Their m390 is 57rc

@@johnnysilverhand1733 yeah its sad its so bad. Its funny people spend that much on soft stuff.

Into what details? Tony is a poser now. Useless chattering about nothing - all he's capable of right now. And that bullshitt with dealers and Axial Gear company. I was badly wanting microtech otf, earlier, but now, after reading all that crap about tony and his company - no thanks, will never purchase any of Microtech products in my life.

Waste of money.

Not awesome. Soft m390. Low value high price

and nemesis, combat talon

$600-$800 for a Combat Troodon feels like pocket gouging to me... That's the cost of a budget AR or a nice striker fired pistol.

Really…Benchmade has several new models from $250-$350 of great quality…Microtech??? Most of the Microtech lineup is north of $400…many over $500…seems like gouging to me!

Great price points? Um…… 👀

@@theKashConnoisseurCombat Troodons have been 550$ + for a while now. Until they just released this new gen III version. They’re about 400$ for the newest and updated gen III’s. Pretty cool to see them change and improve them while also dropping the prices. I think that’s what the original commenter was referencing.

Kershaw livewire is better at 240 dollars. That's about half the price of a comparable microtech.

The perfect size. UTX-75 is a bit small, UTX-85 is a bit big, Hera Mini is just right.

Went with the full size Hera II natural clear apocalyptic aluminum version

Microtech are soft. M390 57-59rc.

Where did you find LUDT gen 3?

57rc m390 is not quality or high quality.

Still proudly own my first Ultratech. It was definitely not my last Microtech knife.

I got my father in law a winkler knife for Christmas! They are amazing!

Cool. So you’ve used it for 7 days. Sweet.

Carried but not used yet 😆

Nice, how was the factory edge?

@@peytonkellar4621 decent, but not the same level as the factory edges on the SOCOM Elites I have.

@@robertm8401 oh yeah,their otf sharpness and their socom and other folders edges are not even close

I mean do you regularly beat the hell out of the spine of your knife on a tree stump?

In that same vein, I have admired Microtech's designs and had a few of their blades pass through my possession over the years, but their general attitude towards the customer always convinces me to sell them off. I've had two seperate poor customer service experiences with them, and Tony, while brilliant, has a smarmy attitude at every event I've met him at. For what Microtechs cost, I should be confident that they will take care of me, and I'm not, so while alot of what they do is cool, I won't be buying another.

@@Cyanoblades not regularly but I fail to see your point.

@@Cyanobladesthats not the point at all. These are marketed and priced as hard use knifes. For what they cost, there should be no problems. If there are problems, they need to be transparent about it and what they intend to do to fix the design and service existing owners. But they won't, because they want to publicly pretend the problem doesnt exist so as to keep the customer in the dark not knowing, so they don't initiate an RMA.

@@SurlyYerby exactly. And I’ve seen it fail lock tests that weren’t even considered hard whacks. Also, the heat treat is very bad for m390. They should take ownership of it it as a company and correct the issues.

Like the idiot that slammed the MSI blade into his hand spine whacking the shit out it?

speed holes like a gas station knife.

Yeah, I'm hoping there'll be MSI-85s & 70s at some point 🥺

Agreed more “mini” manual models for EDC! Happy about the Socom Bravo mini release and have one in route. The size is great, not too small at all at 7.75” overall and will be much more practical to carry and use daily than my Socom bravo or Elite which are badass and the Bravo is beautiful but like 6 oz and Socoms are 9” overall. I love big blades and all but it would be nice to see more variations around the 8” overall size and ideally 3.5-4.5 oz range. Hoping for a USA made Elite mini comeback also!

Axial doesn’t even have a single knife for sale on their own … USA website. Sad 😞. Microtech for the win IG

😭

@@Dabaroo probably hard to ramp up production when your sales channels are closed out 🤷🏽‍♂️

I agree. I tell my friends never buy Microtech anymore.

