Is this a Blackwashed ZT 0801 that is renamed MM01K Minuteman?

Haiduke

Haiduke

Joined
Jan 4, 2014
Messages
162
I saw this come across on an ad, is this a ZT 0801 that is blackwashed and renamed the MM01K Minuteman?



 
Yup - and they are doing an interesting take on the branding - this is from their website:

"Our Minuteman knife is a rugged folding knife with a very safe and secure frame lock. The knife is essentially our version of the very popular ZeroTolerance 0801 & is made for us by ZeroTolerance Knives in the United States of America.

Our version features BlackWashed finish applied by Ionbond. In addition we have opted to go with a sanitized blade meaning there are no brand names, etc etched onto the blade. In fact the ZeroTolerance brand name only appears subtly on the knife handle while our Minuteman brand name and logo only appear on the pocket clip.

We believe most factory knives are cluttered with brand names, blade steel types, model names & or numbers etc. and detract from the overall design of a knife. Thus we opted to offer a cleaner less branded look on our knife."
 
Plus it's for a good cause: "25% of the profit from each Minuteman Pocket Knife sold goes to charities that assist veterans and their families.".

30435390362f90fa606d7c0c851a214e_zps7e52ada2.jpg
 
RamZar said:
Plus it's for a good cause: "25% of the profit from each Minuteman Pocket Knife sold goes to charities that assist veterans and their families.".

30435390362f90fa606d7c0c851a214e_zps7e52ada2.jpg
Click to expand...

That is awesome!
 
I just saw this over at a gun blog. I like it, the blade looks great without anything written on it, plus a good chunk of the money goes to a good cause and it isn't much more expensive than a regular 801.
 
Greetings all as the owner of Minuteman Watch Co the company offering the knife I thought I would chime in.

As has been stated this is very much like a dealer exclusive and the knife is totally a ZT 0801 Rexford. The only thing that I don't think a dealer would have been able to get done is the sanitized blade which we really had to lobby to get.

As has been stated the finish is DLC but with a few extra twists and its called BlackWashed. Here is how we and other describe the finish.

"Like a battle-tested tool or a favorite pair of well-worn jeans, the blackwashed MM01K has that already-broken-in look. To make a Blackwashed knife, knife components are Tungsten DLC (Diamond-like Carbon) coated, then tumbled to produce the distinctive Blackwashed finish."

I believe you will be seeing more companies offering the finish though I don't know how popular it will end up being.

The finish is from Ionbond and was suggested to us by Darrell Lewis who we have worked with on the coating for our wrist watches. In fact it was Darrell that put is in contact with the right people at ZT that were able to make this happen. Which we thank Darrell for that.

25% of the profit from all the products we sell goes to charities that assist veterans and their families. Thus far The Gary Sinise Foundation is the charity we have worked with the most. We are now also working with Mercury One who in the last few months set up a fund to assist active and former military needing assistance.

On the knives we plan to make just 50 of them. As such it made the most sense to use an existing design. The reason we are limiting production to just 50 is that this is a tough economy and we are new to knives as a brand.

So we are very much just getting our feet wet. If the knife does well we have a design unique to us in the works for a fixed blade knife that we would then roll out next year.

Another reason for selecting an exisiting popular design for us. We are assured of the quality of the design, materials, and the quality of the production.

I am sure many of you know the regular ZT 0801 has an MSRP of $240 though you can get it for under $200 from many dealers. Our slightly tweaked version is being offered at a price lower than the regular MSRP. The main reason we are offering these is to raise funds for charity.

To give you an idea of how much will go to charity for each knife we sell. If we were not raising funds for charity we would have these priced for the same or less than the dealers selling the regular model at a discounted price. But ours has the additional upgrades to the finish and we feel the appearance with the sanitized blade. Our thinking with that is less is more.

I hope this post will answer any questions you fine folks may have about the knife.

I hope all of you have a great day.
 
That's a great looking variation. I don't think you'll have any issue selling 50. My guess is that they will be gone in minutes...
 
Thomas Carey said:
On the knives we plan to make just 50 of them. As such it made the most sense to use an existing design. The reason we are limiting production to just 50 is that this is a tough economy and we are new to knives as a brand.
Click to expand...

Your purchase page for the knife says:

  • 196 Units in Stock
  • Manufactured by: Minuteman Watches
 
Many users here already own and enjoy blackwash offerings from KAI, its not a new thing if that is what you are implying.

Cool to see new versions of the 0801.
 
kniferbro said:
Many users here already own and enjoy blackwash offerings from KAI, its not a new thing if that is what you are implying.

Cool to see new versions of the 0801.
Click to expand...

We don't mean to imply its entirely but it is relatively new and we are finding the average person has never encountered it before. Thus we are actually having to take extra steps to explain it as to many it looks like a heavily used knife with the finish wearing off. =)
 
Thomas Carey said:
Thanks for pointing that out we have updated as actually we are now down to 40.
Click to expand...

Thanks.

Did you start out with 196 units and are now down to about 40 units in stock?

Also, isn't it manufactured by Zero Tolerance and not Minuteman Watches? Perhaps it should say: "Manufactured by Zero Tolerance for Minuteman Watches".
 
RamZar said:
Thanks.

Did you start out with 196 units and are now down to about 40 units in stock?

Also, isn't it manufactured by Zero Tolerance and not Minuteman Watches? Perhaps it should say: "Manufactured by Zero Tolerance for Minuteman Watches".
Click to expand...

Good suggestion though that line your seeing is actually something that the site itself puts in on listings & we don't have a good way to change that with the system and actually that number was supposed to be for an item that was right below the knife in our admin panel
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top