I definitely prefer the Ultratech over the UTX-85. Might have to sell the UTX to fund a second UT.
I definitely prefer the Ultratech over the UTX-85. Might have to sell the UTX to fund a second UT.
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I like the SE version.
I’d recommend the spyderco sharpener.
I’d say realize it is a machine more so than other blades and use Rem Oil periodically per the instructions.
God Bless,
Brandon
Scored a Signature Series 85 with a G-10 top. Serial number is my birth date and it’s DOB month is my birth month so of course I had to get it.
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The UTX-85 is nice but the Ultratech fits better IMO.
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“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
A month ago I picked up an 85 from a forum member
and have carried it daily, as I generally do with a new knife.
The knife's function has been great, it misfired twice in the
first week, I flushed it out good with Rem Oil and blew it out
and it's been perfect since.
After deciding it was a keeper, I put it on my KME to get it hair
popping, I did keep the wide factory bevel, angle cube at 24
degrees per side. to me it's comfortable in my pocket (blue jeans)
sized right for my daily uses, opening parts boxes, occasional zip ties,
a deployed air bag / seat belt and of course mail, as noted prior...
it's not a great slicer, heavy dense cardboard or a hard apple is
like getting a splitting maul through green oak, but it will get it done.
The UTX-85 TE is my first OTF and my first tanto blade and it suits
my daily usage quite well, I'm gonna keep carrying it and maybe look
for an Ultratech 1/2 serrated tanto
For storage for when I'm not carrying my Ultratech (which is much of the time) I use a vinyl cap + cord as a little DIY Ultratech Sheath. The vinyl cover seals nice and tight, and keeps any dust or debris from blowing into the mechanism.
The 'sheath' is actually the Vinyl cap from those 'Lighter Leash' keychains you see in gas stations and headshops, cost about $2. But it fits the Ultra like it was made for it, and I think its superior to kydex as it wont scratch the anodizing or make a plastiky noise when drawing the knife.
If you've got an Ultratech, and see one of these Lighter Leash keychains at the gas station, I recommend it.
Outside my lane as I have never owned/carried an OTF knife.
Would the lighter leash cap mitigate the chance of the knife firing open in a pocket as well?
I suppose if you ran it tip down with the "cap", you would have to tie it off so you could pull the knife "clear" before opening it?
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