Nick Shabazz 2021 knife of the year predictions

It seemed like a pretty obscure choice; from a new maker.
I didn't agree...
 
Interesting picks, two were companies I had only discovered this year.

Will buy the Drift when I have the pennies and get the civivi.

Definately nothing from the overbuilt end of the spectrum which is no surprise.
 
Houlahound said:
Interesting picks, two were companies I had only discovered this year.

Will buy the Drift when I have the pennies and get the civivi.

Definately nothing from the overbuilt end of the spectrum which is no surprise.
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If you are talking about Tactile Knife Co. as a company you just discovered there would be a reason for that.

They just started.

I really like my Rockwall. It's one of the only knives on bearings I still like enough to keep.
 
DustinK said:
If you are talking about Tactile Knife Co. as a company you just discovered there would be a reason for that.

They just started.

I really like my Rockwall. It's one of the only knives on bearings I still like enough to keep.
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Not to hijack the thread, but why don't you like bearings? I don't like them either, but I have a hard time putting a finger on the reason why.
 
celticrogues said:
Interesting. I’ve never followed Shabazz but the Quiet Carry Drift is definitely one of my fav knives.
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Love my drift but can’t for the life of me get it centered up. Detent on mine was way too light too, that I managed to fix. Love the knife but imo too many little issues like that for knife of the year!
 
Docscoot said:
Love my drift but can’t for the life of me get it centered up. Detent on mine was way too light too, that I managed to fix. Love the knife but imo too many little issues like that for knife of the year!
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Bummer. Have you thought about contacting Quiet Carry? I’m curious how good their warranty department is. Seems like a small company who would take care of their customers but I don’t know.

I bought a drift with black G 10 scales and like it so much that I just recently bought a TI one when they came back in stock. Both of mine arrived perfectly centered. The G 10 drift was a little stiff until I got it broken in but now is really smooth. The TI one arrived incredibly smooth from the factory.
 
MBG said:
Not to hijack the thread, but why don't you like bearings? I don't like them either, but I have a hard time putting a finger on the reason why.
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They suck in dirty environments. Where I live we get haboobs and the sky is brown pretty often with wind blown dust. I've had knives on bearings get gritty in a day when they never left my pocket.

On the contrary I've had a SHF buried in sandy mud working on irrigation leaks and it feels exactly the same afterwards.
 
celticrogues said:
Bummer. Have you thought about contacting Quiet Carry? I’m curious how good their warranty department is. Seems like a small company who would take care of their customers but I don’t know.

I bought a drift with black G 10 scales and like it so much that I just recently bought a TI one when they came back in stock. Both of mine arrived perfectly centered. The G 10 drift was a little stiff until I got it broken in but now is really smooth. The TI one arrived incredibly smooth from the factory.
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Good question, no I haven't contacted them. I don't want to give the impression it's a bad knife or anything, I really like the Drift, enough that I've even considered picking up another one with the knurled ti scale (and maybe selling off my smooth one). I chalk this up more to my being pretty OCD about centering and detent, it's minor enough an issue that I'd feel I was being pretty unreasonable sending it back in. I would be curious to hear how their customer support is though, if anyone else has experience? And it's pretty clear Nick puts a heavy premium on compact and slim knives that don't do too much in terms of design complexity, and slice very well, so I'm not surprised he picked the Drift!
 
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