If you're thinking of one day scoring a custom Hinderer XM-18, save your money...and your time (in waiting). This knife to me is just as good and actually in some ways better. This is the licensed, Kershaw factory produced interpretation of that knife and it's a winner. Besides its good looks, the 0560 series brings technical features that impress: 3D machined, beadblasted 6AL-4V titanium, 3D CNC machined G10 scale, contrasting black fasteners and standoffs, Hinderer lockbar stabilizer, excellent jimping, captured pivot adjustment, KVT ball bearing pivot point (ensuring consistent centering, fast opening), deep near perfect 4-way clip, deep finger choil, and a 3.75" flat ground Elmax steel drop point blade (should be very rust resistant). With these features, ergos for the tactical POU are good. Speed and lockup are outstanding on the 0560. Being a titanium framelock with an opposing liner, weight can't be the same as a polymer or Zytel framed folder. But at 5.8 oz I find it an achievement, made possible by aggressive material removal in milled out slots. Value is good but as a US produced knife it's still up and many other full size, hard use tactical folders will beat its price point (discussed), Nevertheless, siren song of the ZT 0560 series is its pedigree: just like the XM-18, it's a fighter. Unrepentant and proud. That alone adds coolness with the tactical blade collector. This knife revives my interest in the ZT line, much lighter than some of its predecessors but ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
"ZT 0560 Hinderer: Who Needs the XM18?!" by Nutnfancy
"ZT 0560 Hinderer: Who Needs the XM18?!" by Nutnfancy Video Clips. Duration : 34.72 Mins.
If you're thinking of one day scoring a custom Hinderer XM-18, save your money...and your time (in waiting). This knife to me is just as good and actually in some ways better. This is the licensed, Kershaw factory produced interpretation of that knife and it's a winner. Besides its good looks, the 0560 series brings technical features that impress: 3D machined, beadblasted 6AL-4V titanium, 3D CNC machined G10 scale, contrasting black fasteners and standoffs, Hinderer lockbar stabilizer, excellent jimping, captured pivot adjustment, KVT ball bearing pivot point (ensuring consistent centering, fast opening), deep near perfect 4-way clip, deep finger choil, and a 3.75" flat ground Elmax steel drop point blade (should be very rust resistant). With these features, ergos for the tactical POU are good. Speed and lockup are outstanding on the 0560. Being a titanium framelock with an opposing liner, weight can't be the same as a polymer or Zytel framed folder. But at 5.8 oz I find it an achievement, made possible by aggressive material removal in milled out slots. Value is good but as a US produced knife it's still up and many other full size, hard use tactical folders will beat its price point (discussed), Nevertheless, siren song of the ZT 0560 series is its pedigree: just like the XM-18, it's a fighter. Unrepentant and proud. That alone adds coolness with the tactical blade collector. This knife revives my interest in the ZT line, much lighter than some of its predecessors but ...
If you're thinking of one day scoring a custom Hinderer XM-18, save your money...and your time (in waiting). This knife to me is just as good and actually in some ways better. This is the licensed, Kershaw factory produced interpretation of that knife and it's a winner. Besides its good looks, the 0560 series brings technical features that impress: 3D machined, beadblasted 6AL-4V titanium, 3D CNC machined G10 scale, contrasting black fasteners and standoffs, Hinderer lockbar stabilizer, excellent jimping, captured pivot adjustment, KVT ball bearing pivot point (ensuring consistent centering, fast opening), deep near perfect 4-way clip, deep finger choil, and a 3.75" flat ground Elmax steel drop point blade (should be very rust resistant). With these features, ergos for the tactical POU are good. Speed and lockup are outstanding on the 0560. Being a titanium framelock with an opposing liner, weight can't be the same as a polymer or Zytel framed folder. But at 5.8 oz I find it an achievement, made possible by aggressive material removal in milled out slots. Value is good but as a US produced knife it's still up and many other full size, hard use tactical folders will beat its price point (discussed), Nevertheless, siren song of the ZT 0560 series is its pedigree: just like the XM-18, it's a fighter. Unrepentant and proud. That alone adds coolness with the tactical blade collector. This knife revives my interest in the ZT line, much lighter than some of its predecessors but ...
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