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The Mrs. and I had the chance to sneak away from our devil spawn for a few days in the woods this past weekend and it was a perfect chance to try out some of the new ESEE offerings on the market (or really close to it).
I got in my AH-1 arrowheads and gave them a whirl with some survival hunting. My results can be seen in this thread:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=735623
I also had a not just quite released Junglas to play around with and I took the chance to beat it like a red headed stepson. It processed a metric sh*tton of firewood taking 20' long, 3" diameter branches down to 2' sections and kindling. Did it's part in the making of my snake gig, bringing home a few saplings, delimbing them and even some of the carving. Food prep was no problem and it makes a great spatula and grill flipper.
Anyway, here are some after action pics (I didn't take many during action shots, I prefer to do more than take pics):
Here she is in all her glory!
Here she is in her fantastic sheath, yea, I said fantastic. It really is that good.
Here's the back of the molle attachment, very well thought out and executed.
here's a closeup of the kydex portion of the sheath. Just like the 4 and 5 kydex but on steroids.
Spine shot. Junglas in the middle with 5 and 6 on the sides (don't let the scales fool ya)
My little family of beat to hell ESEE blades. The 3 is only pretty because it replaced one that looked like it was chewed up and spit out a few weeks ago.
A stack of pure, unmolested awesome!
Some coating wear.
Other side. (don't mind the blood), Yes, the coating is the same and just as tough as all the other ESEE blades, I just really beat the tar out of it. Alot of heavy chopping.
So what do I think?
It's a perfect example of what it is, a production chopper. It's performance is right on par with that of it's grandfather, the RTAKII with the addition of a much improved sheath, coating and better handle ergos. And when I say better I mean it, this thing is very comfortable to me. Good weight, great handle didn't cause any blisters and only hotspot was the side of my pinky but nothing that stopped me.
The blade thickness is just about exactly the same as that of the ESEE-6 but with a saber grind for strength and a more weight forward feel. I personally love the thickness. A 1/4" thick blade will have more momentum but it'll also fatigue you faster and have less penetration. The thinner blade on the Junglas also gives it great edge geometery making it a superior slicer.
More......
I got in my AH-1 arrowheads and gave them a whirl with some survival hunting. My results can be seen in this thread:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=735623
I also had a not just quite released Junglas to play around with and I took the chance to beat it like a red headed stepson. It processed a metric sh*tton of firewood taking 20' long, 3" diameter branches down to 2' sections and kindling. Did it's part in the making of my snake gig, bringing home a few saplings, delimbing them and even some of the carving. Food prep was no problem and it makes a great spatula and grill flipper.
Anyway, here are some after action pics (I didn't take many during action shots, I prefer to do more than take pics):
Here she is in all her glory!
Here she is in her fantastic sheath, yea, I said fantastic. It really is that good.
Here's the back of the molle attachment, very well thought out and executed.
here's a closeup of the kydex portion of the sheath. Just like the 4 and 5 kydex but on steroids.
Spine shot. Junglas in the middle with 5 and 6 on the sides (don't let the scales fool ya)
My little family of beat to hell ESEE blades. The 3 is only pretty because it replaced one that looked like it was chewed up and spit out a few weeks ago.
A stack of pure, unmolested awesome!
Some coating wear.
Other side. (don't mind the blood), Yes, the coating is the same and just as tough as all the other ESEE blades, I just really beat the tar out of it. Alot of heavy chopping.
So what do I think?
It's a perfect example of what it is, a production chopper. It's performance is right on par with that of it's grandfather, the RTAKII with the addition of a much improved sheath, coating and better handle ergos. And when I say better I mean it, this thing is very comfortable to me. Good weight, great handle didn't cause any blisters and only hotspot was the side of my pinky but nothing that stopped me.
The blade thickness is just about exactly the same as that of the ESEE-6 but with a saber grind for strength and a more weight forward feel. I personally love the thickness. A 1/4" thick blade will have more momentum but it'll also fatigue you faster and have less penetration. The thinner blade on the Junglas also gives it great edge geometery making it a superior slicer.
More......
(and the 4 too come to think of it)
