Sad story time, I bought my first otf it was a Microtech Spartan Ultratech and I never spent that much money on a knife ever. I saw it I loved it and used it four times and now know what’s it’s like to feel a knife of that quality. Just to place it back in the bag and give it to a friend of the family who has helped us out in many ways who is really into knives. Needless to say he loved it for his birthday and never expected it at all but it made his day for sure. Oh also I never said it was a bad sad I just now know that the Microtech hellhound Bounty hunter(my dream knife) has to be a reality now!
Micro tech overrated so much wiggle and play doesn’t feel like holding a knife. And they don’t even try and better their design. Internals are all same. They just waiting until Hawk patent is up and will just copy theirs. I can’t support paying their costs when they don’t evolve their design.
@@AndrewBlanche I have 8 ultra techs and utx 85-70s and none of them have enough play to even call it play. I’ve used many regular folders with as much or more play than my microtechs
I got the Ultratech Signature series Spartan black on black. I know the feeling you get when holding them. You can see my video about it. You gave a great gift.
So glad to see you guys putting mental health and suicide prevention on the forefront. My wife's father took his own life and I've seen first hand what it can do to a family. God bless you all
Love the veteran support. I was a subscriber already because I love your content but now you have a loyal supporter since you are dedicating support for the veteran community. Great stuff also donating of course as a prior 11b 2 deployments to Afghanistan.
Today I have my Benchmade infidel (full size). My daughter, who is active duty Army airborne, got it for me last Christmas. I’ve carried it every day along with others.
I’m rockin’ the MicroTech Exocet (157-2T) double edge daily. It’s all black with partial serrations on both edges. It’s a wicked & reliable little switchie!
@@Cahwai thanks a lot bro but I can't really complain to darn much I got a tent and I know lots of people back in Texas knew a lot of homeless family too. I'll a put on my big boy boots and get back on the horse as too say.
@@nickswing159 My brothers went homeless after one of the hurricanes a few years back. Michael i think? But i have no experience myself in the situation. Hope it all turns around.
Shout out to all Vets ... "A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart. - Hercules" Microtech and benchmade are best otf in My collection, they're reliable and practical as tactical per My usages. Hydra is excellent otf and got two of them. That Rated R looks good and most likely new addition to otf collection. Have a quick recovery friend 😎👍
I just got an Ultratech for my wife, because she’s left handed. Had the knife dealer flip the clip. I opened the box, and went to deploy it, and damn it was stiff. Really stiff! Sometimes retracting the blade, I had to use both thumbs. This won’t do. I’ve had an Ultratech about 13 years ago, and it deployed pretty easily. That’s why I got it for my wife. I did try filling it with REM oil, and blowing out with compressed air, and that barely helped. I’ve opened a warranty ticket with Microtech, and have them look at it, and also make that nominal adjustment to make it just a touch easier to operate.
@@jiggidyjam I ended up sending it to the factory. They cleaned it, and lubed it. Adjusted the spring to the lightest setting. I can handle it, but my wife can’t. That Kershaw otf sure looks good.
I have the ultratech tanto with belly cut and the exocet bounty hunter with the tanto. Perfect trucker knives. Big-time want the exocet sandtroomer with the tanto blade.
Yo! I wanna see Kurt and Dallas go head to head in a knife design competition. They each design a folder or otf and subject them to crowd voted tests to see wich comes out on top!
What i find interesting is double action OTFs for the most part seem designed the same way with the same fragile spring (sometimes 2). So the $$ seems to be primarily for the kool factor, and good blade steel.
Got my first Microtech (UTX85) back in January. I had if for less than a month, somehow the rear "leg mount" broke. Sent it in, got it fixed. Lasted for about a month, same thing, broken leg mount. Sent in, got it fixed. 6-7 months later (now) still going strong.
@@TheMillieSmalls hell, idk. That’s just what the paperwork said when I got it back. It’s actually broke now, I’m assuming it’s the same thing, the “leg mount”.
