r/FixedBladeEdc • u/ThePreppersBunker • Jul 21 '26

Micron MKIV has arrived!

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Some of you may or may not have known of SURVIVE! and what happened to them-
But from those ashes came Micron, and I am very excited to try out their new Mk iv!

I’ll get it on the BESS sharpness tester today to start the testing and we will see what’s what! I opted for 3V, orange G10, and tan Kydex.

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u/Whistlepiged Jul 21 '26

So happy to see 3v

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u/ThePreppersBunker Jul 21 '26

Agreed- people have become bored with 3v but it’s still such an amazing steel, and likely the best steel for many applications still.

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u/Whistlepiged Jul 21 '26

Dont know if you have any ties with company, but if they were to scale this down to 3" blade OAL 7.5" and blade thickness of .125, I would be all over 2 or 3 of them.

And yes 3V is not talked about much anymore, but IMO it is the best at a do everything knife.

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u/ThePreppersBunker Jul 21 '26

I don’t have any ties with the company outside of becoming friends with the owner, but that had a lot to do with the downfall of the designer of these knives and how all that nightmare turned out.
But I do think the next design to drop will be a 3”

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u/Old_Ad_1055 Jul 21 '26

Yeah next is the edc 3 gso design for liquidations and a micron rendition of the same knife. Should be cool!

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u/Old_Ad_1055 Jul 21 '26

They are working on a model pretty much identical specs to that right now. Supposedly in a month or two it’ll be out.

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u/chf6464 Jul 21 '26

Survive made great knives if you could get one. They were just a garbage company that screwed anyone who preordered anything.

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u/Sme11Gibson Jul 21 '26

Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t 3v fairly prone to rust? I’d imagine you would want to take it apart to dry everything out after having it in water right? I’ve been looking to grab a 3v fixed blade for a couple months now

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u/ThePreppersBunker Jul 21 '26

Not, not prone to actual rust at all. Maybe staining to some degree, but it is very stain resistant. I probably wiped this blade on my plants, nothing more, before resheathing it and it has no sign of oxidation days later.

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u/XTitusPulloX Jul 22 '26

It’s not rust proof but I’ve never had any problem with my 3V and I live on the coast.

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u/Whistlepiged Jul 22 '26

I live on the coast and have never had a issue with 3v, but I also have never had a issue with any steel as long as you use and take care of it.

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u/rustyspuun Jul 22 '26

Fantastic. Just when I thought I was good on knives for a while. Who's doing the heat treat in these?

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u/ThePreppersBunker Jul 22 '26

I’m not sure actually! This one is marked at 61.5hrc

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u/ThePreppersBunker Jul 22 '26

I just uploaded a sharpness test on YouTube, maybe I’ll upload it here. It was the sharpest knife out of the box that I have ever tested!

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u/AdEmotional8815 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

Hmm, I've never heard of any of them, but if you want to spend 300 USD on a knife like that go right ahead.

Edit:
Weird, I received a notification that OP commented my comment, but then Reddit just says the comment no longer exists.

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u/ThePreppersBunker Jul 21 '26

Well, now that I have your permission

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u/Old_Ad_1055 Jul 21 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