hey everyone David C Andersen here coming at you from the KnifeCenter and
today I'm gonna be comparing two different Zero Tolerance models it's the
new 0357 versus its predecessor the 0350 let's check them out
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year's ZT released the 0308 which is sort of a revamp and relaunch of their 0300
series of knives which is really what put them on the map in their early days
they've kind of done the same thing with the new 0357 that 0357 is their newest
model and we're going to be comparing it to one of their oldest models that's
still in production the 0350 even though they're both executed very differently
they're positioned very close in the marketplace the specs are kind of
similar and even the price is a little similar the new one comes in around $150
depending on which option you get and the old one actually comes in a little
bit more hovering around $160 plus or minus a little bit depending again on
which option you get both of these knives featured black G10 handles as
well as a liner lock and SpeedSafe assisted opening action as well as a
particle steel blade but really it's the finer details that separate these two
knives now the original 0350 was released in 2009
so the 0357 has more than a decade of extra refinement and experience
reflecting the kind of the modern trends in today's knife marketplace start with
the handles in this case the original 0350 comes with black G10 just a hint of
texture not too aggressive and they are kept flat we do have some nice rounded
edges so that it's not sharp as well as a series of spots containing some pretty
broad jimping to give you a little bit of extra grip so while those handles are
wide and flat the 0357 is a little bit narrower it's not quite as tall of a
handle and there's a little bit of extra machining going on relieving some areas
in a few places to give it a more streamlined look and a more elegant
shape in the hand this knife also has a deep carry pocket clip which is they've
been around for a while but you've certainly been seeing them more and more
and more of these days and it's a two-position clip you can mount it on
the left or the right hand side in a tip-up configuration the older 0350
meanwhile features a four position pocket clip you can carry it on either
side tip up or tip down button sort of a sign of the times back in 2009
for one thing the clip is not a deep carry clip and it also in its default
position right out of the box holds the blade in a tip down configuration again
that's just the way things were a little more commonly back then than they are
today as far as the liner lock on the 350 just like the scales they're
definitely rugged they're nice and thick not quite as thick as some of their
titanium frame locks out there but definitely thicker than some of the
thinner than some of the liner locks you'd see out there that way this is
still a hard working knife because you get a good contact patch between the
liner lock and the blade steel itself 0357 maintains that tradition of those
slightly thicker liner locks again for a good solid feel and a good solid lock up
one thing you're gonna see however on the 0357 you don't on the older 0350 again
it's the small details a few little a few couple nicer things that you're not
gonna find on that older knife the first thing you're gonna see right here behind
the flipper tab a couple of the edges of the liner have actually been scooped
away or sort of sham for it away that means that when you flip the knife you
have kind of a nice soft landing spot for your thumb you're not gonna have a
sharp edge or a hard 90-degree edge for your finger right there I shouldn't say
sharp because it's definitely not sharp in the case of the 0350 in fact you've
actually got some jimping there you just don't have that nice little scuba one
thing that hasn't changed though between these two knives to action if anything
the action on this older one actually feels a little bit better but that's
probably just down to the the differences in these two specific knives
I've gotten from that SpeedSafe assisted opening action has always been
fast it's always been consistent and it feels just as good today as when Ken Onion
started rolling them out into the Kershaw knives a speaking of him real
quick the 0350 is a Ken Onion design whereas the the new 0357 is an in-house
Kershaw design but back to the liners real quick on the 0357 you're also gonna
see on the lock bar release itself similar to on that back side you've got
a section that's been kind of beveled out to create a nice place for your
thumb a little bit more comfortable to use when you actually go to unlock the
knife additionally for the lanyard hole the old 0350 has just a simple drilled
drilled hole going through the back spacer and both sides of the knife
meanwhile both the back spacer and the liners actually have a little bit of
area of the G10 has been scooped away from it to form a
little bit wider lanyard hole out there the on the back alright finally let's get
to the blades themselves as you can see they are definitely very different in
shape but they do have one thing in common in particular and that's this
little scoop out here in front of the thumb ramp they're not exactly the same
shape but in function they do two things one there are a really good place to
choke up on with your thumb it creates a nice comfortable spot to do that and
also works very well as a place to put your index finger if you want to get
some finer control of the tip of the blade it's at just the right length to
execute that and that's really the thing that ties these two blades together in
these very similarly numbered series they also show off two of ZT's signature
blade finishes as well the 0350 of course sports their tiger stripe finish which
was something that was very big in the early days of ZT you still see it a
little bit now but you see this a lot more their signature black wash finish
this blackened stone washed look takes the popular stonewashed finish and
elevates it a little bit creates a different look and definitely very
distinctive now in addition to the two differences in the blade finish you can
get both of these in a different finish you can get the 0350 still with a
standard black finish and you can get the new 0357 today standard or not their
standard stonewash finish actually their working finished which is a very
heavy stonewash but the blade steel is very different here we've got S30V on the
older knife and CPM-20CV on the newer knife definitely a more premium steel
for a little bit less money right now so there's definitely that one's a bit more
of a bargain after what you're going for is maximum performance however I still
think there's a place for the 0350 in the modern lineup even though the blade
steel isn't technically as nice as the new 0357 you do get a little bit more
overall edge part of that to do to the actual length of sharpened edge itself
and the inclusion of the recurve which gives you a little bit more to work with
but because of how broad it is even though we've only got about three and a
quarter inches of blade the broadness of it combined with the broadness of the
handle make the old 0350 feel even more suited to hard work than 0357 now part of
that may just be an impression created by the weight of the knife but I think
the broader handle definitely allows you to get a
fuller grip on the knife than you can on the new one because at the end of the
day the liners are still nice and thick on the new knife so it should stand up
to some heavier use just like the 0350 and it's a little bit easier to
carry in your pocket if you don't want something as be but if you're going for
maximum overbuilt between these two and you haven't decided
I think the 0350 definitely deserves the win so at the end of the day and the end of
this video that brings us down to the one question which one of these knives
do you prefer make sure to let us know in the comments or if there's something
else you'd rather spend your 150-ish bucks on let us know that down there as
well the meantime we'll leave links to these knives in the description so you
can head over to KnifeCenter.com if you want to get your hands on one I'm David
C Andersen from the KnifeCenter signing off see you next time
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