I carried a Benchmade Phaeton for a few months before I noticed that it was getting some wear on the picket clip and decided I didn't want to mess up my $400 BM
Knives are for using. Get it back in the pocket! Also - fyi - send it in to Benchmade for sharpening and ask for a new pocket clip. They’ll give you a new one for free
I bought 2 Microtech’s(ultratech & Hera)from Omaha knife when they were going out of business both knives came butter knife dull. I live in Asheville NC and Microtech is in Fletcher NC which is close to me and I hand returned them to there store. They were brand new in the boxes and those people were the most arrogant you know what that I’ve ever dealt. That will be the last Microtech I’ll ever buy.
I love my Paragon Warlock! Most fun knife I bought this year. Also, the only knife that cut me twice in the same day on like day 2. Lol. Still played with it more. Once it broke in, it is buttery smooth now. Absolutely love it, looks cool, makes cool sounds, fun to play with.
Otf one automatic just came legal. I have a Templar lightweight Ana a cobrteck I been carrying and I'm getting more but not the 300 dollar variety. Lol
You guy's read my mind as I'm currently searching for my next OTF and possibly a side fire from Pro Tech like the Runt for my 5th pocket or bugout bag. Perfect timing 👌 Edit: Oh and Kurt fyi bud single action OTF's are more work but they also fire harder and usually a tad faster than a dual but the biggest advantage is that they're stronger overall when using and or stabbing. Less likely to have the blade disengage or close.
You know what! This came out at 8pm, here in South Africa. Only for loadshedding to happen. That's where we don't have lights and wifi for two hours. It sucked dhal
i love my microtechs.. but i got a D rocket/ ARS otf.. And its tough to explain and hard to describe but if you handed both to someone that didnt know would prob honestly think the D Rocket is the industry standard and the one making otfs for over 20 years!
@@0dayExploit ya it makes a more twang like like sound.. it is small.. al little smaller that the utx 70.. i like to carry one or the other as as secondary backup/fidget knife... dont even notice you are carrying them
@@blainwilson7937 I have owned cheaper otf knives but I haven’t really met a competitor other then the already well known ones. I think it’s a great knife and that it’s really cool that you can buy multiple blade styles, but I do feel it’s a little too heavy. Sure it doesn’t significantly weigh my pockets down, but is feels a little off in the hand. A slight issue I’ve seen with it is the release switch being too difficult to open. I have no problem opening it but most people that I let try, can’t get it open without two hands. And those are some of the differences I’ve noticed between Cobra Tech and it’s competitors
@@jeremiahsult9124 I think CobraTec is built like a tank and guys who really use their knives won’t worry too much about this brand. I like the idea of MicroTech but they have proprietary screws and want you to send it back, CobraTec is easy to disassemble and is user friendly.
Hey Kurt.!! Two down & three to go, just make sure you don't cut the wedding band.!!! Great dream about the Bear. Are you sure it wasn't Dallas dressed up as Boo Boo.!? That dream also means that you will ran into an old mate that you haven't seen for a long time. Cheers for the show matey. Greetings from Australia.
Kurt, you're a fucking Viking. But please get some left handed armor e.g. a cut resistant glove or maybe a medieval damascus steel gauntlet. Or maybe a Viking shield, lol. My first OTF was a Microtech Halo VI in 2019 from BHQ and it was my grail knife. Since then I've bought a Ultratech DE and a Combat Troodon Hellhound. Continue Mission is a great cause. Thank you for your support and service to our veterans. Stay strong Warriors!
300 dollars is not the bench mark for any industrial knife market. I love mircotech but I just can't afford one, especially when you have vintage ones that cost 50-100. I wish these new chinese companies would make some so everybody could afford one.
@bladehq Don’t feel bad Kurt I cut myself pretty bad with my bastinelli mako folder playing with the wave feature and sliced open the top of my thy and fought with my wife to not get stitches ( she’s a nurse) and finally got it closed up with steristrips and superglue ..........I finished my antibiotics for it yesterday when I did it I only had the knife for 10 minutes like just got it lol
That’s why I’m never getting knife with wave. I know it works with some practice. I know it speeds up the process of deploying the blade. I know You can cut yourself with every type of knife, even when being careful. But the idea of opening the knife, while it’s being pulled from my pocket, without any control, with razor sharp blade next to my thigh/hip/belly is not only risky but simply scary. More than doing tricks with a butterfly.Emerson wave knives (and probably karambits) will never be in my collection.
