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ESEE advice?
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It's thicker for one. It has canvas micarta handles insteadof linen, and it has a divot for a bow drill in the scales.
Glass breaker, etc... It's a thicker knife which means more blade stock, it's going to cost more. I have one and wouldn't trade it for anything. If the world was ending, I'd grab my 5.
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Any reason this is in General Knife?
How about I move it to ESEE KNIVES?
How about I move it to ESEE KNIVES?
from handle maker stock, canvas and linen micarta is about the same price. i think the reality is they charge what u are willing to pay and your not supposed to ask silly questions like are you getting value for your money. especially when its something cool.
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I wasn't insinuating that canvas micarta costs more or less than linen, I was pointing out differences is the two knives.
Got some hostility towards Esee? I have no doubt in my mind that you get what you pay for. Not just because it's "cool".
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Why more expensive? The added cost is almost certainly a result of the thicker stock, and the associated production expenses.
Why do you want it? I got mine because I wanted a do anything knife that can do some chopping, and do some finer work. A 5 inch blade is quite short for chopping, but with 16 ounces behind it, I figured it would chop things well enough for me.
The bow divot works well, but you could create one in a handle of almost any knife if you wanted.
The glass breaker pommel...meh. I just do not need to break glass that often.
The thick blade with the saber grind makes this knife phenomenal for splitting (batoning) fire wood. The thickness extends down to about an inch from the tip where it begins to taper. This results in a VERY strong tip that is great for stabbing and prying apart wood (I do this for checking dead fall wood for fire making suitability).
It really depends on your needs. Honestly the 6 would probably have worked well for me also, but I wanted the extra weight for chopping, the divot, and I despise choils like the ESEE 3, 4, and 6 have.
Hope this helps...
Why do you want it? I got mine because I wanted a do anything knife that can do some chopping, and do some finer work. A 5 inch blade is quite short for chopping, but with 16 ounces behind it, I figured it would chop things well enough for me.
The bow divot works well, but you could create one in a handle of almost any knife if you wanted.
The glass breaker pommel...meh. I just do not need to break glass that often.
The thick blade with the saber grind makes this knife phenomenal for splitting (batoning) fire wood. The thickness extends down to about an inch from the tip where it begins to taper. This results in a VERY strong tip that is great for stabbing and prying apart wood (I do this for checking dead fall wood for fire making suitability).
It really depends on your needs. Honestly the 6 would probably have worked well for me also, but I wanted the extra weight for chopping, the divot, and I despise choils like the ESEE 3, 4, and 6 have.
Hope this helps...
Good question. A lot of ESEE posts have been leaking from the ESEE forum lately.
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Whether to get the 5 or 6 is a long standing debate. I just ended up getting both.
If I had to do it over again, I would've just gotten the 5 only. The 6 is an excellent knife, but for me, I've found the 5 to be more versatile and I feel it gives you a couple more options than the 6.
I like the extra heft of it overall. Why does it cost more? Probably because there's a little more steel involved. Could be it's a little more labor intensive too to make than the 6. Don't know for sure. Beyond that, Jeff or Mike can probably answer that question conclusively.
If I had to do it over again, I would've just gotten the 5 only. The 6 is an excellent knife, but for me, I've found the 5 to be more versatile and I feel it gives you a couple more options than the 6.
I like the extra heft of it overall. Why does it cost more? Probably because there's a little more steel involved. Could be it's a little more labor intensive too to make than the 6. Don't know for sure. Beyond that, Jeff or Mike can probably answer that question conclusively.
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You made a good choice. If the world was ending, I would forget everything else and grab my 5.
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we can't really answer the questions you haven't asked, and those are the only really stoopit ones. really!
just consider the price per ounce, and the 5 and 6 are probably the same.
in case nobody's told you, the world is ending it's just not (checks notes) nope, it's not ending tomorrow.
and, yes, there's a monkey-back guarantee on that!
I apologize in advance for thread jacking, but along these lines I am also in a sort of a pickle. I do have an esee Junglas and Hest fixed. I would like to find a middle ground knife. Some people have said the 4 is the better choice over the 5 and 6, but I was thinking the 5 might be a better choice due to the grind, an available accessory pouch, a thicker, bigger blade. But wanted your thoughts before I ever pulled the trigger on any of these knives. Thanks
I think the five is a great all around knife. I took mine out yesterday and it actually looked small in my hand for some reason. I would never think that it is too big or heavy, but if i did, its performance would still out weigh the weight. (yeah thats right, a play on words. nbd)