The Bears' Den--Shirogorov Showcase

Jsega51 said:
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.
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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?
 
GimmeCPKorGimmeDeath said:
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?
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I re-read ChazzyP 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).
 
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.
 
No going back now! I present to you, my Blue Bear CD* F95 Zero. The blue anodizing was done at 25.1 volts. It’s a nice, deep cobalt blue. Lengthwise satin finish on the flats with 180 grit.

Sorry for the crap indoor pics.

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I was going to satin the flat on the clip too, but I decided I liked it all blue, so left it that way. Also did the back spacer while it was out.

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And yes,the Bear IS blue…

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I’ll get some better pictures tomorrow. Doing the satin flats was a b!tch! Any wrong movement, and the scratch pattern was jacked. I was surprised how well the factory stonewash hid some scratches that I didn’t realize were there until I started sanding it. I didn’t want to go too far, so I left some of them alone.

We’ll see how this holds up. If the lengthwise satin scratches too easily, I’ll take it apart again and use the random orbital on it instead.

*not factory authorized… ;)
 
Hi all, it's been a while since I posted here in the Den, but the Shiro spirit continues to live strong here despite work and life in general trying to take all my fun away. Wanted to post a recent pic from my IG account that I'm delinquent posting here for folks that would actually appreciate it. I recently picked up one of these triangular Shiro beads from R1 for my F95 Braces and I think it's a match made in heaven – I can't get past the whole dental theme with the "Braces" knife and a bead that looks and feels a whole lot like a tooth to me! Not sure if this is something anyone in Russia was thinking when they designed this bead but the amount of satisfaction it gave me when I put it on the knife was pretty gratifying. Plus the finish matches perfectly.

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Otherwise, the only other fun thing to report is I also recently picked up a Neon Lite with black Micarta inlays to replace the former one I had with those dreadful three pins serving as the backspacer, that was probably the most "un-Shiro" thing I've ever seen them do in recent memory. That design feature should never be used again (I still have a solar system Quantium with them but I just don't look at that part of the knife!). Cheers everyone and hope to post again soon.
 
Has anyone ever had detent rock fixed by Shirogorov?

My Neon Zero has a very small amount of play when closed. I didn't notice it at first but I can feel it moving when I shake the knife or tap the blade. It's the only one of my 8 Shiros that has this issue.
 
DNAIrradiator said:
Hi all, it's been a while since I posted here in the Den, but the Shiro spirit continues to live strong here despite work and life in general trying to take all my fun away. Wanted to post a recent pic from my IG account that I'm delinquent posting here for folks that would actually appreciate it. I recently picked up one of these triangular Shiro beads from R1 for my F95 Braces and I think it's a match made in heaven – I can't get past the whole dental theme with the "Braces" knife and a bead that looks and feels a whole lot like a tooth to me! Not sure if this is something anyone in Russia was thinking when they designed this bead but the amount of satisfaction it gave me when I put it on the knife was pretty gratifying. Plus the finish matches perfectly.

ijwdqhB.jpg


Otherwise, the only other fun thing to report is I also recently picked up a Neon Lite with black Micarta inlays to replace the former one I had with those dreadful three pins serving as the backspacer, that was probably the most "un-Shiro" thing I've ever seen them do in recent memory. That design feature should never be used again (I still have a solar system Quantium with them but I just don't look at that part of the knife!). Cheers everyone and hope to post again soon.
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Looks great together!
 
I think im going to get my blade stonewashed, stellar blade is scarred up from opening a lot of stuff.
 
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