I have an Infidel, no safety on it. Just one simple action on it, because of that it saved my tail from a mugger twice my size. He tried to scare me into giving my wallet to him. I pulled my knife out and popped the blade out. I told him to try and take it, he turned white as a sheet and left. That's why I prefer a simple action because you can't screw up trying to mess with a safety. That knife paid for itself in one incident.
Thanks again always to the VETS🇺🇸. Now Kurt has a friend who was cutting a steak with a double edge, you know that friend that we use(when it was actually us) ....Hmmm Kurt now the truth How did you get that nasty cut on your finger????😁✌️, great episode Guys thanks..oops I wrote that before story time my bad!
Sad story time, I bought my first otf it was a Microtech Spartan Ultratech and I never spent that much money on a knife ever. I saw it I loved it and used it four times and now know what’s it’s like to feel a knife of that quality. Just to place it back in the bag and give it to a friend of the family who has helped us out in many ways who is really into knives. Needless to say he loved it for his birthday and never expected it at all but it made his day for sure. Oh also I never said it was a bad sad I just now know that the Microtech hellhound Bounty hunter(my dream knife) has to be a reality now!
Micro tech overrated so much wiggle and play doesn’t feel like holding a knife. And they don’t even try and better their design. Internals are all same. They just waiting until Hawk patent is up and will just copy theirs. I can’t support paying their costs when they don’t evolve their design.
@@AndrewBlanche I own three Microtechs and they barely have any play. Not like blade play matters that much anyway
@@AndrewBlanche I have 8 ultra techs and utx 85-70s and none of them have enough play to even call it play. I’ve used many regular folders with as much or more play than my microtechs
something really sad? I live in new jersey. They are outlawwed.... I hate this commie state....
I got the Ultratech Signature series Spartan black on black. I know the feeling you get when holding them. You can see my video about it. You gave a great gift.
So glad to see you guys putting mental health and suicide prevention on the forefront. My wife's father took his own life and I've seen first hand what it can do to a family. God bless you all
Love the veteran support. I was a subscriber already because I love your content but now you have a loyal supporter since you are dedicating support for the veteran community. Great stuff also donating of course as a prior 11b 2 deployments to Afghanistan.
Man, I love Kurt. Every video he's in, he's injured. A true knife guy, right there.
Knife video starts at 5:35.
Today I have my Benchmade infidel (full size). My daughter, who is active duty Army airborne, got it for me last Christmas. I’ve carried it every day along with others.
I got an ultratech tanto 2 years ago and have beat the absolute crap out of it ever since, it has don’t nothing but impress me over and over
I’m rockin’ the MicroTech Exocet (157-2T) double edge daily. It’s all black with partial serrations on both edges. It’s a wicked & reliable little switchie!
Just bought an Ultratech. Red S/E Black M390 blade . That's today's carry. Just got through fidgeting. Next knife will be an all black GT Recon 040.
Spread the love guys! Be kind humans!
I wish I could give but I'm jobless and living in a tent right now. But thank you guys for helping out vets as its getting cold out.
Hope life gets better man; have two brothers who’ve been there. Good luck brotha 🍻
@@Cahwai thanks a lot bro but I can't really complain to darn much I got a tent and I know lots of people back in Texas knew a lot of homeless family too. I'll a put on my big boy boots and get back on the horse as too say.
@@nickswing159 My brothers went homeless after one of the hurricanes a few years back. Michael i think? But i have no experience myself in the situation. Hope it all turns around.
Shout out to all Vets ... "A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart. - Hercules"
Microtech and benchmade are best otf in My collection, they're reliable and practical as tactical per My usages. Hydra is excellent otf and got two of them. That Rated R looks good and most likely new addition to otf collection.
Have a quick recovery friend 😎👍
Microtech enslaves chinese children to make their knives
I love my Microtechs but my new Guardian gives them a run for the money for sure. Benchmade isn’t using steels I like.
