#Strider knives reviews how to#

I got some great pics of the new lock face. No spanner tool is required but if you own the tool it will still work.

It can be adjusted with a large flat head screw driver. The new large bull pivot is a better design than the SNG/SMF. The smaller washer is the same size used on the SNG. There is two different sizes on the knife. The stop pin is secured deep in both sides of the frame. I already took the SJ-75 apart to see how it was made and clean it up. Some of my Trail Gear that rides along with my knife.

#Strider knives reviews how to#

Mick Strider knows how to build knives and the SJ-75 hits a home run. I see the new Strider SJ-75 as a better slicing knife and a more updated EDC design. This knife has teeth and is a slashing thruster that could easily be called in for fighting if need be. This knife would be just as at home on a soldier or in the woods with a hunter or for the every mans EDC. This is like saying a Badger makes a better house pet than a Pit bull because it is smaller. Its razor edge ought to slice effortlessly though thick meat.Ĭalling this knife a 'gentleman's knife' is ridiculous unless your gentleman is Rambo. I field dress a lot of deer each year and the design of the SJ-75 looks to be a perfect skinning knife. I plan on using this knife in the woods as well as EDC. This pivot is over sized for the SMF so it is ridiculously over built for the SJ-75. It uses the same over sized bull pivot as the SMF and SNG. The strength of this knife is not to be questioned. To me it looks like a modern Cave man knife with a wide flat piece of flint napped and stuck into a stick. I love simplicity of the design of this knife. Once again the ergonomics are perfect and obviously feels like a Strider design. The blade is fat enough and swells much higher than the handle that your thumb will never slip over the top of the blade. The design of this knife doesn't need jimping. Its cool and adds grip on the top of the blade. The blade, titanium frame, and G-10 has a spine design filed into them. This is right up there with my PM2 Sprint M390. The knife was one of the sharpest knife I have seen right out of the box. It slices through heavy rope like a razor blade. It allows a very sharp pointy tip but still keeps a strong thick spine for strength. The blade shape is a wide leaf style with a hollow grind going up 1/2 to 3/4 of the blade getting wider toward the tip. This makes cleaning the knife much easier and lighter. The SJ-75 has a flow through design which I love. The blade now has a flat diagonal cut instead of the radius that could be sticky or loosen up after a lot of wear. What Mick did was to take away the radius on the bottom of the blade where the lock face touches the blade. No blade play in any direction and lock-up is never gonna be a issue. It is perfect and requires no break in period. The next big news is the SJ-75 is the first to use Mick Striders new lock design. Look at the SJ-75 wrong and its CPM S35VN STAINLESS blade will cut you. That is a huge statement because there has never been a SNG/SMF that is even close to the slicing of a PM2. The SJ-75 is right up there with the PM2 and is similar in size. I am a big Spyderco fan and not many, if any knives slice better than the Paramilitary 2. This makes for a smaller over all design and lite 3.8oz package. The SJ-75 just doesnt have (or need) the finger choil on the blade. Its actual cutting edge is the same as the SNG. The reality is the SJ-75 feels like the the size of the SNG CC in the hand. I was initially worried when dealers described the size of the SJ-75 as between the SNG and PT. You dont have to make any excuses for this knife. The knife opens smooth and feels like a custom. I hate to use the word 'perfect' but it really is. Grippy but not rip up your pants pocket grippy. The handle design is as good or better than the SNG CC. The SJ-75 is a bit more polished around the edges without loosing that Strider over built feel.

First the fit and finish has been taken up a notch. Well Mick Strider must have been listening to his loyal Strider owners because he designed a slicing EDC machine from the ground up. This has always been well known in the knife circles. The factory obtuse edge was good for grunt work but not a good slicer. I always had to put a 20 degree reprofile on them to cut and slice. The one common trait to all my Striders were they were never a good slicing/cutting knife. They are solid light, great ergonomics, over built and generally a pleasure to carry. Several SMF and SNG in about every style and design including one Custom SNG DDC. I have owned many many Strider's over the years. That is what Mick Strider created when he designed the SJ-75 aka 'Baby Huey'. Imagine a Strider that actually cuts and slices right from design. Those are fighting words to a lot of Strider owners of the past and I would be the first to say I would have been one of them.