Take it ESEE

Talk to someone who has even a modest interest in knives and they will in all likelihood have at least heard about the ESEE brand.

Though primarily marketed as survival and bushcraft blades, an increasing number of hunters also use them. After seeing their products at an expo years ago, I reckoned they were adequate, but did not do much for me at first sight.

Fast forward a couple of years and I bought an ESEE-3 at a garage sale. I did not use it a great deal and ended up swapping it for the knife in this review - the ESEE-4 Serrated with an orange handle and olive-green coating.

By now, the knife has been in my collection for more than three years and I have taken it out on a number of hunts and camping trips. On all occasions, it has been be a good knife that was up to whatever was thrown at it.

A couple of my buddies