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 double-action OTF on rounded lines now brackets the size spectrum: the Hera II swings one of the longest blades in Microtech's OTF lineup, while the Hera II Mini weighs about two ounces.
Every one of them carries the family signatures: a clean, contoured chassis, a reversible titanium clip that spares your pocket seams, and USA machining like the rest of the Microtech lineup. The original Hera still fills much of this grid in double-edge and single edge versions, alongside Signature Series Hellhound builds.
The second generation grew up, stretching to a 4-inch blade at 9.45 inches overall and 4.9 ounces, with substantial handle real estate underneath it. The reengineered Dual Fuel drivetrain fires with authority while the slide runs easier, and a redesigned button pocket under the switch channels lint and debris away before it can gum the action. Internal screws leave the chassis clean, and a redesigned 6AL4V titanium clip and glass breaker round out a knife that turned the friendly Hera into a legitimate large-format worker in the same class as the Combat Troodon.
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, in the same weight class as the Mini Troodon. Internal screws leave the chassis nearly seamless, a deep-engraved claw logo marks the handle, 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 Hera II family runs Bohler M390MK across double-edge daggers, bayonet grinds, single edge, tanto, and a recurve, a profile rarely seen 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 almost anywhere else, from X-51 handles and Outbreak finishes to seasonal runs like brushed-metal bats, mummy wrap, Valentine's Day, 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.