What Not To Do With Your New Strider SMF

The day after you get your new Srider SMF with Double Gunner Grips make sure and do the OPPOSITE of what is in this video.

[@havoc996]

It's great to see someone admit their faults and not let their ego get in the way. Bravo sir and even more so for posting what happened to help other people before they make the same mistakes. At least it's not a firearm! I've seen unimaginable home jobs on AR's that were awful and dangerous. Keep making videos hopefully not of mistakes you had to go through though.

[@TheMaylo78]

Expensive knife with several problems, thank God I fixed mine myself and it worked, the most prominent problem was blade play up & down, thank God it was correct

[@everydaybladesinc]

A lot of us have gone down a similar rabbit hole on a high end knife. Valuable lessons.

[@pauldragosljvich9796]

I usually run steaming hot water over the knife to "melt" the Loctite...Makes it a ton easier to disassemble. Great video, as usual.

[@Hellbrokeluce]

Dude, rule no. 1: Don't fiddle! Rule no. 2: If it aint broke, dont fix it! As a knife nut these two rules have served me well over the years. ;)

[@jasonevans8038]

Ha just watched this, and I have to say you successfully voided every warranty that strider has.sound like something I would do.

[@edged_mindset]

🤣

[@simonize251]

Dude never admit this again!

[@AlexCell33]

Hahaha this is nothing.... a few months a go i got a Spartan Blades Enyo and the first day it came i thought it wasn't sharp so i tried to sharpen it...made it insanely dull so in anger i found some guy on craigslist who had a "shop"...turned out to be some middle eastern dude with a grinder in his basement. I let him try to sharpen it out of inpatient he made it sharp but completely ruined the finish so i started freaking out on the way home and through the knife into a river....Yeah i know.

[@markw7303]

your a fuckin angry moron :)

[@markw7303]

Mark W sorry i meant passionate idiot

[@eqlzr2]

The zen in this video is cosmic and should be required viewing by every young (and old) genius on the planet. Thanks.

[@InfoRations]

Love the comments of some of these holier than thou. Many a genius has been supplanted by the late night OCD Jekyll . Thanks for being real in a world of fakes brother.....

[@jayv81]

Yes that is correct the whole pivot turns. It is tight within its self. Thanks for the reply. Keep up the great videos. Enjoy watching them

[@WeAllJuggleKnives]

Most frightening Halloween season video by far, for us knife lovers!

[@JRHeikk]

I got a fever... and the only prescription is MORE DREMEL!!!

[@nickklassen]

This is why your don’t mess with your knives and never modify or do anything without the correct tool . Don’t cheap out on tools on high end gadgets .

[@knivesandstuff]

I think the biggest issue a lot of people are ignoring when they decided to loosen their lock-bar, or tighten it is that the ti, just like steel can be bent and have a memory and be springy, but to do this it stresses the steel/ti. when you push it back the other way past that point again you are adding micro stress fractures to the bend/spring area which will eventually lead to a bad failure if you keep doing it.

[@jasona5745]

I would not expect strider to fix these issues. they will fix things they did wrong, not with customer caused issues. I have three striders and have never done anything to them and they all work great!

[@1snowreaper]

lol.... your nuts man. But I feel your pain. I just got a DGG SNG and have been using various tools to try to loosen the pivot. Needless to say my pivot is all scratched up now but everything else is fine. Glad you got everything working out.

[@fabricator535]

i use a butane sodiering iron let it heat up then place it in front hole in pivot.. once hot i use spanner tool and 1/8 hex loctite breaks free with zero damage and heart aches just a tip

[@voodoo7008]

I don’t loctite my knives, or jack them in any way. I’m not an engineer, and figure that a lot of time was put into designing them. I just break them in, and tighten, or adjust when needed. That being said, I wish I could get my hands on an SMF for retail. This is good info though.

[@edged_mindset]

Thank you

[@voodoo7008]

I sent an SMF in for detent adjust. Damn thing would come open in my pocket. All good now.

[@edged_mindset]

@@voodoo7008 👊👊👊

[@everydaybladesinc]

I never put a drop of loctite on my knives until it’s completely broke in. If I do use loctite it’s a micro drop.

[@SgtKong]

Hold on boyz, were going for a ride!!!

[@fredde90210]

""It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror. Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and mortal terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies."" What a nightmare...feel sorry for you.

[@TheKnifeGuy]

Get a replacement pivot screw off counterfeit or Chinese clone SMF, some of the good counterfeits can be used for those parts...

[@dirtyboysbandmcarty4039]

Glad to know I'm not alone in our insanity...love your honesty bro

[@Chris1992usa]

I have definitely had some of those long nights -- with many things besides knives! Ha ha. I'm glad you came through it.

