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    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.
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    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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    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

  7. #187
    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.


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    Quote Originally Posted by spyderco monkey View Post
    The 'sheath' is actually the Vinyl cap from those 'Lighter Leash' keychains you see in gas stations and headshops, cost about $2.
    I like this!
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by vcdgrips View Post
    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?
    Most OTF knives are inertia driven and will not poke all the way through a sheet of paper, let alone a cap like that.
    "You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
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