Microtech custom "Winter" Scarab Double Action OTF with polished dagger blade, silver colored handle with matching grip inlays, transparant actuator, and oversized titanium "glassbreaker".
Specs:
Length open: 22,5 cm (including "glassbreaker")
Length closed: 13,9 cm
Blade length: 9,0 cm
Blade thickness: 3,25 mm
Steel: most likely S30V stainless
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminium with grip tape inlays
Weight: 106 grams
Microtech custom Scarab Double Action OTF with stainless Damascus dagger blade & blued hardware from 08/2006
The blade opens by pushing the actuator forward, and closes again by pulling it backwards.
Specs:
Length open: 21,8 cm (including "glassbreaker")
Length closed: 12,5 cm
Blade length: 9,0 cm
Blade thickness: 3,23 mm
Steel: stainless Damascus
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminum with blued titanium screws & glassbreaker
Weight: 118 grams
Microtech custom Scarab Tanto Double Action OTF with partly polished blade & polished carbon fiber handle inserts.
Sterile except the Scarab logo.
The blade opens by pushing the actuator forward, and closes again by pulling it backwards.
Specs:
Length open: 21,2 cm (including "glassbreakers")
Length closed: 12,5 cm
Blade length: 9,0 cm
Blade thickness: 3,26 mm
Steel: most likely S30V stainless
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminum with polished carbon fiber inserts
Weight: 117 grams
Microtech custom Ultratech VIII Double Action OTF with stainless steel handle & blued carbon steel Damascus dagger blade from 09/2008 and serial number 001
The blade opens by pushing the actuator forward, and closes again by pulling it backwards.
Very rare.
Specs:
Length open: 20,5 cm
Length closed: 12,0 cm
Blade length: 8,5 cm
Blade thickness: 3,28 mm
Steel: blued carbon steel Damascus
Handle material: satin finished stainless steel
Weight: 162 grams
Microtech custom Ultratech VI Double Action OTF with single edge stainless damascus blade.
The blade opens by pushing the actuator forward, and closes again by pulling it backwards.
Specs:
Length open: 20,3 cm
Length closed: 11,8 cm
Blade length: 8,5 cm
Blade thickness: 3,2 mm
Steel: stainless Damascus
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminum.
Weight: 93 grams
Microtech custom Ultratech VI Double Action OTF
The blade opens by pushing the actuator forward, and closes again by pulling it backwards.
Very rare.
Specs:
Length open: 21,3 cm (including "glassbreakers")
Length closed: 12,6 cm
Blade length: 8,6 cm
Blade thickness: 3,2 mm
Blade material: Carbon fiber/Titanium/Carbon fiber laminate
Handle material: housing from hard anodized 6061 aluminum with carbon fiber top and actuator.
Weight: 64 grams
Microtech prototype custom Daytona Double Action OTF van 08/2008, with dagger logo and serial number 11.
The blade opens by pushing the actuator forward, and closes again by pulling it backwards.
Specs:
Length opened: 19,0 cm (including "glassbreaker")
Length closed: 11,0 cm
Blade length: 8,0 cm
Blade thickness: 3,29 mm
Steel: most likely S30V (not marked)
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminum without inserts
Weight: 88 grams
Microtech HALO III Single Action OTF from 07/2005
The knife opens automatically by pushing the button, after which the blade can be pulled back with a lever inside the back of the handle.
Specs:
Length open: 23,9 cm
Length closed: 13,7 cm
Blade length: 10,1 cm
Blade thickness: 3,72 mm
Steel: most likely S30V (not marked)
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminum without inserts
Weight: 103 grams
Microtech Scarab Executive Double Action OTF tanto, and outside of the claw logo on the handle the knife is sterile (no markings)
The blade opens by pushing the actuator forward, and closes again by pulling it backwards.
Specs:
Length open: 20,4 cm
Length closed: 11,7 cm
Blade length: 9,0 cm
Blade thickness: 3,23 mm
Steel: most likely S30V stainless
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminum without inserts
Weight: 115 grams
Microtech Ultratech VI Double Action OTF Tanto from 08/2005
The blade opens by pushing the actuator forward, and closes again by pulling it backwards.
Specs:
Length open: 20,5 cm
Length closed: 11,8 cm
Blade length: 8,5 cm
Blade thickness: 3,2 mm
Steel: most likely 154CM stainless (not marked)
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminum
Weight: 93 grams
Microtech Combat Talon II Single Action OTF from 02/2000 with blade ground by Walter Brend.
The knife opens automatically by pushing the button, after which the blade can be pulled back with a lever inside the back of the handle.
