ZT New Production Knives 2017

[Dean C.]

0850 Sinkevich / Rexford design
3.75 Inch CPM 20CV Blade
Titanium Sub-Frame Lock
4.2 OZ

This is by far and away my favorite of the 2017 releases and one will be added to the collection for sure.

0055 GTC Knives Design
3.75 Inch S35VN Blade
Full Titanium Frame Lock
5.0 OZ

Side Note the 0055 features the "SLT Hidden Flipper Tab" shown on the full custom GTC Airborne below
[video=youtube;Vz7iSv-4wns]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz7iSv-4wns[/video]

0920 Les George Design - Based off his custom "Harpy" model
3.9 Inch CPM 20-CV Blade
Full Titanium Frame Lock
5.4 OZ

0460 Sinkevich Design
3.25 Inch S35-VN Blade
Full Titanium Frame Lock with a Bronze Carbon Fiber Show Side
2.3 OZ


Overall looks to be a good year for ZT and at the very least I hope the 0850 hits the streets very quickly, and I am glad to see ZT moving towards 20CV over S35 personally as I feel 20CV offers allot better edge retention and is less prone to "rolling" like 35VN is.

 

[M67]

I like the 0055 and the 0460. Not feeling the others

 

[moosehead]

I'm really liking the 0920...now where did I put Brad's phone number....

 

[Gabriel]

I like the looks of the 0920.

 

[patience0830]

Airborne and the 460 for me.

 

[churchmouse]

Maybe the 920

 

[kawtech87]

I haven't seen much in the way of new knife designs that really blow me away for a while now. This year looks to be similar.

My favorite ZT design is still the 0550. I may be in the minority but oh well. What happened to the days when a company had a few core models they always have available and save the fancy flashy stuff for limited edition runs? I like ZT but it seems like every time they make a model I like it get discontinued the next year so if I do have an issue or just want to get another I'm SOL. If I could get a new 0550 with 20CV steel I'd be so happy.

 

[Dean C.]

I haven't seen much in the way of new knife designs that really blow me away for a while now. This year looks to be similar.

My favorite ZT design is still the 0550. I may be in the minority but oh well. What happened to the days when a company had a few core models they always have available and save the fancy flashy stuff for limited edition runs? I like ZT but it seems like every time they make a model I like it get discontinued the next year so if I do have an issue or just want to get another I'm SOL. If I could get a new 0550 with 20CV steel I'd be so happy.

Now this is 100% speculation but I think it probably has to do with designer contracts and designs. Like the Emerson ZT's I have always wondered if Emerson pulled the ZT's due to them directly competing with EKI models. Maybe the same thing happened with Hinderer as really the only currently produced ZT Hinderer is the "Factory Custom" LE.