I bought the Zero Tolerance 0566 as I wasn't crazy about my Griptilain and wanted a full sized knife than could take some hard use. The grip just felt cheap, the handle was too thick in the pocket, and it felt like a 30$ knife, performed like it cost, but looked and felt cheap.
I received my ZT 0566 today, and I am in love. It is very thin profile reminded me a lot of my kershaw skyline I lost, but had a fairly beefy blade and just felt heavy and strong in the hand, lockup is completely solid no blade play, I generally hate linerlocks but this framelock is so strong it takes 2 fingers to close, I like it. I can't see it shutting from stabbing a box or having the top of the blade pushed on like Ive had cheap linerlocks do. Blade is perfectly centered, all in all the feeling of solidity and quality almost makes me not want to use it and keep it perfect. But Its a knife meant to be used and I bought it to be used. I slipped it into my pocket and the weight disappeared ,I couldn't tell I was carrying a knife unlike the grip which digs into my leg at all the wrong places. It reminded me of a cross between my kershaw skyline for size and portability and my benchmade 710 for solidity.
It came with a edge a sharp edge, it push cut notebook paper and would shave my arm, it wasn't necessarily an edge that a sharpening pro knife nut would be proud of but certainly an edge that belonged on a fairly high end knife.
I would say this knife comes close to being a perfect knife for me, I can't pick at it really. For me I love the weight, for those who gush over lightweight scales you would find this knife about 3 times too heavy feeling, it has full completely unmilled steel liners, another thing is the detent is EXTREMELY strong, I lift weight, I could bench press 300lbs at one point, I am still stronger than the average joe, the flipper is hard to use, and the thumbstuds are impossible to use. Again I like the solid lockup that won't knock the blade loose in my pocket, but if you're trapped and need to immediately open the blade in a emergency or are a smaller person, you might find the detent anywhere from very hard to physically impossible.
I received my ZT 0566 today, and I am in love. It is very thin profile reminded me a lot of my kershaw skyline I lost, but had a fairly beefy blade and just felt heavy and strong in the hand, lockup is completely solid no blade play, I generally hate linerlocks but this framelock is so strong it takes 2 fingers to close, I like it. I can't see it shutting from stabbing a box or having the top of the blade pushed on like Ive had cheap linerlocks do. Blade is perfectly centered, all in all the feeling of solidity and quality almost makes me not want to use it and keep it perfect. But Its a knife meant to be used and I bought it to be used. I slipped it into my pocket and the weight disappeared ,I couldn't tell I was carrying a knife unlike the grip which digs into my leg at all the wrong places. It reminded me of a cross between my kershaw skyline for size and portability and my benchmade 710 for solidity.
It came with a edge a sharp edge, it push cut notebook paper and would shave my arm, it wasn't necessarily an edge that a sharpening pro knife nut would be proud of but certainly an edge that belonged on a fairly high end knife.
I would say this knife comes close to being a perfect knife for me, I can't pick at it really. For me I love the weight, for those who gush over lightweight scales you would find this knife about 3 times too heavy feeling, it has full completely unmilled steel liners, another thing is the detent is EXTREMELY strong, I lift weight, I could bench press 300lbs at one point, I am still stronger than the average joe, the flipper is hard to use, and the thumbstuds are impossible to use. Again I like the solid lockup that won't knock the blade loose in my pocket, but if you're trapped and need to immediately open the blade in a emergency or are a smaller person, you might find the detent anywhere from very hard to physically impossible.
