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Hello all,
This is just a mini-review of my new Crosshair, more to follow as I abuse it. This is my first Microtech and I have to say I love it. I was looking for the Currahee, but I think it may have gone out of production and this is the upgrade. (If I'm wrong, can someone please steer me to a dealer who still has Currahees?). At any rate I picked up model 101-3 which has a five inch plain edge lower blade and partially sharpened and serrated upper edge. Personally, I think this is the best way to go with serrations, as it gives you the option of using one edge or the other and not snagging when using the plain edge. The blade shape is lanceolate and made of S30V, which I'm also a fan of. Handles are synthetic, either glass filled nylon or plastic, I'm not sure which, I do believe the dealer website says. Personally, I don't care, they're basically bullet proof, however they are the one thing I don't like about the knife. I prefer the feel of micarta and the additional heft it adds to a blade, but that's me. The sheath is a typical kydex arrangement, very tight fitting, which is nice. The only drawback here is that it actually fits so tightly that I've noticed it is leaving small scratches in the blade coating when the knife is removed or replaced in the sheath. Not a big issue, just something to be aware of.
As far as testing, I've done my standard kitchen duties with this knife, I.E. apple peeling, steak carving, chicken slicing, cheese slicing and even used it to make a peanut butter sandwich. This knife handles all of these well. I used it to both whittle a spear tip on a stick and make a fuzz stick with good results and had excellent luck using the serrations to cut both nylon rope and paracord. One thing I will say is that the knife is a little light for chopping, a fact which I think Microtech has tried to offset by putting a counter-weight on the end of the lanyard so that the sweet spot is closer to the middle of the blade. A good idea from a physics point of view, but somewhat of a pain in actual use. Otherwise I'd have so say that so far I'm quite impressed and that this is a great outdoor/survival/combat style knife.
Lagarto.
This is just a mini-review of my new Crosshair, more to follow as I abuse it. This is my first Microtech and I have to say I love it. I was looking for the Currahee, but I think it may have gone out of production and this is the upgrade. (If I'm wrong, can someone please steer me to a dealer who still has Currahees?). At any rate I picked up model 101-3 which has a five inch plain edge lower blade and partially sharpened and serrated upper edge. Personally, I think this is the best way to go with serrations, as it gives you the option of using one edge or the other and not snagging when using the plain edge. The blade shape is lanceolate and made of S30V, which I'm also a fan of. Handles are synthetic, either glass filled nylon or plastic, I'm not sure which, I do believe the dealer website says. Personally, I don't care, they're basically bullet proof, however they are the one thing I don't like about the knife. I prefer the feel of micarta and the additional heft it adds to a blade, but that's me. The sheath is a typical kydex arrangement, very tight fitting, which is nice. The only drawback here is that it actually fits so tightly that I've noticed it is leaving small scratches in the blade coating when the knife is removed or replaced in the sheath. Not a big issue, just something to be aware of.
As far as testing, I've done my standard kitchen duties with this knife, I.E. apple peeling, steak carving, chicken slicing, cheese slicing and even used it to make a peanut butter sandwich. This knife handles all of these well. I used it to both whittle a spear tip on a stick and make a fuzz stick with good results and had excellent luck using the serrations to cut both nylon rope and paracord. One thing I will say is that the knife is a little light for chopping, a fact which I think Microtech has tried to offset by putting a counter-weight on the end of the lanyard so that the sweet spot is closer to the middle of the blade. A good idea from a physics point of view, but somewhat of a pain in actual use. Otherwise I'd have so say that so far I'm quite impressed and that this is a great outdoor/survival/combat style knife.
Lagarto.