ESEE Knives ESEE-5P Knife vs ESEE Knives ESEE-5S Knife Tactical Survival Fixed

Um. That really makes it prohibitive to wear something like this on your belt, your trousers belt, and on the even on a pistol belt. You need to be ve...

I found it with the Esee 5P. Took it to the woods for a three day backpacking trip to put it through its paces to see how it would hold up. Blew my expectations out of the water. Baton wood, chop wood, cut paths and trails

This was my first big purchase as well as my first fixed blade. After weeks of watching YouTube videos review the esee 5 and it's competitors (usually pitted against the Becker bk2 but also compared to other 5" fixed knives) I decided to throw down the money for this knife. I cannot think of anything I don't like about this knife. This seems like the pinnacle of what a survival nice should be

This knife came super dull. Waiting to take it to a blade smith to get it redone. Overall it is not an impressive knife. Giving Esse a try and i was not impressed

This knife is pretty big it's a little too much for every day carry but for camping trips or other outdoor excursions I find it to be perfect size. Just the other day I was gutting some fish and when I went to cut the head off the handle of my kitchen knife snapped right off, I pulled out this knife and it worked like a champ. Yeah the $140 price is up their for just a knife but considering this thing will last longer than me it's worth the money.

However, it is hard to imagine breaking this tank of a knife. I had ordered a BK2 just because, but returned it because I was not up to ordering micarta handles and a kydex sheath as I have for my other Becker knives; plus there was no use for it other than adding to my knife collection. In all this is a great knife and worth every penny.

25 inches long, and is a full quarter-inch thick; the blade is a black powder coat that I haven’t been able to test yet, but I’m interested to know how durable it will be over years of use. This thing is heavy. It will cut down small trees and is a little more than I was anticipating. I’m thinking I should have went with the ESEE-4, but won’t be returning it (why return it when I can have both?!)

I own 2 other ESEE knives (4" and 6") and love them both, but this monstrosity with its 1/4 inch thick blade is more like a hatchet or a pry bar than a knife. It's too heavy for practical carry in the woods and I do just fine with my other knives if I need to chop kindling, so no need to use or carry a big wedge of steel like this.

The Rowen powder coat is phenomenally durable. A great deal of batoning has beaten the coat off the spine of my ESEE 3, but there is merely moderate wear along the side of the blade. Be ye not deceived; this is remarkably little wear in light of the abuse the ESEE 3 has taken. While I have been respectful of the cutting edge, I have otherwise been deliberately brutal so that I could report just how tough it is

Excellent construction. A very hefty blade - full tang. The blade coating seems very durable - like an epoxy. The sheath is very good too, but I wish that these would come standard with the Blade-Tech belt bracket

Compared to the similar Becker BK-2, the experience in hand with the ESEE 5 is significantly better. Better balance, handling, and better OEM canvas Micarta scales. Superior handling to the BK-2 with the Becker after-market Micarta scales. Pluses for the ESEE 5: Better grip and handling, slightly better sheath, jimping on blade that BK-2 does not have (this is a significant difference)

This thing is wicked heavy and solid and bigger then I thought but is still a well balanced knife just heavy ... kinda wish I got a smaller version Deffinatley not an edc not like for camping or hunting or survival mode compared to the jeo tech which is light enough to to carry but probly wouldn’t handle much of the work in those environments

SOLID LOCK! The sheath also has plenty features for teclocks, molle, and paracord. By far, this is one of my favorite fixed blades I use for every hike and camp trips.

The sheath is great. Now need to test it out. It really feels like a survival knife and not a bushcraft small detailing like my garberg mora carbon. But this will be my heavy chopping instead of a axe