Zero Tolerance 0350ST

[Horn Dog]

I am late to the party reviewing this folder, but here are my initial impressions of the knife. First, I consider this a "baby" ZT 0300. While this 0350 is a liner lock and not a frame lock, it is still plenty beefy. When I read on the ZT website that it is 10% smaller than the 0300, I thought, "Why bother?". But that 10% is a much bigger difference than I realized. The 0350 feels much slimmer, smaller, and lighter than the beastly 0300. And it is much more pocket friendly.

Even the blade itself is thinner stock.

The blade centers perfectly when closed. This photo is at angle and not straight on as it should have been.

Lock up is solid, with that same reassuring sound when it locks open. This one is a bit stiff to deploy, but I'm sure it will wear in.

The blade came nice and sharp on both the serrated portion and the plain edge portion. I used to not like partially serrated blades, but recently, I have found them to be quite useful.

The knife is not as hand filling as the big 0301, but it is still plenty big enough for me.

In summary, the ZT0350ST is a great EDC folder and built with the same toughness I have come to expect from ZT. The slim G10 scales make it carry nice and flat in my pocket. It's the EDC version of the big 0300. I like it.

 

[knivesandguns]

Thanks for the simple, yet well thought-out comparison.

:thumbup:

 

[jkulysses]

Yep I love mine!!

 

[Artfully Martial]

beautiful knives...for whatever reason, my 0302 wasn't "too big" for me (perhaps because I'm pretty used to carrying an Offset) so I never went for the 0350...but I miss the CB blade. Alas, I must let it slip through my hands.

 

[GrinderMcgee]

Great comparison, thanks for the photos, it does look like much more than a 10% difference.

 

[ROBB]

Nice review HD, great pic's also. :thumbup:

 

[whetrock]

I've always been pretty fond of the 350 it seems to slowly catching on at first I always figured it kind of lived in the shadows of it's bigger brothers.