No ZT for me sorry

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Lapedog said:
I would think a spine whack (which I don’t do, but if I am suspicious of a lock I might do a few spine taps) is closer to a stab since the force of a stab is exerted all at once suddenly.

Or even closer to a hypothetical stab that you miss and end up hitting the spine instead.
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It's closer to stabbing a tree. And that's not part of my normal folder use.
 
BTGuy said:
Watching that one video about the ZT 0550 was a big part of why I ended up trying a ZT 0562. I've inadvertently whacked the back of the opened blade on my 562 quite a few times and the lock didn't budge once.
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Nailed it.

That guy, and that particular video, were part of how I fell so hard for ZT.

After I watched that, I did some silly stuff. I had to break down a wooden frame at one point. Instead of using a saw, hatchet, or some other tool, I did it with the 0550. No good reason. Just wanted to. Found some hot spots over extrended use without gloves. Also laughed a lot. I was doing a lot of what amounted to notch-batoning with it to speed it up. Still locks up perfectly.
 
danbot said:
It's closer to stabbing a tree. And that's not part of my normal folder use.
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Well softer materials we don’t really stab as much as poke the tip through it.

I think the idea is if you are ninja assasinating someone and hit their skull or hooked on phonics text book in their backpack.
 
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Lapedog said:
Well softer materials we don’t really stab as much as poke the tip through it.

I think the idea is if you are ninja assasinating someone at hit their skull or hooked on phonics text book in their backpack.
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Well, to each their own I suppose.
 
SpySmasher said:
I think one serious issue has emerged from this thread: I'm going to start one-hand closing my ZTs with a spine whack. It's safer than closing it by disengaging the frame lock with my fingers in the path of the blade.
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Same here. Except I'm going to use a zip tie to connect a roll of tape to my belt and use that all the time. It seems to work well.
 
Knicked Digits said:
I work in manufacturing. The chances that the wrong tap was used is slim. Even if there was a brain fart along the line and the wrong taps and drills were used, QC at least would have caught it and if not then the Assembly dept. would have definitely caught it. There’s no way there was only one that was drilled and tapped too large on BOTH scales. They run batches of these parts on automated machines with the tools set for the whole run.

This is the most rediculous thread I’ve ever read. Sounds like the OP just wants to crap on ZT.
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As I posted earlier, I have owned 3 different ZT’s and they were terrific knives. The lockup on my 0566 was nice and solid, but I was able to push the lock all of the way over to the opposite side of the handle when opened. ZT isn’t above having QC or design issues, but overall they have earned their reputation as a company that can be trusted to produce a good high quality product.
If the op did in fact experience these issues, they are doing a disservice to themselves by not giving ZT another chance.
 
One point about spine wacking a framelock. If youre holding it in a saber or hammer grip putting force on the lockbar I doubt it’d fail. But spine wacking holding by the butt it’s much more likely to fail.
 
sXePhenomenal said:
One point about spine wacking a framelock. If youre holding it in a saber or hammer grip putting force on the lockbar I doubt it’d fail. But spine wacking holding by the butt it’s much more likely to fail.
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But if it DOES fail , you can change your user name to "Stumpy" !
 
sXePhenomenal said:
One point about spine wacking a framelock. If youre holding it in a saber or hammer grip putting force on the lockbar I doubt it’d fail. But spine wacking holding by the butt it’s much more likely to fail.
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I spine whacked other framelocks holding them by the end and they wouldn't fail. A Kizer Dukes with a steel insert didn't. Even a 55 dollar Real Steel liner lock with up and down play wouldn't fail. Absolutely beat a 10 dollar Chinese Hinderer clone with a steel framelock that was given to me on a metal table and no fail.
 
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Getting back to the original issue that SpandexxHotWife had with her knife. If ZT knives are having problems with screws loosening up after very little use, shouldn't they put Loc-Tite on their screws before they are shipped to their dealers? Or shouldn't they put Loc-Tite on the screws when they loosen up after the knife has only been used for a short time by the owner?

I personally don't have a problem fixing a simple issue on a knife that is brand new, but, understandably, not everyone feels that way.

PS Love the kangaroo video
 
I knew this thread was gonna bring out some great responses, but this was the gem...

bolabeenz said:
I can't believe I googled K,spanx, bie.
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All the ZT’s I own and/or have used have never disappointed or failed remotely. I do only buy from AD’s or ZT.
 
My ZT 0393 came from the factory with some issues. My experience with their CS was fantastic. I sent the knife in and had it back within 2 weeks from the day I shipped it and that was including a holiday. The CS reps I spoke with were fantastic. While this is my only experience with a knife company CS I give it an A.

I recently saw that YouTube video and tried the spine whack test on my 0393 and it failed. Keep in mind I did the version in which I simply hit the blade on my opposite hand and the lock failed. My Slipjoint SAK doesn’t even do that.

Now it’s never failed during use but that is definitely alarming. I also tried in on my 0562 and it’s rock solid. Even a table whack didn’t do anything. Oddly enough I can push the lock bar over on the 0562 and the 0393 doesn’t move.
 
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