Hard Use Folder? ;-)

Andrew Colglazier

Andrew Colglazier

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I have a ZT MUDD. I have carried this knife as a work knife for quite a while, and was rather surprised when I heard it had been discontinued. I've put this knife through the ringer, and today, again.

Working on repairing a well house, I needed to cover a ventilation hole under a gable. I had some steel flashing, but no tin snips. So, out came the ZT MUDD.

What you do is, you open the folder and pop the tip through the flashing. Then you put the palm of your hand on the spine of the knife, hand open, and push down on the handle. The edge slices through without too much difficulty. Then you just slide the blade in the direction of the cut, and do it again. In this way, you cut through the steel pretty quickly. :)
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This did dull the edge some, but not excessively. No chipping, no rolling, just a bit of dulling. The knife still had an edge.
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I do like the M4 in my Gayle Bradley Spyderco better, but, what do you do.

Andy
 
Thanks a lot, Andy. Now -another- knife I've got to add to the short list. :grumpy: :p

Seriously, that's a good endorsement. :thumbup:
 
Perhaps they discontinued the model for an upgrade using CPM-M4 steel? I always found it funny that they wouldn't release more tool steel blades to go along with that Tungsten DLC coating.
 
Noctis3880 said:
Perhaps they discontinued the model for an upgrade using CPM-M4 steel? I always found it funny that they wouldn't release more tool steel blades to go along with that Tungsten DLC coating.
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not the steel...i believe it was something about the seals (making, availability?), and it was a PITA to assemble...
 
Cutting tin not an uncommon thing for my workhorse knives to do, and indeed the MUDD is more than capable.
 
Glad to see people have the balls to cut stuff like this instead of newspaper.
 
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