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Objectively the best knife

Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 17:15:52 No.2800958 View View Reply Original Report

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> Indestructible

> Perfect size to balance carry comfort with field effectiveness

> Sharpen with anything

> Great ergonomics

> Enough grip security for combat

> Excellent sheath

> Lifetime warranty no matter what

> Made in America

Show me your shitty knife you think is better and I'll tell you why you're wrong.

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 17:55:05 No.2800962 Report

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>>2800958
Put another knife thread in the catalogue bro

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 18:37:44 No.2800971 Report

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>>2800962
I will.

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 23:04:40 No.2801050 Report

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>>2800958
Esee 4, everything like yours, but not pointlessly oversized. You fail.

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 23:11:16 No.2801051 Report

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>>2801050
I'm with this dude. I own an esse 4 and it's my go to /out/ knife. And it tucks very well under a t shirt. My first problem with that extra inch is that it would "print" me as someone carrying a Rambo knife. Second I think the balance would be all wrong. The esse 4 is really well balanced for the tasks I want to use a knife for in the woods. I don't take an 8 inch kitchen knife because I don't need one.

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 23:19:17 No.2801052 Report

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>>2801051
>bushlarping in places so populated that your knife printing is a concern
I shiggy diggy

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 23:19:53 No.2801053 Report

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>>2801050
No chopping or prying ability, too small. Everything you do with that knife will be clumsy and painful except for things that you could do with any knife.

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 23:21:47 No.2801054 Report

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>>2801050
>>2801051
you wouldn't want to scare your bf with that thang

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 23:27:27 No.2801055 Report

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>>2801051
Your carry technique sucks. I can carry blades up to 8" without issues.

ESEE-4 and 6 are flat ground from less than 5mm stock and don't have anywhere near the lateral rigidity of the 5. I wouldn't consider them as primary survival blades, just not strong enough long term.

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 23:29:50 No.2801059 Report

Quoted By: >>2801063

>>2800958
isn't this just a knockoff of the bushcraft knife?
>check specs
yeah it's literally just a knockoff

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 23:34:40 No.2801063 Report

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>>2801059
Pray tell me what the ESEE-5 is a knockoff of.

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jan 2025 23:49:06 No.2801073 Report

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>>2801063
It's literally an overpriced larp knife with a hardness rating less than cheap axes now days.
It weighs more than it should while being able to do even less than BOB.

ESSE even has a break it you replace it policy.
Which is absurd because it means they know their knives are shit and easily broken.
Just admit it kid, you saw a big knife and your monkey brain thought ooga booga dat good.
The handle is flat out shit, if you've ever held any of the KABAR or BOB handles for their bushcraft oriented knives you would know this.
BOB's handle is far superior for any task.
It actually fits in a mans hand in such a way heavy duty task or finesse task are equally enjoyable.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 00:22:16 No.2801085 Report

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The USMC K Bar is the best all around outdoor utility and combat knife.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 00:23:27 No.2801086 Report

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>>2801085
I wasn’t going to get shit on for saying it but that was almost verbatim my first thought too.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 00:23:43 No.2801087 Report

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>>2801073
It's hardness is the ideal balance of toughness to edge retention just like a hatchet or a machete. This is the kind of heat treatment that all survival knives should have. Sharpening a knife isn't hard, toughness should never be sacrificed for edge retention.

It's weight is the result of a broad saber grind and 1/4" stock, giving it enough lateral rigidity to actually be useful for prying, which is kind of just a fantasy with most other survival knives. This is important because I rely heavily on a technique to process large diameter blowdown that is under tension by cutting a notch with my saw, and then flipping the chips out with my knife, but this requires strength. The weight also lends it surprising chopping ability for it's length, which is also important because my saws are slow and clumsy for certain types of cutting tasks, like gathering enough boughs to serve as roofing and bedding material in a reasonable time frame, and I also just expect my knife to be a standalone survival tool as well and not strictly dependent on a saw, so some degree of chopping weight is very desirable. The strength of the knife also makes it useable for escape, bending or hacking through metal barriers, which is what it was actually designed for. Another added bonus of the weight is it makes it much simpler to counterbalance my handgun. I carry a handgun on my right side, and then a knife and spare magazine on my left, but the left bundle has to weigh the same as the handgun otherwise I'll develop hip and back pain over time. This requires figuring out which pieces of gear I'm carrying are suitable for adding to the left to get the weight right. The ESEE-5 negates this because it combined with a Glock magazine almost perfectly match the weight of a Glock 19 and holster, and you're getting quite a bit of utility for that weight.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 00:25:00 No.2801088 Report

