Re: microtech knives
They are durable but yes you do tend to baby them, kinda nice though it makes you take the time to find the right tool. My fav is actually an Ultratech. The duel edge knives are a bit thin the tanto point is recomended. I have one in the bayonet point. It is twisted sharp. I bought one for a friend of mine gor Xmas, two days later he was at his in laws and his mother in law asked him if he he had a knife, he hesitated and then said no. He said its a lot more like handing someone a loaded gun than a pocket knife simply because of the sharpness. I agree.
I own Shun cooking knives that are not this sharp. Now, remember it is a front opener so they will never be as strong as other mechananisms of the same quality. They will kick the crap out of a lesser knife in any design though. There is no other front opener that even comes close.