Just took a gander at my amazon wishlist where I stuffed a bunch of knives that "looked nice for me but I would probably never get around to buying".

Saw this one, looks like it might be to your specifications. light. axis lock. plain edge. comes in black or silver. http://sogknives.com/store/accesscard2_SOGAC76.html
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Thanks for the suggestions. Now I just have to drop some birthday wishes around the house.
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I carry mine everyday too. Everyone bags on their current quality. Rather than hunting down an older model with inflated prices because rumors caught hold get a readily available current production one.

Bill, What exactly do you see different between the current production ultra-tech and the older models 00-05?

http://www.bladehq.com/cat--Ultratech-OTF-Series--268
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It might just be the Blade Show 2010 or 2011 models but mine broke 3 times and is still broken. Sent it in twice, it just doesn't work.

My 2006 model works perfectly and has never failed to fire.

I heard people were having problems with the newer Halos too regarding the internals breaking and sending it in with minimal luck.

The word was current production Microtechs quality has gone down quite a bit and we all know about their non-existent customer service.
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Sorry wolfgang but I am with bill here. I bought a 2011 ultratech and within two weeks of owning it two if the screws fell out. On top of that the screws are a priority bit and you can only source screws from microtech. If I waited to get new screws it would have taken two months without and gurentee of them falling out again or not. I also had a friend buy an ludt, and within two months it was extremely loose when locked up and had gotten very dull from extremely light use. I personally handled this knife many times and was amazed at the poor build quality compared to my early 2000's microtechs.

IMHO new microtech are poorly made with lower quality tempering of the steel they are using. It is really dissapointing to me as there were my favorite knife maker.
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Guess im just a lucky one and got a decent batch (several times..)? :-)

No arguments on their customer support. :-)
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Send me one of those. I love the design of the ultratech just cannot trust them anymore.
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You got me. All I know is my 2010 Blade Show Ultratech sits broken in a drawer and I highly doubt it will ever get fixed. I've even tried people in the knife making/fixing business, it works for a few days and boom broken again.
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You can work something out with blade HQ. Send it to them or microtech and the it come back through blade HQ. They may charge you a little for handling but should help you get your knife fixed...
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I get all my knives through BladeHQ. Love their customer support.
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Done that already, it broke again after a few days use. Perhaps I could talk to them again about it.
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Here's a picture of my newest baby. :-)

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I'm still a knife noob but my everyday carry is a SOG Trident in all black. It's a great tactical knife and also awesome for fishing. With its 3.75" half serrated blade and assisted opening, I also like to think its intimidating if they situation every called for it :-)
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I want a Gerber Mini Covert Folder. I really like the Applegate Fairbain combat folder with the olive handle, but credentials are required. I'll check the gun show this weekend.
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Looks like a Benchmade Tony, what model is it?

I carried a Trident for probably a year. As long as you're not beating on it, it's a good knife. Very light weight too, I use to forget I was carrying it....sometimes I wasn't :-)
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Looks like the Kershaw Rake :-)

http://www.kershawknives.com/product...&brand=kershaw
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Ah I should have looked at the CPM-D2, Benchmade doesn't really use that stuff, just regular D2.

Not too familiar with Kershaws either, except the ZT's.
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Doesnt seem like Amazon requires any credentials?
http://www.amazon.com/Gerber-30-0003...7136376&sr=1-2
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You got it! :-)
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picked up a mini ak47 recently but havent had a chance to use it.
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