Microtech Knives

Microtech Knives, Inc.
Type	Privately held company
Industry	knives^[1]
Founded	Vero Beach, Florida (1994)
Headquarters	Fletcher, North Carolina
Key people	Tony and Susan Marfione^[2]
Products	knives
Number of employees	25^[3]
Website	www.microtechknives.com

Microtech Knives, Inc. is a knife manufacturing company, famous for its automatic knives,^[2] that was founded in Vero Beach, Florida in 1994, and operated there until relocating to Bradford, Pennsylvania in 2005 and to Fletcher, North Carolina in 2009. In 2007 the company began manufacturing an American-made version of the Steyr AUG under the subsidiary name of Microtech Small Arms Research (MSAR).^[1]

a Microtech Hawk and OTF Scarab

The company has long promoted itself as stressing quality with regard to tight machining tolerances, to within one thousandth of an inch (0.001").^[2]^[4] Microtech has designed knives for use by the US Military such as the HALO, UDT, SOCOM and Currahee models.^[2]^[5] Custom knifemakers, such as Greg Lightfoot have remarked that these tolerances are what makes the factory knives so close to the custom design: "It has the same quality as a handmade custom."^[6]

Although Microtech has produced many styles of blades such as kitchen knives, fishing knives, arrow heads, and balisong knives; Microtech is most famous for its tactical automatic knives.^[7] The most popular designs among collectors are the "Out The Front" (OTF) and the "Double Action" (D/A) automatics.^[8] Microtech along with Benchmade Knives was responsible for the resurgence in the popularity of tactical automatic knives in the 1990s.^[8] These knives were seen more as a precision made tool utilizing powerful springs and high grade bushings as opposed to a cheap import.^[8]

Microtech has collaborated with famous knifemakers and designers such as Ernest Emerson, Bob Terzuola, Mick Strider, Walter Brend, Mike Turber, Greg Lightfoot, and Reese Weiland on exclusive designs.^[6] A Microtech Knives "HALO" was featured on the television series 24.^[9]

Microtech Small Arms Research

Microtech Small Arms Research (MSAR)
Type	Privately held company
Industry	Firearms
Founded	Vero Beach, FL (1994)
Headquarters	Fletcher, NC
Key people	Tony Marfione^[2]
Products	Firearms and firearms accessories
Number of employees	30^[10]
Website	www.msarinc.com

Microtech Small Arms Research (MSAR) is a subsidiary of Microtech Knives which manufactures an American-made version of the Steyr AUG known as the MSAR STG-556.^[1] Introduced at the 2007 SHOT Show, the MSAR STG-556 is an AUG A1 clone available in either civilian, semi-automatic only and military/LE, select-fire variants.^[11] MSAR markets accessories for its rifles. MSAR closed down in March 2015.^[12]

References

1 2 3 Choat, Chris (March 2008), "Microtech's STG-556 An Exclusive First Look", Small Arms Review, 11 (6): 43–50
1 2 3 4 5 Walker, Greg (September 1995). "Magnum Autos From Microtech". Fighting Knives Magazine. 8 (3): 12–13, 32, 52.
↑ "Microtech Knives, Inc.". Bradford Office of Economic and Community Development (OECD). Retrieved 2007-06-22.
↑ "Microtech Knives - About Microtech". Archived from the original on 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
↑ "Microtech Knives: the Currahee", Shooting Industry, September 2007, retrieved 2008-02-06
1 2 Hopkins, Cameron (September 2000), "These Hot Profit-Makers Are The Knife Industry's Best Kept Secret For Gun Dealers", Shooting Industry, retrieved 2008-02-06
↑ Rhea, David (2005), "Butterfly Knives: Flippin' and Flyin'", Blade Magazine, 32 (9): 66–71
1 2 3 Karwan, Chuck (March 2005), "Microtech's X-Files: Fast & Furious", Tactical Knives Magazine, 11 (2): 10–14
↑ Cerasini, Mark; Alfonsi, Alice (2003), 24: The House Special Subcommittee's Findings at CTU, Harper, p. 224, ISBN 978-0-06-053550-6
↑ "Microtech Knives, Inc.". Bradford Office of Economic and Community Development (OECD). Retrieved 2007-06-22.
↑ "MSAR - Microtech Small Arms Research Inc.". Microtech Small Arms Research. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
↑ "MICROTECH SMALL ARMS RESEARCH (MSAR) CLOSES ITS DOORS". Retrieved 2016-05-22.

