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Serrated Hinderer

weech3

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Will there be a serrated 0550 or 0560?

I know most here are anti serrations; I myself find use for them, and really wish they made the hinderer models in ST.

Will it happen?
 
Hard to say, I may or may not have seen serrated proto's but no word on if they will ever do it.
 
I don't rember even seeing a proto, I did see a 560 that somone had serrated with a dremel in the echange, around 3 months ago. You could probobly send a 560/1 to someone that dose regrinds to have it serrated.
 
Blade HQ lists a 561ST as coming soon. Not sure if that will ever materialize, but it is listed. Take that as you will.
 
daveb068 said:
Blade HQ lists a 561ST as coming soon. Not sure if that will ever materialize, but it is listed. Take that as you will.
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That has been on the site for over 2 years now. But they did start producing the black blade 0560 so anything is possible. To this day though I havent seen a post from an actual employee of kershaw confirming nor denying if they will produce a serrated version of either.
 
Buy a 550 or 560 and send it to Tom Veff. He'll put some serrations in it for you.
 
The more I've read about Veff serrations, the more I've questioned them. There seem to be a fair share of breakages by end users. Maprik, do you (or anyone) have any personal experience with Veff (or any) aftermarket serrations? I love my 0550 and am going to get a 0561; but I still have to go for my 0301ST for work and would love to pocket a hinderer design instead.
 
I have a RAT-3 (pre-ESEE, not Ontario) that I had Jeff do his work on. I asked for the serrations to not be as deep (read aggressive) as most of his work. I've beat the snot out of that knife and never had any issues with his work.
 
I have a SOG Navy Seal that I use for a camping knife that I had Tom put 5 serrations on. It's scary sharp. I haven't used it on anything really hard though, just rope and general camping duties. I have spent a few hours sitting in Tom's garage watching him sharpen my knives, listening to him talk about knives in general, different makers, etc. If he's not too busy he'll start bringing out pieces of his collection to show. He's got hundreds of knives. He carries a couple of pimped Spyderco Police knives that he serrated and mirror polished and they are wicked... I honestly do not believe that Tom would stand behind a product (his Serrations) that he didn't believe in. I don't think CRKT would license his design without putting it through some hard tests. I haven't read any of the comments about breakages so I can't comment on their veracity or how they were being used... Breakage is going to be caused by many factors: knife steel, heat treat, edge geometry, how it's being used, what's being cut...

Get a 550 blem for $120 and have him put 3 or 4 serrations on it. $10 per serration. See how it goes. I am in no way affiliated with Tom Veff, I just appreciate his knowledge, experience, love of knives, and quality workmanship.
 
I have a few CRKT's with Veff serrations that haven't had any issues. I dont put them through hard use though, just general everyday things. They are extremely sharp compared to a standard serration though.
 
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/994611-ZT-560-w-Veff-serrations

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Thanks for all of the replies guys, and the link with picture. I think you guys have convinced me to just go ahead n call Tom. Though I'd still like to see some factory ST's sometime. If nothing else, an excuse to buy more knives, lol. And yes, with my wife, I need an excuse.
 
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