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Great pics! You and Jroden do an excellent job with your photos.
Had to go look at mine again to see if mine had that cool ZT logo on it.

No such luck.

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Mo photos...
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Fantastic photos! looks like your liner also needs a good stonewashing...
Great pics! You and Jroden do an excellent job with your photos.
Had to go look at mine again to see if mine had that cool ZT logo on it.
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Well, I was overjoyed for a moment and then my curse kicked in.
When my knife arrived today I did the usual F&F inspection then moved straight to the sharpening stones. When I was done I noticed two things, the first being I could push the lock bar over the right after lock up and the second was rust on the liner side
At first I thought the rust may have been from using my water stones to sharpen but I dug a little deeper and found this.
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The lock issue is one that I have seen before and I figured it was probably from too much oil, from the looks of it that seems to be the issue.
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So before I fix the issues myself I would like to hear from Thomas or Rick. I can fix it myself and really don't want to send it back but if you want it for inspection I understand. I'm also not upset by this but rather just wanted to give you the heads up on a possible problem.
Question if I may ........ those of you that found rust on your 0551.
Where has this rust been located ? Can you see the rust without taking the knife apart ??
I have #280 and have looked it over fairly close and havent seen any rust on the G-10 liner side at all. Is this where you all have seen it ??
Everytime I read about rust , I take mine in hand and look it over closely ......I find nothing.
Is there a pic of the rust area ??
Thanks.
Yeah, it does have a bit of rust. I'm debating whether or not to send it back or just fix it myself. The knife is going to be a gift to my son, so I'd like it to be perfect. I appreciate Thomas W's top notch service and attention to the problem.
Question if I may ........ those of you that found rust on your 0551.
Where has this rust been located ? Can you see the rust without taking the knife apart ??
I have #280 and have looked it over fairly close and haven't seen any rust on the G-10 liner side at all. Is this where you all have seen it ??
Every time I read about rust , I take mine in hand and look it over closely ......I find nothing.
Is there a pic of the rust area ??
Today I finally noticed why this knife feels so good in hand for tip usage, the downward curve of the total knife acts like an extension of your pointer finger, feels very natural to use it like so (at least to me)
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Jroden5446- Blue collar hands unite!! :thumbup:![]()
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got mine few days ago , well I had to improve few things .
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