Thank you for watching another video description by The Hollow Grind. This video shows the Microtech Makora Fireant that I had the pleasure of acquiring as a pre-owned item. This knife was manufactured in 2006 and is in pretty good condition with the exception of some minor wear marks on the clip. I personally like the grip tape inserts on the Scarab, so this addition on a knife the size of an Ultratech was welcomed. It does give you an added grip on the handle. The double edge plain blade is also nice and slim. Overall I don’t think you can go wrong with this knife and the action was reliable and flawless. You can find this knife and others on my website at www.thehollowgrind.com
While all automatics have a strong forbidden fruit cachet among cutlery users, its the out-the-fronts (OTFs in auto geek lingo) that really increase their pulse rate. And of that general cutlery category, the modern double-action out-the-fronts are the most sought after. I think all of us find the functioning of these knives a little like magic. Push the release forward and the blade snaps straight out of the hollow handle and locks into place. Nothing too unusual there. It is when you pull the release back a short distance and the blade snaps closed just as fast as it opened, that you start wondering, how did they do that? Microtech, one of the leaders in the new generation of auto makers, has long favored OTFs for many of their models. Their latest introduction is the Combat Troodon family of blades. (I vaguely knew a Troodon was a type of dinosaur but didnt know much more than that. After Googling, I found it was a relatively small, bird-like animal around 6-feet high that may have had feathers. Like its more famous cousin, the Velociraptor of Jurassic Park, it had a large, hooked talon on each hind leg well suited for use as a tactical knife.) Currently, blade options for the Combat Troodon include a full double-edge blade, a clip-point, a wharncliffe point, and the ever-popular tanto point. All of these blades are S30V stainless and vary from around 3-3/4 inches to 4 inches depending on point style. Serrations and a wide variety of blade finishes are available as …
