ZT0550 in ELMAX ???

The earliest reported Elmax 550 is #686, with the latest reporting S35V is #682. So we have a pretty good idea of exactly where it started, and knowing that it is 113 pieces long, it ends somewhere #796 - #799 (assuming all 113 were done in a row from a single mistake).
 
mc556 said:
You all are killing me I just started getting more interested in knives (and posting on here ) and after catching hell for my 560 I just bought and soon to get busted for a 561, you all dangle info like this in front of me.
I highly doubt there is one of these floating around my area but rest assure I'll be checking and buying if so.
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lol, well, at least you know the serial number range, so it isn't a crap shoot for ya.
 
I wonder how something like ELMAX just gets mistakenly put on the knife AND the engraving gets switched. It seems to me like if it were truly a mistake they would still say S35VN, but the engraving would look off because of the steel.
 
cthulusaurus said:
I wonder how something like ELMAX just gets mistakenly put on the knife AND the engraving gets switched. It seems to me like if it were truly a mistake they would still say S35VN, but the engraving would look off because of the steel.
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The engraving that is the mistake is on the model # not the steel. The other mistake is that these miss marked 0551 blades were put in a 0550 handle.
 
Are you sure they are really mistakes, maybe somebody got a funny idea to make super rare 550/1's like a misprint or mis cut on money or stamps?

Either way I don't think it makes much difference unless you wanted a certain handle pattern or blade material, they are both pretty similar.
 
So my ELMAX 0550 just got a brother today......yup its an 0551!!

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Hey guys, just got mine today. I was kind of confused with the elmax stamp, of course BF was the first place I searched for an answer:D
Serial # is a little higher
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Thomas W said:
The engraving that is the mistake is on the model # not the steel. The other mistake is that these miss marked 0551 blades were put in a 0550 handle.
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So they were 0551 blades that were mismarked 0550, then were put into 0550 handles?
 
So they were 0551 blades that were mismarked 0550, then were put into 0550 handles?
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Yes, but not in that order. Laser engraving happens last in production. So the elmax blades were intended for 0551's, put into 0550 handles, then laser engraved as 0550 w/ elmax steel.
 
Hate to put a big wrinkle in the mix, but hey, I have a number 0849 w/Elmax and an 0858 with S35VN
 
Ore_Ele said:
The earliest reported Elmax 550 is #686, with the latest reporting S35V is #682. So we have a pretty good idea of exactly where it started, and knowing that it is 113 pieces long, it ends somewhere #796 - #799 (assuming all 113 were done in a row from a single mistake).
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i have #685 and it is S35VN, so we have pinpointed the start of elmax at #686. can't believe i missed it by 1! :grumpy:

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I bought a 0550 here in the UK.

Turned up with the Elmax blade! :D

Serial # 0846

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There's a thread here on the British Blades Forum. It seems we were a bit lucky.
 
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