Right.. sad, huh? A man wants to show off his new shifter knob and it all goes south.
I really don't have a problem with it being slippery, the "tremec" engraving really is deep and feels like it's grooved when I grip it. Besides, my hands are large enough It'd probably be like the average size guy holding a golf ball.
As mentioned, I've used ball type knobs before and never had any problems..The problem must lie with the individual...