Hey guys, what's going on? We have got a new knife and it is in this box right here, brand new from Microtech. We are going to be taking a look today at the Combat Troodon gen 3 Combat Troodon. I thought the old Combat Troodon was cool, but there were some things about it that I didn't love. I didn't really love the styling; I didn't love the ribbing on the front. It was a cool knife; it has been carried by a bunch of people, been loved by a bunch of people, and I am not taking away from that at all. I think it's great. I don't have one, but I've handled a few of them, and there's a chance that I may get one in the future, but it just didn't get me as excited as this new one. When I saw the Gen 3 was coming out, I looked at it and thought, 'Yeah, I got to have one of those,' and now I do.

So, without further ado, let's open up the box and take a look at this thing. Papers, there's a sticker in there. I'm sure there's a sticker in there. I haven't checked, but I think there's a sticker in there; there usually is. Caution: sharp edge. I would hope so. And here it is, in all of its glory, the new Combat Troodon. Go ahead and pop this thing open, take a look. Stonewash blade, and it is sharp, so that was an accurate statement on the little yellow sticker there.

Okay, a couple of things to note about this knife right off the bat, before we get into... well, you know what, we're just going to go ahead and get into it. You'll notice something different here, that really separates this from the pack as far as Microtech's stuff goes: the hardware. It is not the... I don't see any triangles; it is not proprietary hardware. We have got torx; we've got four of them here, and we got this one on the back for the pocket clip. The pocket clip, by the way, which is ambidextrous, so that's nice. It is also... let's see if I can get this to focus... it is also milled titanium, I believe. It's titanium, milled, and it's got that tungsten carbide ball bearing, which is just really, really cool. I really like that feature.

If you look just north of the pocket clip, you see the glass breaker, just stab, no box there. You see the glass breaker, which, if it'll focus, you'll notice is very low profile, which reminds me kind of of the... reminds me a little of the SOCOM Elite, with that super low-profile glass breaker. You almost wouldn't see it if you weren't looking for it, and that is a really cool feature. I like having a glass breaker, but I don't like having a giant thing sticking out of my pocket that's going to poke me in the hand, so that's a nice feature.

And the blade, of course, is great. You got those fun little holes in the blade. I think it would have been cool if they had fluted this, like they did on the Scarab 2, and a couple of other models. I know some of the newer Combat Troodons also have the fluting on the barrel, not the barrel, on the blade, but this one doesn't. I don't know if any of the Gen 3s do yet, I'm sure they will at some point. This obviously is the combo edge, so full serrated on top, plain edge on the bottom, best of both worlds. A lot of cutting surface there, and those teeth look dangerous, some good-looking serration.

Yeah, so let's take a look, and of course, the blade is M390 MK, which you know and love from the Stitch, the MSI, and now of course, all of this gen 3 stuff that they've got coming out is all going to be in that M390 MK, which is a really, really good steel. I've used it quite a bit, not on this knife, obviously, but I have had experience using that M390 MK, and it is super tough, super corrosion-resistant.

Let's take a look at this hardware here and see what we're working with. I think that we are going to be... yep, so we've got four T8s on the front of the handle, and then this deal on the back here, I think, is going to be... I don't know exactly what that is. It's... I don't know, T25, T30? I'd have to get my other tools, which I'm not going to do because I'm filming right now, but you got a big old Torx there on the back. The important thing here is that you can take this knife apart if you need to service it, if you... I don't know. I don't know why you'd want to take your knife apart; there are a couple of different reasons you would, and you can. Now you can absolutely take this knife apart, which is really nice. Without... you could take the other ones apart, but you'd have to get the special hardware.

Looking at the switch, oh, what is that? What is going on in here? Oh, it's the crud cutter, designed to keep debris out of the way. So, when you're operating the switch, even if it gets a little grimed up, you'll still have that nice smooth contact surface, metal on metal or metal on anodized metal.

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