[@bankmind80]

If you send it in to Strider and request them to replace the pivot screw with a new one...they will do so for a charge of $10 for the screw. I had to do that with my first SNG because I stripped the screw. Email Josh and he will take care if it...if your willing to part with your SMF for 2 to 3 weeks.

[@mongomondomongo]

The two SnGs I bought came with loctite on the pivot straight from the factory.

[@edged_mindset]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@ChinookOutdoors]

Oh man that's a very shitty series of events! I'm happy you got it back to working condition! Good advice ;)

[@TheTNK97]

This is completely random..BUT the Buck Vantage Pro looks similar to the Striders, but a lot cheaper, and they're made in S30V. It's about $60

[@asilaydying1984]

sounds like me I obsess about stuff and can not relax till its done

[@48moto]

I see that you are done putting loctite on your hardware but if you have that issue ever again use a soldering iron (heated obviously) and touch it to the bolts to heat them and break the loctite free, it works well and does no damage. I have a Shimano tool for bicycle chainring bolts that works better than any of the so called tools for Strider pivots out there. Just sayin, I'm sure you are not the first or last person who is going to fiddle with one

[@YelofYort]

This just goes to show how tough and resilient striders are even to their owners stupidity lol

[@nerv5th]

Still love those old strider videos !

[@ZMixin]

#2 is, you can force a screwdriver with a rag over it, beteen the grips and twist slightly, to pull the bushing into the G10. IT WILL GRAB. Hasn't failed me yet. If you can maintain the torque on the screw driver, while you used the torx driver on the screw, after having heated it up a bit, you will unscrew it. Guaranteed. Just don't torque so hard on the screwdriver that you ding or crack the G10 or titanium.

[@RealBushMonkey]

maybe holding a soldering gun or wood burner to the screws would transfer the heat to the lock tite and soften it or cause some expansion to break the seal?

[@dannyksmith304]

This is a very good video, you are to be commended for telling your screwup. So few of us will do that, but I have done the same type of foolishness! Sorry for the little screw up there but it happens.

[@wolfdna788]

I’m an idiot .066% of a day which is about a minute a day of absolute dumbassness and I can’t get rid of it. 30 minutes a month of horrific stupidity comes from me.

[@edged_mindset]

🤣🤣🤣

[@edged_mindset]

@mongomondomongo This one had a little on there, where I first took it apart the opposidte side grabbed on the G10 enouph to allow me to break it, but after a while the g10 wore enouph to allow it to spin after I reapplied too much.

[@nerv5th]

Love this old videos brother !

[@GunWebsites]

Great story.. what an adventure I would be lying if I said I never did something like that (more than once), LOL

[@edged_mindset]

Better than a class C right?

[@thenextarcher]

its refusing to let me load it O.o...

[@thomasfedrich9116]

You must have some balls to admit to a fuck up like that. I'm glad you figured out a fix and redeemed yourself.

[@Rudemustang1]

Dude sounds like alot of stress....bro glad you got it back in order!!

[@Unlimited1Ups]

Been there many times, man. I absolutely hate that feeling you get when you've made the original problem worse by rushing into a quick solution.

[@edged_mindset]

Cool thanks bro

[@ZMixin]

Yea, wtf is wrong everyone. Why watch a vid to complain about it? If have you don't have anything nice to say... I have done exactly this same thing. Two tips. First, Loctite responds to heat, by softening. Use a lighter under the screw/bolt you need to losen, for maybe 8 to 10 seconds, and you will be able to unscrew it...even the red Loctite.

[@BrothersCinco]

Why people would EVER take pressure off a lock bar is beyond me....if anything more pressure is usually better

[@jayv81]

I just got my first Strider a aluminum SMF. After about 5 days of use I noticed the pivot screw spins freely. Wanted to see if this was normal.

[@JRaptorCQC]

I always liked your reveiws Carter, but now I am wondering wtf! I wouldn't even have put this video up. Crazy!

[@edged_mindset]

@WeAllJuggleKnives amen to that

[@TheRealConflictedGaming]

Never done it to such an expensive knife but I've had a couple knives totaling a few hundred I felt the need to destroy by improving their designs

[@gunsNmoses]

Haha when you get to the dremel to the blade tang part I felt like throwing up LOL too much - sounds like something I would do. At least it's good now lulz

[@garyturner5785]

Remember when this happened 😢

[@edged_mindset]

🤣🤣🤣

[@thenextarcher]

@GMGvanS its working now.

