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As the title suggests, this is my first post here. I've recently only been a lurker but I figured I might as well break the ice with a post and some pictures. I'm only fairly recently getting into knives. I was a huge gun (revolvers) and watch nut but somehow I've gotten into knives, folders to be exact.
My dad asked for a new knife for Christmas after his broke so I wondered around Dicks sporting goods for 20 odd minutes not knowingwhat the hell I was even looking for. I eventually came to the Sog Flash II and thought that might be something he'd like. Sure enough he loved it and let me play with it. Game over. Initially I thought about getting the same thing but then decided I want something smaller since I wear mostly gym shorts/light weight clothing.
I started browsing Sog's site and came across the mini aegis. I ordered one that day from Amazon. When I got it I was honestly a little underwhelmed after all the glowing reviews I watched and read. I gave it a few days and back it went. I had remembered a guy on my rugby team talking about how much he loved his benchmade so that was my next move. I remember seeing them behind glass in stores and thinking "who the hell would ever pay that much for a knife?" Funny how things change.
After more research I settled on a mini griptilian. I got it, opened the box, flipped it open, closed it, put it in the box and back it went. I couldn't justify the size, and feel for the price. I paid about $90 for it and just couldn't justify it. Still stuck on benchmade I ordered a black 707 from Amazon. During this time I was knife-less and had a $100 gift card to AcademySports burning a hole in my pocket. After playing with an 840 and deciding it wasn't worth half of the asking price I walked out with a Zero Tolerance 0350.
This thing was speaking my language. A few days later I got the 707 in the mail and, while I liked it significantly more than the griptilian it still didn't hold a candle to the 0350. The two knives were roughly the same price however only one felt like it was worth the money to me. For my uses the 0350 is absolutely overkill, but I like that. Much in the same way I don't NEED 7 rounds of .357 Magnum I sure do like having them (4 inch Smith and Wesson 686+) or NEED a watch with an altimeter, barometer or compass (Casio prw 3000 1A)
It's all peace of mind. I tend to think in worst case scenarios. If I ever had to depend on a knife for hard use tasks I want to know it's up for the job which is why I am drawn to ZT and their overbuilt knives. To me Zero tolerance is like Ruger and Benchmade is like Smith and Wesson. One is all about beauty and craftsmanship while the other is all about getting sh*t done.
We'll...as many of you know these forums are a dangerous place. I stumbled across the zt 0566 and it just came in the mail today. So far I'm in love with it and can't stop playing with it. Between my two zt's I can't decide which I like more, I like them both for different reasons.
Sorry for the long winded post but I'm sure my girlfriend is sick of hearing me talk about knives and I wanted to talk about knives dammit.
My dad asked for a new knife for Christmas after his broke so I wondered around Dicks sporting goods for 20 odd minutes not knowingwhat the hell I was even looking for. I eventually came to the Sog Flash II and thought that might be something he'd like. Sure enough he loved it and let me play with it. Game over. Initially I thought about getting the same thing but then decided I want something smaller since I wear mostly gym shorts/light weight clothing.
I started browsing Sog's site and came across the mini aegis. I ordered one that day from Amazon. When I got it I was honestly a little underwhelmed after all the glowing reviews I watched and read. I gave it a few days and back it went. I had remembered a guy on my rugby team talking about how much he loved his benchmade so that was my next move. I remember seeing them behind glass in stores and thinking "who the hell would ever pay that much for a knife?" Funny how things change.
After more research I settled on a mini griptilian. I got it, opened the box, flipped it open, closed it, put it in the box and back it went. I couldn't justify the size, and feel for the price. I paid about $90 for it and just couldn't justify it. Still stuck on benchmade I ordered a black 707 from Amazon. During this time I was knife-less and had a $100 gift card to AcademySports burning a hole in my pocket. After playing with an 840 and deciding it wasn't worth half of the asking price I walked out with a Zero Tolerance 0350.
This thing was speaking my language. A few days later I got the 707 in the mail and, while I liked it significantly more than the griptilian it still didn't hold a candle to the 0350. The two knives were roughly the same price however only one felt like it was worth the money to me. For my uses the 0350 is absolutely overkill, but I like that. Much in the same way I don't NEED 7 rounds of .357 Magnum I sure do like having them (4 inch Smith and Wesson 686+) or NEED a watch with an altimeter, barometer or compass (Casio prw 3000 1A)
It's all peace of mind. I tend to think in worst case scenarios. If I ever had to depend on a knife for hard use tasks I want to know it's up for the job which is why I am drawn to ZT and their overbuilt knives. To me Zero tolerance is like Ruger and Benchmade is like Smith and Wesson. One is all about beauty and craftsmanship while the other is all about getting sh*t done.
We'll...as many of you know these forums are a dangerous place. I stumbled across the zt 0566 and it just came in the mail today. So far I'm in love with it and can't stop playing with it. Between my two zt's I can't decide which I like more, I like them both for different reasons.
Sorry for the long winded post but I'm sure my girlfriend is sick of hearing me talk about knives and I wanted to talk about knives dammit.
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