Reviews & Ratings for Esee Model 5 Fixed Blade Knife — 1 review — Page 1

I got this knife as a gift for christmas and finally got time to take it out and beat on it a bit. Overall if you want to hear the short story buy it if you want a knife you will love. I got the version with the canvas OD grips and black plain edge blade. I will say I am not out surviving in the wilderness so I haven't lived off it but from breaking down large pieces of wood to make fires for camping a couple of time the knife has yet to give me anything to gripe about. The black coating shows a little wear but I like that, it proves its not on my shelf all the time. The knife is a chunk of steel but I love the weight it makes chopping stuff super easy and it has a good size sweet spot that doesn't vibrate your hand too much. Also the weight makes it just feel like you got something of quality that will last you'll know what I mean. There are plenty of extras in the knife that I'll never use but the knife just makes me smile when I see it and use it. The blade has held up great I have yet to need to really sharpen the blade, just hone the edge every so often when operator error (poor placement of wood and nicked a rock) gets in the way. Overall I don't see myself needing any other blade for a long time. I am looking at the hedgehog leatherworks sheath if you are interested in this knife and like quality stuff I would tell you to check them out. As a last note if you are like me and research stuff way too long before you want to actually buy something and you are considering t...
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