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I'd like to say a few things. First of all, as to quality of ZT vs. Reate, I've owned about 10 ZT's now, various models, 3 of the 0560/0561, I kept one, a great knife, also kept the 0562cf. I had the big bulky ones and didn't like them, too big for my pocket. I had the 0452cf, and although it was nice, it was a little too skinny or something, good knife though. I love some of the ZT knives I've touched and think the three I kept, the 0801, 0561BW and 0562cf are superb, but I have had issues with some of them.
I currently own most of the REATE knives, the hills, D9's (both), the valkyrie 1 & 2, the Horizon a,c,d, I don't have any of their cf versions or that new torrent (yet) and I have never had one single problem with any of them. They are superbly built and flip like a dream. I will be saving up so that I can get the Todd Begg Steelcraft reate kwaiken. Just gotta sell these two Brous Dvisions to pay for it.
Now, there's something I'd like to add to the discussion concerning the Chinese/American and value of local vs. imported. One thing that nobody is mentioning on these forums is that this is a collectible hobby and that they all follow a certain path. That path inevitably has rises and falls and bubbles that burst. The Chinese upswing, as lead by companies like Reate, will have a backlash in the U.S. One that will lead to better knives being made here. That is the progression of collectible items, that's how it works.
The capitalistic ideal is one which cannot afford to ignore markets from another political border. The system we hope the world to follow is the one we must follow ourselves. I buy knives from any nation that produces them well and am therefor able to make comments that our local U.S. companies can hear and respond to. I'm sure that they all wish their products were the best and selling more than the competition, however, I'm sure their second wish, if that is not so, is that they know what to do to make them so.
I currently own most of the REATE knives, the hills, D9's (both), the valkyrie 1 & 2, the Horizon a,c,d, I don't have any of their cf versions or that new torrent (yet) and I have never had one single problem with any of them. They are superbly built and flip like a dream. I will be saving up so that I can get the Todd Begg Steelcraft reate kwaiken. Just gotta sell these two Brous Dvisions to pay for it.
Now, there's something I'd like to add to the discussion concerning the Chinese/American and value of local vs. imported. One thing that nobody is mentioning on these forums is that this is a collectible hobby and that they all follow a certain path. That path inevitably has rises and falls and bubbles that burst. The Chinese upswing, as lead by companies like Reate, will have a backlash in the U.S. One that will lead to better knives being made here. That is the progression of collectible items, that's how it works.
The capitalistic ideal is one which cannot afford to ignore markets from another political border. The system we hope the world to follow is the one we must follow ourselves. I buy knives from any nation that produces them well and am therefor able to make comments that our local U.S. companies can hear and respond to. I'm sure that they all wish their products were the best and selling more than the competition, however, I'm sure their second wish, if that is not so, is that they know what to do to make them so.