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.
Happy Easter, MASS members!... and everyone else, too. I have the same wood-pellet stove and, until recently, had a CF RDD too. I barely use it because it works too well–the stove, that is.Happy Easter fellow Shiro buds! A nice early morning coffee by the fire for me.
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Aside from just liking the damn knives, miko, your description of Sergey's approach to his craft as well as the scale and output of the Workshop are big parts of what attracts me to Shirogorov. As someone who has spent 50 years as a self-employed, small shop builder/carpenter/sheetmetal fabricator I have great admiration for anyone that is directly involved in the day-to-day operations of his/her business including the nuts and bolts of hands-on production. That the Workshop's output remains at a level that will maintain its standard of design and quality is admirable given the temptations of expansion and greater profits.I think this is what really makes Sergey and the whole of the Shirogorov Workshop distinct from the term manufacturers and brand as opposed to knife maker. If you stop and think, how many makers are out there that are also in charge a production-level outfit for their knives as well? You'll never see Sergey collaborating with another production company for his designs that's for sure. It's that mindset of keeping everything in-house down to even the production level that you see this inverse flow happening. Sergey's true passion still rests in seeing what cool things he can do with the customs and everything else borrows elements from that.
Happy Easter fellow Shiro buds! A nice early morning coffee by the fire for me.
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Happy Easter, MASS members!... and everyone else, too. I have the same wood-pellet stove and, until recently, had a CF RDD too. I barely use it because it works too well–the stove, that is.
I thought a bit about other knife-makers, like Rick Hinderer and Chris Reeve, who are or were the primary designers, makers themselves, and involved directly in the direction and output of their companies, but Hinderer also designs for production outfits while Reeve is no longer at CRK.
mikomonday That is beautiful, definitely my favorite CD they have done. Are they going to be bringing these stateside?
Nice! Mine arrives Friday. When I ordered I heard them say in the background “We need to ship another Quantum”.Still lusting over that F3NS CD but I was able to pick up a production quantum today, thought I would give my quick initial thoughts. Unsurprisingly the knife is beautiful and extremely well made as we have all come to expect. Action is splendid. The detent is nice and crisp, much snappier than my other shiros I have owned or handled. I absolutely love this detent, it is perfect in my eyes and I'm glad Shiro seems to be moving towards a sharper more crisp detent. I would compare it to a gen 4 Koenig Arius is anyone is familier. Lots of interesting milling and details on this knife, carries well, slightly more slender in the rear compared to a 95. Pocket clip is really interesting design and works well. A touch hard to get over thicker pants but fine once on. Acoustics are incredible. Overall it is a dream for me. I have been wanting Shiro to offer a different design in the F95 / F3 size and I have to say this one elevates the game even by their standards. Oh! And it also has a dust protector over the bearings. Very cool.
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Thanks for a great write up about a great knife. I'm curious about the dust protectors you mentioned over the bearings. I found a picture of the Quantum broken down on Shiro's site but don't see anything of this nature.Still lusting over that F3NS CD but I was able to pick up a production quantum today, thought I would give my quick initial thoughts. Unsurprisingly the knife is beautiful and extremely well made as we have all come to expect. Action is splendid. The detent is nice and crisp, much snappier than my other shiros I have owned or handled. I absolutely love this detent, it is perfect in my eyes and I'm glad Shiro seems to be moving towards a sharper more crisp detent. I would compare it to a gen 4 Koenig Arius is anyone is familier. Lots of interesting milling and details on this knife, carries well, slightly more slender in the rear compared to a 95. Pocket clip is really interesting design and works well. A touch hard to get over thicker pants but fine once on. Acoustics are incredible. Overall it is a dream for me. I have been wanting Shiro to offer a different design in the F95 / F3 size and I have to say this one elevates the game even by their standards. Oh! And it also has a dust protector over the bearings. Very cool.
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