The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
0560, 0561 and 0550's are still available if you look around. I picked up a NIB 0560 a few months back to go with my 0561. Tempted to get the 0550, NIB $199. Old stock, prices on the 056X's are over $300. I don't mind them w/out the lock bar inserts. The 560 had some bad lock stick at 1st but after a day it's gone, the 561 has a tiny bit. It's better than the lock-bar skittering across the blade ramp under pressure.
If memory serves me the 0560 series was around $160-$180 range.Considering all the machining on the Ti side,I always thought that was a pretty great price.
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Early on they were far more inexpensive. I bought one nib from a dealer for around $160.The regular price of ZT 0560/0561 was ~$260. The discounted price after being discontinued was ~$200 (I did not recall anything lower than that although my memory could be wrong).
As for why they were discontinued, well, I assume the market was saturated (many pieces were sold such that I saw ser. # of larger than 12,xxx). It's just like another big and sexy knife Benchmade 710. After they were discontinued, they would be missed badly by at least some folks. They are no doubt iconic knives but they are a bit too big for many knife users. I never carry my ZT 0561 or Benchmade 710.
I'm pretty sure mine was $160 new as well.Early on they were far more inexpensive. I bought one nib from a dealer for around $160.
This. And kill the assist.Titanium frame 0566.
The Benchmade 710 is another great knife that I should have bought a second.The regular price of ZT 0560/0561 was ~$260. The discounted price after being discontinued was ~$200 (I did not recall anything lower than that although my memory could be wrong).
As for why they were discontinued, well, I assume the market was saturated (many pieces were sold such that I saw ser. # of larger than 12,xxx). It's just like another big and sexy knife Benchmade 710. After they were discontinued, they would be missed badly by at least some folks. They are no doubt iconic knives but they are a bit too big for many knife users. I never carry my ZT 0561 or Benchmade 710.
Surprised no one said 0780.