ZT Limited Edition 0999

Awesome! Thanks Ram -

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mqqn
 
This thread has made me wonder about this knife a number of times in the last few days. The more I look at it, the more I wonder what everyday applications it is suited to.

For some reason, I keep imagining the scenario of the 0999 as my only knife on a day day hike or camping trip and what it would be like to slice salami & cheese, or some kind of fruit, and just how many places bits of meat and dairy would get lodged in it. Fat wedged in the cf insert border, mango amidst the handle & pivot busyness. Not the kind of thing that can just be wiped down with a towel and still be sanitary, I'd wager. Doesn't seem practical.

If using it in the garden to cut vine, rope, bags of soil, there are a lot of places for organic matter to get lodged or hung up, so it wouldn't be my first choice there. Same goes for taking it fishing.

Drying it off seems a pain -especially in all those little crevices; considered that while I was out walking in 20 degree weather the other day. Figured water would freeze and then melt in my pocket.

I know that it is appealing to some folks in this thread but I cannot envision a scenario where this is $750 worth of knife to me, as the only uses I see it having are getting flipped watching tv, cutting paper or string, and/or being admired on a shelf.

To each his own, of course. I have only paid $750 for a knife once so I'm no expert on this type of purchase. If somebody actually buys one of these, I will honestly look forward to some images of its performance under sustained use and over time.
 
All good points, jazub -

More than any other ZT, this knife was made to showcase production capability and not so much to be someone's every day salami cutter.

I am sure it would do fine for what most of us do with our knives, though. For me that is essentially cutting cardboard and opening boxes that inevitably have more knives in them.....

This is a showcar, as Ramzar pointed out earlier in the thread. This one is made to be a collectible knife more than a user, and at the price point it is not for the guy looking to take a knife camping to slice cheese; there are much better options as you know.

However, one of the best cheese cutting knives I have has cutouts on the blade to keep the cheese from sticking.

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That knife is not going to win any beauty contests, but you should see how well it works for what it was made for!

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mqqn
 
Those are valid points jazub! To wash, dry and use air gun after each use would be a pain. Also, from other closed back and integral frames they are time-consuming to clean/maintain. For example, my LionSteel SR-1 and TS-1. Trying to get the washers back in there in a mono-frame requires patience. I know since I had to disassemble my TS-1 recently.

With the 0999 you really have to consider whether you want it as a design and engineering showpiece or a user. Many will not justify $750 for a showpiece.
 
Mqqn, Ramzar,
Glade we can all have our valid points of view with no bad feelings. :thumbup: Fair to say we all lead different lifestyles and have different intended uses for things. I just returned from a short trip overseas and that always puts me in a multi-use-per-tool frame of mind. But now that I'm back I can return to my frivolous Battle Mistress chopping open of Doritos bags and whittling of marshmallow sticks with expensive titanium framelocks. :D

I hope you fellas enjoy your 0999s when you get them. -And mqqn, get a display case for that Cutco beauty!
 
mqqn said:
All good points, jazub -

More than any other ZT, this knife was made to showcase production capability and not so much to be someone's every day salami cutter.

I am sure it would do fine for what most of us do with our knives, though. For me that is essentially cutting cardboard and opening boxes that inevitably have more knives in them.....

This is a showcar, as Ramzar pointed out earlier in the thread. This one is made to be a collectible knife more than a user, and at the price point it is not for the guy looking to take a knife camping to slice cheese; there are much better options as you know.

However, one of the best cheese cutting knives I have has cutouts on the blade to keep the cheese from sticking.

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That knife is not going to win any beauty contests, but you should see how well it works for what it was made for!

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mqqn
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mqqn!!!! I have had that exact same Cutco cheese knife for years and it is one of the best kitchen knives I have ever used!! Still looks brand spanking new after about 10 years!!
Joe
 
I'd like to echo a few of the points that have been made here. When i first saw this knife after 2015 Blade, my reaction was that there was just way too much stuff going on. It's an engineering and knife-making marvel, but nothing I'd be interested in owning. For what it is, I think $750 is a fair price. It will primarily live on display, in safes, or being passed back and forth among collectors. There's nothing wrong with that. ZT is exercising its knife-making muscles. That exercise will inure to the benefit of its whole line of knives (including Kershaw). Good on them for pushing the envelope, and good luck to those who go for it this week.
 
