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And this 0562 is just bangin!!!

The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
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.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
You guys need to go outside and enjoy the weather instead of discussing you flippin flipping!
Sand box time!
Blues you crazy sun of a gun, what knife is it that takes two hands. I missed that. You guys are talking about too many damn models.
presz said:Sell it to someone with some "horsepower".
presz said:1. Use the knife, it will smooth out. Or if needed chamfer the edge of your detent hole/ take some of the tension off of you lock bar.
2. Send it in, they will make it nice and easy for you.
Horsepower? Lol...
Some people work with their hands for a living, and a strong detent is very slippery with wet/muddy/greasy/etc. hands. Maybe a strong detent is fine if you push papers or something, maybe cut boxes all day, but for down right work, a strong detent sucks in many ways...
Pair that with a lock that needs 2 hands to close, and it an unusable knife... That's exactly why mine sit in a drawer and are just "fun to play with"...
And yet when Rick Hinderer tries to tell people that, he gets excoriated....
Look, flippers are dependent on several factors. Detent is just one. Different strokes for different folks.
I hope some of you guys get to meet RJ Martin one day and ask him why it's nigh impossible to push button his flippers....
Why do you always mention RJ Martin? Sure, his knives are probably great, but so are many other flippers. Go ask André Thorburn why his knives flip so well without a strong detent...
I know that 100% of people here will hate me for saying this, but I think ZT is crap. I own 3, and I'm constantly reminded that better quality can be had for similar prices...
The 0454 is my only ZT that is worth carrying, and I still think there are better things out there.
I agree 100%, Zt is way overhyped and their "limited editions" and "factory customs" tick me off to no end. Theyre no higher quality than their regular runs and sell for absurd prices on the secondary market. When a Zt costs more than a Sebenza, well that is just too funny. I had a few ZTs, keyword HAD. Their QC has tanked and i dont care for flippers much so i moved on rather quickly from ZT. If im spending 200+ on a knife, i spend 400 and buy a CRK. Id send it in for warranty, then sell it for a profit to the rabid ZT buyers Lol.
Ahhh...
That 100% lockup on a brand new 0452 is so refreshing, right? I mean, come on... This thing is totally legit, it's a ZT man!
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Knife ownership is voluntary. There really isn't a good reason to let yourself be "bothered to no end" by ZT. Put your money where it brings joy to you.
Why do you always mention RJ Martin? Sure, his knives are probably great, but so are many other flippers. Go ask André Thorburn why his knives flip so well without a strong detent...