I'm looking for a great camp and survival knife. Mostly for general camp tasks, making feather sticks, light batoning and some bushcrafting. I'm just starting to get into bushcrafting and am looking for a knife that can grow with me. I don't forsee myself using the knife in combat.
I don't know much about Hogue, and the other knives I am looking at are the Esee 5 and the BK10. Esee 5 might be too large but I love the indestructible factor. I'm worried that in a few years I'll think the 5 is too big and want something a little more subtle. I like the BK10's blade shape and weight. I don't like the handles on the BK10 or the sheath. I love the handles and sheath of the Esee 5.
5.5 in blade sounds great to me. And the EX-F01 looks beautiful. I really like the shape. Seems like it's a great weight and size. Seems like it would be a better bushcraft knife than the Esee 5, with better fine detail capabilities. But does the thin section of the spine before the diamond shaped tip make it bad at batoning?
Has anyone hard used these knives? Is the A2 of the EX-F01 better at keeping and reforming an edge than the 1095 used on the Becker and the Esee? The EX-F01 is cryogenicly treated. I'm not really sure what benefits that adds to the steel that a user will notice.
Lots of questions... So many great knives it makes it hard to choose just one. For now my goal is to choose just one. Not many people talk about Hogue. Where do they fit in the spectrum of quality and trust? It seems harder to get info on them than Esee or Becker.
I would love to hear any opinions or experience you may have with these knives.
Thanks
I don't know much about Hogue, and the other knives I am looking at are the Esee 5 and the BK10. Esee 5 might be too large but I love the indestructible factor. I'm worried that in a few years I'll think the 5 is too big and want something a little more subtle. I like the BK10's blade shape and weight. I don't like the handles on the BK10 or the sheath. I love the handles and sheath of the Esee 5.
5.5 in blade sounds great to me. And the EX-F01 looks beautiful. I really like the shape. Seems like it's a great weight and size. Seems like it would be a better bushcraft knife than the Esee 5, with better fine detail capabilities. But does the thin section of the spine before the diamond shaped tip make it bad at batoning?
Has anyone hard used these knives? Is the A2 of the EX-F01 better at keeping and reforming an edge than the 1095 used on the Becker and the Esee? The EX-F01 is cryogenicly treated. I'm not really sure what benefits that adds to the steel that a user will notice.
Lots of questions... So many great knives it makes it hard to choose just one. For now my goal is to choose just one. Not many people talk about Hogue. Where do they fit in the spectrum of quality and trust? It seems harder to get info on them than Esee or Becker.
I would love to hear any opinions or experience you may have with these knives.
Thanks