Mo, how do you like the 0850?
its a love hate thing. i love to carry it. but i dont like many of the features, BUT i still like it. i wouldnt let the con's get in the way. unless those con's are major in your point of view.
con's
-its too thick behind the edge, doesnt slice well. no big deal unless you need a slicer. tried slicing rubber tubing and it was horrible at that (but most knives of this size are going to be similar unless its like say a spyderco).
-thumb stud is not functional, it will make your fingers sore deploying. most annoying thing about the knife. once it wears in it will get easier, but still the sharp edges of the thumbstud are annoying, id rather have say a kershaw blur thumbstud style far better.
-backspacer is ugly revolver thing and aluminum, the wood screws are just screwed into it, so low tech annoying cheap.
-carbon fiber is not a full carbon composite. its carbon and micarta (blue) iirc. to me this means it was less expensive and not as strong as just carbonfiber (but this is nitpicking, the quality of the composite is very high).
-not thrilled with the GUN market design ques. this is the most upsetting. its a knife made for gun enthusiasts id say. that pisses me off. zt is a knife company. but they are targeting a different market with this one.
pro's
-action is great, you can finger flick after its worn in a bit. i prefer to finger flick rather than thumb flick, as my thumb gets red AF.
-grip is great.
-20cv steel is great, tho i havent used it much to say about its wear rate yet.
-fairly good in the pocket for being larger. good placement of the clip.
-its fairly light weight. the blade is the heavy part of the knife. but its not that unbalanced.
-high quality TI and CF/micarta.
mine came with what i would suggest is a weak detent or a detent hole too big for the detent. when its closed i can shake it lightly and it will chatter. the blade is loose. if i shake it a little more the blade whips out unsafely. some other folks also have this issue (epic snuggle bunny showed this on his just recently on his live yt video). not everyone is affected. im sure ZT would fix this, dunno tho.
im really subjective on knives. most of the knife community doesn't see eye to eye with me. im worse than nick shabazz. i wish more people listed con's about knives instead of saying they like everything. in this case, even the con's are not that bad. more of nitpicks.
These sell on the secondary market for pretty cheap. or at least almost every one ive seen was. i got mine below map pricing new. its definatly not worth Map pricing imho, but its an excellent knife that i still like to carry despite the cons.
