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Bought the old 550 with the internal cutout while the price was discounted. Don't much need a deep carry clip and the internal cutout is fine by me. I like the more aggressive detent.
Interesting to see that KAI still can't quite decide how they want to mill their lock-bars... Hmmmm.
Just to be clear, the one I was gifted from Thomas does not look like the one I bought from Dave (Kershawguy) either. Who knows at what point Thomas took one off the production floor, but no matter the differences, since it's from Thomas it's a keeper. The more pics of the new version that start getting posted should eventually show whether or not there were more like the one in my pic.
Can anyone with the new version give there thoughts on the detent , the old one i had was very hard to open .
Yeah, good point. It is just interesting that the 560 seemed to go through at least 3 different milling/design styles, and 550 and new 550 seems to be headed the same way. And now even adding inside milled vs. outside milled.
Not that I'm criticizing. I don't think it really matters either way, other than aesthetics.
Can anyone with the new version give there thoughts on the detent , the old one i had was very hard to open .
I have an old 550, that I sent in for for vertical blade play. They returned it to me with a new Ti side, and it was the new version w/ deep carry clip etc. The detent was pretty strong before, but with the new version it is a lot weaker. I can actually make the blade come out using gravity only. Not sure if that is standard though, and mine was already broken in. I have heard though that weaker detent was planned for this new model. I have a 551 too with the strong detent, and prefer this new version. I'll likely pick up another.
Awesome. Mine has up and down blade play, this will be a perfect time to send to send it in. Should I put my oe scale on or leave my hinderer on?
Ok iv changed my mind on this knife. I hated it at first but after seeing a side by side video comparison, m sold. Im totally getting one and putting an awesome scale on it............and swapping my 551 elmax blade into it.
Ok, so...the lock-bar cutout and the deep carry clip. Are there any other 'improvements' or is that it? The reason I ask is I just received a 0550 from a seller on a certain internet auction site, and it was supposed to be the "new" version. As it turns out, it's the "old" version but aside from the fact that the blade is not 'top dead center' it's actually a nice knife. It's my first 0550 and I'm wondering now, do I send it back for the 'new' version? Actually, the off-center blade bugs me enough that it's going back anyhow, but back to the question...Can someone please give a description of what is new besides the cut-out and clip?.