Microtech been at it for decades and Axial will 𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 be on par with them. I do like my Axial OTF however as well as my Microtech's.

Ive always prefered the Hellhound but Warhound is my second favorite custom Marfione blade shape.

If it was 63-64rc. But they would use 59rc magnacut.

I can't say i'm a fan, i bought a utx 70, soon it started stiffening up the action. I cleaned and oiled following the given procedure, was better for few time then becoming unusable again. I got missfires, to the point where i would need to keep it tip down to let gravity help to be consistent enough in the opening. It was just sad to spend those money to get those problem when for half the price i got a pm3 and it's a joy to operate. I think the fact is sold as "tactical" is a bit off too, the glass breaker drives me mad, cos when i used it, the rebound from the glass made the blade exit from the front a few mm cutting my palm, and the knife cannot be used to hit in a self defense scenario cos the glass breaker diggs in the palm of the user. I think the bigger models should be better but the utx 70 is not a good product to me, it feels like they scaled down the measures but the phisical properties of the components doesnt work the same in a smaller mechanism... heard people getting stiffen action from the exocet too, mini troadon seems fine. U can find other people with the same claims, and for the ppl saying that a strong thumb should help i can say i do have enough, going back i would have got a guardian tactical instead.

Price point, lock/mechanism failures (which shouldn't happen given the cost), soft heat treatment on some steel, and there's rumors they are pressuring retails to not sell competitors' knives.

I never said I hated these knives, take a breath, chill out and NEVER like your own comments

Because Microtech’s have terrible action and a number of models look like gas station knives.

I should also say I’ve bought plenty more after these two episodes. So take my nonsense with a grain of salt! Gen 3 fires hard but so easy. I MISS the groove on the spine though(scarab 2).

Good info here

Thanks! I will for sure stay off of Microtechs now. They don't worth it and Tony is just spoiled richass oldboy.

Definitely my least favorite of all the hosts over the years

Come on guys, George does a decent job. The turnover rate is ridiculous at BHQ.

Give George a break, working on camera is NOT EASY. It's easy to complain and cry about something so why don't you go talk to BHQ and you get up there and fill his shoes? He's such a bad host? Fix it! Their turn over rate is high so you should have no problem getting on the show! Remember He's an hourly employee that's filling his job role while also doing the content.... like I said instead of complaining why don't you go do it and give us that great host we have been craving!

They need a hot female host.

@@DasAtomstein thats what I’m talking about!

Smart man

Livewire is the way to go!

100% 👍

wait till they fix the lock

@@Mr-kn6uk my 10/23 made MSI is solid.

​@@Mr-kn6uksame as 07 said. I have the black bladed FRN MSI with born on date of 11/2023. Gave it some decent spine whacks and it was solid as a rock

MT has updated the Ram locks. The mechanism is longer now to engage more material along the blade tang.

@@jeremydoucette6352 Cheers mate! Im keen as for the stitch but a lot of reviews have stopped me. Do you know what date ish it was when they fixed the lock? Have you had any probs with the HRC? Cheers Cobber All the best from Western Australia!! Or as we say, all the best from Shamesville!!

Respectfully dude deadlocks are the only production otf ever made with no blade play, you could expect atleast a little from any other knife no matter the quality

Well theres the SOG Pentagon but otherwise all OTFs have a little play by design and the pentagon is a far cry from Deadlock overall quality.

@jkstdstang I didn't actually know the pentagon didn't have play

They have more blade play and rattle than the previous generation ones did. I was surprised when I picked up the new scarab gen 3. I might pass on any more unless they figure out how to make it better than the ones before it and not just look better 😮

I prefer the tri wings but still cool.

Same here! I was considering to buy Microtech otf, but reading such a bad things about it's products, QC and especially about unfair marketing policy turned me off of ordering one. And now, after I've red about Axial, I will never purchase Microtech. Tony is a richass chuff for me now. And I let all my mates and friends know it! Glory to Ukraine!