Hello Folks! I was wondering what people's opinions were regarding the Kershaw Zing. I'm particularly wondering about those grooves that Kershaw has on the blade. I'm thinking they may make the blade more difficult to clean, when you've used it on food such as peanut butter. Any opinions? Thanks!
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Well, i find the grooves on my Zing to be very easy to clean, just rub with the grooves and most stuff comes right off, however if you somehow get pine pitch in there its slightly harder to clean than a plain blade, though not impossible. truth is, its much harder to keep the orange handle scales clean than the blade. other than that its a neat knife, a bit pointy for my taste but still rugged, the flipper is something that doesent come naturally to me and the thumbstuds are useless, but if you are OK with flippers and get your pivot screw set right it should be no problem (blade retains in the handle as if welded untill you snap it open, very safe.) Only thing i diddent like was the edge geometry, it came sharp, but not as agressive as i like.
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Have one and love it, its on my hip right now. The grooves are not all that deep to make cleaning difficult. Its a bit pointed for spreading peanut butter Id be more concerned about getting something like that in the pivot. The 14c28n takes and hold a nice edge the factory 25 is good but I have been running it at 17/34 inclusive with no issues. Other members hare have been running more acute angles without any problems. Being used to AOs (assisted openers) the thumb studs dont work too well for opening (for me) but the flipper is very smooth and fast. Get one there good looking, fun and relatively cheap. ChinaMart carries them in the blister pack for under $40 but my local brick & mortar store beat that.
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My orange zing sees a lot of use in the kitchen. It opens crazy fast with either the flipper or the stud, although it is harder to use the stud sometimes. Food just doesn't want to stick to the blade, and it's an excellent cutter. One of my favorite knives :thumbup:
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You sure can open it via the stud, it just takes a little practice and a lot of force, as it has a very strong detent, which assists the flipper-opening method.
So you don't end up cutting yourself, I would suggest trying to open it via the stud very carefully at first, perhaps even placing your other thumb over the spine of the blade so that the blade doesn't come out of the closed position very far, just until you get used to how it opens. Once you get the hang of opening it via the stud, you'll see just how fast that sucker opens!
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Opening with the stud is harder for me left-handed due to the lock design. I can open it right handed but I need to do tricks to use the stud left-handed.
I put my thumb on the stud and slightly depress the flipper with my index. This overcomes the detent and allows me to open it the rest of the way very smoothly.
Phillip
p.s. The grooves are awesome for cutting cheese. They work like a granton edge should work.
I put my thumb on the stud and slightly depress the flipper with my index. This overcomes the detent and allows me to open it the rest of the way very smoothly.
Phillip
p.s. The grooves are awesome for cutting cheese. They work like a granton edge should work.
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The above posts are spot on :thumbup: It takes some practice, and a nice hard flick.
I picked one up after handling one a friend bought. I'd never seen anything like the grooves before, but i've found them to be pretty useful when slicing through some things (at least it feels that way). I was blown away by how fast and smooth the thing opens.
hello all, just joined in forum, this is my first post so I hope it is useful to yall, I have had my kershaw zing for 2 days now, I have removed the clip, when I first got it the clip was tip down, which for me was a bit to much hassle for quick drawing, so I moved it to the tip up position, and you would have known those little screws had a pos hex head, they stripped out so I just removed the clip all together,which I am more used to carrying a pocket knife rather than a clip knife anyway, as for the rest of the knife I am impressed, this is my first flipper and I fell in love with that aspect from the start, as for the so called useless thumb studs, they are very useful if proper pressure and thumbing is applied, the trick is to start pressure upward on the stud then with a slight lifting motion it breaks loose from the detent and flys open, remember pressure applied from tip end of blade toward the the pivot end then as you feel your thumb grind into the stud grooves left your thumb as if you were trying to pull the stud out of the blade and it will quickly whip open, this is a quality knife and with 5 minutes of sharpining it has a wicked edge!
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If you tried to use an allen wrench on those clip screws, you would strip them. You need a T6 Torx bit for clip screws.
now you tell me lol : just kidding
yes tried the allen wrench, thats what stripped them out, but it's ok as stated I would rather carry most knifes as a loose pocket knife anyway, I have had clip knifes before and normally remove the clip anyway, but you bring up a valid point, use the right tool for the job and then you won't seem like such a dork as I do! thanks for the reply!
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Sorry if this is a little off the OP's topic, but if you only damaged the screws and not the threads in the handles, you can contact Kershaw by going here and request the appropriate clip screws. They'll be happy to send them to you. Even if you don't need them now, at least you'll have them.
To the original poster (to make this relevant), the Zing and every other Kershaw has a great warranty that they back 100%.
thanks for the info, will keep it in mind!