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Only knife for this thread is a ZT 801 that has never left the house. I'm asking $160 shipped in Canada.
I've heard that ZT does a poor job with Elmax. That is not the case with this. It is the hardest steel I've ever worked with and I've worked with S110V and ZD P-189. I reprofiled this blade to 30° inclusive..... It took 3 hours with my 50 grit diamond stones. I continued on to 10K Chosera stones. You can still see grind lines from a foot away and that's just because this blade is harder than Superman's forehead.
Here is a link to a drop box folder with pictures.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n4qd4kv01c2kf4x/AABnu1MQBE6bBTwXfk4nl-roa
Here is a link to a YouTube video depicting the sharpness.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=io3DSEpLe_E
I will take EMT or Verified PayPal.
When I was done sharpening this I couldn't take it apart because I didn't have 2 T9's in here, the pivot just spun and I know for a fact ZT uses thread locker.
It is a wee bit off center but I'm sure if you loosened the pivot a little it would be dead nuts. You should heat the thread locker with a heart gun on low or a blow dryer before attempting to loosen the pivot.
I just oiled it from the outside.
There is gonna be some residue, nothing your t-shirt can't make short work of.
Thanks for looking guys.
You can PM me, email me, or just respond to the thread.
I've heard that ZT does a poor job with Elmax. That is not the case with this. It is the hardest steel I've ever worked with and I've worked with S110V and ZD P-189. I reprofiled this blade to 30° inclusive..... It took 3 hours with my 50 grit diamond stones. I continued on to 10K Chosera stones. You can still see grind lines from a foot away and that's just because this blade is harder than Superman's forehead.
Here is a link to a drop box folder with pictures.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n4qd4kv01c2kf4x/AABnu1MQBE6bBTwXfk4nl-roa
Here is a link to a YouTube video depicting the sharpness.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=io3DSEpLe_E
I will take EMT or Verified PayPal.
When I was done sharpening this I couldn't take it apart because I didn't have 2 T9's in here, the pivot just spun and I know for a fact ZT uses thread locker.
It is a wee bit off center but I'm sure if you loosened the pivot a little it would be dead nuts. You should heat the thread locker with a heart gun on low or a blow dryer before attempting to loosen the pivot.
I just oiled it from the outside.
There is gonna be some residue, nothing your t-shirt can't make short work of.
Thanks for looking guys.
You can PM me, email me, or just respond to the thread.
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