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Microtech Socom Elite
The Microtech SOCOM Elite carries the oldest name in the company's folder catalog, tracing straight back to the original SOCOM of 1996 and borrowing its title from the United States Special Operations Command. Thirty years of refinement later, the formula hasn't changed: an overbuilt manual folder with a 4-inch blade of thick stock, a 9-inch open length, and around five and a half ounces of aluminum and steel that feels like it was machined from a bank vault.
Deployment runs through dual thumb studs, a stout liner lock holds the blade open, textured inserts keep the aluminum handle planted, and a glass breaker sits at the base. The whole knife is machined in the USA like everything else in the Microtech catalog.
SOCOM Elite Manual and Auto
The classic Elite is the manual, offered in single edge clip point and tanto configurations. The SOCOM Elite Auto takes the same frame and adds a push-button spring, putting it among the largest side-opening automatic knives in serious production. Same blade, same grip, two very different draws, and both show up in everything from tactical black to red, blue, turquoise, and natural clear, plus Outbreak, Warcom, and Cerakote Signature Series runs.
SOCOM RAM-LOK and SOCOM Delta RAM-LOK
The newest chapter swaps the liner lock for Microtech's RAM-LOK crossbar system, first seen on the MSI, bringing ambidextrous, finger-safe closing and a rock-solid bar lockup to the platform, with a bearing pivot, glass breaker, frag-machined aluminum handles, and titanium options. Alongside it sits the SOCOM Delta RAM-LOK, a slightly trimmer take with a blade just under 4 inches, and Marfione Select titanium builds of both that blur the line between user and collectible. This category holds all of them, so the whole modern SOCOM family lives on one page, alongside the rest of the Microtech manual folding knives.
Clip Point, Tanto, and M390MK Steel
Current production runs Bohler M390MK, the M390 variant produced exclusively for Microtech, in plain, partially serrated, and fully serrated edges. You can see how it compares in our breakdown of every major knife steel. The clip point is the do-everything worker, while the tanto has been the SOCOM's signature look for decades and remains one of the most recognizable tanto blade knives money can buy. Whichever edge you choose, this is the Microtech for people who think OTFs are the flashy younger sibling.
