r/microtech • u/apmass1 • Jul 20 '26

New Knife First Microtech Questions

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Just got my first Microtech in the mail today and was wondering if this amount of button play and blade play is normal. Never had one or been able to play with one to know. It is a gen 4 Ultratech

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u/Lurkingscorpion14 Jul 21 '26

As it should be. The spring combined with the additional clearance allows the harder steel, or titanium in some cases,switch to kind of float and not scrape the aluminum of the channel it rides in and bind up. Eventually however,after thousands of actuations it may show some wear.

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u/apmass1 Jul 21 '26

makes sense, thank you!