Some people hate flippers, some people love them.
I like them OK.
Now seeing as knives are cutting tools and really nothing more- manufacturers constantly
have to add some new bullshit to get you to buy them.
So while you have a standard flipper, some people need to make flippers cooler.
Good for them.
So let's take a closer look at the new flipper collaboration between GTC knives and Zero
Tolerance called the 0055- although Cedric & ADA is still waiting for the ZT 80085 to
drop.
So let's check out these dimensions.
Like the length and weight overall.
The blade length and cutting edge, the handle size and grip area.
Spine thickness and handle thickness, and tallness closed and flipper protrusion.
Fellow knife channel and YouTuber Tovarish works loaned me this knife to check out, and
I think he recorded a brief statement for this one too...
so let's hope he keeps it nicer this time.
Whats up everybody?
Im TovarishWorks.
If youre sick and tired of watching Advanced Knife Bros videos on really crummy Chinese
knives, come on over to my channel and watch videos on real knives like this custom Thorburn.
Ok the 0055 has a unique blade shape, as to make old people say I liked it when a knife
used to look like a knife.
It is a reverse tanto blade shape, with what is called a compound grind.
Which seems like a flat grind in two areas, because knife sharpening shouldn't be boring.
The blade is made from wear and low price resistant S35VN.
Looks nice if you're into angles or as sailfishsound system put it- robot turds.
The blade is deployed by a most likely patented- they all cut but does yours open like this...
flipping mechanism called a SLT flipper stud.
It hides away when closed and open as to make the rest of your $225 pocketknife easier to
bang against your keys, instead of the flipper getting snagged on it.
Now if you're familiar with a Kershaw or Zero Tolerance speed safe, and you're crossing
your fingers and hoping this a little harder to open, you're going to be a very happy knife
bro.
The way it works is you gently pull back on the stud or tab as real knife people call
it and wait for the stop, then give it a twice as hard as a speedsafe amount of pull and
it opens on it's smooth ball bearing system.
It's technically not an assisted, but it has a strong detent.
The stud hides away when open.
It's pull, harder pull click, pull harder pull click.
It works best when you give it just enough force to open- so it'll take a few deploys
getting used to.
Very hard strong pulls actually make it harder to deploy, which sounds weird- but so does
$225 when a non knife person asks how much that cost.
So don't try jerking it open in a single pull.
The blade is locked into place by a titanium frame lock with a removable steel insert so
it can endure many years of long hard use.
In theory.
The frame lock thankfully isn't a whole lot harder to disengage than the knife is to deploy.
While this knife is fun to deploy, long term fidgeting is generally fatiguing on your fingers-
so it's like a speed safe in that regard.
The handle is is nice and long, and made from two tabs of milled and sculpted titanium...
the knife is kinda heavy but I guess it could be heavier without the milling.
It's a partially open backed design with a blue anodized aluminum backspacer for beauty.
The handle fit my hand well and isn't too slippery because of the angles.
It looks like gandalfs staff.
However without the flipper protruding while it's opening, there isn't much of a guard
there, but the profile gets larger so your hand probably won't slip during suppositious
use.
Probably.
The pocket clip is reversible to the right or left side in a tip up configuration only.
It ain't deep carry.
Expect just under an inch to stick out of your pocket.
Ok let's partially recycle a quick comparison I did on my last Zero Tolerance review.
Which is perfectly fine because that review just barely cracked 2k views- meaning most
of my subscribers and the internet haven't watched it anyway.
First is the 0770.
Functionally and practically I prefer this Zero Tolerance.
It's a lighter and a more unassuming pocket carry.
Harder to hold in wet conditions, and less likely to arouse our robot overlords.
Smaller blade, by about half an inch.
Then the Lion Steel SR-11.
It's a smooth flipper a little less fatiguing to flip.
No jimping on the tab, even though there is some light jimping on this one.
I think I've said everything there is to say about this one.
Then the 0350, shorter and about an ounce heavier.
And more arousing to felines, but not Nutnfancys.
Then the actual fun to fidget with and the co-cheapest knife in the whole bunch by a
lot the Spyderco Paramilitary 2.
There's a reason why people like this knife so much.
You can fidget with it for a while, and not hurt your tender hands.
If you could only spend over $100 on any knife in this bunch this is the one.
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Comment, and give it a thumbs up, and ask why I didn't baton with this one- thanks for
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