ESEE Knives 6P Fixed Blade Knife w/Molded Polymer Sheath

top,Scheide flopp! So ein gutes Messer in einer Plastikscheide ,die wenige Cent kostet,zu verkaufen,erschliesst sich mir nicht! Das Messer hat 5 Sterne verdient,die Scheide nicht mal einen!

Absolutely flawless! Almost indestructible! Highly recommended!

Véritable couteaux esee ! Finitions parfaite ! J’adore merci

Handle could have been a little better fit for my small hands.

When you spend this kind of money on any tool you expect the best and the ESEE delivers on what it promises, but it's not the tool I wanted. First of all, if you know anything about knives, you know that what they really come down to is the quality of the steel. As a cook, I've bought $75 knives that are handily outperformed by $15 knives. It's not magic - 3 words: high carbon steel. It holds an edge, it's simple to sharpen, sharpens to a razor's edge and can generally be found anywhere for a price that starts in the $15 range. What sets the ESEE apart from the $15 bucks is simple. Durability. I would never, ever spend this kind of money on a kitchen knife, but for an outdoors knife, that money buys you heft. It's full tang... that's a single piece of steel from the tip of the blade to the butt of the handle (unless you're looking at a folding knife, there's no reason you should ever buy anything but)... and it's thick. You can wack this this thing with all manners of other, harder things and I'm pretty sure it will come out on top. Whether you're skinning an animal, cutting down a tree or even digging a hole with it. I have no doubt that this thing will outlast you. I do have one major gripe. It's heavy... I'm not quite sure how heavy, but next to my 7" kitchen knife, it probably weighs at least twice the weight, which makes it a difficult sell for my kit. I understand that ESEE is attached to a survival school, and for survivalists this is probably fine, but for backpacking this is just plain silly. I now have a huge knife that I can't use for the purpose I had hoped to use it for. If I could do it again, I'd look at the Model 3 or 4 but a part of me is telling me to stick to my folding knife.