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>>2801073
The weight is also offset by the fact that the knife is so indestructible that I don't feel the need to carry much of a spare, at most just my Mora Bushcraft. With most other knives, I know that I could potentially break them under certain circumstances, so I carry an exact duplicate in my pack. The ESEE-5 is like an axe head, in that I know that I'm never going to break it. The weight of the ESEE-5 combined with the Mora is actually less than two Kabar knives, so it paradoxically saves me weight.

ESEE knives are widely known to be extremely durable and that's precisely why they have their warranty. They know it won't cost them any money because people can't break their knives. The ESEE-5 is one of the rare knives that I don't think I could break even on purpose.

The grip of the ESEE-5 is ideal for EDC, a good balance between comfort and having a flat profile that sits tight against the body without printing. There are more contoured handle scales available for it, and you can also just build up grip tape in any manner you desire, which is why I typically don't complain much about factory grips on knives in general. ESEE grips give me enough security without needing a crossgaurd, which is important because my survival knives are always defacto combat knives as well because that's what I'm carrying, and they must be usable as such. The BOB grip looks inadequate to me, not enough finger stoppage there. This is something you can't resolve with tennis racket tape and is one of my major disqualifiers with most knives.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 01:41:49 No.2801109 Report

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>>2801085
It's Ka-Bar and they won't hold an edge for shit.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 01:49:57 No.2801111 Report

Quoted By: >>2801113

>>2801087
>ideal balance of toughness to edge retention just like a hatchet or a machete
Ideal HRC is 56-58, not 55-57.
literally proving my point dumbass.

>>2801088
>is so indestructible
>literally expensive junk that is so easily broken they have a mass warranty on it

>>2801085
it's contender, I dislike the handle immensely, but if I was going to buy a k it would be the BKIII.
It's horrible for knife fighting, but for utility nothin comes close.
I have jimmied doors, broken locks, woodcrafted extensively with it, cut fences, split logs, scraped everything under the sun, and used it as a lever numerous times and it just keeps asking for more.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 01:58:41 No.2801113 Report

Quoted By: >>2801118

>>2801111
I'm completely satisfied with the hardness of typical hatchets and machetes which is rarely more than 55. I can get several days of work done in between touchups even with that. There is no reason for a harder blade. The vast majority of survival knives are heat treated too hard and this problem has been going on so long that Horace Kephart remarked on it. A survival knife by definition is a knife that you will use for similar tasks as a striking tool so it should have the same steel and heat treatment. You also want soft so you can easily repair damage with a file, because grinding out major nicks and snapped tips with a coarse stone can be grueling.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 02:09:09 No.2801118 Report

Quoted By: >>2801187

>>2801113
>I am fine with subpar standards
I mean you use an ESSE, I could tell that already.
>you also want soft
Not in a bushcraft knife you don't, you want it to retain its edge as long as humanly possible while not being so high HRC that it can brittle snap.
Hints 56-58 dumbass.
Don't talk about things you don't know.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 04:28:19 No.2801150 Report

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>>2801073
> and your monkey brain thought ooga booga dat good
KEK. Thanks for the laugh anon. That’s classic.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 05:17:53 No.2801156 Report

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>>2800958
Based, I'm glad someone else appreciates a sharpened pry bar.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 05:19:56 No.2801157 Report

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>>2801085
>Rat tail tang
No thanks.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 05:35:36 No.2801158 Report

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>>2801157
It's weird we went thru all of human history with rat-tail tangs on combat weapons like swords and daggers, but only with the advent of 'bushcrafting' that they are too weak and only a full-tang knife will survive.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 06:29:58 No.2801159 Report

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 08:06:44 No.2801167 Report

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>>2801050
fucking lmao gay knife

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 08:18:33 No.2801168 Report

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 08:54:07 No.2801173 Report

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>>2801158
>The Rat-Tail and Stick Tang
These two tang types are found often in decorative sword construction. They are very similar in design. Both are a thin metal rod that is welded onto the shoulder of the blade that extends through the handle and is fastened by either a nut or a decorative pommel which is screwed onto the end. The only difference in these two tangs is the the rat-tail is a threaded rod and the stick tang is only threaded at the end. This construction works for decorative swords but is not strong enough for casual or martial arts use.
https://www.reliks.com/functional-swords/tang/
Want to try again?

