All right guys pleAse help me decide!!!!!

Texaspridejb

Texaspridejb

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Time For a new folder y'all need help deciding between a zt 0560 or a Keyshaw tilt...have compared em all and just can't choose. I'm gonna use it and prob pretty hard for pretty much anything you can imagine. Anyone with experience with these please help. Btw I edc a brown Millie right now,thanks all.
 
Where are you planning on finding a TILT first off?

Secondly, get the 0560. Why would you want to work such a limited edition knife hard?
 
If you are going to use it hard def go for the 0560. I own both and while the tilt is a fine knife the 0560 just feels better for all my tasks I do with it. Also since the 0560 is readily available you don't have to feel bad thrashing on a limited knife like the tilt. Finally, while the tilt locks up tight, the lockbar on mine seems to disengage too easily, sometimes loosening even when I'm just holding it at an unusual angle, while the 0560 is a vault. If I had to choose one I would go for the 0560 for sure.
 
Scurvy092 said:
Where are you planning on finding a TILT first off?

Secondly, get the 0560. Why would you want to work such a limited edition knife hard?
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eBay and various knife sites and I'm not too big on not using what I own. The brown sprint Millie is fairly limited,and it edcs awesome too from game prep to everything in between
 
chivilryman2 said:
If you are going to use it hard def go for the 0560. I own both and while the tilt is a fine knife the 0560 just feels better for all my tasks I do with it. Also since the 0560 is readily available you don't have to feel bad thrashing on a limited knife like the tilt. Finally, while the tilt locks up tight, the lockbar on mine seems to disengage too easily, sometimes loosening even when I'm just holding it at an unusual angle, while the 0560 is a vault. If I had to choose one I would go for the 0560 for sure.
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thanks brother, that's the kind of info I'm looking for
 
chivilryman2 said:
Finally, while the tilt locks up tight, the lockbar on mine seems to disengage too easily, sometimes loosening even when I'm just holding it at an unusual angle
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You should have the lockbar looked into. I have not had that experience with any if my Tilts.

The Tilt cuts way better than the 0560 the blade design makes that obvious. I don't know what the 0560 can do that the Tilt can't, although the greater weight would help when chopping with the knife.

The tilt is considerably more comfortable than the 0560. If I have to put up with a blade that requires more pressure to cut (0560) I want it to be comfortable.

My vote is for the Tilt, I think it would back hard use. I wouldn't do anything with a 0560 that I wouldn't do with a Tilt.
 
what about the blade design makes it so obvious that the tilt cuts better? I would think having some belly would make cutting easier
 
I guess it's each unto their own, I find my 0560 much more comfortable than my tilt and I worry about the tilts super fine tip if any accidental torque was applied during hard work, even though I haven't heard any reports of that happening
 
pry said:
what about the blade design makes it so obvious that the tilt cuts better? I would think having some belly would make cutting easier
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The thinness of the blade behind the edge. The full flat grind is an aid as well. It is more evident when cutting something that is wider/longer than the blade.
 
You can't go wrong with the 0560. It's a great piece of design, construction and art.
 
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