The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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It would help a lot if you told us what you actually plan on doing with this knife.Hi folks, I would like to buy 1 out of 3 ESEE knives, I have narrowed down to ESEE6 (or Ontario RAT 7), ESEE CM6 and ESEE 5. Would like your help about these knives and their performance out in field.
It certainly would help what you intend to do with the knife or in other words "what you typically might do with a camp knife".It would help a lot if you told us what you actually plan on doing with this knife.
As for people recommending Becker, they are fine knives indeed but the handles are a bit of personal preference. I found the non-tweener handles unacceptable. Also the sheaths are inferior in my experience. To upgrade the handle and sheath on a Becker often makes them more expensive than an esee counter part.
I have used my ESEE 4 extensively in the woods, including on multi-week backpacking excursions as my only blade. It worked admirably, and I find the handle very comfortable in extended use. That would be my choice.
Esee 3 is my go to as well. Great size, and thin enough to be a wicked slicer.My go to is the Esee 3. If I need something big I go Junglas.