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 09:07:45 No.2801174 Report

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>>2801173
Rat-tail doesn't mean welded together.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 09:11:54 No.2801175 Report

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>>2801174
>Fixated on one word
You are one stupid nigger.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 09:13:42 No.2801176 Report

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>>2801174
Here's your forged stick tang. Works great, very strong.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 09:14:54 No.2801177 Report

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>>2801174
Probably just a bad heat treat on this one.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 09:16:36 No.2801179 Report

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>>2801174
Tough as nails, practically indestructible.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 10:21:44 No.2801187 Report

Quoted By: >>2801190 >>2806130

>>2801118
Only someone with bad sharpening skills would say that. Touching up edges is effortless to me and I actually carry a sharpening kit I designed myself. The only time edge retention matters is if you're a professional butcher who is dragging a knife against a cutting board all day long and don't even have time to stop and sharpen because you're on the clock and have production quotas.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 10:28:00 No.2801188 Report

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>>2801156
I thought it was a "sharpened pry bar" too until I had the opportunity to handle one at a store and saw that the edge geometry was actually very good, keener than most of my favorite hatchets and machetes at least and by no means reminiscent of a splitting maul as I had assumed. I reprofiled the edge to 17 degrees per side and the cutting performance was ultimately no worse than any of my other survival fixed blades. If I hadn't run into this knife at the prepped store in Waynesville North Carolina I probably would never have bought it, because the specs are pretty scary, 16 ounces for a 5.25" blade just isn't something you see every day.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 10:30:21 No.2801189 Report

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>>2801158
Stabbing a guy isn't that hard on a knife compared to bushcraft stuff.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 10:37:07 No.2801190 Report

Quoted By: >>2801207 >>2804926

>>2801187
I understand you're upset that someone called you out on being 14 and thinking a literal amazon knife was "good".

>the only time edge retention matters
I mean this is literal proof you do not use knives enough for anyone to listen to your opinion.
Butchers sharpen their knives far more often than bushcrafters do. Because a clean cut on a piece of prime meat that is literally worth more than your beta boy knife ensures uniformity, maximum density of a specific cut of meat.
Which results in a rib eye roast that is unironically sold for 150 dollars.

See your mistake here is thinking you know anything and wasn't expecting someone who has experience both as a butcher and bushcrafter calling you on your shit.
I carry multiple knives when butchcrafting because it increases the longevity of each knife for its specific usage.
When I worked as a butcher I sharpened my knives lightly every night because it was my fucking profession dumbass.
If you want to apologize that's fine, I'll accept it.
You can always keep coping though.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 12:09:39 No.2801207 Report

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>>2801190
I'm a professional butcher and have been for over a decade, so I was speaking from experience. Steeling a knife is not "sharpening" it. You will never see a butcher stop what he's doing and take out a bench stone and oil and resharpen his knife mid shift, I promise you that. I sharpen mine once a day before or sometimes after my shift.

I have been sharpening knives for over 20 years and can maintain an edge on carbon steel tools with extremely little effort using sharpening kits weighing as little as 3 ounces. My favorite system consists of pocket-sized stones and diamond plates, 3 or 4 inches long by 1 inch wide, super glued to sections of rectangular wood trim or aluminum tubes, with a little extra length to secure a small angle guide. To merely touch up a knife that has no visible damage I just have to repolish the edge with soft Arkansas for maybe two minutes, followed by 3000 grit sandpaper, which I prefer over any kind of strop. This process is about as effortless as tying my shoes and is generally only needed once every two or three days even with hatchets and machetes seeing regular use during a camping trip. I am also able to grind out chips, and even reestablish dented tips with the same kit very easily, though I'm fairly good at avoiding that kind of damage. So to me, the idea of sacrificing any degree of toughness whatsoever just for more edge retention is completely ludicrous, a raw deal. The idea of carrying multiple knives just to not have to sharpen them is something that would only make sense to someone who has extremely poor sharpening skills. That would be like carrying multiple guns so you don't have to change the magazine.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 12:22:45 No.2801211 Report

