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

Monofletch said:
I gifted this Link to my son in law years ago! Do you think Kershaw will fix it up for him? 🤣😆🤣

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Nice!

And an M390 Link.

You just have to like that.

Yea, yea...speedsafe. I don't prefer it, but I also don't avoid it either.

I find myself closing them one handed by releasing the lock while pressing the spine on my right thigh. Not a problem so far.

I really like the 0357, and had carried my BW serial #0012 for quite a while, until I took a picture of it on the primary of my Glide during an oil change and then rode off forgetting it was there. 😶

I bought another one. I also gave one to a local LEO in an Adopt a Cop Christmas package. I hope they liked it. I always thought the 0357 was a good LEO knife, second to the 0350SKD due to the carbide glass breaker.

Had this 0392 out today. What a great quality knife... 20260329_220451.jpg
 
mqqn said:
Nice!

And an M390 Link.

You just have to like that.

Yea, yea...speedsafe. I don't prefer it, but I also don't avoid it either.

I find myself closing them one handed by releasing the lock while pressing the spine on my right thigh. Not a problem so far.

I really like the 0357, and had carried my BW serial #0012 for quite a while, until I took a picture of it on the primary of my Glide during an oil change and then rode off forgetting it was there. 😶

I bought another one. I also gave one to a local LEO in an Adopt a Cop Christmas package. I hope they liked it. I always thought the 0357 was a good LEO knife, second to the 0350SKD due to the carbide glass breaker.

Had this 0392 out today. What a great quality knife... View attachment 3146816
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that's an awesome spec, one of my top 3 specs of the 0392
 
Skywalker31 said:
Hopefully ok to request a pic here... Anyone have a 0545 and a 0117 for a side-by-side comparison?
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That's a good comparison request, I haven't seen that yet. I know tristate edc really liked the 117, and he's typically a crossbar hater and not a "zt guy". I would rock one, as a superior alternative to the Bugout
 
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0545, 0117 and 0707.

My wife was handling all three and likes the 0117 better because of the lock, mostly.

I apologize for the smudges , but it does display how a smooth finish shows the use.

I do use my knives, and the 0117 has not seen the inside of a storage bag since it arrived in Tennessee.
 
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I still do not like the 0545. I’ve got the original and the blue CF one. I think ZT botched some of the locking / unlocking ergos on that knife.
 
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KVT said:
I still do not like the 0545. I’ve got the original and the blue CF one. I think ZT botched some of the locking / unlocking ergos on that knife.
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My sample size of one unit did not show any issues, everything works smooth and zero play when locked.
I don't remember threads about them having issues, but I don't do too much browsing outside of here and USN.20260402_084047.jpg

Edit. I did a little search and the complaints I find are not about lockup, but rather some saying the blade is hard to deploy if you put any pressure on the lockbar.
I have larger but not gorilla hands, and my second (ring finger) rests in the provided hollow area, and the blade flick out smoothly and easily.

I was able, with some effort, to contort my hand to get a finger to rest on the very thin profile of the lock ar and yes, I can make the knife hard to open in that way.

I never noticed that, and I suppose this might be more of a problem for folks with larger hands. 20260402_085630.jpg
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mqqn said:
My sample size of one unit did not show any issues, everything works smooth and zero play when locked.
I don't remember threads about them having issues, but I don't do too much browsing outside of here and USN.View attachment 3149312

Edit. I did a little search and the complaints I find are not about lockup, but rather some saying the blade is hard to deploy if you put any pressure on the lockbar.
I have larger but not gorilla hands, and my second (ring finger) rests in the provided hollow area, and the blade flick out smoothly and easily.

I was able, with some effort, to contort my hand to get a finger to rest on the very thin profile of the lock ar and yes, I can make the knife hard to open in that way.

I never noticed that, and I suppose this might be more of a problem for folks with larger hands. View attachment 3149327
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I have larger hands, but have tons of small, medium and large knives. The 0545 is annoying to deploy. I shouldn't have to "remember" or "think about" how to hold it - it should just fire. If the flipper tab was just a bit bigger (even 1mm) with one more jimp at the top, the problem would be solved. Something ZT overlooked in their testing. I'm not the first to complain about it. Again, I have tons and tons of small frame-locks and don't have any issue with them.

Sucks, because it could be the PERFECT EDC - SO slim and I LOVE the BLUCF colorway on all ZTs. Slightly bigger flipper with more jimping would transform it.
 
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