Thanks for your service Kelly.
These video’s are awesome. You can tell you guys love what you do.🏝🍻
For Curt’s dad and grandpa thank u for your service
Just picked up a Microtech Dirac. Pretty happy with it. It’s my 3rd Microtech so far. Love them
I just ordered a utx-70 D/E in the magnacut from yall, it shouldnarrive Tuesday. My first OTF! Yay
I didn't like it & I sent it back
I just got an Ultratech for my wife, because she’s left handed. Had the knife dealer flip the clip.
I opened the box, and went to deploy it, and damn it was stiff. Really stiff! Sometimes retracting the blade, I had to use both thumbs. This won’t do. I’ve had an Ultratech about 13 years ago, and it deployed pretty easily. That’s why I got it for my wife.
I did try filling it with REM oil, and blowing out with compressed air, and that barely helped.
I’ve opened a warranty ticket with Microtech, and have them look at it, and also make that nominal adjustment to make it just a touch easier to operate.
Your Microtech experience is worse than mine. Your knife should’ve never left the factory
@@jiggidyjam I ended up sending it to the factory. They cleaned it, and lubed it. Adjusted the spring to the lightest setting. I can handle it, but my wife can’t. That Kershaw otf sure looks good.
I have the ultratech tanto with belly cut and the exocet bounty hunter with the tanto. Perfect trucker knives. Big-time want the exocet sandtroomer with the tanto blade.
Yo! I wanna see Kurt and Dallas go head to head in a knife design competition. They each design a folder or otf and subject them to crowd voted tests to see wich comes out on top!
What i find interesting is double action OTFs for the most part seem designed the same way with the same fragile spring (sometimes 2). So the $$ seems to be primarily for the kool factor, and good blade steel.
Love from Mississippi USA 🇺🇸
Got my first Microtech (UTX85) back in January. I had if for less than a month, somehow the rear "leg mount" broke. Sent it in, got it fixed. Lasted for about a month, same thing, broken leg mount. Sent in, got it fixed. 6-7 months later (now) still going strong.
Wow that's crazy. I've had my UTX-85 for 3 years now and it's been flawless. It's the knife that I carry the most out of my 3 knife EDC rotation.
Glad you got it sorted though. It's a wonderful little knife
@@0dayExploit idk if they got a bad batch of "leg mounts" or what, but it has held up good since the last fix.
Wha the heck is a leg mount?
@@TheMillieSmalls hell, idk. That’s just what the paperwork said when I got it back. It’s actually broke now, I’m assuming it’s the same thing, the “leg mount”.
Can we get a compilation of all of Kurt’s knife related injuries while working at blade hq lol
I carried a Benchmade Phaeton for a few months before I noticed that it was getting some wear on the picket clip and decided I didn't want to mess up my $400 BM
Knives are for using. Get it back in the pocket!
Also - fyi - send it in to Benchmade for sharpening and ask for a new pocket clip. They’ll give you a new one for free
Ayyyy! Turns out I'm California legal too!
😎🤙
This was so intertwining my bros 😎😎😊🍀❤️ One Love ! 🙌🏻
I got my Guardian Tactical OTF 025 two tone from you guys. Looking for the new Benchmade Shootout now. When you getting them in?
16:44 I literally placed my palm upon my eyes hearing that. Ouch!!
I want to know what bandaid the pros use..Aww the old cutting with the sharp end towards one's meat
I pre-ordered an Kershaw OTF.......where is it? other sites have them.
I bought 2 Microtech’s(ultratech & Hera)from Omaha knife when they were going out of business both knives came butter knife dull. I live in Asheville NC and Microtech is in Fletcher NC which is close to me and I hand returned them to there store. They were brand new in the boxes and those people were the most arrogant you know what that I’ve ever dealt. That will be the last Microtech I’ll ever buy.
I got my D-Rocket Designs Zulu Spear after seeing it here two years ago. I absolutely love it and wish D-Rocket still sold through BHQ
Soon to be carrying the scarab 2. Super excited
If you didnt serve in a war you arent a veteran.if you worked in the military you had a government job. Good for you. Congrats.
