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opinions? Good Bad and Ugly?


I'm comparing vs a ZT (not sure of which model yet)

Thganks

Hard to go wrong with any Benchmade. Great American Made knives. And their customer service department is second to none based on my experiences with them in the past.

I don't own any ZT knives, so I can't speak to them.

Not all Benchmades are American made. All ZT knives are American made. I use to be a Benchmade fan, still like them but I'm leaning toward the thought that Benchmade is over priced for the quality of knife being produced. The Axis Lock is a slick lock, but there are a lot of cool locks out there now. ZT's frame lock flippers are solid. I have a ZT 0450 and it's a nice knife for the money. Spyderco has some great blades too and their Compression Lock is excellent.

I have yet to see a ZT knife that I like the looks of. The Barrage on the other hand, looks like a knife should.

I have both the Barrage and the mini Barrage as well as this ZT

https://www.amazon.com/Zero-Toleran...&keywords=zero+tolerance+knives+0566

All are good knives, none are my favorite, but I like the Barrage a lot better. The ZT is harder to open and close, but my guess it that it might take more abuse. I like that the ZT is thinner and the G-10 scales are a little classier than plastic, but both are heavier than I like. I still prefer the Griptilian and min Griptilian better.

I'd let the ZT go at a good price if interested.

Nice ... thinking of this one, https://zt.kaiusaltd.com/knives/knife/zt0630

Thanks

If you're looking at a knife that large have you considered a Spyderco Paramilitary 2?

I have owned and carried the Mini Barrage for about 4 years, it's a good solid EDC knife.

Now that I'm living in the land of the Free, I carry a Microtech "Ultratech".......