ZT 0200 "Baby" Just Arrived! Really!!!

I am in love!!! HE HE!! That is a beauty!

joejeweler

What did you use to cut the blade and handle with because those are very clean cuts!
 
The cuts were made with my Foredom flexable shaft machine,.....with the cutter being a thin stone blade of corundom. These tend to break easily if you put any twisting into the cutting hand,........so besides keeping the heat down another reason to work slowly!

I got thru the liners and scales using just 2 discs,.........but the blade over about an hour used up about a dozen or so. They're pretty cheap anyway,......so no big deal.

BTW,.....these were just the rough cuts,.......i smoothed up the liners with assorted files and final finished with a rubber abrasive wheel and then a jewelers rouge. The blade is MUCH harder,......so the files were useless. I put 4 cutting discs on 1 arbor and ground down to finil shape,.....then finished with the rubber wheel and polish.

For the G10 liners any wider metal cutting wheel works pretty good,.....and i already had my diamond setting burs on hand so i used one of those. Same final finish with the fabuluster.

"Fabuluster" is great stuff (for polishing),.....as it's a mild cutter and a polish all in one,......and works equally well on both metals and plastics!

marthinus said:
I am in love!!! HE HE!! That is a beauty!

joejeweler

What did you use to cut the blade and handle with because those are very clean cuts!
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..........off another thread but related to this project.

joejeweler said:
I think if you do it you'll be as limited as i was with the cut placement,.....because of the weight reducing holes already there.

There is room to remove the last offset/screw hole and you could then have a rounded end,.....but that would also shorten up the "meat" in the palm of the hand and a big handed guy like you would miss it. It surely wouldn't be as strong a package that way either,......with one set of offsets gone.

I suspect my "baby" is actually stronger in some ways,.......the shorter blade length equals a lower load on the pivot and liner lock,.....thru decreased leverage. And one thing that is not apparent in the photos i took is that the point is much more stout because the blade grind does not taper as it was originally.

A few days ago i picked up a "Smith" diamond stone sharpening system at my local sporting goods store. Although i would have prefered one of the 3 grit large round sharpeners better suited to the these knives,.....this was the best sharpener they had locally.

I'll get the round diamond one later anyway,......but as i was mainly trying to get an edge on just the front part of the blade (the recurve was still a razor!),.........i tried it. The original sharpening angle appeared steeper than i could reasonable go,.....probably is around 20 degrees. I chose the 25 degree angle on the front part of my "Mini" ZT 0200 because the remaining metal was thicker from my cuts,.....and i didn't want to have the greater loss of black coating i would have if i used the 20 degree setting with the sharpener.

I will tell you it's still plenty sharp for my needs,......as i cut up some re-inforced packaging tape this week at work, and the re-sharpened part zipped thru that like butter.

With the stouter point of mine i bet i could open a can of beans or soup in a pinch also!:eek:

BTW,.....better get in a supply of those thin stone cutting discs,.....i broke about 20 doing the blade alone. (they ain't lying about the rockwell on these babies!) The liners and scales were a breeze however..................

Also,......even though by shortening the frame you lose the lanyard attachment holes,.......i figure if i ever decide i need a lanyard i can attach a cord one to the last set of offsets. There's plenty of clearence with blade tip in the closed position.
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glockman99 said:
Naw...The way Joe did his is totally perfect...I'd have to (try) to do it the same style. I have a fairly large hand, so I wouldn't want to make the grip any shorter than Joe did, and I like the fact that the knife is still held-together with 4 screws (including the pivot). I also really like the way his shortened blade came out...Perfect...Short & stout.:thumbup:.:thumbup:.
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Joe ... This is way cool.....Im a motorcycle guy and I spend alot of time seeing the mods that people do to their bikes.
Now coming here and seeing the same thing happen with knives is great.
Im glad people are doing this cuz it always gives someone else a little motivation.....including the OEM's
Keep it up man!!!!......I wanna see that gold ZT0200 with gold blade.

I cant wait to get my ZT0200.....will have to wait till well after Christmas....being as how you've caused a shortage...LMAO........seriously, Im broke through Christmas...way to many friends and family to get gifts for!!
 
extremelean said:
Im broke through Christmas...way to many friends and family to get gifts for!!
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I feel your pain. I have a long list of knives but being a single parent
of 2 kids...well.....they just come 1st. It's all in the giving. The knives
will still be there after the holidays are over.
 
svrider3 said:
I feel your pain. I have a long list of knives but being a single parent
of 2 kids...well.....they just come 1st. It's all in the giving. The knives
will still be there after the holidays are over.
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Do ya have to remind me!!!
2 kids of my own...and they want expensive gifts...some of you know.....15 years old and 12 years old......sheesh
 
Joe, are the clip screws just tapped into the overlays, or do they reach down into the liners. How hard would it be to convert that Baby to tip up carry?

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They tap into the stainless liners,.......the hole in the G10 are (were) just plain holes that i cut off.

Truth is,.....i carry the baby deep in my left pocket,....so i may take the clip completely off anyway.

SPXTrader said:
Joe, are the clip screws just tapped into the overlays, or do they reach down into the liners. How hard would it be to convert that Baby to tip up carry?

Oh, PM sent...
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