ESEE 3 - A brilliant all round fixed blade...

Peroni1973

Peroni1973

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Okay, I have a few knives and some of them are fixed blades (despite a recent cull of my 'herd' I still have 22 fixed blade knives), despite having several higher end production and a few custom knives in the 3.5-4'ish" range I still have a huge regard for the ESEE 3.

Sure Moras are cheaper and extraordinarily capable (that's why I have 3 of them in various bags/vehicles) and sure you can go waaay more upmarket but in real-world use terms, I still find my ESEE 3 hard to beat. I prefer the thinner, slicier blade stock and like the fact that I can readily carry it in a heap of circumstances. 1095 is easy to bring back to shaving sharp even in the field. Hence it is my most recommended knife for those wanting to dabble in decent knives.

Admittedly, I had to replace mine as my original was lost in a house fire - and that in itself is kind of odd, I have several alternatives yet I felt a 'need' to replace my 3?!?

For me this is the sweet spot of blade length, sure I could live without the finger choil for more cutting edge but in actual use I don't miss that little bit of extra edge. Anyway, for whatever reason I felt compelled to sing the praises of this little knife.

All thoughts welcome...

Ben
 
I've used a 3 for years even though its more of a backup for me nowadays. Decent EDC if you like fixed blade carry and great utility knife. Even used the tip to pry boars tusks out with no damage to it.

The only thing I can "fault" it for is the handle. If you work with it for longer than 10 minutes (give or take) it is really fatiguing to the hand. Its what ultimately led me to finding a "better" alternative to it.
 
The cow said:
I've used a 3 for years even though its more of a backup for me nowadays. Decent EDC if you like fixed blade carry and great utility knife. Even used the tip to pry boars tusks out with no damage to it.

The only thing I can "fault" it for is the handle. If you work with it for longer than 10 minutes (give or take) it is really fatiguing to the hand. Its what ultimately led me to finding a "better" alternative to it.
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Yeah, it's a great knife...if the handle works for you. Otherwise, not so much.
 
The choil killed the knife for me. It was a constant work around for my hand positioning. Loved the knife otherwise but had to sell it because of the choil.
 
Shotgun said:
The choil killed the knife for me. It was a constant work around for my hand positioning. Loved the knife otherwise but had to sell it because of the choil.
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Not a big fan of choils either, but I'm not sure what possessed them to include that in a kife of that size. I can understand something like the ESEE 6
 
There is some limited edition Ontario 3 without choil and with wooden handles, that should be sweet as well.
 
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