[@edged_mindset]

@bankmind80 Already sent it in and got it back with a brand new pivot screw!

[@NaihanchinKempo]

lol i feel for ya man i couldn't leave my Sabenza along ans scratched the handle on a the pattern then decided to hand rub the handle ..i stopped at that point before i really f'ed it up

[@derek9895]

Does that SMF say the blade steel on it? Just curious.

[@TheKnifeGuy]

most of the time it does, varies from batch to batch when it was produced.

[@edged_mindset]

@KiloSierraAlpha I think so man.

[@edged_mindset]

@asilaydying1984 Always gets me in trouble. I need to learn to take a breather, think about things, and take my time.

[@claudiohysi9203]

Can strider fix a free spinning pivot if i pay them?

[@edged_mindset]

Just get a tool and unscrew it

[@claudiohysi9203]

@@edged_mindset you mean to tighten it?

[@edged_mindset]

@@claudiohysi9203 I assume you are trying to take it apart? The pivot assembly is supposed to free spin. I guess Inam unclear on what your issue is

[@edged_mindset]

Have you checked out monkeyedge or truenorthknives? I beleive they have some

[@MrShredder183]

Dang bro well you still have this thing did you ever get what you needed for it if not I can hook you up in the right place

[@edged_mindset]

I am an exper Strider dissasembler now

[@MrShredder183]

@@edged_mindset I heard that boss

[@edged_mindset]

@@MrShredder183 😃

[@markkim1010]

call it a "moment", there after, everything goes wrong...

[@edged_mindset]

@HKYEW Bingo!

[@shogekimura]

haha this is hilarious and so familiar I'm the exact same way

[@Smokin07ram]

Hey man, Every guy does shit like this...Not necessarily to a brand new 500.00 knife , but hey it happens. I admit I cringed like hell, but you are one very straight shooting dude! Want to run for president? :)

[@edged_mindset]

You mean the whole pivot will turn? That's normal.

[@edged_mindset]

@thenextarcher I shot off some e-mails asking if they can send me a new one, if I can buy one, or if I should send it in.....not a word back. Sent it to Mick, Duane, and another employee

[@NeptuneKnives]

ur crazy man lol you should just tinker w cold steels to save urself money!

[@konkelkent]

Whats the specs on it?:)

[@airsoftgunsandknives]

Old video, but I can't find a DGG SMF anywhere!!!! Halp please?

[@thenextarcher]

Um... Strider has the best warranty of any knife company. You could have just sent it in to them.haha

[@edged_mindset]

LOL, yeah bro

[@Hiluxtaco]

It sounds like you had a major OCD attack with this knife.. lol

[@99GrandAM3400]

Your story makes me laugh, not at how you make an ughto, but how you were explaining the list of events. Most expensive knife i have is a large carbon fiber sebenza 21, i would probably throw it out if that happened lol. How do you feel about the knife now?

[@edged_mindset]

@Smokin07ram Thanks man. And done, consider me president!

[@StellarBlue1]

I WOULD love to say that I only screwed up one (1) knife in a similar fashion. THAT would be a bald-faced lie. Your knife actually survived your screw up and that is commendable. When I try to improve on the design, the knife in question is usually DOA. My third drawer down is a graveyard of knifes that I truly believed needed improvement upon arrival. Like you, I could never wait or sleep on the problem. No, I had to kill the patient immediately. We have all been there, done that.

[@Prometheus1111]

i know how it feels when you start doing something then you later wish you had never touched it.

[@swib6993]

Heat it up with a torch

[@edged_mindset]

@THE13EARJEW Sweet! Ill have to scope it out

[@edged_mindset]

Oh buddy! Epoxy!

[@edged_mindset]

@MiGAngeI Second day actually.

[@edged_mindset]

@fredde90210 Awesome quote man!

[@TheTNK97]

@xiuxiu1313 Anything to keep your knife videos up lol.

[@GearObsession]

★★★★★

[@ronnievanruth2637]

Oh my god just take a container with boiled water next time and it should loosen up nicely . Pfffff take a torch to it never do that

[@SnwBrdFrvr]

i cringed when u said u ground the blade lockup portion. your lucky you didn't ruin this knife. and that my friend is why strider among others get pissy when u take your knives apart. although i hate that rule i get it

[@beck4218]

Necro.

[@troman5000]

I know a guy that uses a flamethrower!!! LOFL

[@georgehafidz7486]

have you ever taken an iq test?

[@samholt2062]

Im the same way it must be a guy thing

[@MPerry-ox9qb]

Going on four years and I bet you're still bummed. At this price level I would expect the maker would fix any problems.

[@PickleishBILL]

Striders are overrated