The Official ZT0562 Thread!! (FIRST LOOK)

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Hats off to ZT for an intelligent design. This knife comes apart and goes back together very easily:

 
/\ Do you think there's any room to drill out some of that steel liner without sacrificing strength? Just curious why they wouldn't have skeletonized the liner unless they were at the upper end of production cost.
 
I've never held a ZT before...what does the other side of the blade look like at the pivot? Is it recessed as well or are the bearings offset or something?
 
Rolex John said:
No it's flat - the two recessed areas are where the two blue KVT bearings fit.
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I see...so the recessed area on the Ti scale matches the recess on the blade? Interesting.

I may try skeletonizing the steel liner with a pattern of small holes when I get my hands on one.
 
Are the recessed areas of the Ti scales carbidized? Does it make sense hat the steel bearings would wear into the scales eventually causing blade play
 
Dudelepowski said:
I see...so the recessed area on the Ti scale matches the recess on the blade? Interesting.
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Well, the idea here is that the blade is sandwiched between and rides on the KVT bearings. To do that, you need the recessed area in the Ti side to accommodate one of the two blue KVT discs in the above photo. Then the flat side of the blade goes against the Ti side of the handle scale (contacting the KVT bearing disc). The side of the blade with the recessed area for the 2nd KVD blue disc would then be facing up, so once that disc is in place, the stainless steel liner goes on top of the blade, followed by the scale.

I'll have to concur with the others that it wouldn't be a good idea to try and skeletonize the already thin stainless steel liner.
 
I don't think skeletonizing the liner would make a significant difference in strength, but I wonder if it would make enough difference in weight to make it worth the effort. Even if it saves half an ounce, is that a meaningful enough difference to make it worthwhile? Is 1/2oz less weight something you can even feel clipped in your pocket? I doubt it.
 
Biginboca said:
I don't think skeletonizing the liner would make a significant difference in strength, but I wonder if it would make enough difference in weight to make it worth the effort. Even if it saves half an ounce, is that a meaningful enough difference to make it worthwhile? Is 1/2oz less weight something you can even feel clipped in your pocket? I doubt it.
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You're probably right. I'm just a tinkerer ;)
 
Is there a need for both a hinderer LBS and an over-travel tab on the steel lockbar insert? :confused:
 
99cuts said:
Is there a need for both a hinderer LBS and an over-travel tab on the steel lockbar insert? :confused:
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Nope. I think they left it on to the keep the Hinderer look. The stop in the insert is all that is needed as far as overtravel is concerned.
 
Biginboca said:
I don't think skeletonizing the liner would make a significant difference in strength, but I wonder if it would make enough difference in weight to make it worth the effort. Even if it saves half an ounce, is that a meaningful enough difference to make it worthwhile? Is 1/2oz less weight something you can even feel clipped in your pocket? I doubt it.
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There is no way. I wouldn't be shocked if the liner weighed under an ounce. That means you would need to remove 50%+ of the material to get a half ounce of savings.

Half an ounce is 10% of the weight roughly. I doubt considering the blade and the thickness of the to, that carving out the liner will get you 10% of the total weight.


So not only is half an ounce not enough to feel in the pocket, the chances of you saving that much are slim to none.
 
I canceled my order for this knife a couple of months ago and i just got a call from the center of the knife universe saying that it would be shipping today !!!!!!!!
I guess the knife gods really want me to have this blade and who am I to argue :)
 
Scurvy092 said:
There is no way. I wouldn't be shocked if the liner weighed under an ounce. That means you would need to remove 50%+ of the material to get a half ounce of savings.

Half an ounce is 10% of the weight roughly. I doubt considering the blade and the thickness of the to, that carving out the liner will get you 10% of the total weight.

So not only is half an ounce not enough to feel in the pocket, the chances of you saving that much are slim to none.
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I have an idea. Let's petition ZT to make a 3.0" version of the 0562CF that weighs around 3.5 ounces. That would get the job done, right? ;)
 
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