First day of using my ZT 550...

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NateReed

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I passed it to my coworker to check out. He flicked it with a ton of wrist action and he dropped it... on concrete. Now there's a couple chips near the tip. Lucky for him KAI has free sharpening
 
NateReed said:
I passed it to my coworker to check out. He flicked it with a ton of wrist action and he dropped it... on concrete. Now there's a couple chips near the tip. Lucky for him KAI has free sharpening
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If sharpening doesn't fix it, there's always a blade replacement for a minimal fee through KAI.

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My own personal thoughts on lending out knives is I will only lend out what I am willing to not get back.
 
thats why i carry two. a normal carry knife and my 561. Thats a very sad thing, very very sad thing, very sorry for ur loss
 
Wow that's brutal... I usually have a secondary cheapo blade for people like that. That sucks man.
 
Just to let everyone know, these are small chips, but big enough to get noticed. I also determined that he was putting too much pressure on the lock bar, which made him think it took more pressure to open it than it really does. My other coworker was doing the same thing earlier, but trying to close it. I also did it when I was new to framelocks
 
Might want to look into these for your coworkers:
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I have learned to just say no ! Usually the guy asking to use your knife doesn't carry, know or care about knives that's why he wants to use yours. Nine times out of ten when you loan it or hand it over to someone, who doesn't know how to treat it properly and some thing will happen. Recently I broke my own rule by handing a new blackjack 1-7 and sheath to a good friend he was 3 feet from me and immediately he forced the knife it into the new sheath and scratched the blade. I bit my lip. Just say no.
 
I almost had a bad experience. My mom was doing something to the car battery and she turns around with a smirk on her face and asks "Hey, do you got a knife?". She knows that I always have one (except for school and other places obviously) and I asked back "Yeah, what do you need it for?". She then goes "I need to SCRAP this battery acid off". I said no.
 
Cfin said:
I have learned to just say no ! Usually the guy asking to use your knife doesn't carry, know or care about knives that's why he wants to use yours. Nine times out of ten when you loan it or hand it over to someone, who doesn't know how to treat it properly and some thing will happen. Recently I broke my own rule by handing a new blackjack 1-7 and sheath to a good friend he was 3 feet from me and immediately he forced the knife it into the new sheath and scratched the blade. I bit my lip. Just say no.
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The coworker actually carries a SOG Aegis. He just never used a framelock before and was putting too much pressure on the lockbar, making him think he needed more wrist action
 
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