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Microtech vs. MOD vs Spyderco?
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The Socom has a thicker liner bar [ locking mechanism ] than the Military model.
The Military and the Socom are excellent choices, hard to tell which would be better for you. It would be a personal choice as far as I'm concerned, both being capable folders.
Have no experience with the MOD 700 series.
If you want to check out a review of the MODS, go to www.folders-r-us.org and click the link "knife tests", there you will find reviews of a few MODS and others for your enjoyment.
I like the MODS and Microtechs. MT's manulas are getting harder to find as they have been discontinued. Grab one while you can.
I have the MT Socom and the MODS and like both examples equally.
Brownie
The Military and the Socom are excellent choices, hard to tell which would be better for you. It would be a personal choice as far as I'm concerned, both being capable folders.
Have no experience with the MOD 700 series.
If you want to check out a review of the MODS, go to www.folders-r-us.org and click the link "knife tests", there you will find reviews of a few MODS and others for your enjoyment.
I like the MODS and Microtechs. MT's manulas are getting harder to find as they have been discontinued. Grab one while you can.
I have the MT Socom and the MODS and like both examples equally.
Brownie
I havent handled or seen one of the 700 series MODs but I have a manual SOCOM and a MOD tempest. The SOCOM is fairly big with a 4" blade 0.148" thick and 5.1" handle with excellent strong construction.
The SOCOM elite has a thicker blade 0.174" larger thumbstuds a microbar spring lock and is also an excellent choice.
Sadly the manual SOCOM's are getting rarer but i doubt you would be dissapointed if you picked one up.
The SOCOM elite has a thicker blade 0.174" larger thumbstuds a microbar spring lock and is also an excellent choice.
Sadly the manual SOCOM's are getting rarer but i doubt you would be dissapointed if you picked one up.
If you see anything you like in the MT lineup, grab it/them fast since MT has a habit of introducing a new product and then discontinuing it a few months later--sometimes then re-introducing it a year or two later. Their products are, however, top rate.
MOD products have a very similar look and feel due to the fact, no doubt, that the respective owners were originally partners. Also very good quality.
Spyderco is a more mass-appeal company with many knives available in a wide range of price and quality levels ranging from the inexpensive $50 range all the way up to high-level exotic stuff.
Lots of choices. Have lots of fun. Get the catalogs. Go online.
MOD products have a very similar look and feel due to the fact, no doubt, that the respective owners were originally partners. Also very good quality.
Spyderco is a more mass-appeal company with many knives available in a wide range of price and quality levels ranging from the inexpensive $50 range all the way up to high-level exotic stuff.
Lots of choices. Have lots of fun. Get the catalogs. Go online.