Happy Birthday,, and my first custom

[Niagara]

After 3 years of studying in my EDC education and learning more about my tastes I have finally moved to purchase of my first custom folder. I think i have every blade Nutfancy recommended including many higher end knives. This year I went to the Canadian Knife makers show in the winter of 2011 and found what I was looking for. I met Brian Tighe in person and found his vision of knives met my own. He has built what an sculptor and artist would create if he made knives.

Specifically I fell in love with the Tighe breaker. A 4 inch sculpted bladed titanium framelock with the most advanced sculpted titanium I had ever seen. More then that its scale design and 2 choils fit my hand like a glove. I ordered in Feb and got delivery yesterday. Brian it turns out lives less then 10 km from my house and i was lucky enough to go for a tour of his home and see his shop and process of building knives including many projects in works. What a nice guy and what an experience.

When he handed my blade to me i found out one thing had changed making my first custom knife even more special. He had added STBS to the first Tighe breaker, mine, first prototype off the line. with STBS� "Sealed Thrust Bearing System" this has a IKBS style bearing at pivot making this knife more smooth then my Seb, Acies or Ripple. It is now #1 for more then just one reason.


I am now moving to less is more philosophy of purchases in EDC items. My growing specialized customized EDC items has a new queen. One that has made me a very happy Birthday boy this week. Sorry for crappy iphone pic.

 

[neuron]

I've never met Mr. Tighe or owned one of this knives, but I have ogled a lot of pictures of his knives online. He designs and makes some beautiful knives. Congrats! :thumbup:

 

[A.P.F.]

Congrats on an outstanding knife and experience. :thumbup:

 

[John Grimsmo]

Smooth doesn't even begin to describe it! I was fortunate enough to go with Niagara on the tour of Brian's shop, so I got to fondle this knife too. The weight is PERFECTLY balanced in the center of the index finger choil. It's a flipper and has a thumb stud. Flipping it out is so smooth and with a 4" blade it's got some inertia to it. The sculpted handles are incredibly grippy and yet very smooth. It's like Brian knows what he's doing, or something...

Ohh yeah, and happy birthday!