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Hatuletoh
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Jan 21, 2019
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Davidsh331I knew someone was going to make this comment. And I had the same thought, until I realized: Pro-Tech. Do you own any Pro-Tech knives?
Davidsh331
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Jan 21, 2019
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HatuletohYes, I have one of the little Sprints, which is also aluminum, but a bit less costly and I consider it more a toy than a tool. What is it about Protech Aluminum handles that I am mis-judging?
Omniseed
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Jan 21, 2019
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Davidsh331It's the Pro-Tech that's the key.
If aluminum was anything to be concerned about, Pro-Tech fans would have discovered so by now.
Hatuletoh
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Jan 21, 2019
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OmniseedBingo. Pro-Tech makes the best autos around and keeps them competitively priced, and they do that by focusing their efforts (i.e., $) more on achieving a perfect fit and finish and, of course, that blade deployment...oh man, I'm playing with one right now...KKTHSNAPP! I love that sound; yes, Im a big Pro-Tech fan.
To me, they strike the right balance of quality and price by using more or less aluminium only for the bodies of their knives (excepting the special premium models, though many of those use Al too); and using mostly 154 CM, with a cpl models having S35VN, for blade steel.
One can say they don't like that arrangement, or that trade off, and they'd rather have all titanium and M390, or 20CV, etc (very stoked to see Pro-Tech's first use of that steel). But if you want also an auto with an action and lock-up in Pro-tech's league, then you won't be paying between about $100 and $300, you'll be starting at about $350 and movin' on up...to a DEE-lux auto knife in the sky, probably made by Heretic, or maybe Ratworx. The only Pro-Tech models with most variants priced >$300 (depending on how dressed out each is) are the Large Don and the Magic 2, and even they have basic varieties around $260.
I think I might re-post the above info as a separate post in this forum, because a number of people are bucking at the price on account of the aluminum body, and I totally understand. True, the Mordax wont be an auto--except in my dreams--but it will have a pretty beefy CPM 20CV blade. If you look at the price of, say, a Magic 2, which has a roughly similar size but 154 CM blade; and Pro-tech's only flipper,the button-locking Cambria also with 154 blade steel, the price on the Mordax starts to make sense. A little pricier than Id like, esp the upgraded models, but the base price seems about right.
Hatuletoh
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Jan 21, 2019
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Davidsh331Not "misjudging", what you like is what you like. I just wondered if you were familiar with Pro-Tech, and they way use aluminum almost exclusively for their builds. I'm a huge Pro-Tech fan, so when i saw they would be the OEM, it changes my perspective on the aluminum.
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