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Microtech Knives, Inc. is a knife manufacturing company, famous for its automatic knives, that was founded in 
The company has long promoted itself as stressing quality with regard to tight machining tolerances, to within one thousandth of an inch (0.001"). Microtech has designed knives for use by the
Vero Beach, Florida
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in 1994, and operated there until relocating to Bradford, Pennsylvania
Bradford is a city in McKean County, Pennsylvania. It is located close to the border with New York state and approximately south of Buffalo, New York. Bradford is the principal city in the Bradford, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The populat ...
in 2005 and to Fletcher, North Carolina
Fletcher is a town in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,187 at the 2010 census, and was estimated to be 8,333 in 2018.
Fletcher is adjacent to Asheville Regional Airport, which serves western North Carolina. ...
in 2009. The company expanded the location of its Corporate Headquarters in nearby Mills River, NC
Mills River is a town in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 6,802 at the 2010 census, and was estimated to be 7,406 in 2019.https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/millsrivertownnorthcarolina/PST045218 The t ...
in 2018. Microtech now has two active manufacturing factories and one corporate headquarters location.
The company has long promoted itself as stressing quality with regard to tight machining tolerances, to within one thousandth of an inch (0.001"). Microtech has designed knives for use by the US Military
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such as the HALO
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, UDT, SOCOM and Currahee models. 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."
Although Microtech has produced many styles of blades in the past such as kitchen knives, fishing knives, arrow
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heads, and butterfly knives; Microtech is most famous for its tactical automatic knives. The most popular designs among collectors are the " Out The Front" ( OTF) and the "Double Action" (D/A) automatics. Microtech along with Benchmade Knives was responsible for the resurgence in the popularity of tactical automatic knives in the 1990s. These knives were seen more as a precision made tool utilizing powerful springs and high grade bushings as opposed to a cheap import.
Microtech has collaborated with famous knifemakers and designers such as Ernest Emerson
Ernest R. Emerson (born March 7, 1955) is an American custom knifemaker, martial artist, and edged-weapons expert. Originally an engineer and machinist in the aerospace industry, Emerson became a knifemaker by producing knives for a martial a ...
, Bob Terzuola, Mick Strider, Walter Brend, Mike Turber, Greg Lightfoot, Reese Weiland, Borka Blades (Sebastijan Berenji) and Bastien Coves (Bastinelli Knives) on exclusive designs. A Microtech Knives "HALO" was featured on the television series '' 24''.
Microtech Small Arms Research
Microtech Small Arms Research (MSAR) was a subsidiary of Microtech Knives which manufactured an American-made version of theSteyr AUG
The Steyr AUG () is an Austrian bullpup assault rifle chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO intermediate cartridge, designed in the 1960s by Steyr-Daimler-Puch, and now manufactured by Steyr Arms GmbH & Co KG.
It was adopted by the Austrian A ...
known as the MSAR STG-556. Introduced at the 2007 SHOT Show
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, the MSAR STG-556 is an AUG A1 clone available in either civilian, semi-automatic only and military/LE, select-fire variants. MSAR marketed accessories for its rifles until Microtech Knives Inc. closed down the division in March 2015.
Microtech Defense Industries
Microtech Defense Industries is a current division of Microtech Knives exclusively manufacturing advanced firearm accessories. The first product launched was the R2K9 9mm Suppressor in 2019 and can actively be purchased through authorized dealers.References
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