Quoted By: >>2801214 >>2801291

>>2801177
Kek. Is that from nam?
>guys this knife that’s 50 years old and went through a war then got left to rust for 45 years broke the first time a fat neckbeard tried batoning with it OMG!

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 12:31:23 No.2801214 Report

Quoted By: >>2801237 >>2801902 >>2801995

>>2801211
The newer ones tend to bend rather than break. Either way the tang design is simply not suitable for wilderness survival. If you don't baton then just carry a folder, batonning is literally the only thing you need a fixed blade for given how good modern folders are. People in the old days carried fixed blades because folding knives back then were pieces of shit that required two hands and painful fingernail prying to open and were only 3" long and had no pocket clips and were usually extremely thin and prone to snapping.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 14:19:26 No.2801232 Report

Quoted By: >>2801265

>>2800958
Why are you guys still talking about this shit?
Like, in 2016 talking about knives was cool, now is just lame.
You guys need to go /out/ more, you guys will realize that a folding knife or a small knife is enough for most activities.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 14:50:34 No.2801237 Report

Quoted By: >>2801264

>>2801214
Don’t you get tired of being wrong all the time?
>seen the old man pry an alternator off an ‘85 Oldsmobile in the snow with one of these

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 17:24:56 No.2801264 Report

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>>2801237
I've seen plenty of those broken with less than that.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 17:28:15 No.2801265 Report

Quoted By: >>2801317

>>2801232
If you're just backpacking on a strict itinerary in summer with enough consumables for the duration and staying on trails, then yes you can get by with a pocketknife. That's what millions of people do every year.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 19:19:46 No.2801285 Report

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>>2801176
>>2801177
>>2801179
No background issues there at all.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 20:06:25 No.2801291 Report

Quoted By: >>2801300

>>2801211
>Blames the rust
>Not the 90° corner where the tang meets the blade
You don't even know what the problem is but boy golly you're ready to diarrhea spray your shit opinion all over the place.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 21:03:55 No.2801300 Report

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>>2801291
Somehow basic physics and geometry and engineering go out the window with knives and it's okay to put massive pressure on a narrow stress riser. What these people don't understand is that the Kabar was designed like that because it's the most cost effective way to incorporate a crossgaurd in a mass produced knife.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 22:51:15 No.2801317 Report

Quoted By: >>2801319

>>2801265
You dont plan your /out/ings or what?
Are you a fugitive hidding in the woods or somenthing like that?

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jan 2025 23:18:52 No.2801319 Report

Quoted By: >>2801343

>>2801317
I go out in the woods to practice survival skills, not to just look at scenic views.

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Anonymous Tue 21 Jan 2025 00:20:22 No.2801343 Report

Quoted By: >>2801376

>>2801319
>I need survival skills in case I end in a survival situation while I am practicing survival skills

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Anonymous Tue 21 Jan 2025 01:38:26 No.2801376 Report

Quoted By: >>2801509 >>2801510

>>2801343
What if I just value the ability to leave civilization on my terms?

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Anonymous Tue 21 Jan 2025 06:45:33 No.2801418 Report

Quoted By: >>2801458

>>2801156
If I was to get an ESSE it'd be the Junglas, why fuck around?

In the meantime I'm perfectly happy with my 6" KOA bush camp knife and Ontario Machete.

I don't feel like i NEED to spend money on more knives, I'm ok with what I have, they do the job.

https://archived.moe/out/search/text/knives%20of%20alaska/

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Anonymous Tue 21 Jan 2025 13:20:12 No.2801458 Report

Quoted By: >>2801637

>>2801418
Lateral rigidity, carry size, versatility.