I love my Paragon Warlock! Most fun knife I bought this year. Also, the only knife that cut me twice in the same day on like day 2. Lol. Still played with it more. Once it broke in, it is buttery smooth now. Absolutely love it, looks cool, makes cool sounds, fun to play with.
I currently carry a Boker Kalashnikov 74.
I'm carrying a Blue Spyderco Endura 4 ZDP-189 with a Purple Titanium deep carry clip.
Otf one automatic just came legal. I have a Templar lightweight Ana a cobrteck I been carrying and I'm getting more but not the 300 dollar variety. Lol
Carrying an Ultratech today.
I really want to try a Guardian 035.
You guy's read my mind as I'm currently searching for my next OTF and possibly a side fire from Pro Tech like the Runt for my 5th pocket or bugout bag. Perfect timing 👌
Edit: Oh and Kurt fyi bud single action OTF's are more work but they also fire harder and usually a tad faster than a dual but the biggest advantage is that they're stronger overall when using and or stabbing. Less likely to have the blade disengage or close.
I wonder what the benefit would be of having a single action?
I vote the Benchmade Infidel
Always in my pocket, Pro-Tech TR3LH
I carry a Tr5 from them and it’s pretty kicking.
How can I purchase these knives please
Start 2:32
2:25 for video start.
Anyone know who make the mugs they're using?
Frankenstien Gerber 06 Manual Blade with Auto scales
And you dont have the right to bear arms in your dreams lol
You know what! This came out at 8pm, here in South Africa. Only for loadshedding to happen. That's where we don't have lights and wifi for two hours. It sucked dhal
Three knife edc... benchmade autocrat, benchmade mediator, boker plus usb.
Autocrat...is the best
I was taught in boy scouts to always cut away from you.
i love my microtechs.. but i got a D rocket/ ARS otf.. And its tough to explain and hard to describe but if you handed both to someone that didnt know would prob honestly think the D Rocket is the industry standard and the one making otfs for over 20 years!
Never heard of that before. Just looked it up and I like the size, and the sound it makes is wonderful
@@0dayExploit ya it makes a more twang like like sound.. it is small.. al little smaller that the utx 70.. i like to carry one or the other as as secondary backup/fidget knife... dont even notice you are carrying them
I carry a cobra tech large ctk-1 and I highly recommend it or any other cobra tech knife
I have that knife and that’s the only OTF I have. Have you ever had any different OTF brands and if so, how do they compare to CobraTec?
@@blainwilson7937 I have owned cheaper otf knives but I haven’t really met a competitor other then the already well known ones. I think it’s a great knife and that it’s really cool that you can buy multiple blade styles, but I do feel it’s a little too heavy. Sure it doesn’t significantly weigh my pockets down, but is feels a little off in the hand. A slight issue I’ve seen with it is the release switch being too difficult to open. I have no problem opening it but most people that I let try, can’t get it open without two hands. And those are some of the differences I’ve noticed between Cobra Tech and it’s competitors
@@jeremiahsult9124
I think CobraTec is built like a tank and guys who really use their knives won’t worry too much about this brand. I like the idea of MicroTech but they have proprietary screws and want you to send it back, CobraTec is easy to disassemble and is user friendly.
I vote piranha Excalibur
Hey Kurt.!! Two down & three to go, just make sure you don't cut the wedding band.!!! Great dream about the Bear. Are you sure it wasn't Dallas dressed up as Boo Boo.!? That dream also means that you will ran into an old mate that you haven't seen for a long time. Cheers for the show matey. Greetings from Australia.
Will it break if you stab something?
Really wanna know when the tops camp creek fire editions comin......really want one 😅😅
Kurt, you're a fucking Viking. But please get some left handed armor e.g. a cut resistant glove or maybe a medieval damascus steel gauntlet. Or maybe a Viking shield, lol.
My first OTF was a Microtech Halo VI in 2019 from BHQ and it was my grail knife. Since then I've bought a Ultratech DE and a Combat Troodon Hellhound.
