Very beautiful, knife this is special one for sure. I am having a CF scale made for my 550 can't wait till it arrives. ZT is a beefy knife but if you like them, like Spyderco they represent pretty great value for the dollar.
I've always wondered about the brazed joints in those composite blades. The copper joint just can't be as strong as a monolithic slab of s110v. Have there been any tests of their strength?
I'm not a doubting Thomas - it just looks kinda gimmicky to me...
phillipsted wrote:I've always wondered about the brazed joints in those composite blades. The copper joint just can't be as strong as a monolithic slab of s110v. Have there been any tests of their strength?
I'm not a doubting Thomas - it just looks kinda gimmicky to me...
TedP
That's what I thought, too. Copper is weak, right? Their marketing and someone I know who did design for paper cutting machines says that they are actually stronger. I don't remember the reason why.
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Nice looking knife. Is it 5+oz like the ZT302? I had one of those but quickly found it too fat and heavy for my tastes. Is the blade "composite" more than a gimick to warrant a higher price? Oh and you're going to use the knife, right?
Copper is not hard, but it is also not brittle at all. Will deform rather than chip or snap under most circumstances I have seen. Ever bent a wire? Without doing something goofy with the temperature of the copper inside? I would guess that to be relevant.
I would think that you would completely blow out the edge and take out enormous chips (I'm talking about 1/4 inch chips) before you broke the weld between the two steels. By that point you should have chosen a pry bar instead of your knife.
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