I own a couple ZT's. I really like the ZT Emerson collaborations. I've been carrying a cqc7 for around 3yrs. Emersons carry better than ZT knives imo. ZT makes quality knives from what I've seen, I just think most of them are too heavy for EDC. Emersons aren't pretty and their not meant to be, the Emerson wave works really for me. I'm an Emerson fan but I also like Benchmade, ZT, Spyderco, Microtechs are awesome, SOG, and several more brands. Lots of good options for EDC nowadays.