Pocketknives/Kitchen Knives/Fixed Blades
-
Microtech UTX-85
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
Ugh, these Microtech OTFs are addictive. This UTX-70 Apocalyptic Hellhound found it’s way into the collection. I like the 85 a lot but this fits in an IH western shirt a lot better.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
I’m jealous @Anesthetist. Sadly my state isn’t OTF compatible and by the time I get to one that is I won’t be in the market for any large purchases.
I’ll have to dry my tears with this badass…
Disclaimer: Don’t dry your tears or anyone else’s with this knife. The steel is not corrosion resistant and you will cut your face off.
-
Lovely Spydie, Bradley design right?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
So my cousin has an Ultratech and compared to my 85, we both agree the 85 is a better size for an EDC and has a way better blade to handle ratio. Just food for thought, but honestly both are badass. I think I might start saving for a Troodon Hellhound. I really dig that blade shape.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
I have an 85 and think its great. I was trying to source a 70 for quite a while. When i finally found one i was pretty disappointed. It’s really more of a toy than a tool. Open envelopes maybe. Just didn’t feel sturdy at all. Sent it back. Too much money for something with such limited application. My super tiny kershaw was $12 and is a handy box opener.
-
The 70 is definitely a toy, but TBH I think all OTFs are. I wouldn’t use any of them hard. That and a touch of pocket lint or fuzz and they go off track and become useless. Still, I like em and they open letters like a son of a bitch [emoji23]
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
My pick of the litter
Böker Leo Damast III
65-67 HRC
By Markus Belbach
-
Are they? I can't think of a practical use for one. They are cool toys though.
-
I'm kind of curious how you qualify that they are "great" as self defense tools.
I've been training in knife based martial arts for almost two decades and there is some crossover with the defensive firearms world, and I've never had an instructor advocate the use of an auto.
I've had Microtech Ultratechs and Halos, and they are not nearly reliable enough for me to depend my life to. -
That’s been the common consensus from what I’ve read. Most ppl prefer a small fixed blade or more simple/robust folder with a heavy rated lock.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
I don't know that there's a lock on the planet I'd trust for a self defense knife, but I'm certainly no expert.
The one thing about an automatic perhaps that could help in a SD situation is intimidation and deterrent effect if people are frightened away by the "scary" blade deployment, but that's certainly not something to bet your life on.
-
I think Spyderco’s compression lock, REKAT’s old Rolling lock, and a Chris Reeve framelock are plenty solid and strong for SD.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
Yeah, any lock, no matter how robust, is a potential point of failure relative to a fixed blade, so when your life is on the line you're gonna want a fixed blade in my uninformed opinion.
I don't think anyone here aside from maybe DougNg is looking to purchase a knife as a SD tool though. If, in a dire circmstance, that duty falls to a blade, so be it. I need the lock to work on the tasks I use it for, cutting, chopping, carving, slicing, piercing, and levering, and hopefully none of those on human flesh. Stabbing and slashing, gimme a fixie every time.
