The Bears' Den--Shirogorov Showcase

Mr.sig239 said:
That's why I keep a roll of masking tape with my Wicked edge. Curious as to why you had to sharpen a brand new Shiro? I have quite a few that are years old and still cut like a scalpel with the factory edge.
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I always use masking tape on the spines, but this is the first knife I've owned that didn't jive with the angles when it's all set up. Once I nicked it...that was that. Done is done.

To be fair, I wondered if this would be an issue when I ordered the knife. The clamp had to sit nearly all the way to the pivot to catch the flats.

I sharpened the Stellar because was truly the dullest NIB knife I've ever purchased. It wouldn't pull a hair from my arm. Dull knives bother me more than sharpening marks. :)

Not a problem though. The knife is awesome and it will be carried and used to cut whatever needs cutting. These will be the first scratches of many.
 
Been wanting to take a family photo for a while and just now got around to doing it.
I do apologize for the crummy pics, photography is not one of my strengths.
 

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Andre21 said:
Let me guess; the 4 Elements are in the brown boxes? 😊
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Yes. Brown boxes with Aquatic, Terrus, Ignis, and Aerum

Andre21 said:
Been wanting to take a family photo for a while and just now got around to doing it.
I do apologize for the crummy pics, photography is not one of my strengths.
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You got me beat - I'm down to 12. My Quantum Ursus with Dept 13 copper carbon fiber scales wasn't in the picture from cleaning out my safe, as it's on the table next to my bed. I had 14, 1 shy of you, until I traded my F95NL carry micarta for a rare Reate, and my NeOn NL OD micarta + cash for a Koenig (to Screebo Screebo ).
 
DocJekl said:
Yes. Brown boxes with Aquatic, Terrus, Ignis, and Aerum



You got me beat - I'm down to 12. My Quantum Ursus with Dept 13 copper carbon fiber scales wasn't in the picture from cleaning out my safe, as it's on the table next to my bed. I had 14, 1 shy of you, until I traded my F95NL carry micarta for a rare Reate, and my NeOn NL OD micarta + cash for a Koenig (to Screebo Screebo ).
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Forgot to mention I have a Stellar in route.
But I do need to move one of the Ignis’.
I am biased towards the larger knives.
Not sure I’ll keep the Retro, the Kami is small but is very cool and is a keeper in my book.

Having the 4 Elements in your collection is outstanding!!!

That Reate you picked up is a very nice knife.
I have 4 Arius’ two smooth and two patterned.
One smooth and one patterned are in Magnacut…
 
Mako109 said:
I love my Stellar, but it wasn't love at first unboxing. The overall design, dimensions, materials, etc, nearly meet all of my expectations to the point where the Stellar easily slides into my top five knives. However, I found the lock-up a tad bit loose and the blade too free dropping. I don't care for free-droppers. Perhaps nice for show, but impractical for real world use, at least in my world and I have several pairs of work gloves with nicked thumb and finger tips to show for it.

Since this is the production version that doesn't come with a $1K screwdriver:rolleyes:, I bought the ghetto version:). Disassembled the knife, tuned the lock bar, reassembled and dialed in pivot. Now the knife locks up positively and the closing action is my kind of perfect. Next it only needs more jimping on the spine and a real nick/cutout for middle finger flicking (like the Quantum for example) but those mods are beyond my skill level. At +$1K I guess you still can't have it all🤷‍♂️.
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I'm a Shiro newbie...where on earth did you get those 1/4-inch pivot bits? I gotta have some.

Edit: Never mind Sirs. I found 'em using the search function and ordered the set.
 
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Bacchus said:
Happy New Year everyone!

May I share my personal Top 3 purchases of 2023 (Russian knives only ;))?

Without ranking, in order of appearance:

-- Trout (S110V) by Andrey Egurnov (AndyE)
-- Comrade (Elmax) by CultroTech
-- Stellar (S90V) by Shirogorov

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What??? No pictures!!!!! Sacrilege!!😉
 
Do you just love it when your first day back at work after a long holiday weekend doesn’t quite go as you planned.
But then you get home and find this in the mail a day early.
The F&F on this one is much nicer than I had imagined.
Now I know what all the fuss was about.
 

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DocJekl said:
Hahah, I used my Inkosi on pork chops tonight (posted in the their thread). The S35VN is a little soft though, and I have to strop it after it is used against the dinner plates. I have a Magnacut blade on order with ETA April 2024, so we'll see if that's better.
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All steel is a little soft against a ceramic plate😂
 
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