Specs:
Length open: 21,5 cm
Length closed: 12,7 cm
Blade length: 9,0 cm
Blade thickness: 4,48 mm
Steel: most likely 154CM stainless (not marked)
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminum
Weight: 112 grams
Microtech Exodus Single Action OTF from 08/2001
The knife opens automatically by pushing the button, after which the blade can be pulled back with a lever inside the back of the handle.
Specs:
Length open: 21,5 cm
Length closed: 12,7 cm
Blade length: 9,0 cm
Blade thickness: 4,44 mm
Steel: most likely 154CM, with a boron carbide coating
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminum
Weight: 116 grams
Microtech Combat Talon III Single Action OTF from 06/2003
The knife opens automatically by pushing the button, after which the blade can be pulled back with a lever inside the back of the handle.
Specs:
Length open: 21,5 cm
Length closed: 12,5 cm
Blade length: 9,0 cm
Blade thickness: 4,44 mm
Steel: most likely 154CM stainless (not marked)
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminum
Weight: 111 grams
Microtech Nemesis II Single Action OTF from 06/2003
The knife opens automatically by pushing the button, after which the blade can be pulled back with a lever inside the back of the handle.
Specs:
Length opened: 21,6 cm
Length closed: 12,2 cm
Blade length: 9,2 cm
Blade thickness: 3,75 mm
Steel: most likely 154CM stainless (not marked)
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminum
Weight: 94 grams
Microtech CMTX5-A from 10/2004
This knife opens automatically by pushing on the end of the pocketclip, underneath which is the actuator which releases the blade.
Specs:
Length open: 20,6 cm
Length closed: 11,6 cm
Blade length: 8,9 cm
Blade thickness: 3,23 mm
Steel: S30V stainless with black coating
Handle material: brown canvas Micarta on titanium liners
Weight: 112 grams
Microtech Lightfoot L.C.C D/A Carbon from 09/2001 (4th generation with anodized aluminum bolsters)
The knife can be opened manually with the thumbstuds, but also automatically by swiveling the left bolster a bit to the right.
Specs:
Length open: 21,0 cm
Length closed: 11,9 cm
Blade length: 9,0 cm
Blade thickness: 3,77 mm
Steel: 154CM stainless
Handle material: Carbonfiber scales & anodized aluminum bolsters on steel liners
Weight: 167 grams
The MT knives shown here belonged to a Dutch forum member who wasn't really experienced in photographing his knives, describing & measuring them, as well as putting them up on a forum, so he asked me to do that for him a while ago.
Because he had quite a special collection (most are sold now because auto's are illegal to own in the Netherlands now) i wanted to show them here as well.
Microtech Socom Elite-A Tanto from 05/2001
Specs:
Length open: 23,0 cm
Length closed: 13,0 cm
Blade length: 10,0 cm
Blade thickness: 4,45 mm
Steel: 154CM with black coating
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminium with Kraton inlays
Weight: 125 grams
Microtech Socom Elite-A Tanto from 11/2005
Specs:
Length open: 23,3 cm
Length closed: 13,3 cm
Blade length: 10,0 cm
Blade thickness: 4,43 mm
Steel: D2
Handle material: hard anodized 6061 aluminium with grip tape inlays
Weight: 128 gram
This was posted today on Bladeforums by Anne Reeve:
This is a moment where CRK has to take a humble "cap in hand" and apologize for a failure of communication between our technical side and our customer service side. Yes, around mid-2013, the RC hardness on all the folding knives (Damascus excluded) was changed from 58-59 to 59-60. Our guarantee cards, brochure and website did not reflect that change. We are not happy about this lack of communication and are in the process of updating the relative published material.
Chris made the decision after reviewing the performance of S35VN at both hardnesses. He has always been a proponent of a slightly lower HRC to ensure shock absorbency and ease of sharpening. When he was convinced that blades at 59-60 would perform extremely well and meet all of his criteria, the change was gradually implemented. Bear in mind this is a possible spread of only 3% and a likely change of only 1% in the hardness and not a major change at all.
Anne
A few weeks ago a knife collector asked me if i could sharpen the false edge on a Gerber Applegate Fairbairn folder.
On this knife the blade is completely shrouded by the handle when closed, so there is no risk of injury while carrying it.
The owner also wanted the new bevels to be a bit shiny.
This older YouTube clip by Nutnfancy showcases this mod:
This was the knife before sharpening:
And the result.
Ground the new bevels with a Rubber Wheel coated with 230 grit diamond powder, then refined all bevels with a Paper Wheel coated with 15 micron diamond compound, and finally removed the tiny burr remnants with the Tormek leather wheel & some 1 micron diamond compound.
The edges measure 35 degrees inclusive and are treetopping sharp.
Also found this thread from 2012/2013 on Bladeforums where members talk about having their Sebenza blades rehardened, apparently with good results:
