Strider is no longer in commercial production, but still makes customs. Oh well.Īre they collectible, yes, any knife collector who wants that particular knife because of what it is and who made it will pay money for it. Other makers were equally egregious about issues in their life but nope, Strider took the brunt of it. When it broke out on Bladeforums there was a lot of peppered Angus. Many people have strong opinions going either way but (my advice) look more toward the folks that had knowledge of that company since the beginning. Oddly enough, Darryl Bolke (thick like thieves) bought a couple of my rarer ones : / You will still find a small group of "Striderettes" that defend them. I was an early supporter, but like many, the Stolen Valor issues were the end of it. I owned (and used) several of their blades from 1999 - 2004 but dumped them at no loss when this whole debacle started to unravel. Add to this an early partnership of sorts with SOE's founder John Willis back when they operated shops out of the Oceanside area, you get where this is going?! Both produced "altered" DD214's on forums and websites. Dwyer could never really show proof (or chose not to) to back up his S/S claims, fell back on the "My Classified Records are sealed" line numerous times. There were some glaringly outlandish claims! This can be found with some simple Google searching. Mick was completely full of shit for the first 10 or so years of operation of Strider Knives about his Military service, now he is pretty silent about it. Their small yet rabid fanbase will buy them up.īoth the main operators of Strider, Mickey Ray Burger (Mick Strider) and Duane Dwyer, were outted years ago on a bunch of false Military Service claims.
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