This is listed in The Back Door. This one is a factory second. A stray milling mark, the kind you have to hunt for, kept it from passing Rivery's quality bar. Nothing about it affects how the knife works. Each one is marked as a second, and it carries the full Rivery MFG warranty.
The Zero V2 in Grenade texture, milled from solid brass.
The Zero is Rivery MFG's screwless retractable utility knife, designed by engineer Michael Sayers and machined in Sevierville, Tennessee. This is the V2 in solid brass, Grenade milling. Brass gives it real heft and a warm look that will patina with carry. It takes standard replaceable utility blades and runs on a key-and-spring slide with a crisp click and clack.
What's new in the V2
Rivery redesigned the blade holder with a wider angle, added a wing to the carriage, and reworked the bearing surface to be simple and user serviceable. Most V2 parts drop into a Gen 1 body, with one exception: the winged carriage is V2 only.
Specifications
- Model: Zero V2
- Milling Pattern: Grenade
- Material: Solid Brass
- Condition: Factory second, marked
- Blade: Standard replaceable utility blade
- Mechanism: Retractable slide, key and spring
- Closed Length: 68mm (2.68")
- Open Length: 88mm (3.46")
- Lanyard Hole: Yes, lanyard not included
- Country of Origin: Made in USA (Sevierville, Tennessee)
Brass
Brass is the heavy, warm option in the lineup. It carries with more weight than the aluminum versions, and it takes on a patina over time that makes each one look a little more like yours the longer you use it.
The action
The Zero is built around feel. A weighted internal key and firm spring give it a deliberate slide with a satisfying click and clack on every cycle, in a seamless, screwless body that carries small and flat.
Blades it takes
The Zero uses common trapezoid utility blades, including Stanley, Milwaukee, Dewalt Carbide, Titan, and standard SK5 blades. Fiskars and ceramic blades are not compatible.
Made in Tennessee
Every Zero is machined and assembled in East Tennessee. A small American shop reworking a tool most people overlook, done with real precision, is exactly what we like carrying.
Why this one stands out
The heaviest, warmest Zero in the lineup: solid brass with the grippy Grenade texture, on the improved V2 platform, a tool that earns a patina.
