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Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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New ZT0550 Thread !!!
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Let's see some pics of the lock up.
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Visually the lock up looks solid. It's the play in the lock bar after lock-up that is my concern. More of just a safety concern. It may just need to be bent a little further and i'm not too comfortable taking a new knife apart - may do more harm than good with lock-up. May just have to send her in for a remedy.
It definitely needs to go back then. I posted a similar issue with a knife of mine and either you bend the lockbar in (not recommended) or send it back. I definitely think there should be zero play in a lock bar, or any lock for that matter.
Mine should be in my mailbox right now
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It definitely needs to go back then. I posted a similar issue with a knife of mine and either you bend the lockbar in (not recommended) or send it back. I definitely think there should be zero play in a lock bar, or any lock for that matter.
Mine should be in my mailbox right now
Thanks! I def. won't attempt it then.
Love the knife! Rock solid design!:thumbup:
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Indeed - This rusty liner issue seems like it could be chronic but we need the stakeholders to weigh in.
I have two on preorder from another dealer besides Dave and I would consider cancelling those if I knew I had a good chance of receiving a similar knife.
If these issues are mitigated somehow then I'm still in.
I have two on preorder from another dealer besides Dave and I would consider cancelling those if I knew I had a good chance of receiving a similar knife.
If these issues are mitigated somehow then I'm still in.
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#0014 was waiting for me when I got home.
Initial impressions...
Heavy, thick, tough as nails. My lockup is ~50% which is great to me. No blade play. Centered blade, good build quality. I will say I have owned an XM and find it to be more comfortible.. it's also incredibly obvious this is NOTHING like the XM once you hold it. That said, I absolutely love this knife... I think once I have my HEST folder to rotate out with this, I'll sell my other folders.... no need for them anymore...
Initial impressions...
Heavy, thick, tough as nails. My lockup is ~50% which is great to me. No blade play. Centered blade, good build quality. I will say I have owned an XM and find it to be more comfortible.. it's also incredibly obvious this is NOTHING like the XM once you hold it. That said, I absolutely love this knife... I think once I have my HEST folder to rotate out with this, I'll sell my other folders.... no need for them anymore...
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I decided to purchase one of these 0551s as my first Zero Tolerance knife because Ive heard/read nothing but wonderful things regarding ZTs fit/finish and overall quality but WTF is up with that RUST ?!!
..have you guys forgotten that stainless steel is NOT supposed to rust like that?
Why wasnt it cleaned and finished properly?
What kind of alloy did they use if it is indeed stainless??? A simple 300 series SS should not rust like that and spare me about high carbon SS tool alloys oxidizing, we're talking about a liner here!
I cant help thinking that liner looks like it belongs on a Pakistani/Chinese knock-off sold on Canal Street, not on a high end, $200 knife!
And, to top it off, several new owners are worried about the excess lock bar travel and lock-up issues on a brand new knife. Hmmm....
Anybody else get the feeling that they rushed these out the door and threw caution to the wind???
..maybe they had the B team trainees putting them together? There were comments made about working this sprint run in between the regular production and how busy Kershaw was during this time of year. Maybe they hired some seasonal temp workers and let them have a go at being a knifemaker by "practicing" on our much anticipated 0551's???
How else to explain these QC issues?
..have you guys forgotten that stainless steel is NOT supposed to rust like that?
Why wasnt it cleaned and finished properly?
What kind of alloy did they use if it is indeed stainless??? A simple 300 series SS should not rust like that and spare me about high carbon SS tool alloys oxidizing, we're talking about a liner here!
I cant help thinking that liner looks like it belongs on a Pakistani/Chinese knock-off sold on Canal Street, not on a high end, $200 knife!
And, to top it off, several new owners are worried about the excess lock bar travel and lock-up issues on a brand new knife. Hmmm....
Anybody else get the feeling that they rushed these out the door and threw caution to the wind???
..maybe they had the B team trainees putting them together? There were comments made about working this sprint run in between the regular production and how busy Kershaw was during this time of year. Maybe they hired some seasonal temp workers and let them have a go at being a knifemaker by "practicing" on our much anticipated 0551's???
How else to explain these QC issues?
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