Microtech QD Navy Seals Scarab Underwater Test (A Hollow Grind Video)
Thank you for joining us in another video from The Hollow Grind. Please be sure to support us by purchasing all your Microtech Knives from us so that we can continue to bring you these videos. After a lot of talks, forum conversations, and doubts, I decided to take the plunge (get it) and conduct our own real world test on these QD Navy Seals Scarabs. We all have heard that these knives can fire underwater, but some have been told that the regular Scarabs can fire underwater as well. This video should take care of any doubts. Please be sure to visit us at www.thehollowgrind.com
Tags: Automatic, microtech, NAVY, otf, QD, scarab, seals, Test, underwater
Microtech Knives | High Speed Knives | 11 June 2010 |
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By RepEvox, May 23, 2010 @ 2:12 pm
Ill buy the navy scarab if there’s a discount
So you said that the other scarab is one you got used, right?
By thagigolo, May 23, 2010 @ 2:22 pm
That is EXCELLENT.
By TheHollowGrind, May 23, 2010 @ 2:24 pm
@RepEvox Yes the other Scarab (the D/E) was a pre-owned knife.
By TheHollowGrind, May 23, 2010 @ 2:24 pm
@RepEvox We have a 5% off discount on our site with code 5%OFF right now.
By 1AbominAble1, May 23, 2010 @ 8:01 pm
Interesting and informative vid, thank you.
By Odessa45, May 24, 2010 @ 12:35 pm
OK – you filled the SEAL Scarab with water, fired it under water… and then drained it, submerged it again & then retracted the blade. Was the knife completely filled with water before retracting it?
Can the knife fire & retract without being drained before the retract?
….just wondering….
By TheHollowGrind, May 24, 2010 @ 12:45 pm
@Odessa45 Yes, I only took it out of the bucket to show that the blade was fully locked open. Once it was resubmerged, water filled the handle back up through the openings and slits. The knife can fire and retract while underwater without interruption.
By redsoxnation32, May 24, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
Hey just send me that scarab that you sacrificed! Jk. Cool video.
By vodkatonic100, May 27, 2010 @ 4:35 am
Nice knife but overpriced for sure! I should have bought a dozen 5 years ago.Definately don’t use one in self defense & wait around for the cops unless you have a military,DOD,etc ID.Even defense against an international terrorist i would imagine the courts would try to prosecute the hero even if it’s for very good intentions. Has anyone ever actually used one in the CIVILIAN real world in self defense? .02
By vodkatonic100, May 27, 2010 @ 4:36 am
Nice knife but overpriced for sure! I should have bought a dozen 5 years ago.Don’t use one in self defense & wait around for the cops unless you have a military,DOD,police,etc ID.Even defense against an international terrorist i would imagine the courts would try to prosecute the hero even if it’s for very good intentions. Has anyone ever actually used one in the CIVILIAN real world in self defense? .02
By TheHollowGrind, May 27, 2010 @ 7:09 am
@vodkatonic100 The only time I have used a knife in self defense is when the UPS box was coming right for me and I had to cut it open.
By TheHyouth, June 7, 2010 @ 2:53 am
what’s the point of this knife? microtech is all show no real use. get an emerson.
By TheHollowGrind, June 7, 2010 @ 4:27 pm
@TheHyouth The point of this knife is to give you options. Also, how do you figure that a knife has no real use? I have an abused utx-70 that would be offended by that comment.
By apophysis7, June 8, 2010 @ 5:52 am
Not asking you to conduct another Microtech underwater test– but the Stealth model Scarab is absent venting on the blade, but does have drainage holes at the base of the handle. Do you feel the Scarab Stealth would also pass an underwater immersion test? Thanks
By TheHollowGrind, June 9, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
@apophysis7 I noticed that all the single edge Scarabs I see have drainage holes at the rear of the handle. I suspect that the holes are just not large enough to allow underwater operation. I will now be looking for a used and abused S/E Scarab …