Microtech UTX-85 OTF Review 

My UTX85 is so much smoother, snappier and has almost NO blade play/wiggle when it locks up compared to my older Ultratech.. honestly just feels like an all around better made knife than the ultratech and has quickly become my favorite EDC and gets lots of utility use without any issues so far at all! I prefer the single edge blades these days now that I've tried one and all of my previous microtechs have been dagger double edge grinds. Selling my extra utx85 olive handle d/e dagger blade like new in box actually if anyone wants it.. got it as part of a big trade and will sell or trade for any reasonable offer!

I just got one and I love it! Black apocalyptic double edge.

Great review. I agree with the other poster, much better than the bigger channels.

Wish I could have this knife in Australia 🇦🇺😢 Beautiful!

0:48 very good question, but I have to agree one might do a little more damage than the other😂

Buying one. Great video

liked and subscribed! in my state i think the double edge might be a problem, and the double edge is most likely only found (with some exceptions) on otf knives. the 70 and 80 series are light enough and sleek enough for edc. the full size ultratec might be too big for comfortable edc-at least for me.

TOPS!!!! Nice.

I just got this variant.

BladeHQ is running an exclusive right now on the 70, 85 and Ultra in natural G-10 on black. Badass color combo. Picked one up today in the 85. It'll be my first OTF. I'm stoked.

Perfect EDC knife for Texas viewers now that these are finally legally to carry!! Unclear if there is any issue with double edge/dagger blades so far but I know 100% these are now legal for anyone to carry in Texas!

No knife is more dangerous than the other. It is all in the hands of the practitioner of what makes the difference

Now legal in PA.

Can you imagine having Chris Reeves as a mentor? It doesn't get much better than that.

I feel like I must own one!

Woaw, what it the ridiculously big knife you showed at the beginning?

A weapon laws are born out of fear and misunderstanding that they are tools, nothing more.

I have a marfione custom tachyon 3 I would be willing to send you to do a review on if you would like.

These are legal to own in Rhode Island. And would be legal to carry if it was under 3 inches👍

Montana basically got rid of the stupid knife laws in the early 2018 or 2019 I think.

11:23 "there's no spring or anything" that axis lock has an omega spring, and they break probably more often than any microtech.

What was the reverse tanto you flipped out along with the blur?

Is the screw on the knife the same size as the Ultratech?

Your good to go in Iowa and Nebraska sir..

tajam bersinar

It won't go through, but it will go in about an inch...

4 years later, how's the blade holding up and no, no one knife is dangerous than another

Sheesh. You can hold a fixed blade knife against someone and all you need to do is push it forward to cause a lot of damage.

Thankfully now in 2023, Doug Ritter and KnifeRights has won and made these legal - so happy about that!!!

What model is the benchmade in the video?

Trades like this happen all the time in the balisong community on IG. Also the whole it's a butterfly knife so its dangerous has always kinda bothered me. Theres also the whole "balisongs are illegal" stereotype. I understand that in some places they are illegal but in my state it's not directly prohibited in any knife laws yet I'll get comments from people telling me that its illegal even when I'm on my own property and it really grinds my gears when someone goes out of their way to stop what they're doing to tell me on my own property that that knife is illegal (especially since its not) anyway I just picked up a UTX so let's see how quickly people get triggered in my neighborhood over that hahaha

Great review, man. Which part of Missouri are you? Bolivar, here.

Great edc knife if one doesn’t mind actually using it. Needier than most due to maintenance and regular cleaning prior to retracting. Still a huge bonus in an emergency or forced one handed operating.

I live in Illinois and it's a shit hole

1950's Hollywood helped ban switchblades.. And silencers are completely silent because of movies, ✅️

Do you carry this knife concealed?

Not saying it's possible to do the Hollywood balogna but testing it on paper is not adequate. The paper moves and dissipates the energy, a body will not.

I don't give a fuck what you think. I don't care if you think it's scary. I think it's bad ass and has purpose.

How a blade deploys makes no difference. Flippers can deploy almost as fast as an OTF auto. People are scared of almost everything these days, so it's not a surprise that they freak when a blade pops out the front.

Blade steel is one of the biggest myths in the knife industry. It doesn't matter. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E3OSGl1I8go.html Right up there with HRC another one of the great myths of the knife industry. The video above shows this in painstaking detail.

Damn the action on my 85 looks way stiffer. That or I'm a poosay...

Considering that i carry a cold steel 6" counter point that knife looks like a toothpick 🤣