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Anonymous Tue 21 Jan 2025 18:24:15 No.2801509 Report

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>>2801376
Probably you should get a hoe and some chickens.

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Anonymous Tue 21 Jan 2025 18:28:36 No.2801510 Report

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>>2801376
>leave civilization on my terms
Are you going to make your clothes with a knife?
Top kek

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Anonymous Tue 21 Jan 2025 18:49:45 No.2801511 Report

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>>2801510
I know how.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jan 2025 06:56:45 No.2801637 Report

Quoted By: >>2801690 >>2802130 >>2802134

>>2801458
I find I have more versatility with a larger knife, but I also carry a smaller knife because while I am able to carve stuff with my large knife it's much easier with a smaller knife...YMMV.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jan 2025 17:22:57 No.2801690 Report

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>>2801637
Nice saw, I've had a few. Ended up getting a 14" folder.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jan 2025 17:55:49 No.2801701 Report

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>>2801088
How much are the paying you? Im kind of looking for a new job.

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Anonymous Thu 23 Jan 2025 09:02:54 No.2801806 Report

Quoted By: >>2801833

>>2800958
since there's an esee thread in the catalog does anyone know what the differences are between the 5 and 6?
is 6 better?...worse?
been looking at both and not sure what to buy

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Anonymous Thu 23 Jan 2025 13:58:20 No.2801833 Report

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>>2801806
depends on whether you get the one with the choil or not...not really a fan of finger choils but they can be somewhat useful for scraping fatwood easier than using the spine and the extra inch from the 6 is actually more useful when it comes to food prep.

If you can get them in your hands you'll know for sure which one is going to work better for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aJLMNPWQ_4

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Anonymous Thu 23 Jan 2025 19:12:10 No.2801902 Report

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>>2801214
I have a Fisher Grandpa Bear wood burning stove in which I have a mix of red oak and white oak burning in right now. I have built and started hundreds of fires outside in all weather conditions, in addition to all of the fires I have built and started in the wood stove that heats my Appalachian home in the winter.
To start a fire, I pick the tiny dead sprouts from southern pine trees that are about the size of a pencil lead. I add the small branches that fall from oak trees that are about the size of a pencil. Oak branches that are 1/2" to 2" will start from the small bundles. A bunch of 2" branches burning will be enough to add 16" long oak pieces that have been split into quarters and eighths.
I say all this to explain that having made countless fires over the years I do not think I have ever batoned a piece of wood to feather it to start a fire.
Maybe it is because I live in Appalachia and wood of all sizes is so abundant.
I see people say batoning wood is a critical capability that an outdoor knife must be capable of. Thinking of it, I can not recall a single time at any hunting camp, BBQ or gathering I have ever seen someone baton a piece of wood with their knife.
Batoning wood seems like an internet meme to me. What area of the America has vegetation that requires an outdoorsman to baton wood to start a campfire ?

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jan 2025 05:19:56 No.2801995 Report

Quoted By: >>2802021

>>2801214
It's for dealing with wet wood, you baton just enough wood to get the fire started and no more. Fire is also easier to start on thin straight edges rather than round edges. Think of the one stick fire as an example.

It's not a where thing, it's a when thing. which means that most of the time it won't be necessary, and even when it is a bit of accelerant whether natural or man-made makes things much easier, but yes it is a VERY MEME thing to do when having an axe or hatchet would make it completely unnecessary.

That said, it's nice to have a knife that CAN baton even if you never have to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KDr88nFPFI

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jan 2025 10:34:31 No.2802021 Report

Quoted By: >>2802023

>>2801995
Small twigs, the diameter of a pencil lead, are easy to gather in my area. These twigs are smaller than the pieces I have seen videos of people making by batoning.
Is there a place in America in which these tiny twigs are not necessary which necessitates batoning ?

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jan 2025 10:35:33 No.2802022 Report

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not available which necessitates batoning ,,,I mean

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jan 2025 10:36:35 No.2802023 Report

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>>2802021
when it's wet?

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jan 2025 11:22:04 No.2802028 Report

Quoted By: >>2802043

>>2802023
Small dry twigs can be found under larger pieces of wood quicker than batoning wood and you do not risk damaging your main survival tool.

