Can I see some not-so-shiny knives?

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As a new owner of 2 ESEE knives I saw a lot of new and virtually unused / unabused ESEE knife pictures when shopping; now I would love to see what they look like after they've been beaten up and used as they were intended to be.

Anyone got pictures? :thumbup:
 
The coating on the ESEE's takes awhile to show abuse-that's why a lot of pics make them look like new but they're not:

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This is the kinda stuff I'm talking about! :D tonym, you sure know how to hack up the wood! Love it :D

Yeah, I kinda figured the coatings take a while to wear down a bit, but pictures of the knives knocking the crap out of big lumps of wood is great :D
 
tonym- that looks like a decent bit of scorching around the bow-drill divot on your 5- have you noticed it changing the micarta any? Has the scale actually worn down, or is it just superficial?

Great pics guys, I need to get some use on my 6 so I can show it off, too.
 
endlessparadigms said:
tonym- that looks like a decent bit of scorching around the bow-drill divot on your 5- have you noticed it changing the micarta any? Has the scale actually worn down, or is it just superficial?

Great pics guys, I need to get some use on my 6 so I can show it off, too.
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I have used my bow drill divot extensively. While it does heat up and "scorch" a little, it doesn't wear the micarta down at all. It mostly just turns brown and really shiny.
 
CrimsonTideShooter said:
I have used my bow drill divot extensively. While it does heat up and "scorch" a little, it doesn't wear the micarta down at all. It mostly just turns brown and really shiny.
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What he said:thumbup: No wear, just an added bit of character..
;)
 
slightly off-topic, but has anyone drilled their own bow-drill divot into a micarta handle? What size bit, and what should be used to round it? I like the idea with the 5, but I have a 6, and would much rather modify what I have, vs. buying something different...
 
StagLefty said:
The coating on the ESEE's takes awhile to show abuse-that's why a lot of pics make them look like new but they're not:

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You ain't kidding! I have had many knives that I didn't use half as much as my 6 and they made me look like a master woodsman by the look of the coating alone. My 6 has some coating wear but only from hard batoning, anything else doesn't even touch this coating. Best coating I have ever seen on a knife by far.
 
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