Sidearms & Scatterguns ESEE Knives

[shooterrdy]

Anyone using ESEE fixed blades? are they GTG looking at a ESEE 5P-B. at Blade HQ $159. I dont have much to compare it to I have a Benchmade Nimravus. How do ESEE compare to Benchmade,SOG or other that cost a bit less. Thanks

 

[J-Ham]

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I have an ESEE 5... It seems like people in the know about knives (I am not one of those people) typically say that the 5 is too big & heavy to really be useful & I know a lot of people are real happy with the 4 as a do-all fixed blade. One guy even said the 5 would be perfect if you needed to chop your way out of a 55 gallon drum... I've only been in that situation twice & wouldn't you know neither time did I have my 5 with me so fuck, haha! I don't know about all that, but I do know that the 5 is a hell of a knife for the money & chops the shit out of sticks & whatnot! I also have a 3 but wish it were the Izula...

 

[metalmike]

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I have a 5 and the thing is indestructible. I love the micarta handle...I have the serrated version and for camping/hiking/etc, it'll serve you well. The thing can take a hammer blow from the top side of the blade to really make a chop. I want to say the blade, at its thickest, is 1/4". One other thing too, for the money, I just don't see how it can be beat..

 

[shooterrdy]

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Thanks for the input Men I think I need to order up.

 

[Don'tTaseMeBro]

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I have a few ESEE's and love them. You won't be disappointed.

 

[solvovir]

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I have the izula 2, it has a small blade but its a great knife. I use to be only big blades until I got that knife.

 

[xdpatriot]

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I've got a 4 and like it. I've used it to chop limbs while camping, skinning game etc. great knife

 

[RobG]

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I have the 4 and Izula II. Both great blades in quality and design. I was considering the 5 myself but after some research I found the 4 to be more of what I wanted. Looking at the 6 as my next Esee.

If you have yet to order, I wanna give a big GTG to knifecenter.com. Great prices, fast shipping, and responsive CS.

 

[BERTMAN77MK2]

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ESEE are great, also like the Swamprat knives

 

[krummarine]

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Ordered a ESEE 5 when they first came out but ended up selling it. Blade length and edge were perfect but just a mite heavy for what I needed. YMMV. The product iself is GTG.

 

[paramil]

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I have the ESEE-6, and compared to other knives of its size it is all there and ready to take on whatever you throw at it. I love mine, and am actually looking at getting an ESEE-4 for wild food prep. /field dress.

 

[shooterrdy]

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going to order a 3.88 MIL with Blade HQ tomorrow. Thanks again for the input.

 

[K_Mac]

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I've got 3 Izulas, 1 Izula II, 2 ESEE-4's and one ESEE-6. Also have a couple of arrowheads and a RAT-1 folder.

Yea I kinda like them.

 

[terrell35744]

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I love my Esee-3 I used it to skin and quarter my elk earlier this month. It keep it's edge and only need a little clean up on a ceramic rod to bring it back to full sharpness. My only dislike is its not made of s30v steel but that would double the price so it's a fair compromise. The blade on the 3" is also thin which makes the knife very useful for cooking chores.