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So ive had a 561 for a little while now and enjoy it so much that when I saw an amazing deal on another one I just had to pounce. Well the new one just arrived and I gave it a good inspection and have been playing with it like I always do and noticed that the newer 561 is quite different than im used to. It may be kind of hard to tell from my picture but on the new one the titanium of the framelock is much shinier and smoother than the coarse beadblasted Ti on my previous one. It almost looks polished or possibly blasted with an extremely fine media. They both look very nice but the polished scale slides into my pocket under the clip much easier. Also, The blade on my new one is much shinier
. They polished it and then stonewashed it whereas my old one is more dull from them beadblasting before the stonewash. Finally the lockbar cutouts are different. The new one has a rectangular hole at the bottom of the lockbar, near the clip and a different texture, whereas the old one has a circular hole.
Anyway, just a couple observations that surprised me. I love them both although I definately like the shinier stonewash on the newer one. It seems like Kershaw and ZT recently got the message that most people prefer a shinier stonewash and have been implenting it on many of their new blades. Thanks for listening KAI! Just wondering if my experience was consistent with others and what everyone thought about the changes. By the way the older duller one is #834 and the newer one #2663.
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. They polished it and then stonewashed it whereas my old one is more dull from them beadblasting before the stonewash. Finally the lockbar cutouts are different. The new one has a rectangular hole at the bottom of the lockbar, near the clip and a different texture, whereas the old one has a circular hole.
Anyway, just a couple observations that surprised me. I love them both although I definately like the shinier stonewash on the newer one. It seems like Kershaw and ZT recently got the message that most people prefer a shinier stonewash and have been implenting it on many of their new blades. Thanks for listening KAI! Just wondering if my experience was consistent with others and what everyone thought about the changes. By the way the older duller one is #834 and the newer one #2663.
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