The Microtech Makora is the comeback story of the OTF catalog. A classic from the company's mid-2000s era, it returned almost twenty years after its first release with modern internals and its insect-inspired name and symbol intact, and the revival has quietly built one of the deepest Signature Series grids in the Microtech lineup.
The formula is a full-size double-edge dagger, 3.3 inches of blade in an 8.5-inch package at a light 3.3 ounces, fired from the classic dual-action thumb slide.
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.
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.
Every Makora runs a double-edge dagger in plain, partially serrated, and fully serrated edges, with 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, and Brute inlays to full-DLC blackouts and anodized OD, red, and blue chassis. Among full-size OTF knives, the Makora is proof that Microtech's back catalog still has teeth.