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jan 2025 12:41:02 No.2802043 Report

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>>2802028
LMAO, a 3 inch piece of wood is not risking your tool.

The little twigs are good but they are SECONDARY kindling, we batonny to make paper thin DRY TINDER.

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jan 2025 13:30:40 No.2802049 Report

Quoted By: >>2802228

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCsomEfjt0A

no meme knife needed

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Jan 2025 21:01:41 No.2802130 Report

Quoted By: >>2802227

>>2801085
I can't tell if you fags are trolling or not with your tacticool /out/ gear
>>2801637

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jan 2025 21:07:40 No.2802134 Report

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>>2801637
>Average D2 camp knife
>plain Jane Ontario machete
>cheapest folding saw possible (Coghlan's)
>Crescent Tools D2 folder
>TACTIKEWL
LMAO

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 04:37:49 No.2802206 Report

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My theory is millennial and younger collect knives because it's a tool they know how to use.
Boomers, as a generation, don't obsess over knives and are into way more kinds of tool because they know how to do a lot more kinds of jobs.
50,000 years ago our ancestors were probably autistic about collecting rocks and spears.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 09:51:30 No.2802227 Report

Quoted By: >>2802272 >>2802295

>>2802130
>zomg he's using scary green backpack and black gun and knoife instead of the MLP lunchbox and Dunkin Donuts Mora knife

go be gay somewhere else.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 09:54:39 No.2802228 Report

Quoted By: >>2802230

>>2802049
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZNX87vd-fc

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 09:57:37 No.2802230 Report

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>>2802228
you forgot to say no homo

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 10:45:23 No.2802232 Report

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>>2800958
>blunt edge angle
>two-stage edge that makes it almost useless for carving and bushcraft
>way too thick
>warranty voided if you sharpen it properly
>flat grip that doesn't fit the hand properly (but, to be fair, makes it much easier to carry concealed and is why I bought mine)
>can buy more than 10 Moras for the same money

Esee knives aren't terrible, but they're basically knives for people who don't know how to use a knife. Want to abuse a knife by using it as a prybar, but don't want a Glock 79 or 81 for whatever reason? Get an esee. Want a proper knife? Get a Mora. Simple as that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 10:51:19 No.2802235 Report

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>>2801176
>>2801177
>>2801179
>buying a shitty burger knife
>it fails
>pikachu face

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 16:54:14 No.2802272 Report

Quoted By: >>2802280

>>2802227
MFW it's real

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 17:59:58 No.2802280 Report

Quoted By: >>2802601

>>2802272
Lol, where did you get that?
I've been annoying my sister for years by gifting her outdoors stuff (which she actually wants and uses), but making it pink camo, pink realtree etc. A knife like that would be perfect for her.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 19:10:46 No.2802295 Report

Quoted By: >>2802352

>>2802227
Yes. It's not fedora-tier at all to take an AK into the woods for your day hike. Definitely not autistic and cringe at all.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 23:51:13 No.2802352 Report

Quoted By: >>2802360

>>2802295
Is it ok if I just take the AK out on my property to shoot ? Do I need to go to REI and get a more fashionable pack to replace my Milsurp pack to get through the gates you keep ?
I carried that KBar in combat is there a knife you prefer I put on my belt to be more fashionable ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 26 Jan 2025 01:15:59 No.2802360 Report

Quoted By: >>2802363

>>2802352
Yes maybe something that doesnt scream "I served in Iraq....In what capacity? I served as a line cook from 2011 to 2014"

Thank you for your service Spongebob!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 26 Jan 2025 01:46:31 No.2802363 Report

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>>2802360
You have nothing but middle school insults. Your moronic , know nothing statements are a reflection of you not of me.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 27 Jan 2025 06:45:20 No.2802601 Report

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>>2802280
Blade HQ had it, they have a whole bunch of knives with that theme but the Mora one sold out fast, they still have some Civivi folders and some fixed blades in the same theme.

https://www.bladehq.com/cat--Dessert-Warrior-Edition-Knives--4107

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 31 Jan 2025 19:46:30 No.2803498 Report

Quoted By: >>2804816 >>2804851

I like the knife the Canadian military uses.

