EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

maxjeg said:
The word "Фриз" in Russian has a second meaning. Decoration on an artillery cannon.

And the shape of this blade is that of a classic Russian skinner.
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Nice to see you back, friend, and thanks for the response to my query. I myself have been both present and absent at the same time the last few weeks as there's been a lot more work involved in running my youth basketball club and our league this season. I've been posting most days but really haven't had time to keep up with things at BF in general and even here, on this my favorite thread. I've also been prepping for and somewhat distracted by my imminent medical procedure that I'll undergo tomorrow. It'll be good to put that in the rearview and enjoy some time over holiday break away from kids' hoops, with its attendant adult drama, while peacefully recuperating at home.

As to the Frieze, it's an interesting name for a knife whether it's for a decorative band around a building or a bit of ornamentation on a military weapon. I had thought of it as resembling a skinner and Alexandr's website had referred to the blade shape as just that back when it was still listed at cheburkov.com.
 
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Mako109 said:
I usually keep a new knife acquisition on my desk for a few weeks for evaluation, break-in and fine tuning. After three weeks I'm finally starting to carry this one, the Shirogorov Stellar.

I wasn't going to spring $1K for a Shirogorov screwdriver, so here's my ghetto version, bits from REK (still expensive) and bit holder from Amazon.
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That's certainly a good way to go, and I'm right there with you on finding it kinda silly to spend a fortune on a Shiro screwdriver when one could buy a really high quality knife for that much. On the other hand, and not knocking Josh or the cost of his Shiro bits, that's not exactly a ghetto version either.

Here's my favorite Shiro driver--a well fitting common bit with an overlay of electrical tape in one of my WiHa handles.

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Also in the pic is my Shiro hedgehog tool, bought from Vladimir_K, all the way from the Motherland for 50 bucks. The better pic below shows its two drivers (nose and front leg), its angle gauges (crown) which are not very useful, and its thickness gauges (rear end) for measuring TBE which are quite useful. As a driver it affords no more leverage than a well-fitting coin which is the original and best ghetto solution, but the hedgehog was cheap enough, is a Shiro product, and just kinda cool.

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There's always Bill Hyde's aluminum tool too which works well, is not overly priced, and fits two sizes of Shiro's PacMan screws.

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Still, the taped bit in a sturdy driver handle is my go to for leverage and no-mar-ability. Nice Stellar, BTW!
 
ChazzyP said:
That's certainly a good way to go, and I'm right there with you on finding it kinda silly to spend a fortune on a Shiro screwdriver when one could buy a really high quality knife for that much. On the other hand, and not knocking Josh or the cost of his Shiro bits, that's not exactly a ghetto version either.

Here's my favorite Shiro driver--a well fitting common bit with an overlay of electrical tape in one of my WiHa handles.

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Also in the pic is my Shiro hedgehog tool, bought from Vladimir_K, all the way from the Motherland for 50 bucks. The better pic below shows its two drivers (nose and front leg), its angle gauges (crown) which are not very useful, and its thickness gauges (rear end) for measuring TBE which are quite useful. As a driver it affords no more leverage than a well-fitting coin which is the original and best ghetto solution, but the hedgehog was cheap enough, is a Shiro product, and just kinda cool.

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There's always Bill Hyde's aluminum tool too which works well, is not overly priced, and fits two sizes of Shiro's PacMan screws.

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Still, the taped bit in a sturdy driver handle is my go to for leverage and no-mar-ability. Nice Stellar, BTW!
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Thanks for the 411 on the Hedgehog tool and Bill Hydes tool. I didn't know about those.
 
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