Alright, since these are fairly limited I know not many people carry them let alone use them much, I thought I would give my full review of my 0392BWBZ.
For starters, I have carried it almost every day since I bought it back in April when they were first released. I have not hesitated to use it because I have two of them, one I kept nib and the other is my daily user that I will never sell. Anyway, on to the review, I'm basically just going to list pros/cons of the knife:
PROS:
-The knife fits my hand like a glove, some of the best ergos I have experienced
-Blade steel is top of the line, cuts very aggressively and holds an edge better than anything else in my collection.
-Flipping action is the one of the best I have experienced and I got to handle many many many custom knives at blade 2015. RJ Martins were the only thing comparable to this thing's action!
-The smoothness is amazing. They say it's KVT, but it's not like the regular production ZTs. It uses differently designed metal washers that hold the bearings instead of those blue plastic ones you are used to. It's so smooth that it easily closes on itself when disengaged.
-The jimping is in all the right places, unlike my 0560 there isn't jimping that kills your finger when you flip it but when the knife is open there is very aggressive jimping on the spine of the blade :thumbup:
-The Hinderer hardware is all amazing, pocket clip works great, love the flat head pivot, etc.
-Lockup is bank vault solid no blade in any direction no matter how hard you try to wiggle the blade.
-Even though I have flipped it >100,000 times the lockup has not moved a bit.
-Lockup geometry IMO is perfect, the steel insert makes full contact with the tang but is also as early as possible. (will show pictures of lockup at end of post)
-No sticky lock problems at all!
-Can't push the lock bar in any further so it has pretty much seated itself in nicely.
-Came perfectly centered and has stayed that way
-Pivot hasn't loosened a bit. I don't even think there's locktite on it and again, I've flipped this knife like a million times
CONS:
-Limited edition so you have to pay secondary market price if you want one!
-Again, because of the limited nature it may be difficult to have any kind of warranty work done to the knife. Examples would be stripped screws or a broken blade. You can get screws from Rick but they are always sold out and cost a lot of money.
For starters, I have carried it almost every day since I bought it back in April when they were first released. I have not hesitated to use it because I have two of them, one I kept nib and the other is my daily user that I will never sell. Anyway, on to the review, I'm basically just going to list pros/cons of the knife:
PROS:
-The knife fits my hand like a glove, some of the best ergos I have experienced
-Blade steel is top of the line, cuts very aggressively and holds an edge better than anything else in my collection.
-Flipping action is the one of the best I have experienced and I got to handle many many many custom knives at blade 2015. RJ Martins were the only thing comparable to this thing's action!
-The smoothness is amazing. They say it's KVT, but it's not like the regular production ZTs. It uses differently designed metal washers that hold the bearings instead of those blue plastic ones you are used to. It's so smooth that it easily closes on itself when disengaged.
-The jimping is in all the right places, unlike my 0560 there isn't jimping that kills your finger when you flip it but when the knife is open there is very aggressive jimping on the spine of the blade :thumbup:
-The Hinderer hardware is all amazing, pocket clip works great, love the flat head pivot, etc.
-Lockup is bank vault solid no blade in any direction no matter how hard you try to wiggle the blade.
-Even though I have flipped it >100,000 times the lockup has not moved a bit.
-Lockup geometry IMO is perfect, the steel insert makes full contact with the tang but is also as early as possible. (will show pictures of lockup at end of post)
-No sticky lock problems at all!
-Can't push the lock bar in any further so it has pretty much seated itself in nicely.
-Came perfectly centered and has stayed that way
-Pivot hasn't loosened a bit. I don't even think there's locktite on it and again, I've flipped this knife like a million times
CONS:
-Limited edition so you have to pay secondary market price if you want one!
-Again, because of the limited nature it may be difficult to have any kind of warranty work done to the knife. Examples would be stripped screws or a broken blade. You can get screws from Rick but they are always sold out and cost a lot of money.
