Bill you make a good point. But I think that just underlies what I and a lot of other people have been saying all along. How can I put this...people that buy Lynn Thompson's bs are a different animal than those that buy Microtechs. In a word, with the plunge lock, (especially in a Ti handle) MT really would have had the world's strongest mechanical folder. And even with the Microbar, I doubt you're going to sell MTs to the guy that can't discern between the two and only sees the $185 MT vs. the $65 voyager. The "average consumer" everybody's been talking about is a lot smarter than everybody's been giving him credit for. But you have to give people tangible reasons to spend 1/4 of their paycheck on a knife. Microtech has been getting by for a while on "fit and finish," but do a search under Microtech or Socom lock failure. The people I talk to all cite lock failure concerns as reasons they don't buy MT liner locks or microbars. This was their chance to have a real solid knife.
Trent
"An Average Consumer"