The Best OTF Knife You've Never Heard Of! || Axial Shift

Axial was stoked we took a look at their knives and they are offering you all 10% off anything on their website! Just click the link below and use the Code ZACINTHEWILD10 https://www.axialknives.com/?rfsn=693... Check out a little something we have been working on: https://fortwild.com/ Get a Knafs tool burrito here! https://bit.ly/3f0GNyF This video is sponsored by all of you! Get a Wild Penny and support the channel here! https://bit.ly/3MUJMFq Intro: 0:22 Axial Shift Spec Overview: 0:23 Why Carry An OTF? Is It Good For EDC?: 1:58 How An OTF Knife Works and What It Looks Like Inside!: 3:25 Biggest Misconception With How OTF Knives Work. : 4:27 Comparing 3 Different OTF Mechanisms: 5:24 How Does the Axial Shift Hold Up? 6:24 A little while ago I was doing some OTF research just checking out the market and seeing what was out there. I have always been a budget OTF guy because I had no real faith in an OTF standing up to the abuse I put a lot of my knives through. I didn't want to take apart and clean my knife once a week so I decided OTF knives were not for me. Having done a bunch of pocket checks recently I have been seeing guys carrying OTF's and saying that they were beating them up daily. Thus began my search for an OTF knife to carry and abuse! Obviously Microtech has been THE OTF company of the knife world for years and they make a pretty good knife. Guardian Tactical on the other hand makes the smoothest and most satisfying OTF out there! I have had the pleasure of carrying both of these brands for some testing over the years (the Guardian 035 Recon being hands down my favorite), and was interested in what else might be out there. Enter the Axial Shift! Made in my home state of Utah, relatively new to the knife world, and I was able to stop by their shop to pick one up! My initial impression was that these guys hustle and that they were hungry to make a rad knife. I carried the Shift OTF for about a month beating it up the whole time. We are going to talk about function, how an OTF knife works, and why I may have been wrong about the OTF knife world!