Matching Microtechs for the Long Weekend: SOCOM Warcom SS and Scarab II D/E Kick Off r/knives' Three-Day Carry
There is a specific joy in matching your carry to the occasion, and one r/knives member took it to its logical conclusion this week: 'Going into a 3 day weekend deserves some matching Microtech.' The post featured a SOCOM Warcom SS alongside a trusty Scarab II double-edge — two very different flavors of Microtech firepower, united by the brand's unmistakable DNA. It is the kind of flex that the knife community genuinely respects, because it is not about cost alone — it is about curating a pair that tells a story.
The pairing makes sense on paper. The SOCOM Warcom is Microtech's tactical folder line — a manual or automatic folder built around a burly, hard-use silhouette with the kind of aggressive profile that looks at home on a duty belt. The Scarab II, meanwhile, is an OTF — out-the-front — automatic, the double-edge version being the classic operator configuration. Together they cover the two poles of Microtech's identity: the heavy folder and the instant-deploy OTF.
Long-weekend carry posts are a ritual across the knife subreddits. Friday rolls around and the pocket checks multiply, as members break out the pieces that do not make the daily rotation. For Microtech owners specifically, the posts tend to carry extra weight — the brand's autos are famously regulated by state knife laws, so carrying one at all is a statement about where you live as much as what you like. The comment section inevitably included the usual out-of-state envy.
The thread also highlighted how far Microtech's catalog reaches. A brand that can produce both a tank-like folder and a precision OTF, and inspire owners to pair them for a weekend, has built something broader than a single product line — it has built an identity. Matching sets are the community's way of signaling allegiance to that identity.
Whether your three-day weekend carry is a pair of Microtechs or a single budget flipper, the principle is the same: start the break with something you actually enjoy. r/knives approved.