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Microtech Makora
The Microtech Makora is the comeback story of the OTF catalog. First released in 2003, it returned almost twenty years later with modern internals and its insect-inspired name and symbol intact: the original prototype's double glass breaker reminded an early admirer of an ant's fangs, and "makora" is the word for ant in her home country of India. The revival has quietly built one of the deepest Signature Series grids in the Microtech lineup.
The formula is a full-size dagger, about 3.3 to 3.4 inches of blade in an 8.5-inch package at a light 3.1 to 3.3 ounces, fired from the classic double-action thumb slide.
What Makes the Makora Different
The details separate it from every other full-size OTF in the family. Both faces of the peaked 6061-T6 handle are inset with 3M composite grip material, so it holds on where bare anodizing slips. Holes machined into the top and bottom of the handle work with fluting at the base of the blade to keep the knife operational in and around water. Inside, nickel boron coated internals cut friction for a smoother, more consistent action, and an updated single glass breaker caps the frame in place of the original's double-breaker design.
Makora vs Ultratech
Side by side with the Ultratech, the Makora runs the same size class while measuring slightly thicker and weighing slightly less, and the character split is clean: the Ultratech is the everything-to-everyone platform with its buffet of grinds and generations, while the Makora is a committed dagger with grip tape and water manners. If your Ultratech feels a little too polite in a sweaty hand, this is the knife Microtech built for you.
Makora Blade Styles and M390 Steel
The double-edge dagger fills nearly the whole grid, in plain, partially serrated, and fully serrated edges, with a tanto making a rare appearance and Bohler M390 doing the work; our comparison of every major knife steel shows why that matters at this blade thickness. The Signature Series treatment is where the grid gets deep, from carbon fiber, bubble, Brute, and leather inlays to full-DLC Shadow blackouts, bronze blades, and anodized OD, red, weathered red, and blue chassis. Among full-size OTF knives, the Makora is proof that Microtech's back catalog still has teeth.
