stuff right there.

Too many issues qc wise, scrap steel, and impossible too get plus way over priced, and the checkered past of mick.....ill stick with my CRK and Hinderer. Enjoy your knife!