$.30 Apple vs. Zt562cf

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Jurgs18

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A while ago a bit of apple juice must have gotten into the pivot area of my zt562cf. The result was knife that would not flip open except for lots of wrist. Typically it would open 1/4 to 1/2 way. Now I took it apart and cleaned it up. It is back to its stellar self... This knife is so excellent yet it succumbed to a $.30 Apple. Maybe time to consider a new standard when considering a knife? F&f, blade steel, Apple resistance?
 
.......so you want a self cleaning knife? ZT's are plenty "apple resistant" as long as you rinse them off....
 
If you go about putting apple juice in and around the pivot of just about every folding knife out there I bet you'll realize that the your ZT handled that situation a lot better than most would. That would be like me complaining about how my ZT collects pocket lint. It happens. All it takes is a little maintenance to keep it working the way they're designed to.
 
AJR576 said:
Did you see what happened to the guy that cut a banana with his knife?
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I saw that but i think this is a bit different. The banana guy tried to blame his knife on him cutting himself. This guy just expected that his knife would hold up a bit better than it did so I'm gonna cut him some slack
 
Lol 4 negative responses (not necessarily overtly negative, but negative in a passive aggressive I am annoyed at you and smarter than you sort of way). Well 3.5 because I never looked into the banana thing but I suspect that on the balance of positive and negatives, it was negative. No complaints about the knife. With the addition of the apple juice which I neglected to rinse off it performed just as I expected it would. Taking it apart and cleaning it allowed me to appreciate the excellent quality of each of the piece. The ease in which it came apart, cleaned up, then performed if as good as new gave me a renewed appreciation with this knife. And even if it never flicked open properly again it would not diminish the fact that the knife carries well in my pocket, feels good in my hand, and cuts like a laser...
 
Dump any liquid that has sugar in a pivot and let it dry and see what happens. The sealed pivot on g&g hawk I believe it is called would be fine, that's the only knife I can think of.

All we need is a guy to bring up grapes and a knife issue and we have the fruit of the loom crew.
 
We have a lot of fruit on our farm and about every knife I have will gum up when the juice gets in the pivot. Sometimes I can get away with soaking it in water a few minutes, then using an air compressor and blow gun to clear it out. A vacuum might work as well. Other than that, taking it apart and cleaning is the best thing to do. Fixed blades are much easier for anything involving a sticky mess. If you use a folder, bushings would be a little better. With fixed blades, I just soap it up and scrub with a sponge, handle n all, then let dry. very easy with fixed blades!
 
Jurgs18 said:
Lol 4 negative responses (not necessarily overtly negative, but negative in a passive aggressive I am annoyed at you and smarter than you sort of way). Well 3.5 because I never looked into the banana thing but I suspect that on the balance of positive and negatives, it was negative. No complaints about the knife. With the addition of the apple juice which I neglected to rinse off it performed just as I expected it would. Taking it apart and cleaning it allowed me to appreciate the excellent quality of each of the piece. The ease in which it came apart, cleaned up, then performed if as good as new gave me a renewed appreciation with this knife. And even if it never flicked open properly again it would not diminish the fact that the knife carries well in my pocket, feels good in my hand, and cuts like a laser...
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In general, I don't use folders for food prep and hunting b/c the pivot gets all messed up. If you do use it for food prep, you should take it apart every time and clean it so that doesn't happen
 
Growing up on a sugar cane farm and pealing more stalks than I care to count over the years,with every knife I've carried, rinse it and move along.


Sent via telegraph by the same fingers I use to sip whiskey
 
You didn't say in your original post about how you "appreciated the quality", you just complained about how getting some apple juice in your ZT screwed up the action.
 
Maybe it has to do with the bearings, I prefer PB or Teflon washers, I think it would handle gunk better
 
Hi. Around 40% of my EDC folders use revolves around food prep of sorts, from peeling fruits and preparing breakfasts/lunches at the office to the sandwich cutting and occasional grilling of sausages, steaks or trout out on the trails. Food juices are quite nasty to all bearings and even washers, if let unclean. Normally I solve the issue by cleaning the whole knife under running hot water and blowing them dry with compressed air. Then, let's say once every two/three months, I disassemble most of them for a complete cleaning and lube. My learning is it's much better to clean them immediately after use, this can, most of the times, avoid to disassemble them completely. Anyway, besides the real "difficult" ones, I enjoy to disassemble and clean my folders, same as for guns, it's one of the typical activities in the man's cave :D.
 
The 0562 is a fantastic knife with an awesome company behind it. If your ZT has an issue, contact ZT''s customer service and have a set of bearings sent out. I love my 0562. Its action is super smooth. If yours isn't, replace the bearing cage.
 
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