#Strider knives military discount code
#Strider knives military discount series

Well upon initial approach I was warmly greeted by the Cold Steel res behind the booth. Seeing as BLADE was just around the corner I figured I would take it with me to the Cold Steel booth and inquire if they could fix it. After years of camping use and trimming back limbs my Cold Steel Kuhkri was notched & dull beyond my ability to do anything. In fact the only design Cold Steel has that credits a knifemaker in it's name, that I can think of, is the Barry Dawson Spike.Īll the above really soured my viewpoint towards Cold Steel and their knives.

#Strider knives military discount series

The locking mechanism on the Recon series is pretty close to Benchmade's Axis Lock. The Black Talon looks a heck of a lot like a Spyderco Civilian. The Black Sable bears more than a passing resemblence to a custom knife by Brian Tighe. The AK-47 used a round about way to borrow Ernest Emerson's Wave device. Their Twistmaster was copied from Opinel. The Cold Steel Tanto, their initial claim to fame, was taken from developments by knife-maker Bob Lum. During this time I also found out about how Cold Steel liked to use innovations developed by other knife makers without giving credit. Eventually it all blew over because Cold Steel never took up the challenge and they finally stopped their mud-slinging. Also during this time Cold Steel spent ad copy making snide remarks toward Busse. During this time Jerry Busse from Busse knives challenged Lynn Thompson & Cold Steel to put their Trailmaster up against Busse's Battle Mistress - Cold Steel never took up the gauntlet. At the same time the quality was going down, the over-hyped videos were flooding the market and the Cold Steel Trailmaster was being touted as the toughest knife out there.

#Strider knives military discount code

'Carbon V' is code for whatever steel that Camillius was making for Cold Steel, and it originally was a form of 52100 but was later changed to a lesser carbon steel. Then over the years I noticed their knives go down in quality, namely in the 'Carbon V' steel. I still own one of the early Cold Steel Kuhkris and it's a good brush knife. I bought a few of them and they worked well. When I became really interested in knives back around 1986, Cold Steel knives were the big market out there. Here is a take on the subject from this Disabled Veteran & Knife Aficionado. Truth is, if I really wanted to I could probably find reasons to boycott just about any knife company including Spyderco. I have a feeling this could be a result of frustration on LT's part as a result of many things including his being maligned in the community, and the fact that one of his major producers just went out of business and left him with a big hole in his product line. Too some, this will make LT look bad, too some it will make MS look bad, and many more probably just won't care.

If you don't like what he does, don't buy his product. LT can conduct business any way he chooses, and face the results of it. Strider makes a unique product in that there are few others making anything similar (at least that I know of). Therefore, I doubt that this latest release from LT will have much effect on Strider's market.

These accusations are 'old news', and I'm sure that most Strider fans are well aware of them. A few years ago, I started reading some of the stuff regarding this subject and decided it was too tiring to care about.