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| There are fakes of all the major knives out there.....and optics.....and ...... and. So buy from a reputable dealer and you should be good to go. Benchmade politics aside, while they have always made great knives, isn’t OTF kind of Microtech’s bread and butter so to speak? I think I would go with them for this type of knife. Now I am not an OTF guy and know so very little about them so take what I said above strictly as generalizations.
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| Of the two I think there's better slice per dollar with the Benchmades. Check out Protech's Dark Angel if you want yet another OTF option. They perform more like a Halo in that they present with a precompressed spring. http://protechknives.com/product/3202-dark-angel/ |
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| Benchmade went all GDC. If you qualify, Microtech has a decent first responder program. That's how I bought mine. And take a look at Heretic Knives. Son of the owner of Microtech and they have a decent OTF model.
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Little ray of sunshine

| I have never touched a Benchmade OTF, but Microtech's are very well made.
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| I wouldn't buy from either as I do not like either company's business practices.
Guardian Tactical or Hogue are better options for USA made OTFs. |
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| quote: Originally posted by cslinger: What did Microtech do?
Besides Tony just generally being a shitty human (who the heck sues their son?!)? They created the horrific MSAR AUG then closed up shop leaving all their customers in a lurch since there wasnt promised capatability with the real deal. They flat out stole the design of the ZT0777, bragged about it, got served a c&d for using ZT's patented sub frame lock, then sued ZT and a friend of mine for being made fun of on the internet. Thats the highlights at least. Marfione will never earn a dime from me. |
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| The Microtech Ultratech is a great starter OTF, I have several and have had zero problems. I have plenty of Benchmade autos, but no OTFs, which seem somewhat overpriced when compared to Microtech. |
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