New ZT0550 Thread !!!

Alphahunter · Mar 11, 2011

Thrill said:
Sorry to hear about your mess! I can only compare to the ZT 350 and I like the 0551 much more. To me, it just looks better and feels better in the hand.

Nice pic!:thumbup:

Barry H · Mar 11, 2011

Sculpted Carbon Fiber, taking the 0551 to a new level:

Reeek · Mar 11, 2011

SWEEEEEET! Nice look and I'm sure, function too.

Barry H said:
Sculpted Carbon Fiber, taking the 0551 to a new level:

Followthehollow · Mar 11, 2011

My 0551 is supposed to show up tommorow, I'll try to get a pic posted with my 0301 before leaving for work.

Alphahunter · Mar 11, 2011

Followthehollow said:
My 0551 is supposed to show up tommorow, I'll try to get a pic posted with my 0301 before leaving for work.

Cool thanks! I may have Barry do my JYD and 301

Followthehollow · Mar 12, 2011

Excuse the crappy cell pic as I was in a hurry to leave.

Here is the 0551 and 0301 together for the guy who wanted it. threw a 710 in there for size comparison

Gnarly · Mar 12, 2011

page 3?

found this down on page 3 ?!?

freq18hz · Mar 15, 2011

hatchetjack said:
You can make your own using 9mm or .38 Super. They are pretty much drop in. I replaced mine on the Striders then used the Hinderer on my 0551.

Is that smaller Strider an sng?

-Freq

freq18hz · Mar 15, 2011

eloreno said:
I have done this and it helps for a bit. Then it goes right back to sticking.
I'm going to give it some time and hope it comes around.
Other than the sticky lock bar, and the factory grinds (very uneven) I like the knife.

Mine sticks bad too.

Takes two hands to close it. Overall fit and finish is possibly below average benchmade quality, definitely not spyderco.
Blemishes here and there, definitely not $200+ quality imo. Lockup is tight though, and blade is centered.

Not sure if my grinds are uneven, but it doesn't shave easily. Maybe just a high angle?

I'm too blind to see grinds.

Love the ergonomics though, and it opens up fairly smooth, although not for the price. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little bummed out. I'm probably just too picky.

-Freq

Thrill · Mar 15, 2011

freq18hz said:
Mine sticks bad too. Takes two hands to open it. Overall fit and finish is possibly below average benchmade quality, definitely not spyderco.
Blemishes here and there, definitely not $200+ quality imo. Lockup is tight though, and blade is centered.

Not sure if my grinds are uneven, but it doesn't shave easily. Maybe just a high angle?

I'm too blind to see grinds.

Love the ergonomics though, and it opens up fairly smooth, although not for the price. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little bummed out. I'm probably just too picky.

-Freq

I think that after you have it for a while and it gets broken in then it will open much better for you. I thought the same thing when I first got mine and now it is super smooth and opens like lighting. I used if for a couple of months and then took her apart to clean her up and it's been fantastic since then. Just my 2 cents.

Alphahunter · Mar 15, 2011

freq18hz said:
Is that smaller Strider an sng?

-Freq

Those are SMF's

Big_Red · Mar 15, 2011

Alphahunter said:
Those are SMF's

No way... has to be an SMF on top and SNG on bottom. Four screw on top and three screw on bottom.

hatchetjack · Mar 15, 2011

Big_Red said:
No way... has to be an SMF on top and SNG on bottom. Four screw on top and three screw on bottom.

Correct.........

Big_Red · Mar 15, 2011

So has there been any news on the 0550 estimated production date?

Gnarly · Mar 15, 2011

Not that I know of....

freq18hz · Mar 15, 2011

Thrill said:
I think that after you have it for a while and it gets broken in then it will open much better for you. I thought the same thing when I first got mine and now it is super smooth and opens like lighting. I used if for a couple of months and then took her apart to clean her up and it's been fantastic since then. Just my 2 cents.

Mine literally takes two hands to close. The bar gets absolutely stuck.

-Freq

Alphahunter · Mar 15, 2011

Big_Red said:
No way... has to be an SMF on top and SNG on bottom. Four screw on top and three screw on bottom.

So much for my Hawk Eye.

jill jackson · Mar 15, 2011

Does anyone notice the thumb stud on one side having "skinned" looking places all the way around it? Mine looks like they pushed it through and left the marks on the one side. Never seen that on any knife before. The stone washed blade when looking close looks like it was an excuse to leave some pretty good scratches on the blade's surface to me, also. Nothing like the evenness of say a Sebenza's stone wash blade finish. The lock bar on mine is fine and the blade centering perfect.

Here's the thumb stud you can see the marks on the upper side they go all the way around, are all of them left like that?

pizza · Mar 15, 2011

freq18hz said:
Mine literally takes two hands to open. The bar gets absolutely stuck.

-Freq

Mine did too until I learned that you need to push upwards on the thumbstud instead of outwards. Now it opens just fine. It still has a bit of resistance from the little ball that fits into the recess on the lockbar when in the closed position but it's really pretty easy to open if you push up on the thumbstud.

Reeek · Mar 15, 2011

The studs are pressed in from one side. Not screwed together

I also suspect the blade was bead blasted first then stonewashed second. At least that what I see when I inspect mine.

jill jackson said:
Does anyone notice the thumb stud on one side having "skinned" looking places all the way around it? Mine looks like they pushed it through and left the marks on the one side. Never seen that on any knife before. The stone washed blade when looking close looks like it was an excuse to leave some pretty good scratches on the blade's surface to me, also. Nothing like the evenness of say a Sebenza's stone wash blade finish. The lock bar on mine is fine and the blade centering perfect.