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Microtech Anax
The Microtech Anax has one of the best origin stories in the catalog. It began as a Tony Marfione integral frame lock folder that took the 2014 Blade Show by storm, with the handle machined as a single piece of titanium. The name works twice: Anax is ancient Greek for a lord or leader, and it is also the genus of the emperor dragonfly, whose segmented body inspired the patterning along the spine.
Today the design lives on two tiers, and knowing which one you are looking at matters more here than anywhere else in the Microtech lineup.
Marfione Custom Anax vs Production Anax
The original remains a Marfione Custom: an integral frame in 6Al4V titanium or carbon fiber, Elmax blades, the Marfione dagger logo, and the certificate and pouch that come with the founder's own work, made in the USA. The production Anax, the 190C and 191C on this page, is the attainable reintroduction, a collaboration designed by Microtech and manufactured by Rikeknife as a titanium frame lock that keeps the shape, the carbon fiber, and the presence at a fraction of the custom's price.
Microtech Anax Specs and Details
The production knife runs a 3.69-inch Bohler M390 blade at 8.58 inches overall and 5 ounces, riding a 32-ball silicon nitride bearing race that makes the manual action feel gravity-assisted. Details run deep for the tier: a pivot collar and overtravel stop, carbon fiber inlaid into the DLC or satin titanium frame, a titanium clip with a ceramic ball, two interchangeable titanium lanyards, and a bit set in the box for the proprietary screws. Blades come in drop point or tanto with plain or serrated edges, and our comparison of every major knife steel shows exactly what M390 brings to it.
Where the Anax Fits
In a catalog built on aluminum automatics, the Anax is the titanium dress folder, the Microtech you hand to someone who thinks they know what a Microtech looks like. If you want the brand's manual knife as a USA-built workhorse instead, that job belongs to the MSI and the rest of the Microtech manual folding knives; the Anax exists for the days when the knife is allowed to be beautiful first and busy second.
