Chris Reeve Sebenza 31 vs ESEE Knives ESEE-5P Knife

You know it's been sharpened and cleaned and polished and tuned by me over the years. It's strange, though, because that little ball bearing detent se...

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

I know these are made by Reate who probably charges more for production than Bestech but the Tashi Future, Jack 2.0, Jack 1.0 and Tashi Krypton are all infinitely more appealing from both a design standpoint and an engineering standpoint than this knife while ALL being at a lower price point (over $100 cheaper).

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.

In the same place, every single time, I think we can actually see the exact point that that ball meets the yeah. It's like right there, it's about 40 ...

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...

very very light @2.3oz. That's bugout replacement territory. It will only be available for so long! I could get a CF scale from sharp dressed knives for the 31 I'm sure, if I wanted

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?!)

So there you go. I'M next thing: let's do some size comparison here. It is against the Chris Reeve knives salade Sebenza same damn. Thing right here i...

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