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[sonofwilfred]

 

[sonofwilfred]

 

[jmh33]

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NICE!!!
How are you liking that steel???
John

 

[sonofwilfred]

NICE!!!
How are you liking that steel???
John

As always John I just use it for hunting. I find I don't dull 1095 blades let alone S35VN. In my case apart from its cleanliness I don't see any advantages. Just as an example I have a USA made schrade Skinner I've had for 25+ years that I exclusively use for skinning foxes and I've only sharpened it once in that time. I'm not a good example of a "hard use" knife guy



Here is a picture of a much younger me, pre esee days, with a trio of foxes I shot. I still use the same rifle knife combo for foxes.


You have me fangin for a shot now John I'd better go now .

Dan .

 

[sonofwilfred]

This morning I grabbed my bag and headed to my favourite hunting grounds in the world, my home where I grew up. Classic feral animals here Foxes Cats and rabbits.

I went looking for a fox and I found one. I used my ESEE to skin it.



I ended up with a pair of rabbits for the pot too


Dan

 

[jmh33]

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This morning I grabbed my bag and headed to my favourite hunting grounds in the world, my home where I grew up. Classic feral animals here Foxes Cats and rabbits.

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I went looking for a fox and I found one. I used my ESEE to skin it.

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I ended up with a pair of rabbits for the pot too


Dan

Congrats Dan!!
Nice hunt!!
John

 

[knoefz]

Hiking in Germany

 

[sonofwilfred]

 

[sonofwilfred]

Another night, another rabbit
The ESEE 4 works well peeling and gutting game.

 

[jmh33]

 

[sonofwilfred]

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John, I prefer the flat scales but I'm liking my ESEE 4 MH it's a nice knife just to carry for regular day to day stuff. The shorter three looks handy mate.
I dread seeing growths like that on the walnut trees

Dan

 

[jmh33]

John, I prefer the flat scales but I'm liking my ESEE 4 MH it's a nice knife just to carry for regular day to day stuff. The shorter three looks handy mate.
I dread seeing growths like that on the walnut trees

Dan

I have only cut some vegetables with my HM3. No blood yet.
John

 

[sonofwilfred]

I like to use uncoated knives for cutting meat that my family is going to eat. I find the coated blade is harder to clean between jobs. And I don't like traces of blood on my knife in the hot Australian climate.

 

[sharp_edge]

Might be a dead horse but I read s35vn has better toughness than 1095 yet why the ESEE folks suggested the opposite? Regardless, my next fixed blade will be an ESEE 4 s35vn.

 

[sonofwilfred]

Might be a dead horse but I read s35vn has better toughness than 1095 yet why the ESEE folks suggested the opposite? Regardless, my next fixed blade will be an ESEE 4 s35vn.

You won't be disappointed mate it's a great knife

 

[Andy the Aussie]

Might be a dead horse but I read s35vn has better toughness than 1095 yet why the ESEE folks suggested the opposite? Regardless, my next fixed blade will be an ESEE 4 s35vn.

....because, as I understand it from JR, to get the best out of S35V (edge holding) it needs to be run harder and that makes it more prone to breakage than the RC point many makers run it at. *I* think that "should" be a moot point for most any task you ask of a 3 or 4 inch blade (that is the largest that ESEE are producing in S35V) however the world seems to have devolved to the point that your average little camper will HAVE to baton their 3inch blade through an aged tree stump to "survive". Nonetheless they make and sell them with their usual warranty.

I currently only have one of their S35V blades and it is just fine.

 

[sonofwilfred]

the world seems to have devolved to the point that your average little camper will HAVE to baton their 3inch blade through an aged tree stump to "survive".

Very true mate

Dan

 

[sonofwilfred]

I forgot to mention I use my ESEE 4 sheath, that is "molle'd" to my bag, to hold my ESEE 3 when out after meat. It's a quite loose fit but with the two extra points of retention it sits snug as a bug.

 

[sonofwilfred]

jmh33 all the talk of hardly ever sharpening my knives, I had to touch up my ESEE 3 today. It wasn't quite slicing meat as good as I like. 360grit followed by 600grit then a good strop.



Sharpening is something every man should know how to do. I always talk to my son and let him know what I'm doing and why.

 

[sonofwilfred]