The Bears' Den--Shirogorov Showcase

CPP said:
Rusblades is not an authorized dealer and is, therefore, a secondary dealer which means the price can be and usually is more than the official price. The only authorized dealers for the western market are Recon1 and KnifeCenter. I did buy the Sinkevich pivot tool form Rusblades and received it and use it without problem.
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How long did it take for the item to arrive? What shipping option did you select? Thank you.
 
TacTiFrameLock said:
How long did it take for the item to arrive? What shipping option did you select? Thank you.
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This was several years ago, and what I should have said was a bought the Sinkevich bit from Rusblades not the tool. From what I remember it took several weeks to receive it and at one point I assumed I wouldn’t. I did eventually receive and the bit (which, if I remember correctly, was not an official Shiro product but not necessarily bootleg) has a better fit on the Sigma (a Shirogorov/Sinkevich collaboration) than the the official Shiro pen/bit holder I bought. Again, I’m not entirely certain about the shipping time. Josh at REK Knives REK Knives offered to make me the bit using the pivot itself as a mold but I declined the offer because I didn’t want to send a knife I had just received in.
 
After some time with all 3 - I've decided the Stellar SR is the one for me. F3NS and Neon are both truly fantastic pieces - the CD Neon in particular surprised me by how much better it was, for me, than the productions. That being said, both knives had their quirks/things that I found a bit lacking, personally.

The F3NS had an incredible hydraulic action, but I think part of making that happen was the detent being (in my opinion) very light. Never had issues flipping the knife at all, but it definitely was lighter than I preferred. The Neon on the other hand has always been too small for me, and I was hoping the contoured handles changed that opinion - but no dice. The execution of the CD is truly fantastic and I went back and forth on keeping it - if not for the Stellar it probably would have been the one to stay.

I'll just have to console myself with the Stellar and the eventual Shiro/Cook Lochsa collab(and am prepared to pay for one of those if I'm not a lucky boy). Hope everyone had great holidays and has exciting and relaxing new years plans!
 
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