stabman
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A Zero Tolerance 0102 that is. 
It showed up yesterday, courtesy of Thomas (thanks again, man!).
The pictures weren't taken till after midnight though...too busy with marking assignments and playing with my new axe.
Pictures of the sheath (original, old-school version):
Nice hand grip area near the head; useful for many tasks:
Here's the back-spike:
Today my Emberlit twig stove showed up, so it was off for a hike to try out both items. :thumbup:
Here it is on the bus, just prior to getting off (didn't feel like rooting around in the cold to dig it out later):
Note the color of the paracord strap...that manliest of colours, pink camouflage.
Out where the trees and things be at:
A couple of shots before lighting the stove...the ZT 0102 was very handy for bashing off some dry deadwood from various spots:
Boiling up some water:
Splitting some small wood to get to the dry interior:
Note the signs of use on the back-spike; it is actually very handy for splitting wood the same way that some folks do with a small bushcraft knife, where they stab to split, then wiggle and pull the wood along.
Back at home, and all cleaned up. Just look at how long the blade span is...it's longer than the Spyderco Military:
The head is pretty long too:
You can see some wear on the coating, but that's to be expected with use, especially when chopping at frozen wood. Along the way in and out, I chopped at every sizeable bit of deadwood I came across, and it was pretty damn great. I can tell this is going to be a useful piece of equipment to have when out and about; chops pretty good, great handle ergonomics, and it fits easily in a standard size backpack. The ability to choke up near the blade allows for use in some carving tasks also.
Next time, I'll have to take it out with some of my big knives to compare overall utility, but I'm really digging it thus far.
It showed up yesterday, courtesy of Thomas (thanks again, man!).
The pictures weren't taken till after midnight though...too busy with marking assignments and playing with my new axe.
Pictures of the sheath (original, old-school version):
Nice hand grip area near the head; useful for many tasks:
Here's the back-spike:
Today my Emberlit twig stove showed up, so it was off for a hike to try out both items. :thumbup:
Here it is on the bus, just prior to getting off (didn't feel like rooting around in the cold to dig it out later):
Note the color of the paracord strap...that manliest of colours, pink camouflage.
Out where the trees and things be at:
A couple of shots before lighting the stove...the ZT 0102 was very handy for bashing off some dry deadwood from various spots:
Boiling up some water:
Splitting some small wood to get to the dry interior:
Note the signs of use on the back-spike; it is actually very handy for splitting wood the same way that some folks do with a small bushcraft knife, where they stab to split, then wiggle and pull the wood along.
Back at home, and all cleaned up. Just look at how long the blade span is...it's longer than the Spyderco Military:
The head is pretty long too:
You can see some wear on the coating, but that's to be expected with use, especially when chopping at frozen wood. Along the way in and out, I chopped at every sizeable bit of deadwood I came across, and it was pretty damn great. I can tell this is going to be a useful piece of equipment to have when out and about; chops pretty good, great handle ergonomics, and it fits easily in a standard size backpack. The ability to choke up near the blade allows for use in some carving tasks also.
Next time, I'll have to take it out with some of my big knives to compare overall utility, but I'm really digging it thus far.
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