556-1 blade marking question...
I got my Pre-production 556-1 #301 today, and I really like it...
BM did a great job on this knife. Very nicely finished, the blade almost swings closed on its own, no blade play,and the blade is perfectly centered. I really like the color combination.
The grind is very even, although it has a very rough finish, and it does have a very slight wire edge.
My question is, the CPM-20CV on the blade is almost totally impossible to read.
If I hold it just right, and get the light perfect, I can kinda make out what it says.
If I didn't already know what it says, I'm not sure I would be able to tell..
I had my wife look at it too, and she couldn't tell what it says. All of the rest of the markings are fine.
Is this normal on the pre-production versions ?
BM did a great job on this knife. Very nicely finished, the blade almost swings closed on its own, no blade play,and the blade is perfectly centered. I really like the color combination.
The grind is very even, although it has a very rough finish, and it does have a very slight wire edge.
My question is, the CPM-20CV on the blade is almost totally impossible to read.
If I hold it just right, and get the light perfect, I can kinda make out what it says.
If I didn't already know what it says, I'm not sure I would be able to tell..
I had my wife look at it too, and she couldn't tell what it says. All of the rest of the markings are fine.
Is this normal on the pre-production versions ?
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It is normal in that yours is no different than any other 556-1 that I have seen. But I can't think of any previous models where they made it that small.
It's almost as if they were ashamed of it like they were writing elmax or 8Cr13MoV. I like discrete and I'm glad it's not too prominent, but it would be nice if it was big enough to read.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Taxesblow:
It is normal in that yours is no different than any other 556-1 that I have seen. But I can't think of any previous models where they made it that small.
It's almost as if they were ashamed of it like they were writing elmax or 8Cr13MoV. I like discrete and I'm glad it's not too prominent, but it would be nice if it was big enough to read.
LOL. It certainly is small... It wouldn't be quite so bad if the lettering was just a little darker.
The pictures I have seen of the 551's, the lettering appears to be quite a bit darker.
It's not a crisis, but it would be nice to be able to read it ...0 -
If they used M390, they'd used a bigger font in bold 
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quote:Originally posted by Bill Hammer:
If they used M390, they'd used a bigger font in bold
True... or D2
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