The Microtech Hera wears a goddess's name and has quietly become one of the widest-ranging families in the catalog. What started as a contoured, EDC-friendly dual-action OTF on rounded lines now brackets the entire size spectrum: the Hera II swings one of the biggest blades in the out-the-front world, while the Hera II Mini weighs barely two ounces.
Every one of them carries the family signatures — a clean, contoured chassis, a milled titanium clip with a glider ball that spares your pocket seams, and USA machining like the rest of the Microtech lineup.
The second generation grew up, stretching to a 4-inch blade with substantial handle real estate underneath it. The drive system fires harder than before while the slide got easier to run, and Crudd Cutter serrations beneath the switch channel pocket lint out before it can gum the action. Torx hardware, a deep-engraved claw logo, a lanyard hole machined into the chassis itself, and a sleeker glass breaker round out a knife that turned the friendly Hera into a legitimate large-format worker.
The Mini runs the other direction: a blade just under three inches in a package around 6.9 inches and two ounces, which makes it one of the lightest serious OTFs in production. Internal screws leave the chassis nearly seamless, and the redesigned 6AL4V titanium clip and integrated glass breaker carry the full-size feature set down without the weight. For pockets that found even the UTX class substantial, this is the answer.
The family runs Bohler M390MK across double-edge daggers, bayonet grinds, single edge, tanto, and a recurve, a profile almost nobody else puts on an OTF; see how the steel earns its keep in our comparison of every major knife steel. The Signature Series treatment runs wilder here than anywhere else, from X-51 alloy handles to seasonal runs like brushed-metal bats, mummy wrap, and Christmas white. If you want the same energy in a squarer, more tactical frame, the Troodon is the Hera's angular cousin, but among OTF knives this is the line that proves Microtech can do curves.