The Bears' Den--Shirogorov Showcase

[BP Green]

Are they using stainless balls? And see those ceramic washers? The washers look white but could just be the photo exposure.

Great pics, I haven't seen many Shiro guts pics like that. Very beautiful.

Those loose bearings are nightmare fuel! But dang if it ain't neat to see under the hood!

Those pics aren’t mine. They were posted by B Bacchus and quoted by norcalAF I believe.

 

[ChazzyP]

That's quite the flex, awesome stable. Hope to own a Shiro one day.

What Finish Line lube is that? Currently I've just been using KPL on my bearings and pivot, very small amount, and I actually use Slick Honey grease on my detents. Again a very small amount. Slick Honey/Slickoleum is a light grease for use in suspension, popular in the mountain bike world.

Thanks for your kind words regarding my small stable of older Shiro's.

That's FL's Extreme Fluoro. I don't use grease in any pivots, or on ball bearing or flat washers in any knives. I put a small dab on the detent ball if my cleaning/tune-up doesn't involve disassembly or in the detent ball hole if it does. The FLEF, which contains PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene or, Teflon), helps smooth the arc of travel through opening and closure and also aids the flipping action a little. The only lube I use on BB's or PB washers is W10 NanoOil. Nylon or Teflon washers get liquid TriFlow which is also PTFE.

Are they using stainless balls? And see those ceramic washers? The washers look white but could just be the photo exposure.

Great pics, I haven't seen many Shiro guts pics like that. Very beautiful.

Shiro uses only stainless balls in their pivots. Sergey tried out ceramic balls but rejected using them as their tolerances were not tight enough to meet his criteria for having consistent contact with the underlay washers/blade tang. I forget whether Shiro makes their own BB's or sources them from a maker that provides consistent sizing.

I wouldn't expect that those underlay washers are ceramic but instead are stainless, meant simply to protect the scales or Ti slabs. B Bacchus , those teardown pics from the Workshop are of a Stellar CF, correct? That knife is very tempting--something different from all my old school Bears....

 

[Armithius]

Lurker no more! Stoked to finally be able to join this thread. This is probably going to be my one and only, but I'm totally ok with that. This thing is perfection.

 

[BP Green]

I know these are rookie numbers among this lot, but I’m very happy with my little Shiro family which grew by one today.
I missed out on an Astrum in the sales section last week and it bugged me so much, I said screw it and went ahead and ordered myself a new one. Very glad I did.

 

[slopoke7]

Skinny, Fit, n Fat !!!

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I’ve been waiting to pull the trigger on the Fit for sometime now. Congrats on the collection. Those Sinkevich collabs are

 

[ChazzyP]

 

[slopoke7]

All good! One thing you did point out that I NEED is some tweezers with the rubber end caps or something other than just thin metal tips because when you pinch one of those little balls wrong they definitely shoot off at the speed of light lol

I just had to purchase a repair kit for my F95 after flinging one into the abyss off my desk. Lesson learned!

 

[slopoke7]

Ok Bears Den. Long time lurker, and returning Shiro fanatic. I had to downsize for a bit, but I’m back in the game and looking to add to the bear family. So, I thought I would memorialize my current Shiros, and will share as I add.

 

[slopoke7]

I carried this F95 with Olive techno CF for the past couple days then came home after this walk and found my F3 Ignis, pretty sure I’m going to carry that for a week or so.

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Love seeing Shiros getting used in the wild! My Black Techno F95 is one of my daily users.

 

[slopoke7]

I’m hoping they do a run of Hati “Elementals”at some point, I would love to pick up an Ignis to go with

Now that is an Amazing idea sir. I could use an aquatic and a Terrus. I call dibs.

 

[slopoke7]

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I have been fangirling for the Astrum since it came out. I’m a little hesitant because of the blade length, but I hear it carries much smaller than the length indicates.

Nice pickup!

 

[BP Green]

I have been fangirling for the Astrum since it came out. I’m a little hesitant because of the blade length, but I hear it carries much smaller than the length indicates.

Nice pickup!

It absolutely does carry like a much smaller knife. That’s one of the greatest aspects of the design. All that blade in seemingly tiny package. You’ll love it.

 

[slopoke7]

It absolutely does carry like a much smaller knife. That’s one of the greatest aspects of the design. All that blade in seemingly tiny package. You’ll love it.

I think that sealed the deal. Thank you for sharing your experience!!!!

 

[Mr.sig239]

 

[BP Green]

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He’s pissed and confounded at how these primitive, hairless apes can make better knives than them. . .

 

[BP Green]

Posted this in the general “latest acquisitions” thread, but figured this crowd would probably appreciate it even more. These things are harder to get than most knives now. I’m feeling very fortunate and grateful to have scored one. . .

 

[slopoke7]

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I would fight him for that “To the death”.

 

[slopoke7]

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Great pickup!