You will enjoy them .
They are my favorites .
I just wonder how the tang extension will ride in the pocket.
Unless it’s really tight, you almost have to have the sheath.
Don’t need any premature openings…… 
I want one of their sheath knives in the worst way.
Oops, forgot to add my T01a to the ordered (and now shipped) list. We’ll see if this is too wide and whether it looks like quality, otherwise it will end up as backup in a car.
Yeah the Inron is tempting at that price point. The same seller also has the Y-Start knife fixed blade relatively cheap that Isti reviewed.
I'm also looking hard at this Elk Ridge knife....
I thought that Elk Ridge uses the chinese equivalent of 420J2 steel. If it is, it will be very stain resistant but will also become dull quickly.
The Ganzo G707 I just got for $16 is very nice.
I just ordered the Inron 803 @ $10.50
Having a more basic steel isn't necessarily a bad thing, like you said corrosion resistance and easy "resharpen-ablity" might make up for other downsides. Actually I like the very basic steel on SAKs very much, even if it is not regarded as a high quality steel in the knife community.
420J2 is used for all Dive knives and most kitchen knives, even good quality ones…
The heat treatment is far more important than the steel choice, IMO.
Buck and Cold Steel use fairly “pedestrian” steels in a majority of their offerings, yet few complaints arise from end users.
With that said, I’m waiting on the arrival of a vintage “Carbon V” Recon Tanto that seemed to escape notice on FleaBay. 
When Buck came out with his famous knife in the 60’s it was in 440C steel. Top of the line at the time.
Customers bitched and moaned about how hard it was to resharpen once it got dull.
So Buck switched to 420hc steel. Soft as a baby’s butt……but easy to resharpen….and resharpen and resharpen…
There are some knives on alibaba, I mean ali express that are clones or replicas of american-branded stuff (and also the wannabe italian-rambo brand) that are advertised as having d2 or ats-34 steel. Do you think that info is as fake as the rest of the knives or might I actually get a d2 steel blade? A strider with g10 and a d2 blade for around $40 sounds like a good deal to me.
Oh and there are fake carbon v and sainmai knives there also. Hope to see fake s90v soon
All fakes are completely fake. A clone can be well made and does not try to fake the Name. Counterfeit knives are Bull Plop as far as actual usage. Fakes are all show and no go.
Queen Cutlery, USA, makes very nice knives of real D2 for about $50.
D2 is actually an old metal….been around since before WWII, used in tools.
http://www.queencutlery.com/prhunters.htm
http://www.queencutlerycollectors.com/categories/Premium-Hunters/
My overall advice is.... better get a "Chinese original" than a western fake.
Thanks for the info and the link to queen cutlery.
Anyone up for ordering a replica of this for 1 / 10th of the original’s price? You can find them at aliexp.
http://www.arizonacustomknives.com/DDC-SnG-D2-CC-by-Strider-Knives-21382.aspx
Currently have on order:
GB-763
LB-763
SRM 939 Black
Planning to buy:
SRM 710 (x3)
EL-01D
Ganzo G704
After reading some threads here I finally ordered 4 knives yesterday:
Great choices! 8)
Actually I have one of those folders with the “strider” text on the blade. The scale is made of real G10. It’s very good quality and comes with a cool bee wax style texture.
I have a couple of Leen folders on order.
I have a Kiridashi on order from Michael Morris knives.
Here’s a link to blade forum showing the knife in questiion - http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/891006-Kiridashi-project
Usful little cutter, can’t wait for it to add to my Kiridashi collection.
I finally had to give in to peer pressure and ordered the Enlan EL01D and the Land GV2-909.
LOL, yes I heard about the flaky black paint on the SRMs. 939 was an impulse buy since they are discontinued, and it looked tacticool 
Heard the blade profile is great for food prep, but I don’t want the added texture of paint chips in my food; ever since I saw a de-anodized 763 I’ve been kinda wanting to try reverting something to pure aluminum
And yep, you’re not the only one surprised about Enlan’s recent cloning, I wasn’t sure what to make of it when I saw an Enlan branded 710 with musical symbols on the handle. It would be pretty hilarious if they cloned the sebenza clone to ride on SRM’s success, but I suspect that Enlan/SRM aren’t really independent companies as they both tend to make disproportionately quality stuff.