palonej said:
mqqn!!!! I have had that exact same Cutco cheese knife for years and it is one of the best kitchen knives I have ever used!! Still looks brand spanking new after about 10 years!!
Joe
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Cool! I don't think Cutco has much of a following on BF, but we have a few (they are typically sold by college-bound students as fund raisers around our area), and the cheese knife was a gift that is well appreciated. I did cut myself pretty good on it when I first got it, not a toy by any means!

jazub said:
Mqqn, Ramzar,
Glade we can all have our valid points of view with no bad feelings. :thumbup: Fair to say we all lead different lifestyles and have different intended uses for things. I just returned from a short trip overseas and that always puts me in a multi-use-per-tool frame of mind. But now that I'm back I can return to my frivolous Battle Mistress chopping open of Doritos bags and whittling of marshmallow sticks with expensive titanium framelocks. :D

I hope you fellas enjoy your 0999s when you get them. -And mqqn, get a display case for that Cutco beauty!
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Absolutely! Everybody likes something different, which is why we have so many great knives from which to choose.

Chopping Doritos with a Busse is serious business. I love my Busses.

I just hope I GET a 999 - they will be very limited. If I do get so lucky as to score one, you can bet I will be posting pictures.

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mqqn
 
mqqn said:
Cool! I don't think Cutco has much of a following on BF, but we have a few (they are typically sold by college-bound students as fund raisers around our area), and the cheese knife was a gift that is well appreciated. I did cut myself pretty good on it when I first got it, not a toy by any means.

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mqqn
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Yup!!!
One of my customer's sons sold it to me.......college kid! Cost me ~ $60 and it is worth every penny!!
Joe
 
Sadly I fell for the ploy of cutco back in the day. Sold many of them to many households. They paid dearly for them lol. I have a complete set in my storage room I won in a sales competition. The cheese knife, the scissors, and the table knifes are all I suggest anyone ever buy if you need said item. The rest can be put to shame by much cheaper and better quality knives.
 
jill jackson said:
Hinderer could use bearings and stiffen up the detent and have a knife that opens like a ZT. Pull the tab build up pressure, overcome it and pow the blade opens. They design a Hinderer so it opens, by flipping (if you know how) by thumb-stud and by just flicking the handle. Two ways my ZT 0562 won't ever open. Hinderer claims to do so, so their knives can be opened while wearing gloves. One member here swore you can't design a folder to open all 3 ways. It can't be done, he claimed if the knife could be opened the other two ways, no way it will flip well. My dad and I made this video to show him how it's done.

[video=youtube;1FqxxE5aVlY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FqxxE5aVlY[/video]
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OT, but that is my issue with Hinderer's...I should not have to watch a video to learn how to flip a flipper!
 
jill jackson said:
I didn't have to watch one either. I figured it out in about 5 tries!
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I have been through 5 and only one flipped like flipper, that is without any wrist action, and all that I heard was "you have to know how to do it". I believe Rick has a youtube video that he sends all of the complaints showing how to flip "his" flipper.
 
jill jackson said:
I didn't have to watch one either. I figured it out in about 5 tries!
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I figured it out instantly...once it was drenched in Tuf-Glide. ;)
Once a few days have gone by, no matter how "proper" the technique is, mine just won't do it.
Of course, I do keep the pivot rather snug, because I like zero side-to-side play more than flipping, so there is that.

The XM-18 still the worst flipper I own, but it works just fine as a knife.

If I had bought it as a worry stone replacement though, I'd be upset. :D
 
jill jackson said:
I've never oiled any of mine.
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I could try loosening mine I guess...it was sent across the Canada/USA border, so was likely tightened more than some people in the USA buy.
The detent is decent; not too stiff or too soft.
I'll probably leave it as it though, since I have a bunch of other knives that flick open really nice anyway.
I find myself opening the XM-18 with the thumb-studs more than the flipper these days.
 
Mine won't flip either if I tighten them down real hard, just like my washer folders won't even open if I tighten them down real hard. Don't feel any side to side play with them tightened up just snug. Anyway, Hinderers aren't bearing flippers they don't flip the same no big surprise. I have a lot of bearing flippers and yes there's a difference indeed, mostly that the bearing flippers are going to load up on the flipper and release suddenly popping the blade right out. They pretty much open via a flipper and that's it. If I want a folder that opens that way, I carry one, sometimes I carry a Hinderer. They're different and I understand the difference and enjoy both.
 
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