Zt 0562

I suppose anything is possible ... but the chances that 3 knives did the same thing ... with one individual is very very unlikely ...

now that being said ... knives aren't fidget toys ... and if you continually flip open a knife with force ... eventually you will see a result ... whether it breaks or gets lock problems or just developes blade blade ... that is alot of wear ...

moral of the story if you need something to flick and flip 24 hours a day ... get a fidget spinner and don't put what normal use might amount to 10 years of use on your knife in a week playing with it.
 
presz said:
There are a ton of 0562cf clones out there, probably more than the real deal. My guess is some of these pictures would fall into that group. All of my known legit ZT have a full with width lock bar insert that I looked at, including 3 0562s, 0609, 0456 and 0055. The 0055 is milled down from the top/outside some to fit the Ti lock bar shape.
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Those 0562z are almost certainly legit. I've had ZTs with lockbar inserts that needed to be ground to work, just like those. Go ask ZT and they'll tell you that they do this. Also, they don't look like the clones.
 
No almost on mine.....I can't see the factory reducing the amount of mating surface to make the lock work. It needs to be ground for length to mate up with the blade, but haven't seen one yet that the mating surface is half gone. It could happen though, just not sure why it would, or if they would even let one out the door with half the lock surface ground away. I have heard of clones returned and the real knife kept. Make sure the box # always matches the knife #. This is one knife to never buy used or without a box "new".

I've checked 30+ of mine now and not a one of them has the lock surface half gone.

Most 0562CF and 0456 Ti clones are high end 1 to 1 copies and are done very well. Most 0562 g10 clones are poorly done and easy to tell as they're lacking the insert all together.

Not saying yours are clones either, just that this model is very easy to get scammed on and there are 1000s of 99% fakes of it out there.
 
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Sorry for the bad drawing but that's what the insert looks like under the lockbar. It is full length there is just a part that is higher that makes contact. I'm pretty sure it's not a clone. I am waiting for a response from ZT but I did ask on Instagram as well and a few people said they have ones like that too.
 
presz said:
No almost on mine.....I can't see the factory reducing the amount of mating surface to make the lock work. It needs to be ground for length to mate up with the blade, but haven't seen one yet that the mating surface is half gone. It could happen though, just not sure why it would, or if they would even let one out the door with half the lock surface ground away. I have heard of clones returned and the real knife kept. Make sure the box # always matches the knife #. This is one knife to never buy used or without a box "new".

I've checked 30+ of mine now and not a one of them has the lock surface half gone.

Most 0562CF and 0456 Ti clones are high end 1 to 1 copies and are done very well. Most 0562 g10 clones are poorly done and easy to tell as they're lacking the insert all together.

Not saying yours are clones either, just that this model is very easy to get scammed on and there are 1000s of 99% fakes of it out there.
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Once again.... Lockbars only contact at a small point on their corner, not along a surface. They don't need all that surface area to work. It doesn't matter if yours doesn't look like OPs.
 
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Night Rider said:
You all got me thinking so I stripped my ZT 0462 for a good cleaning and to check out the lock bar insert.
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Yep, they're different on the 0462s. Notice also how the insert doesn't quite sit flush against the blade tang; if ZT opts to grind your knife's insert for fitment, it's to make it fit like you can see in this picture, where only a single point on the corner of the lockbar contacts the blade tang.
 
Nocturnal13 said:
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Sorry for the bad drawing but that's what the insert looks like under the lockbar. It is full length there is just a part that is higher that makes contact. I'm pretty sure it's not a clone. I am waiting for a response from ZT but I did ask on Instagram as well and a few people said they have ones like that too.
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I'm almost positive yours isn't a clone. Mine looked like that too. Theres a good reason for having some gap between the rest of the insert and the blade tang, but it doesn't really matter what it looks like so long as the lock functions correctly.
 
Nocturnal13 said:
Theres no play in any direction and functionaly it's fine.
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Then you're good. In fact you're maybe a little better off than some, because it seems they've been having some issues with lock geometry lately. I had some that were not very solid in the lockup department...
 
Nocturnal13, your knife is definitely legit and not a fake. I have yet to see a fake with the coned blade stop studs/thumb studs. The fakes are usually flat or domed, not coned. Your hardware also all looks legit
 
I am pretty sure what you guys are seeing is different generations of steel lock inserts from different times. Some are also knives where the lock up did not match up right and ZT gave it some extra special attention before it went out the door. Seeing how this process is done there are just some knives that need slight mods to make sure that lock up is right. Nothing I would be concerned or worried about!

As to the OP question about knives breaking do to flipping too much. I have seen knives from all sorts of manufacturers break or crack where the thumbstuds are. While it is very rare, it can happen. If you like thumb studs or stops then it is something to keep an eye on. I have also seen all the respectable companies quickly fix the problem with a new blade and make it right. It is not something I would loose sleep over as it is very very rare. If someone says they had multiple ZT0562s do it while just flipping them watching TV I would want to know where they bought them and how much they paid. Sounds to me like they bought crap clones or they just like to make up stories to get a reaction.
 
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