Continue Mission is a great cause. Thank you for your support and service to our veterans.
Stay strong Warriors!
Please tell us where to get kurt’s rambler!
22:45 oh hey thats me :D
My Pro-Tech SBR has that chalky finish. I agree that it's a weird finish, although the quality of construction is otherwise excellent.
The SBR is amazing.
-Dallas
Any day I would take a microtech cypher. John wicks choice of blade 👍
He prefers a deadlock nowadays.
Microtech are so simple the internals. Best my opinion, but simple .
Kurt, I think you need to stick with trainers for a while?
Where can i get a mug like that?
I flash my hazards twice to say thank you when someone lets me over
Can I still like knives if I’m not obese? I’m carrying a cobratec OTF
Хороший выпуск, интересный
Lmao I literally just dropped my butterfly on foot a couple days it didnt go too far in but it hurt the next day for sure lol
300 dollars is not the bench mark for any industrial knife market. I love mircotech but I just can't afford one, especially when you have vintage ones that cost 50-100. I wish these new chinese companies would make some so everybody could afford one.
and I bet these 50-100 $ vintage are better quality.
@@swissmilitischristilxxii3691 no way bro
@bladehq
Don’t feel bad Kurt I cut myself pretty bad with my bastinelli mako folder playing with the wave feature and sliced open the top of my thy and fought with my wife to not get stitches ( she’s a nurse) and finally got it closed up with steristrips and superglue ..........I finished my antibiotics for it yesterday when I did it I only had the knife for 10 minutes like just got it lol
Bastinelli edges don’t forgive based off his instagram.
That’s why I’m never getting knife with wave. I know it works with some practice. I know it speeds up the process of deploying the blade. I know You can cut yourself with every type of knife, even when being careful. But the idea of opening the knife, while it’s being pulled from my pocket, without any control, with razor sharp blade next to my thigh/hip/belly is not only risky but simply scary. More than doing tricks with a butterfly.Emerson wave knives (and probably karambits) will never be in my collection.
I don't watch nearly as often anymore because I can't hear you guys especially Austin
Skip to 5:25 if you wanna skip to the knives.
I have an Infidel, no safety on it. Just one simple action on it, because of that it saved my tail from a mugger twice my size. He tried to scare me into giving my wallet to him. I pulled my knife out and popped the blade out. I told him to try and take it, he turned white as a sheet and left. That's why I prefer a simple action because you can't screw up trying to mess with a safety. That knife paid for itself in one incident.
Hell yeah tricky. Give em hell!
Thanks again always to the VETS🇺🇸. Now Kurt has a friend who was cutting a steak with a double edge, you know that friend that we use(when it was actually us) ....Hmmm Kurt now the truth How did you get that nasty cut on your finger????😁✌️, great episode Guys thanks..oops I wrote that before story time my bad!
Time stamps are wrong in the description.
Blade HQ
532K subscribers*$10 for veterans, not that much, I bought it
Live wire?
Whoa wait?! Haven’t watched a bladehq video in a long time, where’s zac?!
When did they stop talking about knives
No more knives for Kurt!
I carry a gurdian
I'm carrying the ultratech dual edge red black blade
HALO VI ?!!
HAH! I know who sharpened that exocet.
Missed the stream and the audio is not synchro, like 5 minutes xD
Kurt. You need cut gloves.
Don't cut towards yourself kids 😉
Exocet has to be the dumbest way to spend $325 on a knife.
Dammit I missed the stream
Me too Mitchell. Damn it indeed!!
How can you not include the worlds best OTF? Hawk Knives Deadlock. It makes all other otfs look like butter knives.
Cobra Teck makes awesome ones In Texas
I thought I was the only weirdo that used small knives as money clips I especially like the Gerber utility knife it’s the perfect size
I just opened my G & G Hawk Deadlock! Check off another Grail ✅️
All the times in the description is off
Kurt, what happened to your hand? Did the bear do that?
The two hosts are the same. Why do we need both?
No G&G Hawk Deadlock???? Pshhhh bye ✌️
You need to get rid of double tap cheese burger !!