The Bears' Den--Shirogorov Showcase

robertlupus84 said:
Shiro- or Cook-Lochsa?

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I am missing the Russian Dr. Death 🤯
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Can turn you onto two Shiro Collab Dr. D's if you're interested...
 
CPP said:
To be pedantic for a moment, the Shiro that people now refer to as the NeOn is actually the NeOn Zero which is the updated version of the original NeOn which was smaller by approximately a quarter of an inch. In the photo below the top three are NeOns and the bottom three NeOn Zeroes
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NOTE: I have sold all but one of the above NeOns
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Ended up with four Neons coming in this week...two of my favorites that came in today.
 

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It's been a minute and I just spent a little time catching up with the 3 or 4 pages I was behind. There's some interesting new stuff there and also some that's not so much IMHO. As I get deeper and more fully into retirement, my days of knife buying have dwindled to a crawl. I feel like any major purchases at this point would require significant sales, I'm still very well satisfied with my old school 8 Shiros and wouldn't want to part with any, and there aren't really any my high-value knives in my over-large accumulation that I'd want to part with.

Anyway, despite my absence here, I still often have a Shiro on me as they're all at least light users with some carried as work knives. The other day it was my blue ano'ed F95R...

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...and yesterday it was the second oldest of the NeOn Lite line--a more basic version of the top knife pictured in CPP CPP 's post on the previous page--the NeOn UltraLite, open back on one stand-off with S30V steel. It's a great little blade IWB in b-ball shorts or for when more discreet carry is appropriate. BTW, as you may have noticed over the years, I do think of the NeOn as a small knife and the F95 as regular-sized. I'm obviously not afraid to be wrong. 😏

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ChazzyP said:
It's been a minute and I just spent a little time catching up with the 3 or 4 pages I was behind. There's some interesting new stuff there and also some that's not so much IMHO. As I get deeper and more fully into retirement, my days of knife buying have dwindled to a crawl. I feel like any major purchases at this point would require significant sales, I'm still very well satisfied with my old school 8 Shiros and wouldn't want to part with any, and there aren't really any my high-value knives in my over-large accumulation that I'd want to part with.

Anyway, despite my absence here, I still often have a Shiro on me as they're all at least light users with some carried as work knives. The other day it was my blue ano'ed F95R...

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...and yesterday it was the second oldest of the NeOn Lite line--a more basic version of the top knife pictured in CPP CPP 's post on the previous page--the NeOn UltraLite, open back on one stand-off with S30V steel. It's a great little blade IWB in b-ball shorts or for when more discreet carry is appropriate. BTW, as you may have noticed over the years, I do think of the NeOn as a small knife and the F95 as regular-sized. I'm obviously not afraid to be wrong. 😏

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Funny, I think of the NeOn as the regular sized knife and the F3R (my two remaining Shiros) as large-the latter is almost the same size as my heavy-duty (for my needs) fixed blade the BRK Bravo. Neither of us is wrong of course
 
TacTiFrameLock said:
Does the new NeoniX mean the Neons and Neon Zero's will no longer be made as production/limited edition/special edition knives?
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NeOn has left and come back 2-3 times before over the years. This does look like the next iteration of that DNA, but its still a long way from a serial production release. I wouldn't worry too much just yet - and there's a lot of evolution between the full custom and what eventually trickles down to production with streamlined milling/etc.

Besides, it's possible NeOn "classic" moves into an Ursus line to give them a smaller offering, while Neonix takes over for the premium offerings. I think that's what I would do if I were in charge of the product lines anyway. Gives an option for folks who prefer the old style while continuing to expand their lineup in the Ursus line - but the flagship production models would still be cutting edge.

ChazzyP said:
...and yesterday it was the second oldest of the NeOn Lite line--a more basic version of the top knife pictured in CPP CPP 's post on the previous page--the NeOn UltraLite, open back on one stand-off with S30V steel. It's a great little blade IWB in b-ball shorts or for when more discreet carry is appropriate. BTW, as you may have noticed over the years, I do think of the NeOn as a small knife and the F95 as regular-sized. I'm obviously not afraid to be wrong.
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The NeOn Ultra lite was my first love with Shiro before I learned that I preferred "regular-sized" knives. Such a great knife, such incredible action. Truly iconic.
 
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