Pro-Tech, best-known for its automatic knives, will expand its manual offerings later this month with the new TR-3 Integrity. This release sees the classic Pro-Tech auto outfitted with a new lock and a new deployment method to go along with it.
The TR-3 is a well-loved, longtime member of the Pro-Tech family. It’s almost the archetypal Pro-Tech knife, embodying as it does the company’s love for aerodynamic designs with hard-working, intuitive blade shapes and no-nonsense ergonomics. The core of the experience lies in the 3.5-inch drop point blade, which straddles the line between tactical and utilitarian applications quite nicely, and is paired to a simple handle with curves and jimping in all the right places.
As you would expect, Pro-Tech didn’t mess with success when it came to the 2024 TR-3 Integrity. The same reliable blade is back, made from robust and well-rounded CPM-S35VN. Here, of course, it is opened not with an auto mechanism, nor with the flipper tab we’ve seen on other Pro-Tech manuals, but with thumb studs. As with most modern folders, the TR-3 Integrity’s blade runs on a pivot powered by bearings.
In addition to the classic TR-3 profile, the Integrity’s handle houses its button lock mechanism. It doesn’t look much different from Pro-Tech’s button-deployed autos, actually, and will be familiar to anyone who has seen the aforementioned other recent manual releases. The handle scales are made from aluminum in another classic Pro-Tech touch, and on the off-side Pro-Tech has implemented a new deep carry wide pocket clip.
Pro-Tech says the TR-3 Integrity will arrive late this month at the earliest.
Knife in Featured Image: Pro-Tech TR-3 Integrity
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