Strider FAQ

  1. What is the Trisula and how is it used?
  2. Why does the G10 overlap the tang on the EB Series?
  3. Reasoning behind the fixed blade thumb notch orientation?
  4. What are the Super Six knives?
  5. What is the difference between the WB and BT?
  6. What is a SLCC?
  7. How do you hold the SLCC?
  8. What are the carry options for the SLCC?
  9. What is the purpose of the holes in the SLCC?
  10. What are the different Strider karambits?

1. What is the Trisula and how is it used?

The Trisula is a tool / technique taught by Guro Inosanto through Steve Tarani. It has applications which when used correctly are very effective. It’s basically a flesh scraper. You use the back edge to ride up the side of the forearm, filleting the flesh from the bone. When the back edge of the knife hits the elbow, your hand will flip the knife to the primary edge and sever the triceps.

 

Or another way: Picture stropping a knife, the spine of the knife is going away from you (trisula edge) when you run out of leather on the strop, instead of flipping the knife and stropping it the other way, you continue to cut in the same direction with normal edge. The elbow forces the trisula edge to stop, but the momentum will allow you, instead of stopping,to pivot the knife and continue cutting.

 

And yet another description: I have my knife in my right hand, thumb up and off of the handle. I trap BG's right wrist in between the back of the blade and my thumb.

(Kind of like chopsticks my right hand thumb is one, the back of blade is the other). Slide the back of the blade up inside of the arm up, digging in as you go (filleting), when it hits your elbow bone, there is still upward momentum, so the blade flips (picture a bike going fast and slamming on the front brake) the edge then continues up cutting whatever is in its way.

 

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2. Why does the G10 overlap the tang on the EB Series?

Per Mick Strider: "I made them that way because they were designed to be used by guys wearing flight gloves.

When we take the fight to the badguy.....we usually wear flight gloves.....the handle allows the glove or hand to smash into the handle and gives you much more grip friction surface.

This was a design that was first used in CQB applications…..the pilots came later."

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3. Reasoning behind the fixed blade thumb notch orientation?

Per Rob @ Strider Knives: "On the folders and smaller blades (read: DB-L, SA, DB, EB series) we place the thumb notch on the side opposite the primary edge, so that when held in an edge-up grip the notch rests more comfortably in the palm of your hand.

This practice eventually found its way to the Mod10 sized knives.

On full size fixed blades we place the thumb notch on the same size as the primary edge, so when held in a blade down/edge in grip, the thumb can comfortably rest on it.

Placing the thumb on the notch is ones personal preference. It also serves as an index point when sheathed."

Per Mick Strider:  "Rob nailed it!

Its a question of angles of leverage against your hand. If we were to flip it on the larger knives, you couldn’t get any leverage when you worked the knife…..you would build a hot spot on your hand very quickly.

Though it IS comfortable….that little angle doesn’t really have anything to do with your thumb in reverse grip…not on purpose any way….when I design a knife I use my own hands as reference, and when I hold a knife in reverse grip I go edge in…..which puts the ramp on the far side of the knife…."

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4. What are the Super Six knives?

The first Strider fixed blade models: MT, BT, WB, BG, MH, and GS.

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5. What is the difference between the WB and BT?

Per Mick Strider: "The BT's cutting edge is parallel to the center line of the knife.  The WB's cutting edge has a rise of .250 from choil to tip."

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6. What is a SLCC?

The SLCC (S.lim L.ine C.oncealed C.arry) is a Mick Strider Custom neck knife. There are many different variations of the SLCC due to material, grind, size and thickness.

 

Materials:          
BG42
S30V
Ti
6k
G10 
Grinds:
Full Bevel Grind
Nightmare Tanto
Nightmare Recurve
Recurve (no Nightmare grind)
 Size:
Normal = ~3.5" blade
XL = ~4.5-4.75" blade

 Thickness:
Thin Stock = ~0.125"
Thick Stock = ~0.190"

 

 

Examples of the SLCC:

SLCC Full Bevel Grind
(Photos by SkarpKniv on USN)
SLCC Full Bevel Grind

SLCC Nightmare Recurve
(Photo by ????? on USN)

SLCC Nightmare Tanto
(Photo by HKSIG45)

