Big changes coming to ESEE Knives

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  1. Jacob Peterson

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    Ok... this thread is hard to take all at once...

    But...


    Contoured scales... YES! YESYESYESYESYEEEESSSSSSSS!!!
    YES!

    Stainless- i have a sneaking suspicion that many of the normal (ai not us freaks here) people who ask for it dont actually want to pay for it. Im cool either way.

    American Esee folder- YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


    As for previous comments on the choil- can it be enlarged? I mean, if we are going to have a choil like on the 3 and 4 it should be big enough to e comfortably used. I love choils, and the only people who "lose usable blade length" are the people who refuse for some reason to use the choil- but i would wager they probably dont use that section of blade much anyways.

    This thread has be beyond stoked!
     
    Jacob Peterson, Dec 4, 2019
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  2. shaneadams90

    shaneadams90 ESEE Knives Marketing Director Staff Member

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    Personally,
    I'd love to see the CR2.5 in a premium steel AND the AGK and PR4!
     
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    I would love to see new scales for the PR4...
     
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    I like the look of the scales, but I think I would like them better without the ridges. I guess they could be sanded though. Who knows, I may like the texture once I have had a chance to try them.

    Premium steals could be cool depending on cost and performance.

    I just looked at the pics again and it looks like maybe just the G10 is ribbed for pleasure. If so I wouldn't have to worry about it because I would rather have the micarta anyway.
     
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    scales get my first vote.
    and a PR4 with a thicker than current stock contoured micarta would be grand.

    p.s. -- @Flex yes, you need a 3HM -- it's THAT much more comfy in hand and the lack of guard has not been an issue for me.
     
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  7. shaneadams90

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    We will be taking dealer orders at SHOT Show and delivery should be very soon after based on what we are hearing from Rowen.
     
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    Thanks Shane. I've got my eye on the 3 in S35VN which apparently won't come from Rowen.
     
    Eric Kendrick, Dec 4, 2019
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    From what I understand of the conversation so far, Rowen is still doing most of the work involved; it's just the heat treatment that's being farmed out due to the additional equipment requirements of the material.
     
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    Rowen is doing ALL the work on the S35 knives EXCEPT the heat treat as it requires a different type of oven.
     
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    Gotcha... Makes sense. Thanks for the info.
     
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    be still my beating heart!
     
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    Heck yeah!
     
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    That'd be an expensive knife. S35V is way too much per pound when compared to other steels.
     
    Jeff Randall, Dec 5, 2019
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    It's the steel choice. There have been numerous options for aftermarket contoured scales for years. But we've never been able to get ESEE designs in a high performance steel before.
     
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    Baah humbug :)
     
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    Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about not having to worry about the extra purchase of aftermarket scales. But Shane asked what the most exciting addition was, and for me that's definitely the steel choice.
     
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    There have been a lot of folks excited about 335V. Don't know the final cost yet but I just cannot justify it in an ugly old ESEE knife. Maybe we'll finally get Andy to buy an ESEE with this new Infi coming out
     
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    ESEE knives are beautifully utilitarian. They don't need instructions, they just work. But I've honestly never been impressed with the performance of 1095. It's like having your favorite hammer, but it needs to have the head resurfaced every day. I'd rather it just last a little longer.
     
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