The Bears' Den--Shirogorov Showcase

[GimmeCPKorGimmeDeath]

I have a few that have that sandy type feel to them and make a more distinct “whooosh” sound and the best I can figure it also has to do with the blade finish. I noticed the stonewash finish of the blades that make this noise is a bit more coarse like on my Halloween Hati Gen5.1, the MEFP F95 and the Q95 Ursus. The blade finishes are more matte and non reflective. The balls and specifically the detent make just a little bit more noise on these tangs i believe.

When I compare those knives to other F95’s like my F95R and the Zero with 4mm blade having a finer stonewash and almost shiny appearance, the difference is definitely there, these knives flip open with almost no sandy feel or noise.

Holy crap. You might be right man. I noticed that that "sandy" Stellar had a very unrefined tumble and the blade markings were blurred. Not top shelf IMO. I've long had the feeling that production Shiro parts are the result of defective CD production. Just a theory.

I won't go on and on, but the feeling I had was that I paid $1K+ for a $500 knife in that instance. First World Problems.

The CGG I have has polished flats & MRBS. And, it's good. Interesting. Maybe a wise guy should seek poiished flats?

 

[Jsega51]

Holy crap. You might be right man. I noticed that that "sandy" Stellar had a very unrefined tumble and the blade markings were blurred. Not top shelf IMO. I've long had the feeling that production Shiro parts are the result of defective CD production. Just a theory.

I won't go on and on, but the feeling I had was that I paid $1K+ for a $500 knife in that instance. First World Problems.

The CGG I have has polished flats & MRBS. And, it's good. Interesting. Maybe a wise guy should seek poiished flats?

I re-read ChazzyP post and saw he polished the tang area on that 111 and over a little bit of time the noise went away so that’s an easy option too. I haven’t thought about trying that, I figure the difference is just one of those attributes that helps keeps my Shiro’s a bit more unique from one another, I also figure over time it would just go away but I’ve carried my Hati 5.1 a lot, flipped it open countless times while sitting around and it hasn’t changed a bit (other than getting super smooth of course).

 

[ChazzyP]

Could be that getting the grease out, deburring the cages, and polishing the underlay washers and blade tang could smooth things out, much as I mentioned above. It may be that the workshop has upped their production--lotsa Ursus knives out there--and some of their serial production models are not getting as much hand fitting and finishing attention as before. Also makes sense that a coarse stonewash finish would make for a more rumbly sound and feel with all those balls spinning around over the tang.