Benchmade Altitude Fixed Blade Knife vs ESEE Knives ESEE-6POD-003 Fixed Blade Knife OD

Benchmade 15200 Altitude. You might have to shop around to find one at your price, but they can be found. Amazing little fixed blade that is great at holding an edge

I cannot understand why anyone would think that coating a blade with a thick rough coating would be a good idea. It negatively affects its performance to a GREAT degree. Luckily, it can be removed.

Handles well, this knife is awesome especially for my sheep and mule deer prairie hunts where I carry a lot of gear. I didn't know if i'd like the orange but it's great, you never have to look for it. Great purchase

I love my KA-Bar but it has a tendency to roll in the hand because of the round handles. So my quest continues..

I have been using my KOA D2 elk hunter for the past ten years. It's a great knife, but at the end of last season I decided to start looking at some of the higher end steels. I am on a bit of a quest to find a knife that will remain sufficiently sharp through an entire elk. I have several benchmade pocket knives and I really like them so I decided to try a couple of their hunting knives to see how I like their design/feel and to test the edge holding retention on elk hide

It is not worth $130 in my opinion. But many things are ridiculously priced these days. The bottom line is I carry this knife every time I venture out to work on the property, process firewood, make kindling or take care of the small animals we raise.

This is a spendy knife but it is well worth the price. I purchased the firstlite edition knife because it is $30 cheaper on Amazon than anywhere else at the moment.

Both of my friend's knives have been camping and used for batoning. The Becker had noticeably worn through the coating; the ESEE appeared barely scuffed. Neither one had broken tips. Unless you have a very real need for the much heavier and thicker blade on something like a Ka-bar Becker, and not just "because" or you think you need it (you probably don't), this ESEE checks all the right boxes and at a really good price too

But for those looking for a tough fixed blade that weighs scant ounces for hunting, this one should be high on the list.

This is an out of the box review, I have not gotten a chance to put it to real world tasks yet. The knife is one of the heavier knives I own so should be up to heavy duty tasks. The balance point is just about in the middle of the knife. The handle has a good texture for gripping