Just like the title says............let's hear some of that love for the ZT0500 MUDD!!
Of course I'll go first. This is my current carry, along with a slipjoint whittler, and I absolutely love it. I've never made any bones about that though. The clip point blade is my favorite blade style, and though a modified clip point, I find the 0500's blade to cover any task I need it to do. The sealed pivot and lock have held up very good with no gunk making it into those area's, and both area's still as smooth as the day it came out of the box. I have tightened the pivot to my liking, and adjusted the clip to fit down between the "ears" at the end of the handle. I also shortened the clip to be about an inch long, and covered it in black 3M Stair Step tape, which provides enough grip for my finger when drawing the knife from my pocket. The handle looks a little awkward at first, but after holding the knife I found it quite ergonomic in my hand with no hot spots developing after a few days of use on the outside bushes.
All I've got to say at the moment, so lets hear from the ZT0500 owners, past owner's, and wanna be owner's as to your thoughts on this knife.:thumbup:
Of course I'll go first. This is my current carry, along with a slipjoint whittler, and I absolutely love it. I've never made any bones about that though. The clip point blade is my favorite blade style, and though a modified clip point, I find the 0500's blade to cover any task I need it to do. The sealed pivot and lock have held up very good with no gunk making it into those area's, and both area's still as smooth as the day it came out of the box. I have tightened the pivot to my liking, and adjusted the clip to fit down between the "ears" at the end of the handle. I also shortened the clip to be about an inch long, and covered it in black 3M Stair Step tape, which provides enough grip for my finger when drawing the knife from my pocket. The handle looks a little awkward at first, but after holding the knife I found it quite ergonomic in my hand with no hot spots developing after a few days of use on the outside bushes.
All I've got to say at the moment, so lets hear from the ZT0500 owners, past owner's, and wanna be owner's as to your thoughts on this knife.:thumbup:
I have a stock version and the top one I modified to my liking:thumbup:, Stripped the black finish off the handles, stripped the clip and shortened it to sit in the recess, stripped the black off the face of the pivot bolts, stripped the thumbstud and carefully added a choil to allow me to choke up on my grip for some finesse work:thumbup:
---it was a result of a cold winters day and an itch for somethin different
