Kershaw/ZT Picture Thread!!! Let's See Em'!

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Danny Linguini said:
I got this guy a few weeks ago during KC’s ZT sale. Absolutely love the knife, but - it was impossible to finger flip out of the box. I tortured my poor index finger and tore up the nail real good, but it would just not flip open. Even pulling it by the thumb hole, the detent was still pretty stiff. Once you got it past that first resistance, it was smooth as silk. I never pulled it apart, but I did give it a close inspection to see where the problem might be. I figured maybe it just needs to get worn in a bit to loosen up. After a lot of pulling and snapping closed, there was no improvement.

Then I just happened to notice that the screwdriver blade on my trusty SAK fit nicely in the thumbhole, and just a little twist was enough to pop it past the detent, and quickly close it back with my thumb. It was so little effort and so repeatable, I could basically get hundreds of open-closes in just a few minutes. But I still wasn’t getting very far - after several hundred repeats, I still couldn’t finger-flip it open.

Then I had a revelation - what if I put a little more pressure on the ball in the liner lock? I shaved down a toothpick (again with the file on my trusty SAK), and wedged it between the frame and the liner lock, putting a crapload more pressure on the detent, and hopefully/theoretically wearing it in faster than just its own spring tension. A few hundred open-closes with toothpick inserted, and I finally started seeing some progress. After a few hundred more, it’s finally worn in enough that I can flip it easily as it was intended, but with plenty of tension to keep it closed. And it’s oh so nice!

Why didn’t I just return it? Because I really, really like this knife. It’s one of those knives that I just can’t stop looking at. And I was able to open it one-handed by pinching and pushing the thumbhole between my thumb and index finger, then wrist-flipping it the rest of the way. Now I rather unscientifically got it to exactly where I want it, and I really love it. It could end up taking some pocket time from my Bucks.

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Mine was the same way out of the box. Almost sent it back as it was useless.

I disassembled it and adjusted the ”lockbars” tension on it. Now it’s good to go.
 
Just got this MagnaCut Leek in today, my 8th Kershaw. Needed a tiny tweak of the pivot screw, as it was a tad tight and didn’t want to flip all the way open out of the box, but now it’s perfect. It is definitely a big-time fidgeter. Got a deep carry clip coming from MXG - will post pics of that when it gets here. Really like this little guy.

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Danny Linguini said:
MXG deep carry clip came yesterday for the Leek. Very nicely made, perfectly sprung, and it even eliminates a minor hot spot the stock clip created. Quick shipping, too. And I think it looks great. Makes a nice little knife even better.
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Looks great and works well with the existing colors 👍

I've also been happy with MXG for Kershaw/ZT clips.
 
Danny Linguini said:
MXG deep carry clip came yesterday for the Leek. Very nicely made, perfectly sprung, and it even eliminates a minor hot spot the stock clip created. Quick shipping, too. And I think it looks great. Makes a nice little knife even better.

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Looks great, but does it interfere at all with the sliding blade-lock/safety? I have an older Leek with a bit of a "hair trigger" on the flipper tab.. doesn't take much pressure at all to deploy the blade. I've always been interested in the MXG clip, but I don't want to give up the security that the tip-lock provides..
 
ricklikesknives said:
Looks great, but does it interfere at all with the sliding blade-lock/safety? I have an older Leek with a bit of a "hair trigger" on the flipper tab.. doesn't take much pressure at all to deploy the blade. I've always been interested in the MXG clip, but I don't want to give up the security that the tip-lock provides..
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Yeah, actually it does if you install on that end to carry tip-up. You can lock it, but you can’t get a nail on it to unlock it. I don’t use the lock, so it’s not a problem for me … unless it inadvertently gets locked and I don’t have a toothpick handy. If it becomes a problem, I’ll just switch it back to the other end and carry tip-down.
 
Danny Linguini said:
Yeah, actually it does if you install on that end to carry tip-up. You can lock it, but you can’t get a nail on it to unlock it. I don’t use the lock, so it’s not a problem for me … unless it inadvertently gets locked and I don’t have a toothpick handy. If it becomes a problem, I’ll just switch it back to the other end and carry tip-down.
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Good to know, thank you, I appreciate that feedback!
 
I am carrying and using the Livewire for my everyday.

It has done just fine for cutting, but the biggest finding is just how convenient it is to have a "self closing" knife.

Deploy, use, retract, drop in pocket.

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Great edc. I don't see much mention of these.

Pulled it out as my "watch a movie flipping knife" last night.
That might be an interesting thread for someone to start; "A knife and a movie" etc.

Anyway, we watched Collateral and I was fidgeting with this:

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