Congrats on your pick-up, BBW! The Hati is a great knife and occupies its own niche in the pantheon of Bears. Mine is a G10 user, and, while I'd love to have a CF version like yours someday, I find my orange grip with the Hati milling pattern both attractive and great in hand.
Sweet!!! Yeah it doesn’t give me the option on my phone for some reasonB BBW , I opened your pic link to Flickr. At the bottom right of the page are 4 icons. The 2nd from the left, the swoopy arrow, is the share link. Click on that, and in the dialog box that opens click on BB code. Copy and paste that into your message. Note that only the first line is actually the pic code.
I just did that from my laptop. Not sure how that'll work from your phone.
Has anyone else notice differences in the knives sold in Russia and the ones sold in the US?
I bought 2 neon lites, one was for my son. I got the top one in the picture from Vlad in Russia. The bottom one from Recon1. You can see in the picture that the finish on the titanium is different. Also, the bottom one sold here is thicker. I didn't mic it, but it is noticeable. It's about 8 grams heavier, I did measure weight. The blade finish was different also, both M390.
Anyone else have the same model knife , one for import here and one for sale in Russia that have differences ?
That's an awful sweet knife, bro. I'm really tempted by the HatiOn, but don't think I could ever let my Ultra-Lite go.I recently sold my Ultra Lite for this guy, luckily I found it in Elmax as well! Bought a new pivot screw from Josh over at REK and the knife is basically brand new for a fraction of the price! I love Bladeforums.
B BBW , glad you got your pics up. Sweet Hati. I've got two CF Shiros--my Tabargan with custom marbled CF posted here again not long ago and my 111. When I was looking through your linked photo stream I saw your CF trio pic. Here's mine with knives by the same makers, but two of the models different.
No doubt the Ultra Lite is a sweet little knife but just a couple of things rubbed me the wrong way. I’d really prefer a backspacer, larger size and the fact that my day to day operations at my job aren’t pristine, I felt like the Hati on bushings was the better choice(for me). I only own 7 “high quality” mid tech knives but I’d say I break them down about very 4 weeks just for TLC. I’ve dealt with bearings before and it’s not my favorite thing to maintance haha.That's an awful sweet knife, bro. I'm really tempted by the HatiOn, but don't think I could ever let my Ultra-Lite go.
OK, I guess I got your knife wrong, then. I thought you had a HatiOn there, but you actually have a Hati. I've got one in orange G10 that's a work user. My F95T Turtle is a work user too, and I've never had an issue with having clean out the SRBS any more so than my washer knives. My primary work knives are mostly mid-techs and encompass those with BBs, PBWs, and Teflon washers too. I use them plenty hard on construction sites, but don't seem to muck up my pivots. I prefer open-back both for work and in general, but to each his own, for sure.
Yeah sorry man, I figured the size comparison to the hand would have given it away. For some reason the little single stand-off just seemed rushed. I guess I’m a perfect world I would have to agree that the open back design is “better”. But at the Ultra Lite price point I felt it left much to be desired. If I’m not splitting hairs though..I would have loved to keep it just to say I have one, but sadly it was used to find the Hati as stated earlier. All in all Shiro makes an insanely beautiful flipper that very few come in competition with!
I was able to get my UL at a great price, bought on the Exchange from a member who got it new from the US dealer, so he didn't overpay and I ended up under 5 bills LNIB. I wouldn't have been happy at 700 plus, so I just waited for the right one to come along.Yeah sorry man, I figured the size comparison to the hand would have given it away. For some reason the little single stand-off just seemed rushed. I guess I’m a perfect world I would have to agree that the open back design is “better”. But at the Ultra Lite price point I felt it left much to be desired. If I’m not splitting hairs though..I would have loved to keep it just to say I have one, but sadly it was used to find the Hati as stated earlier. All in all Shiro makes an insanely beautiful flipper that very few come in competition with!
Funny I did just that, I bought from “he who not shall be named” the US dealer..lol. For 550 and I sold it to a guy for exactly what I paid. Your comment though make me wonder if I could have gotten more for the knife? Not saying I would do it..but I was amazed that the UL only lasted 4 minutes on the market before I had funds in my PayPal haha.
I don't think the one I bought would have lasted much longer had I not stumbled across it soon after it was posted. Shiro prices are all over the place, with our un-named US dealer the most reasonable here for new and a number of "Russian dealers who shall not be named either" just ridiculously high. The knives are expensive for sure, even at a good price, so to me it's not a question of value, but one of appreciation. After that, it's just a question of how much you're willing to pay the piper.
