StuGatz
Enlightened
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2004
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With Fall in full swing not to mention Oktoberfest just around the corner it is time to pop some caps and reflect on a recent carry change-up.
First of all I want to say that ever since I obtained this ZT 0200ST about a month ago and began to carry it daily, I now know that sensation of terrible regret that it took me so long to get around to this particular folder.
Now that it has occupied my pocket on a near daily basis and been at hand, I must commend Ken Onion with many LARGE KUDOS for this exceptional design. Ken, you really hit this out of the park but I am sure that you already know that...
This knife is somewhat heavier and bulkier than what I am accustomed to carry in the pocket. However, I have adjusted to it faster than I thought I would.
The balance point of this knife is right at the index finger groove and it would appear that the overall weight and bulk (in part due to the thick G-10 scales) are necessary to balance out the heavy duty blade. This fills that hand quite well. The aggressive texture of the scales feels very comfortable but will stay put in hand.
Everything on this knife from the heavy duty support pins, the large pivot, to the blade itself are stoically robust. I truly love the recurve blade and cannot think of anything much more field worthy or frankly just dead sexy.
This is non-assist liner-lock folder is destined to have several brothers in the event it becomes lost or more unlikely experiences severe damage in the future. Yeah, like that is going to happen...
First of all I want to say that ever since I obtained this ZT 0200ST about a month ago and began to carry it daily, I now know that sensation of terrible regret that it took me so long to get around to this particular folder.
Now that it has occupied my pocket on a near daily basis and been at hand, I must commend Ken Onion with many LARGE KUDOS for this exceptional design. Ken, you really hit this out of the park but I am sure that you already know that...
This knife is somewhat heavier and bulkier than what I am accustomed to carry in the pocket. However, I have adjusted to it faster than I thought I would.
The balance point of this knife is right at the index finger groove and it would appear that the overall weight and bulk (in part due to the thick G-10 scales) are necessary to balance out the heavy duty blade. This fills that hand quite well. The aggressive texture of the scales feels very comfortable but will stay put in hand.
Everything on this knife from the heavy duty support pins, the large pivot, to the blade itself are stoically robust. I truly love the recurve blade and cannot think of anything much more field worthy or frankly just dead sexy.
This is non-assist liner-lock folder is destined to have several brothers in the event it becomes lost or more unlikely experiences severe damage in the future. Yeah, like that is going to happen...