I got myself this little orange carrot slaying machine back before christmas and i have found it to be a neat little knife, there are things i hate and some things i love about it, here they are..
First thing is deployment, a little tuning and practice and its basically a switchblade. the thumbstuds however, are useless. some people have said that they can deploy there Zing with the studs, but i cant. not even with two hands.
Retention: this thing has gorrilla retention. will not easily open in your pocket or if dropped and it snaps shut very nicely and gives it that switchblade-like opening. very safe, but it makes the poorly designed thumbstuds useless, as i said before
Flipper: Works well, makes a great finger guard, however there is a patch of jimping on the scales of the knife right where your nail hits when using the flipper. this can be fixed with a little practice though.
Clip: Love it, but it should really have three screws. can be tip up or tip down for a righty, but only tip up for lefties.
Blade: did NOT come as sharp as i wanted, but i'm a sharp nazi so thats expected. after reprofiling it does great, the hollow grinding is very functional, the edges of the spine have proven to be great scrapers and the grooves are not a problem at all, the do help cutting certain things (Carrots, cheese, Bad neighbors) And slightly hinder on other things, mainly the 1 inch diameter boat rope i cut today, sawing through it the ridges don't help, but it was still no problem
weight: KAI Says its 3.1 OZ, i don't care about the weight so i cant confirm that. Its solid but not a brick.
Strength/Lock: The liner lock is fairly thick for its size, it can wear your thumb nail down closing, but i trust it. The over all construction is very sturdy.
Specs:
Blade steel: Sandvik 14C28N (i have No clue what this is but it works pretty good.)
Blade length: 3in
Scale material: polyimide (Orange or black)
when you first get this it may not be so fast, i had to break mine in. it now opens fine and the blade sits straight in the handle with no oil needed. it will cost you between Paid 50$ at EMS. now i see them online for 35$, eather way i would call that a good deal if you like groovy blades, flippers, and orange scales. Any questions/comments welcome. i am unfortunatly camera-less right now, so no pics. Thanks for reading!
First thing is deployment, a little tuning and practice and its basically a switchblade. the thumbstuds however, are useless. some people have said that they can deploy there Zing with the studs, but i cant. not even with two hands.
Retention: this thing has gorrilla retention. will not easily open in your pocket or if dropped and it snaps shut very nicely and gives it that switchblade-like opening. very safe, but it makes the poorly designed thumbstuds useless, as i said before
Flipper: Works well, makes a great finger guard, however there is a patch of jimping on the scales of the knife right where your nail hits when using the flipper. this can be fixed with a little practice though.
Clip: Love it, but it should really have three screws. can be tip up or tip down for a righty, but only tip up for lefties.
Blade: did NOT come as sharp as i wanted, but i'm a sharp nazi so thats expected. after reprofiling it does great, the hollow grinding is very functional, the edges of the spine have proven to be great scrapers and the grooves are not a problem at all, the do help cutting certain things (Carrots, cheese, Bad neighbors) And slightly hinder on other things, mainly the 1 inch diameter boat rope i cut today, sawing through it the ridges don't help, but it was still no problem
weight: KAI Says its 3.1 OZ, i don't care about the weight so i cant confirm that. Its solid but not a brick.
Strength/Lock: The liner lock is fairly thick for its size, it can wear your thumb nail down closing, but i trust it. The over all construction is very sturdy.
Specs:
Blade steel: Sandvik 14C28N (i have No clue what this is but it works pretty good.)
Blade length: 3in
Scale material: polyimide (Orange or black)
when you first get this it may not be so fast, i had to break mine in. it now opens fine and the blade sits straight in the handle with no oil needed. it will cost you between Paid 50$ at EMS. now i see them online for 35$, eather way i would call that a good deal if you like groovy blades, flippers, and orange scales. Any questions/comments welcome. i am unfortunatly camera-less right now, so no pics. Thanks for reading!