SLCC Recurves (Black-Thick Stock,
Tiger Striped-Thin Stock)
Photo by HKSIG45)

SLCC XL Ti Nightmare Tanto
(Photo by Junior on USN)

SLCC XL Ti Nightmare Tanto (top),
SLCC XL Ti Recurve (bottom), Frontsight / Strider Ti Hybrid HAK (right)
(Photo by Mick Strider)

SLCC XL 6k Nightmare Recurve
(Photo by Huswald on USN)

SLCC 6k Nightmare Tanto
(Photo by 4UND on USN)

SLCC G10 Nightmare Tanto
(Photo by Mick Strider)

 

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7. How do you hold the SLCC?

Pictures are worth a thousand words.....
(Photos by SkarpKniv on USN)

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8. What are the carry options for the SLCC?


Static Cord:
Static Cord carry is a IWB carry technique. You create a loop with your paracord and run that through an eyelet of your sheath near the top, tie off that end. Than run the loop over your pants and have your belt go through that loop. By using a bicycle innertube and wrapping that around your sheath, you can keep the sheath from shifting around too much.

You can also use Static Cord carry and place the sheath in your pocket.

Paracord Belt Carry between Belt & Pants:
(Description & Photos by Wire Edge on USN)
Run paracord thru the same eyelet on your sheath in opposite directions. Run your belt thru the loop. Tight the paracord, tie a knot in each of the loose ends so they don't pull back through the eyelet, burn the ends of the paracord.

IWB pull dot loop:
(Description and Photos by Wali on USN)
IBW pull dot loop is a premade loop made of rubber, that you attach to your sheath via Chicago screws. They also have snap fasteners to make removal easy.
Google IWB Pull-the-dot, to find various resellers.

Tek-Lok:
Tek-Lok is attached to your sheath via screws. The system is than attached to your belt. The advantage of a tek-lok is that because of the row of holes on it, you can position your sheath in any configuration in a 360 circle.

available at Blue Line Gear.

Neck Carry:
Using paracord, run it through either one eyelet or two in your sheath (two will stabilize it better). Than place it where you want to grab it tie off the cord around your neck and cut off the excess and burn the ends. Your could also use ballchain, it's recommended to use gutted paracord around the ball chain to keep the sheath from shifting.

Discreet Pocket Carry w/ Static Cord:

(Idea & Photos by Universible on BadlandsForums)
Connect a Bro-Clip to the bottom of the SLCC sheath and connect a Ripp-Cord to the top of the SLCC sheath. Attach the Bro Clip to the bottom of your pocket and the Ripp-Cord to the top of you pocket. The Bro Clip holds the sheath at the bottom of the pocket, and the Ripp-Cord is setup to be a stop for the sheath, the Ripp-Cord also stops the pocket from turning inside out when deploying the SLCC.

Merc Harness by Mercop:
(Description & Photos by Mercop on USN)
The Merc Harness is a revolutionary new way to carry your fixed blades concealed under nothing more that a t-shirt. It can be used with any knife that has a kydex sheath with eyelets. The Merc Harness is a shoulder holster made of mil spec parachute cord.
More info regarding the Merc Harness can be found on MerCop's website.

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9. What is the purpose of the holes in the SLCC?

The large hole is for weight reduction, the small hole is for lanyard attachment. The holes are not used for deployment.

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10. What are the different Strider karambits?

Strider makes three sizes of karambits, the HS, the PS and the MB. Mick Strider has also made some custom karambits using Stellite 6k and Titanium. The MSC Titanium karambits are marked with a '22' as Titanium is element 22 on the periodic table, less then 10 MSC Titanium karambits have been made.

Size Comparison 

HS

PS

MB

Overall Length

8.25"

7.25"

9.25"

Blade Length

3.75"

2.75"

5.50"

Blade Thickness

.190"

.190"

.190"

Blade Material

S30V

S30V

S30V

Handle Material

Black or Green-Black G10

Black G10

Black G10>

Safety Ring inside diameter

1.00"

1.00"

1.00"

Strider HS (top) and Strider PS (bottom) comparison photo
(Photo by Mach1 on USN)

MSC Titanium PS
(Photo by ????? on USN)

MSC Stellite 6k PS
(Photo by M.Olexey on USN)

 

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