Microtech Amphibian - Old vs New Model - Almost 20 years apart.

[950SBK Rift]

It uses bearings.

Thank you for the reply...

 

[Silent H]

How is the detent? I want one, but if the extent is light, then I may wait/hope for an auto version

It's about the same as a stiffer Axis lock.

My amphibian came very stiff from the factory, just like my MSI did. My MSI just required a pivot adjustment to get the action I liked, but my Amphibian required an adjustment to both the pivot and the stop pin screws to get the action I like. They really torqued down the screws on the stop pin way more than necessary in my opinion.

 

[vjb.knife]

My Amphibian works like it is supposed to work. Under normal attempts the blade will not drop. If you put a lot of wrist action in, the blade will flip out into lock.

There is no ball detent on a Ram Lock. The lock spring pressure on the tang holds the blade locked when it is closed.

If you hold the lock unlocked the blade swings freely.

This is how mine is.

 

[Murindo]

I am a user not a collector. I used the heck out of my original Amphibian 20 years ago, wore it out.

I fully intend to use my Amphibian Ram Lock. I found that the finger cut out and jumping in the G-10 caused a hot spot for me, so I ground them off. Easy since there are no liners.

May not be as pretty but it sure feels better now,

 

[SouthernRhino]

This is the only one I have now. Considering the new version.

 

[1AbominAble1]

I am a user not a collector. I used the heck out of my original Amphibian 20 years ago, wore it out.

I fully intend to use my Amphibian Ram Lock. I found that the finger cut out and jumping in the G-10 caused a hot spot for me, so I ground them off. Easy since there are no liners.

May not be as pretty but it sure feels better now,

I noticed the same hot spot but only thought of taking a jewelers file and knocking if the 90degree edge of the g10. It is thin there do I left it alone and got used to it. Your mod would fix that entirely and doesn’t look bad at all to me. Nicely done!