External links

Microtech Knives official site

Knives and daggers

List of daggers List of blade materials

Types of knives	Aircrew Survival Egress Knife Athame Balisong/Butterfly Ballistic Ballpoint pen knife Bayonet Boline Bolo Boning Boot knife Bowie Bread knife Cane knife Cheese knife Chef's knife Cleaver Clip point Combat knife Commander Corvo CQC-6 Deba bōchō Diving knife Drop point Electric knife Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife Gerber Mark II Ginsu Grapefruit knife Gravity knife Gunong Hunting knife Jacob's ladder Karambit Kīla Kirpan Kitchen knife Kukri Laguiole knife Machete Mandau Mezzaluna Misericorde Mora knife Multi-tool Nakiri bōchō Navaja Neck knife Nontron knife Opinel knife Palette knife Pantographic knife Parang Penknife Penny knife Pocket knife Putty knife Puukko Rampuri Resolza Sabatier Sami knife Santoku SARK Scalpel Seax Sgian dubh Sharpfinger Shiv Sliding knife Smatchet SOG Knife Straight razor Strider SMF Survival knife Swiss Army knife Switchblade Taping knife Throwing knife Tomato knife Trench knife Tumi Ulu Utility knife Warrior knife X-Acto Yanagi ba Yatagan

Types of daggers	Anelace Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife Arkansas toothpick BC-41 Bagh naka Baselard Bichuwa Bollock dagger Cinquedea Dirk Ear dagger Emeici Facón French Nail Hachiwara Hunting dagger Janbiya Kaiken Kalis Kard Katar Khanjali Khanjar Kris Mark I trench knife Ocean Edge Knife Parrying dagger Poignard Push dagger Rondel dagger Seme Shobo Sica Stiletto Tantō Marine Raider stiletto V-42 stiletto Yarará Parachute Knife Yoroidōshi

Knife manufacturers	Aitor Al Mar Knives American Tomahawk Company Bear MCG Benchmade Böker Buck Knives Caber Camillus Cutlery Company Cattaraugus Cutlery Company Chris Reeve Knives Cold Steel Columbia River Knife & Tool Cuisinart Cutco Cutlery DOVO Solingen Dexter-Russell Dirte Knives Eikhorn Ek Commando Knife Co. Emerson Knives Erizo F. Dick Fällkniven FAMAE Fiskars Füritechnics Gerber Legendary Blades Global Golok Hanwei Imperial Schrade J. A. Henckels Ka-Bar Kershaw Knives KitchenAid Korin Japanese Trading Company Kyocera Leatherman Mad Dog Knives MercWorx Microtech Knives Morseth Murphy Knives Ontario Knife Company Opinel Pro-Tech Knives Randall Made Knives Ranz Rigid Knives Rösle SOG Specialty Knives Sabatier Aîné & Perrier Spyderco Strider Knives Survival Aids TEKNA Thiers Issard Tramontina Victorinox Vox Knives W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. Walther arms Wenger Western Knife Company Wilkinson Sword Windlass Steelcrafts Wüsthof Yarara Ltd

Knifemakers	A.G. Russell American Bladesmith Society Rex Applegate James Black Blackie Collins John Nelson Cooper Ernest Emerson Jerry Fisk Phill Hartsfield Bill Harsey Jr. Gil Hibben Knifemakers' Guild Zanjan Knifemakers Jimmy Lile Bob Loveless Bob Lum William F. Moran Ken Onion Ralph Osterhout Bo Randall Chris Reeve Jody Samson William Scagel Mike Snody Robert Terzuola Michael Walker Buster Warenski Daniel Winkler

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