Beautiful Shiro man ! I’m familiar w/ the specs, and yet, still wondering “how does it feel in hand ?” Have you got the chance to cut with it yet ? Next year, I plan to buy my first Shirogov, and I want it to be a gem…..and use it. Is the 111 “ the one”?
Best regards,
Michael
I’ve had 3 Shirogorov knives. A MEFP F95 that I ended up selling, a MEFP Neon Zero that I absolutely love, and this 111. My buddy has had several to include other 95’s, a Quantum, F3, ( more that I forget ), and a Stellar. To be honest, I really like them all with the Quantum pulling last place simply because it’s not my style. The Neon Zero, newest gen F95, and my 111 are my favorites as they all have similar styling ( I love the stellar too ).
I’m kind of a whore for carbon fiber, especially on Shiro’s and CRK’s. The 111 is big, light, and sexy. The micro milling on the carbon fiber gives it a unique feel. The CF almost sings when you’re messing with the knife, weird, but cool to me. It carries like a smaller knife with how light it is. Forward, pinch, reverse grips are all very comfortable but I HAVE NOT used it to do hard work. I reached a point where if I’m not going to use something I will sell it and sometimes expensive knives like this won’t get used only because I don’t want to ruin them when I have others that I enjoy pushing- this knife borders on getting sold due to that. but it’s just too awesome to let go of.
I don’t know if it should be your first or one and only but I truly believe that you could do a whole lot worse than than the 111 Gen 5. I think the 5.1’s are a little too thin, your mileage may vary.
Feel in hand, I think that it’s better than the rest of the Shiro’s that I’ve held. It is about as close to a perfect design as a knife can get. There I said it. It’s awesome.