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Posted: 11/3/2011 6:50:31 AM EDT
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Just bought my first autoknives. Both are "out-the-fronts", a Microtech Scarab and a Lightning. They're very similar, except that the latter is a quarter of the quality and a tenth of the price of the former.
I bought them only because the curmudgeon who was arrested for possessing "switchblades" and whose subsequent lawsuit against the state made them legal again is an acquaintance. And as a thumb-in-the-eye to the sort of people who try to regulate what we eat peaches with. Like I bought my first AR after Hillary said I shouldn't be allowed to own one. First impressions: 1. A fixed-blade is in every way superior. Cost, strength, durability, speed of deployment, quietness, reliability, utility, ergonomics. 2. There is an undeniable 'fun factor'. 3. I wonder how long they'll last, since everyone who sees them has to play with them. 4. It was worth it just to see the eyeballs bug out of my wife's liberal friend when she asked if I had a pocketknife to open a box. |
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1. A fixed-blade is in every way superior. Cost, strength, durability, speed of deployment, quietness, reliability, utility, ergonomics.
Why I don't want to get one. 4. It was worth it just to see the eyeballs bug out of my wife's liberal friend when she asked if I had a pocketknife to open a box.
Why I want to get one. Oh, and pics please. 
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Double Action OTF's (The ones that can extend and retract with the same button) aren't designed for hard use and are more or less fragile when stabbing something with a hard surface. However, single action OTFs (Deployed with a button, but retracted manually) are built very tough and can give any folder a run for it's money.
Microtech makes good OTFs, but they are not in the same league as Dalton. Dalton OTFs open much faster, and lock up very tight. Since most Dalton's are single action, they lock in the open position and you can stab a log and it won't damage the knife. Make your next purchase a Dalton Kilroy II, M6, or STC and you will be amazed at the difference in quality and speed. Dalton's are very collectable now since he no longer makes models for retail sale. Just custom work. |
| Daltons look pretty cool, but I haven't really got any business with collectible pocket knives. I appreciate good quality, but mine get used for opening bales of hay and spreading peanut butter on apple slices. Even the Microtech is wasted on me, except that it makes me smile when I use it. |
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