Well I had an appointment at work and I got back to my desk and I had a package!!!
I knew what was in it but I was like a child on Christmas morning!! Here are some pictures and a brief initial review of my brand new ZT 0301
IT comes in a cool little box. Coloring on the box is all green which is cool and then has a colored American Flag, very cool.
I pulled the knife out of the box and it was wrapped in bubble wrap and came with a small instruction sheet that explains warranty info, and some other stuff that I haven’t read because my knife wanted to be played with!!!
I ordered this on Ebay actually at it came with a free t-shirt (free...ya....right...
) Its an XL so a little big for me but still a sweet shirt, the front and back can be seen in some of these pics.
Here is a size comparison with the 0301 on the top, Kershaw Zing and Rat IZULA
This is a Beefy Knife!! Here are the specs from the Manufactures Website found at KAI USA : ZT Product Details
One side of the handle appears to be Titanium (the back) and the Green part is the G-10. They call this green "Ranger Green" They other options for this knife would be the black 0300 and the Coyote 0302.
This thing is a little on the heavy side, it actually weights more than my Kel-Tec P3AT
.
I know a lot of guys on here have the RC-4 from Rat...the RC-4 weighs in at 7.4 oz and the ZT is 8.6 oz.
For an assisted opener it is a little slower than I am used to but still pop open. I am guessing the sluggishness is from the weight of the gigantic blade.
Being stiff the thumb studs are a little hard to use but the finger flipper works great. I am sure that it will loosen up a bit but I actually prefer the flipper on my Zing so I will probably keep using it on the ZT.
I also like the idea of the Clip being able to go in 4 different places. Each end on each side has a spot to screw the pocket clip to. I will have to play around to see how I like to carry it.
I am impressed with this knife so far and all I have done is cut paper
I paid more for this knife than I have any other but I am going to keep stressing to my wife that I got a FREE T-SHIRT AND FREE SHIPPING!!
I knew what was in it but I was like a child on Christmas morning!! Here are some pictures and a brief initial review of my brand new ZT 0301
IT comes in a cool little box. Coloring on the box is all green which is cool and then has a colored American Flag, very cool.
I pulled the knife out of the box and it was wrapped in bubble wrap and came with a small instruction sheet that explains warranty info, and some other stuff that I haven’t read because my knife wanted to be played with!!!
I ordered this on Ebay actually at it came with a free t-shirt (free...ya....right...
) Its an XL so a little big for me but still a sweet shirt, the front and back can be seen in some of these pics.
Here is a size comparison with the 0301 on the top, Kershaw Zing and Rat IZULA
This is a Beefy Knife!! Here are the specs from the Manufactures Website found at KAI USA : ZT Product Details
I don't know much about blade steel but you can get a little more info in this thread https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/the_cutting_edge/79299-s30v_steel.html From what I understand the DLC coating is the black on the blade and they sandblast part of it to get the tiger stripe which I love.
One side of the handle appears to be Titanium (the back) and the Green part is the G-10. They call this green "Ranger Green" They other options for this knife would be the black 0300 and the Coyote 0302.
This thing is a little on the heavy side, it actually weights more than my Kel-Tec P3AT
. I know a lot of guys on here have the RC-4 from Rat...the RC-4 weighs in at 7.4 oz and the ZT is 8.6 oz.
For an assisted opener it is a little slower than I am used to but still pop open. I am guessing the sluggishness is from the weight of the gigantic blade.
Being stiff the thumb studs are a little hard to use but the finger flipper works great. I am sure that it will loosen up a bit but I actually prefer the flipper on my Zing so I will probably keep using it on the ZT.
I also like the idea of the Clip being able to go in 4 different places. Each end on each side has a spot to screw the pocket clip to. I will have to play around to see how I like to carry it.
I am impressed with this knife so far and all I have done is cut paper
I paid more for this knife than I have any other but I am going to keep stressing to my wife that I got a FREE T-SHIRT AND FREE SHIPPING!!
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Original thread here: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...0301_is_here_lots_of_pics_initial_review.html
Original thread here: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...0301_is_here_lots_of_pics_initial_review.html
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