**CLOSED! New WINNER is stonproject** 5,000th Post Strong Nails GAW - see first post

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I'd like a shot at this please.

I've been drooling over some GEC patterns in the past 6 months. Finally pulled the trigger on a substitute companies canoe pattern last night. A far cheaper knife to test the traditional waters. I'd love to add this beauty to it.

As for the hard opening story: My 1st gen ZT 0550 liked to have ripped my thumb from the nail when I first got it. The detent was so strong that it sat, uncarried for quite a while. The helpful folks here on Bladeforums gave me some pointers on how to work it in more quickly but it wasn't enough. After sitting on it and planning to sell it for a long time, I finally stuck it in my pocket and forced myself to carry it. The detent now feels lighter and my thumb has toughened up. It's become one of my favorites, even if the blade stop to pivot geometry makes for a learning curve in opening.

Thanks for the very generous giveaway and congrats on the "ridiculous" post count.
 
In! Have never won a contest, thanks for the opportunity.

I have more than a few knives that have calloused my finger (tight flippers) or my thumb (tight detent with a thumb stud or a tight lock), and more than a few times I've bent back my fingernails on nail nicks. It just comes with the territory in this hobby!
 
I'm in and thank you for the opportunity! Also, congrats on your 5,000 + posts. That is amazing!

Donnie
 
I'm in! Thanks for the chance!

I don't have any "hard opening" stories as far as traditional go, as I haven't been into knives very long, and the modern ones have always caught my eye, but I have been thinking about picking up a traditional, and winning one would be even better! Also, being 20, something about the hard opening makes me wanna try it lol :)
 
Congratulations on 5K! Thanks for the giveaway, I'm in. I've broken enough nails over the years to know to be careful so I should be okay.
 
I'm in,

Thank you.

I am mostly a fixed blade guy. But recently, I have been carrying a Buck 110.
I would love to try a more traditional.


Thanks again, for the generosity!
 
"I'm in" for sure man, and thanks for the great GAW!

Only really had 2 bad experiences with opening a knife personally, and fortunately not traditionals.

Frist one was a cheap (~$15) Gerber knife I got for my dad (yeah, I know, but what he wanted) that was an assisted button lock.
It had a coated blade, and what I didn't realize when I got it was that the coating on the blade was also coating the interface surface where the blade contacted the frame and the locking mechanism...so the first time you tried to open the knife it was like it was going to tear the skin off of my thumb. Realized the probelm pretty fast, and figured I'd already bought it, so I would break it in for my dad and give it to him when it worked...ow ow ow. Bad idea. Lieterally tore the skin of my thumb open before th knife was able to open and close normally. Wore a bandage on my thumb for too long beacause of it though.
Bad part is now it opens perfectly, and it's my dad's EDC for years...and he said recently he may need to get another one...nope.

The other one was just an issue with the maker.

All and all, if that's the only issues I've had opening all of the knives that have gone through my hands, I'm not upset about it :D

EDIT: I did rememebr having my nail ripped off by an old old Buck knife (I think?) that my grandfather gave me that was handed down forever. I'm not even sure if it was a buck or not really because of how old it was, but man it tore at my nail. Being a stupid kid, I kept trying, and before I knew it, my fingernail was half-seperated from the skin and I was bleeding quite a lot...not a good day at all.
 
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