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thanks guys. yes the 6 got his scales from my old 5 that i ended up selling on the exchange with the linen scales that came off the 6. and the "4mil" got his scales from the 3mil you see in the last picture that now wears linen, i'm still contemplating if i want to sell the frankenstein 3mil or keep it so i have at least one esee with linen. decisions, decisions...

oh, and i'll have to keep an eye out for those knomes :D i don't plan on getting an izzy 2 because the original fits my hand perfectly, but then again i didn't plan on getting the whole line up when i first bought the 3mil last year either.
 
Great collection! Can you take another picture of all them stacked together to show relative blade thickness?
 
ichibansf said:
Great collection! Can you take another picture of all them stacked together to show relative blade thickness?
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sure, i'll work on that when i get home. you want to see them side by side from the top?

also on a side note... to anyone who might be a little aprehensive about switching the handles around because of ESEE's disclaimer that they won't be a 100% pefect fit, i think ESEE is a little too modest about this. Every single set i switched out fits completely perfectly on the new blade, just as nice as the originals.
 
Been doing some shopping eh ? (lol)

Nice. Very nice.

We're mending. Still a little nicked. But, hopefully see your expanded
collection soon.
 
JBarbaresi said:
sure, i'll work on that when i get home. you want to see them side by side from the top?

also on a side note... to anyone who might be a little aprehensive about switching the handles around because of ESEE's disclaimer that they won't be a 100% pefect fit, i think ESEE is a little too modest about this. Every single set i switched out fits completely perfectly on the new blade, just as nice as the originals.
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That's the difference between us and ESEE and Rowen. When I switched mine once just to see how I liked it, there was barely enough difference to catch a fingernail on. For ESEE and definitely Rowen, that's not acceptable. Pretty amazing QC.

I'd still like to see scales available with the disclaimer "These may not be an exact fit to your knife as scales are mated to each blade during production" or something. Because just as you did, knives get sold and bought with scales other than those they were made with which may give some the false impression that the scale fit is not "perfect" when in reality it usually is right out of the box.

Jeff says they're working on some scale swappable platform, but who knows when we'll ever hear anything about that. :D
 
adaman04 said:
That's the difference between us and ESEE and Rowen. When I switched mine once just to see how I liked it, there was barely enough difference to catch a fingernail on. For ESEE and definitely Rowen, that's not acceptable. Pretty amazing QC.

I'd still like to see scales available with the disclaimer "These may not be an exact fit to your knife as scales are mated to each blade during production" or something. Because just as you did, knives get sold and bought with scales other than those they were made with which may give some the false impression that the scale fit is not "perfect" when in reality it usually is right out of the box.

Jeff says they're working on some scale swappable platform, but who knows when we'll ever hear anything about that. :D
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yes that's supposed to be an option in the "near future", i'm not very patient though :D maybe i got lucky, but when i say the scales are a perfect fit they are literally a perfect fit on all edges. before tightening the screws all the way down there is just the slightest bit of play and if you align everything up before tightening you'd never know the scales weren't mated to the blade originally, at least with all the ones i switched around.

when i sold the 5 i made it very clear that the scales were from an esee 6, but you would never know it.

in case anyone was wondering what the 5/linen combo looks like

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i'll get working on the side by side pics
 
Cobra281 said:
Been doing some shopping eh ? (lol)

Nice. Very nice.

We're mending. Still a little nicked. But, hopefully see your expanded
collection soon.
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yeah, got the 6, 4, and 3mil within the last couple of weeks thanks to esee's awesome military program :D

shannon was just asking if you guys were feeling any better yet.
 
JBarbaresi said:
when i sold the 5 i made it very clear that the scales were from an esee 6, but you would never know it.
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Purdy. BTW, didn't mean anything by the "just like you did" scale swapping and selling comment. When I reread it I can see where it may or may not have been taken with more meaning than was really there. :D
 
adaman04 said:
Purdy. BTW, didn't mean anything by the "just like you did" scale swapping and selling comment. When I reread it I can see where it may or may not have been taken with more meaning than was really there. :D
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i didn't take it that way at all, actually i'm still trying to figure out what you think you said that could be construed as offensive, lol :D
 
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