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Honestly not a fan
Every zt I have had was pretty lame in comparison to my other knives
I had a 560 which I thought would rock but the Elmax steel kinda sucked and the thing was thick and overall a disappointment
The only one I'd have any interest in buying would be a 450cf
Thing looks sweet!
Otherwise you can buy better knives( spydie sprints) for basically the same price soo...
Not gonna lie I have been considering giving the 560 another chance tho..
Same here. I've fondeled more ZTs than I could count and never got me excited enough to spend the money. I'm also not at all into flipper design knives. Early on in my knife collecting I thought they were cool, but that quickly went away as I got deeper into the hobby. all of ZTs flippers just remind me of a heavier, more expensive Walmart Kershaw product. There are just too many other great knife makers out there that put out solid products at a much better value to me to mess around with heavy gaudy looking knives. If I'm going to spend up over $200-$250 I'm going to go with a Sabenza or something similar.
I will say that the fan base of ZT here is obviously quite large because any time someone makes a negative remark about them they all come a running. I'm sure I will get some kind of respond to my opinion here, but there are so many nice knives out there and we are all lucky to have so many choices to take care of everyone's personal taste.
OP I would suggest going to a knife show and really spending some time handling some different ZT products before you spend the money. Lots of people love them, but lots of people also hate them, and it's a lot of money to spend to be disappointed. Also I've noticed that ZT seems to have way more issues posted here then any other brands. Lots of lock failures and broken blades from what I've seen. I'm sure things go in phases but it just seems that they have a lot of failures in comparison to other competitor brands.