sage macsagerson

sage macsagerson Mon 03 Feb 2025 08:43:54 No.2804004 Report

Quoted By: >>2804845

>>2800958
Mentally retarded?
That's not a puuko.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 07 Feb 2025 12:24:35 No.2804795 Report

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Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 07 Feb 2025 14:49:20 No.2804816 Report

Quoted By: >>2804851 >>2804972

>>2803498
i dont think the military uses Grohmanns´s anymore, or ever did really, great knife though

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 07 Feb 2025 17:51:23 No.2804845 Report

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>>2804004
>puuko no you didn’t!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Feb 2025 18:25:33 No.2804851 Report

Quoted By: >>2804866 >>2804972

>>2803498
>>2804816
They used to, but replaced it with a Chinese knock off to save money. This was done under the Harper administration btw. I own three Grohmanns and would recommend them to anyone. Although they're more geared towards hunting and fishing rather than bushcrafting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Feb 2025 22:32:46 No.2804866 Report

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>>2804851
ive thought about getting one for years now at this point, I´m mostly a freshwater guy, so seems perfect for perch, pike, trout .etc but also great for pheasants and other small birds, but, i just have so many knives i cant really justify the shipping here to Euroland, when my pocket knife does just fine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Feb 2025 11:16:31 No.2804925 Report

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>>2801053
I would argue that anything you do with the 5 would be clumsy and painful, but at least you aren’t retarded.
>>2801054
>>2801167
You are retarded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Feb 2025 11:25:30 No.2804926 Report

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>>2801190
This is an outdoors forum retard, no one cares that you make 12 dollars an hour cutting meat for Walmart and you have to bushcraft because you live in a trailer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Feb 2025 17:53:10 No.2804972 Report

Quoted By: >>2804980

>>2804851
Shitballs. Did not know that. The #2 Bird and Trout is a beauty.
>>2804816
They used the #3 'Jump Knife' for about 50 years.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Feb 2025 18:38:37 No.2804980 Report

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>>2804972
>The #2 Bird and Trout is a beauty.
That's the one I use for all my fishing and small game hunting. It's the perfect knife.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Feb 2025 16:08:28 No.2806112 Report

Quoted By: >>2806113 >>2806122

What knofe should I pair with my esee 6hm? Thinking something 2.5- inch blade, $200 or less, esee or other brand recs are fine. I know ow ypu can do a lot with the 6, but having a smaller knife for smaller work seems like a good idea, and I just like knives in general growing up in the country.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Feb 2025 16:09:37 No.2806113 Report

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>>2806112
2.5-3 inch*

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Feb 2025 16:35:28 No.2806122 Report

Quoted By: >>2806135

>>2806112
The Esee Xancudo is a great small knife.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Feb 2025 16:58:33 No.2806130 Report

Quoted By: >>2806135

>>2801050
I got an Esee 4 but really can’t bring myself to like it with the finger choil. I wish the HM models had slightly better finger protection. In the end I picked up a Terava 110 for my woods use knife. I did get a stainless Esee AGK and think it will be great for hunting. I also love the Xancudo my father got me, and picked up an Armatus sheath for my Izula that I’ll have to find and try carrying at work.
>>2801187
Post about your sharpening kit. I’m trying to get more serious about it, and trying to min/max a setup for on the go. I currently like the Fallkniven FDC, and have a couple strops on the way for testing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Feb 2025 17:57:17 No.2806135 Report

Quoted By: >>2806761

>>2806122
I do like the look of that one. Was thinking that or maybe the jg3. Wish they had a 2.5-3" model of the pr4.

>>2806130
Seconding sharpening kit. What's the best way to fix a rolled edge on knives? Whetstone? Strop?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Feb 2025 04:47:57 No.2806761 Report

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>>2806135
>What's the best way to fix a rolled edge on knives?
6" single cut mill file and a small whetstone.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2025 01:58:14 No.2807136 Report

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>>2801085
Ever field dress a deer with one?
I did,...one time. That round handle with wet, slick hands was a nightmare. Rolled in my hands terribly. Went back to my esee-4. Squared handle helps with keeping the blade where I want it.
That's just what happened to me.

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