For my first ESSE review? for the ESSE-6HM, the newest revision of the Youtube Bushcraft
favorite heavy outdoor survival TACTical KNIFE OR WHATEVER, I decided to travel deep into
the bush and practice some real survival skills which consist of my beating on wood, carving
thin strips, making sparks close to my face, and wait for the hey how long are you going
to be out there?. what are you doing?
Now you know and I know that Esse knives arent probably the lightest- I mean I?m not saying
theyre Schrades, but theyre not for the gram counters. So lets hit up those dimensions
and see what I mean. Like this part the overall length and weight with and without the all
leather sheath. I guess some people call 10 ounces light. The blade length the cutting
edge. Handle size and grip area? then the handle thickness and spine thickness.
The ESSE-6HM is a revision of the popular, I think it?s popular- ESEE hasn?t shared sales
figures with me at the time of this review. ESSEE 6 series of knife. For this edition
they changed the handle shape, and modified the blade so it?s a bit more friendly for
Bush people. Let?s start with the blade? and you?ll have to bear with me because I do not
own the other ESEE 6. The original ESEE 6 had a longer blade with a choil, but a shorter
cutting edge. This one extends the cutting edge by a bit and removes the choil. Now I?m
not a fan of choils personally, but I don?t know if removing the choil helps necessarily
with this knife since there is no finger guard for cutting. the choil is gone? but it still
has a drop point flat grind blade, coated in a textured black powdered coat? which is
thicker than say the Teflon esque coat on the Schrade SCHF 51 and 52 series. Now is
it the knife or the knife bro (youre like bro)? because the ESEE-CM6 has the coil gone
but still has finger guards. So it probably comes down to how I need to buy a knife for
how I hold it. When I am making feather sticks for the purpose of this video and not real
survival my pointer finger rests close to the blade, and it creates a hot spot for me.
The handle. The handle is nice and bulbous. It?s comfortable, and there aint no jimping
no where neither. Sorry I felt the need for a triple negative. Or maybe it was quadruple-
English and math were never my strong suits. And some guy is like don?t forget jokes! So
the handle has nice micarta handles on either side. Much like that DPx Hest review I did
that no one watched on Halloween ? I think Rowan makes the knives for both Esee and DPx?
the knives look like they both could be made by the same company except that knife hard
jimping and weird edges everywhere. But this knife is minimal ist? the only real sharp
edge is the blade, and the knife requires all grip and friction generated by you. And
most of us have been practicing since our teens. I?m gonna make sure I earn that thumbs
down this time. But yeah? the balance is a tad handle heavy.. probably due to the handle
not being skeletonized underneath? two things I appreciated on the Benchmade Nimravus and
Spyderco Temperance 2, although overall those are smaller blades. This still isnt quite
as heavy as the schrades 51 and 52 which are over 15 ounces at their lightest. I guess
weights relative and I can?t tell you whats too big.
The sheath. The sheath is a throwback to the days of leather. Sure it has the logo emblazoned
on it? like the billboard on the blade, but its contructed out of heavy duty thick leather,
and much like the knife itself this is made in the USA. The knife fits down deep indie
of it, although there is no mechanism other than tightness or friction keeping the knife
in the sheath? and since mine isn?t fully broken in yet, we?ll have to see how I like
it over time.
Ok? so I have no problems showing my failures on this channel? but basically let?s pretend
we?re surviving in the backyard, and beat on some wood and not start a fire. That?s
right batoning. In my Spyder Monkey video? the one where I fight a primate to it?s death-
seriously go watch it? there was no batoning, and since subscriber alxra brought it up-
it?s all his fault. Plus marshallaw is still trying to get me to baton with a flashlight?
and this will have to hold him over. But yeah? it?s a big blade, so this equally ridicuolus
sized piece of lawn garbage will have to work. Even though it?s kind of rotten there?s still
a lot of knots in it?
Cool? then afterwards I?ll make some feather sticks? unfortunately my ferro rod is a bit
used so I wasn?t able to get any real good sparks or shavings from it? I have another
one I need to find. Now the esse has a coated blade so ferro rod striking is going to peel
it off. I don?t know why you?d buy this knife to not beat the crap out of it though? but
it strikes better with the coating removed.
I?ll talk a bit longer as we wrap it up. Having spent a few weeks with this knife and getting
to know it, I?d probably prefer the Esee CM6, but this was newer and I buy new stuff to
get the clicks? as long as we?re being honest. I actually like this knife quite a bit, but
I find my finger gets a bit to close to the blade while I?m making feather sticks? and
caused a tiny cut after working with the wood for about half an hour in the back yard. Maybe
if you don?t work your wood this long you may not injure yourself. If you like light
bushcraft knives you?ll want something a tad smaller and maybe with a skeletonized handle?
The edge stayed sharp for the two or three week?s I?ve had it, and it should be find
for a while longer before sharpening. I experienced no chipping or edge rolling of the blade steel
despite trying to shave off some of the ferro rod covertly, so people wouldn?t tell me?
YOU STRIKE IT WITH THE SPINE IDIOT. I HOPE YOU DIE ALONE IN A DITCH. If you like this
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