ZT 0562cf possible purchase- opinions

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.Keens

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I have had a ZT 0561 for over two years now, (one of the first made) and I have been waiting to get my hands on a 0562cf for a while now. I was happy to see one come in on one of our shipments at work. I set it aside to inspect it/ purchase, but after some initial impressions, I am questioning it. Out of the box, the knife had a pretty long scratch down the logo side of the blade (is anybody getting wear on their blade yet? How bad?) and on the serial# side, a half inch of the satin finish on the blade near the tip is "spotty"... almost as if it wasn't polished correctly or not long enough. When deployed, the blade has zero play in any direction and is centered perfectly, but does not feel as smooth in the action as a few new 0560s that we have. It feels "grittier", a sensation that I best describe as almost being able to feel the bearings roll inside the frame. I toyed with the pivot a few times and after loosening it felt much better.. but I lost the blade centering and developed some minor side-to-side blade play. Maybe a detent issue?

Well by this point, I was dead set on not buying it, until I looked in our system and realized there isn't another one in our entire company. We received the only one, with none at our distribution center. I called kershaw to see if I could send it to them and get a replacement piece, and they have ZERO 0562s at their factory. Not even a replacement blade. If history likes to repeat itself, we probably wont see another until late January or February.

Obviously I want it, but what would you guys do?
 
Take it apart and clean the lube out of it. Re oil/CRK grease the pivot and reassemble it. Center the blade and you should be fine. I had to do it to mine too. Problem now is I can't keep the pivot tight with my aftermarket Ti hardware installed. Even Loctite won't set up in it. I have even cleaned it with MEK and the pivot still won't take the Loctite.
 
Inspecting then purchasing or inspecting then not purchasing is quite alright.

Toying with the pivot may not be that big of a deal however, the more you do the more its "used". If you don't want to buy it stop messing with it and put it on the shelves. If you do want to purchase then go ahead and do so.

I don't know what you would pay for it but there are other places that carry it as well as on the Exchange here from time to time.
 
What is the serial # of the particular knife you're talking about?

I have an 0562cf with serial #986 and it's centered with no play even when loosening the pivot. It's possible that they made some changes on earlier/later serial #'s

Mine flips like a dream. I will say, there were a couple of long scratches on the stonewashed titanium, but that doesn't bother me since I'll scratch it up at work anyways.
 
benchwarmer380 said:
Inspecting then purchasing or inspecting then not purchasing is quite alright.

Toying with the pivot may not be that big of a deal however, the more you do the more its "used". If you don't want to buy it stop messing with it and put it on the shelves. If you do want to purchase then go ahead and do so.

I don't know what you would pay for it but there are other places that carry it as well as on the Exchange here from time to time.
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+1 on this

I didn't want to be rude, but I think it's pretty ignorant to toy with a knife that you potentially will be selling as brand new.
 
1SHOT1KILL said:
Take it apart and clean the lube out of it. Re oil/CRK grease the pivot and reassemble it. Center the blade and you should be fine. I had to do it to mine too. Problem now is I can't keep the pivot tight with my aftermarket Ti hardware installed. Even Loctite won't set up in it. I have even cleaned it with MEK and the pivot still won't take the Loctite.
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Hey bro, have you tried the loctite tape? I prefer it to regular blue Loctite. You ca build up more thickness and it doesn't seep into the pivot and bearings. I fixed my friends flipper that had the same issue. The loctite actually got into the bearing cage and pivot, I cleaned it all out, re-oil with nano and used the loctite tape. Perfectly centered and flips great now. If you don't have loctite tape, use the ones that comes with pipes or shower heads.

To the OP, I would contact ZT, they have great CS and will take care of you.
 
.Keens said:
I have had a ZT 0561 for over two years now, (one of the first made) and I have been waiting to get my hands on a 0562cf for a while now. I was happy to see one come in on one of our shipments at work. I set it aside to inspect it/ purchase, but after some initial impressions, I am questioning it. Out of the box, the knife had a pretty long scratch down the logo side of the blade (is anybody getting wear on their blade yet? How bad?) and on the serial# side, a half inch of the satin finish on the blade near the tip is "spotty"... almost as if it wasn't polished correctly or not long enough. When deployed, the blade has zero play in any direction and is centered perfectly, but does not feel as smooth in the action as a few new 0560s that we have. It feels "grittier", a sensation that I best describe as almost being able to feel the bearings roll inside the frame. I toyed with the pivot a few times and after loosening it felt much better.. but I lost the blade centering and developed some minor side-to-side blade play. Maybe a detent issue?

Well by this point, I was dead set on not buying it, until I looked in our system and realized there isn't another one in our entire company. We received the only one, with none at our distribution center. I called kershaw to see if I could send it to them and get a replacement piece, and they have ZERO 0562s at their factory. Not even a replacement blade. If history likes to repeat itself, we probably wont see another until late January or February.

Obviously I want it, but what would you guys do?
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Man its really up to you. I would guess that the smoothness will work itself out as the ti wears slightly after the bearings polish the area they ride on. The scratches is nothing new to me. I have had numerous ZT's come out of the box with scratches. Some were on stonewash blades but these scratches where not those created by the stonewash process. My guess is this is why ZT preferes the stonewash finish as it is a camouflage for these marks and makes them less noticeable. But they arent lone I have had the same problem with the Taichung Spydercos. If this is safe queen and will see little use and is just to be pampered I would want a perfect example. If this is going to be a tool for use and you get an employee discount in which to make up for any imperfections then i would say go for it as it will get dinged up over time anyhow and you would be compensated in the price for the imperfections. I dont think the blade will be replaced though for just those scratches. I had returned a knife for this very reason and while they accommodated me once they did make it clear that those scratches were just the nature of the beast with their manufacturing and that maybe I was expecting a bit too much.
 
I guess "toying" wasn't the right term to use. In no way have I done anything to the knife to depreciate its value, and I don't see loosening the pivot to observe the action as being ignorant. Maybe a quarter turn on either side, then put back to where it was out of the box. Trust me, some knives out of the box need more than that just to be operable. ZTs included.
 
Pittknife said:
Hey bro, have you tried the loctite tape? I prefer it to regular blue Loctite. You ca build up more thickness and it doesn't seep into the pivot and bearings. I fixed my friends flipper that had the same issue. The loctite actually got into the bearing cage and pivot, I cleaned it all out, re-oil with nano and used the loctite tape. Perfectly centered and flips great now. If you don't have loctite tape, use the ones that comes with pipes or shower heads.
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I have tried regular Teflon tape, tried that first actually. No dice. I will give the Loctite tape a shot though. I had forgotten about that stuff honestly. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a shot. :thumbup:
 
.Keens said:
I guess "toying" wasn't the right term to use. In no way have I done anything to the knife to depreciate its value, and I don't see loosening the pivot to observe the action as being ignorant. Maybe a quarter turn on either side, then put back to where it was out of the box. Trust me, some knives out of the box need more than that just to be operable. ZTs included.
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I agree with you. However, not everyone here feels that same way.
I remember a few months ago there was a guy that nearly had a stroke because the dealer put a price tag on the box. When it comes to labeling something "brand new" people get serious.
 
.Keens said:
Trust me, some knives out of the box need more than that just to be operable. ZTs included.
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Very true. I think that is something that should be decided by the owner.

Of course, by having this product you should know if it actually works properly. Though it may function properly it may not be exactly to your liking.

Either way let us know what you decide. If you get it pictures are a must! :D
 
I bought it. But tapatalk picture sharing is restricted on this forum! What gives? Oh well, I will post pictures when I get home. New scale on the way :)
 
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