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Bill86 · 03-19-2011, 05:56 PM

Sure I hear ya, I bought my brother a UTX85 he carries it all the time. He only likes OTF Autos so I figured that would be a good start.

I got my SMF for $360 but I get your point, they aren't cheap at all. Bombproof though so it's worth it IMO.

The ZT blade shape isn't the most useful, it's heavy as all hell and the blade came with like a 65/35 lockup that touched the backspacer. Made an annoying click every time it closed. You could say I got a bad one or whatever even though it was NIB but it's definitely heavy and has a less than useful blade shape. The 301 was like 8.2-8.5 oz your's is 7.7 but don't get me wrong that's still heavy as hell.

I just think for your application the blade shape on the Piranha is much more useful. Also it's very light weight and no doubt carries MUCH better than the ZT. I think with dockers that's the way to go. If you were wearing jeans something like a 5-6 oz knife isn't too bad. Even still I found the ZT @ over 8oz's to really bring my pants down.

This of course is just all my opinions and experiences. YMMV

Also worth mentioning that the CPM S30V is a very nice steel which I would say is easily superior to the 154CM.

03-19-2011, 05:56 PM	#7
Bill86 Snob Join Date: Jul 2010 First Name: Bill Posts: 6,704 Trading: (67)	Re: Need help deciding on a knife Sure I hear ya, I bought my brother a UTX85 he carries it all the time. He only likes OTF Autos so I figured that would be a good start. I got my SMF for $360 but I get your point, they aren't cheap at all. Bombproof though so it's worth it IMO. The ZT blade shape isn't the most useful, it's heavy as all hell and the blade came with like a 65/35 lockup that touched the backspacer. Made an annoying click every time it closed. You could say I got a bad one or whatever even though it was NIB but it's definitely heavy and has a less than useful blade shape. The 301 was like 8.2-8.5 oz your's is 7.7 but don't get me wrong that's still heavy as hell. I just think for your application the blade shape on the Piranha is much more useful. Also it's very light weight and no doubt carries MUCH better than the ZT. I think with dockers that's the way to go. If you were wearing jeans something like a 5-6 oz knife isn't too bad. Even still I found the ZT @ over 8oz's to really bring my pants down. This of course is just all my opinions and experiences. YMMV Also worth mentioning that the CPM S30V is a very nice steel which I would say is easily superior to the 154CM.