Couple of questions about zero tolerance.

I'm leaning more towards the 0200 at the moment. The only thing stopping me from buying this knife is the lock :| I don't mind 154CM. I have used it before and I love it and have no doubts about it's edge retaination ability. The question I am asking myself right now is: Should I just save up an extra $90 and get the 0302? Is it worth an extra $90 for a stronger lock, Disregarding all other differences (AO, Blade length and steel)?
 
Herr, if you can break the lock on a 0200, under normal knife use scenarios , I will buy you a bottle of old scotch.

nuff said
 
I stand by my wager, as my word is my bond. :cool:

You will enjoy the 0200, it just feels right in the hand. I spend HOURS while watching the telly, flicking it open and closed. It feels like a bank vault door closing......smooooooth and quietly, with a little "snick:" near the end.

:thumbup:
 
I know this really isn't applicable to your discussion, but I have a ZT Shroud Cutter and the sheath retention system is perfect for its purpose. For rescue divers, or search and rescue in general, airborne types looking for a bit of confidence if your chute fails, whatever your purpose for this knife may be, you are not going to lose it. Finish is superb, edge has held for a YEAR, all in all well worth the money I paid for it. It has gone through salt water, mud, dirt, to hell and back and the finish has held up with almost no maintenance.
 
Bushman5 said:
I stand by my wager, as my word is my bond. :cool:

You will enjoy the 0200, it just feels right in the hand. I spend HOURS while watching the telly, flicking it open and closed. It feels like a bank vault door closing......smooooooth and quietly, with a little "snick:" near the end.

:thumbup:
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I agree. Out of all my ZTs, the 0200 is my favorite. It was my EDC for a year or so. Now carry a Izula around my neck... just more convent for me. Still nothing wrong with the 0200.... I now own 10 ZTs.
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And the 0500 here, it was in a pack when the photo above was taken.
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Bushman5 said:
Herr, if you can break the lock on a 0200, under normal knife use scenarios , I will buy you a bottle of old scotch.

nuff said
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+1. If I need more strength for something, I'm going fixed :thumbup:. The 0200 will probably take much more than I will ever throw at a folder.
 
Here is a question I have on ZT: Are they really made in USA? I hear rumblings on how every part is made in China by Kernshaw's Chinese division and shipped over here for final assembly to get the USA stamp and the $250 tag. Is this true?
 
Anyone want to post a photo of a knife that had really been used and doesn't look like it's been in the box the whole time. :rolleyes:
 
Herr_Noobien said:
I don't know if you can see but that lock has a fair bit of wear on it.
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I am talking about the blade showing it has really been used not just a pocket toy.

You know wear marks, scratches etc.

You know evidence of them being used for more than cleaning their fingernails. :rolleyes:
 
Ankerson said:
I am talking about the blade showing it has really been used not just a pocket toy.

You know wear marks, scratches etc.

You know evidence of them being used for more than cleaning their fingernails. :rolleyes:
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i get your drift...there are Knife Collectors, and there are people who buy knifes as objects of affection; as soon as the glow wears off they sell them and buy the next big thing...well, they make the (knife) world go round too; if you got the $$$ and that's your thing, more power to you...

there are many knifes that i want but won't buy because their cost would inhibit me from putting any wear on them, or they're just "too pretty, and i know i won't use them in the way they were intended to be.

to put any ZT on a pedestal is big time crime; they made those knives to be USED, not to look at...
 
IGotStabbed said:
Here is a question I have on ZT: Are they really made in USA? I hear rumblings on how every part is made in China by Kernshaw's Chinese division and shipped over here for final assembly to get the USA stamp and the $250 tag. Is this true?
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Every part is made in in Oregon.
 
pilote said:
i get your drift...there are Knife Collectors, and there are people who buy knifes as objects of affection; as soon as the glow wears off they sell them and buy the next big thing...well, they make the (knife) world go round too; if you got the $$$ and that's your thing, more power to you...

there are many knifes that i want but won't buy because their cost would inhibit me from putting any wear on them, or they're just "too pretty, and i know i won't use them in the way they were intended to be.

to put any ZT on a pedestal is big time crime; they made those knives to be USED, not to look at...
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Cool you get it. :thumbup: :D

I have both, knives I use hard and I am very hard on knives and I have my safe queens, ones that will never be used. :)

I use the most expensive knife I have, my Busse CG FBM and I love using it. :D
 
my most expensive is a lg. sebenza 21, and if i posted a pic of it here it would probably make a lot here faint...no prima donnas in my "collection"...it's my fishing knife; scratched, been dropped many times, has dried fish guts on it, smells funny and needs to be honed...but it's doing work it was made for...

i was chipping away on a piece of cinder block yesterday with my zt200...later a couple blocks fell hard on to it...but that badboy is bulletproof...love that folder...

looking forward to getting its companion zt100...
 
Ankerson said:
Anyone want to post a photo of a knife that had really been used and doesn't look like it's been in the box the whole time. :rolleyes:
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The problem is they don't show much wear; even if they have been used hard. I've dragged my MUDD through many caves. It's been scraped against rocks, covered in dirt and mud, batoned through firewood, and much more. There's one scratch on the blade, and a little wear on the clip and thumb studs. The ironwood scales on my 0650st show some wear, but that's pretty understandable for wood. (The wear looks good on that knife, though.)
 
Phillip Dobson said:
The problem is they don't show much wear; even if they have been used hard. I've dragged my MUDD through many caves. It's been scraped against rocks, covered in dirt and mud, batoned through firewood, and much more. There's one scratch on the blade, and a little wear on the clip and thumb studs. The ironwood scales on my 0650st show some wear, but that's pretty understandable for wood. (The wear looks good on that knife, though.)
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True, but they won't look like a safe queen though if they are used. :D
 
IGotStabbed said:
Here is a question I have on ZT: Are they really made in USA? I hear rumblings on how every part is made in China by Kernshaw's Chinese division and shipped over here for final assembly to get the USA stamp and the $250 tag. Is this true?
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There are rumblings? Link please.

Every part of our ZT's down to the screws are produced here in the US at our Oregon facility. :thumbup:
 
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