When will folks let it go - Microtech

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I don't think Thomas was banned. That was something he added when they closed their forum. It was sarcasm.
 
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Both companies make knives that I think are ugly and stupid, so I could care less about their little schoolyard squabble.
 
jill jackson said:
I've seen a Buck 110 fall apart with easy use. It's pinned like a slip joint and far weaker than modern locking folders.
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yep. ive seen them handle massive tasks without falling apart. i still say weak is an exaggeration. so be it.

still stick to this is a people hating microtech for whatever reasons.....we all getting way off topic.......
 
For me, Microtech has enough going against them for me to even consider buying one even if there were no integrity issues and politics involved.

Automatics are illegal in Illinois, and even if they were legal, i prefer manuals.

I don't like tactical type knives

I don't like proprietary hardware. If ZT can make a beautiful pivot screw that still uses a torx driver, so can anyone.

The warranty issue. If you don't stand behind your product, how will I know if it's any good? Why should spend my money on it when there are other companies that will jump through hoops for the customer?
 
In a competitive business world with egos and money in the mix, I'm amazed folks don't see eye to eye.
Who would've thunk...?

And with that, I'll let this one go for others to show their mastery at convincing the *unconvincibles*...
 
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jbmonkey said:
yep. ive seen them handle massive tasks without falling apart. i still say weak is an exaggeration. so be it.

still stick to this is a people hating microtech for whatever reasons.....we all getting way off topic.......
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I'm not the one brought up the 110.
 
T.L.E. Sharp said:
He didn't threaten to sue, as far as I understood it, he actually filed suit and as part of the settlement Tony S. had to publish a retraction AND do 700 hours of pro-bono work over the next 4 years. That's a good bit more than printing a retraction after getting to know the guy.

Microtech, as stated above, has admitted to stealing the design, but gave a middle schoolers excuse as to why they did it. They've also stolen Mikov's auto design in the past, claiming it's just a classic European auto design. By that same argument we need to quit complaining about PM2 clones because they're just a classic American folder design.

Their warranty service is absolutely horrendous. If they don't refuse to service it entirely due to basic maintenance being performed by the customer or lose it you'll be waiting for a number of months for it to return.

If Chevrolet made a blatant copy of a Rolls Royce Phantom and a Ferrari Daytona, claiming a dare for one and traditional European design for the other, refused warranty service if you changed the oil or tires yourself and then took 6 months to fix your car if they did decide to warranty the service, would you buy one of their cars?

Play the apologist if you want, but they won't be getting any of my business. I might've been able to overlook the IP issues, but when coupled with the other issues I can't do business with them.
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As Microtech reserves the right to not cover your knife under warrenty should you so much as SHARPEN the knife; I would say that the comparison is better to having Chevy not cover you if you filled up the gas tank.

But guys Microtech builds beautiful knives!

Beautiful at their intended role, which is clearly safe queen or pushing to the limit of their warrantied abilities, paperweight.
 
trevitrace said:
Buck 110, hatchets, anything in 1095. Everything else is superfluous poppycock. :rolleyes:
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Don't forget the Buck 482.

As to Microtech. For me I do care who ends up with a percentage (however small)of my hard earned play money.

I already have enough knives to last my great grandchildren's lifetimes,when I have some. So, since another knife isn't a need I can set my own priorities with any purchases.

Microtech is just one of a few companies who I choose not to do buisness with. It's not like they offer anything a competitor can't.
 
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