Make that tang portion on the friction folder a littler wider, drill a hole that lines up with the handle and tang then can include a pin that fits through when knife is open and give it the option to be close to a fixed blade and a friction folder
I believe Covid really effected ESEE even up until now. They're amazing and I hope they are doing okay. One of the best and most honest knife company around.
Yeah, it blew up business like all other apocalypse centered business. I still don't know anybody who died of this deadly cooties. A few car accidents and heart attacks were labeled cooties though.
Count your blessings that you didn’t personally know anyone who died from COVID. And no, the deaths were labeled accurately despite your desire to spread conspiracy theories.
I own one of the original Expat Libertarians and hands down it one off the best outdoor tool I have. Every time I see some flashy new “do everything” blade, chopper, clever, small machete, ultra light hatchet, dedicated draw knife or such and I think “I got to have it”, I remember “you’ve already got it, its in one package and its a tool I’m not afraid to use!” Glad to see it’s back. Need to check out the friction folder. Thanks for the vid.
I am having a real hard time imagining a task that a non locking folder would be a preferred tool choice, even multi tools have locking designs? Other than for legal reasons it seams to be the worst of both worlds between a locking folder and a fixed blade? I played around with a few 20$ types but found them to have more drawbacks than advantages in both carry and use. What am I missing, or is it just an aesthetics thing?
While I do have a friend who collects traditional knives - inc. these styles, they exist mostly for legal reasons. eg. in France any folding knife with a 'locking system' is considered a weapon and cannot be carried in public without a 'good reason' (which is determined by the police at the time they search you!!). Have a great day.
Ouch. This is a bit of a let down, Big reveal is a 170 dollar non-locking folder in 1095? Seems like a few steps backward to be honest. Collectors and "restricted" areas might appreciate this? Happy for Shane to get his design made but honestly 170$ for a non locking knife feels more "boutique" and less "Tool".
Esse knives are awesome I wish I could afford one. They are a knife that keeps going as long you keep going. Take care and be safe sir. See you on your next video.
Nothing better than ESEE for something you plan to abuse. My ESEE 5 is a boss at the campsite lol. I dig that Libertariat, but if its priced like the Junglas 2 that puts it over $200 according to the KC site.
They can’t even keep up with demand for their shitty 1095, even less so with their decent s35vn, no chance in hell they do anything with top of the line steels
Cruwear, 3v, and magnacut are all made by crucible and they are all roughly the same price and take the same time, equipment, and effort, which dictate the price.
Real disappointed on the price point for the new libertariat. Picked one up as a birthday gift for my buddy and he and I both fell in love with it, costed around $40 at the time. The new version doesn't at all seem like enough of an upgrade to validate a price of $120+. Not even a sheath upgrade? Come on now lol
Esee need to make a rb3 but in a bigger size between the esee 4 and 5 . They need to make a medium large scandi grind knife . Scandi grind are the best grind for the wood .
Not shown here, but the best thing they're doing is offering some knives in S35VN. The Ashley Game is an excellent skinner. Long, comfortable handle, perfect sized blade with a mild Nessmuk shape....but the 1095 can't skin and butcher a buck without needing touch ups. Happy to see that coming out in S35VN.
I find it hard to understand the appeal of a friction folder , especially in the role as a Bush craft knife. I would be interested in that folder in a locking version but as friction folder no thanks.
I see a lot of people on here commenting saying ESEE needs to “step up their game” in production. The reason ESEE doesn’t have 150 models like junk Tops knives is because they test and test and test any new product they may want to produce. I would rather have that than a company like Tops knives (who has shitty heat treats by the way) that just throws crap against a wall to see what will stick. Would you rather have a knife that was abused and tested and changed till it’s almost perfect before hitting the market or an untested knife that you buy and hate it when you get it? I choose the tested one myself. What’s the good of having a 150 models when 90% of them are crap???
I have had the complete opposite experience. While I acknowledge that tops makes a lot of stupid knives. Their heat treat has been miles better than any 1095 I’ve gotten from ESEE
I've been following Esee for many years (they are my go-to for field knives). They've almost always been like this - a few new releases at a time. I think their biggest issue is capacity. Their existing blades that have been around years still sell extremely well. As you can see in this vid they had to go to a new vendor just to get this one blade out to market. Usually a company would withdraw older products from market to create capacity for new lines - Esee just can't do this. Have a great day.
These comments are hilarious... It looks like a lot of folks just want Esee to just bypass what makes them Esee... Esee is not going to walk away from manufacturers like Rowen who they have built a trusted relationship over years of testing and product support just so they can go with a new manufacturer to make collectors and Amazon package openers happy. If they switch to a different manufacturer they would be taking the time to build the trust up with those companies and those manufacturers would need to fit in with their company ethos.
Stoked for the libertariat. Reminds me of a nata-style chopper. Wish they gave a customer facing rep retail prices so he wouldn’t have to say “I only see wholesale prices”
David. Who did you interview? I figure that he works for Esee from the context and that he’s involved with the design process, but why not say who he is and what his title is. It seemed like he was dodging questions about price and what kind of sheath he was selling with that flat chopper, so maybe he has something else to hide.
His name is Shane Adams he’s a project manager at ESEE. The reason he didn’t want to say the price is ESEE has many suppliers that have various prices so he didn’t want to say this knife is X amount of dollars and one of their vendors had it higher or lower priced.
Hey knife convention people, how about calling it The Knife Show? derrrrrr! The Shot Show, how dumb! Are you deliberately trying to confuse people to have them not get interested in knives? real smart! *eyeroll*
SHOT Show: Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show. There's a whole lot going on, but as a knife channel, we're focusing on the new knives at the show. We'll also cover Blade Show in Atlanta later this year. --Thomas
Disappointed they make great tools but they never release nothing innovative. And before you say they don't need new designs their designs work and they do but for the prices I can get a custom made fixed blade in cruwear or 10v. Esee did we really need an overpriced friction folder.
Esee is just to high priced. I don't really get the benefits of the warranty. If Any knife I've ever had has broken the last thing I want is another one. Esee and tops are both ridiculous. At least ontario has affordable new designs.
Make that tang portion on the friction folder a littler wider, drill a hole that lines up with the handle and tang then can include a pin that fits through when knife is open and give it the option to be close to a fixed blade and a friction folder
Capital idea! Like the old Blind Horse tree frog.
Always good to have you in the booth David! Thanks again for stopping by.
Still no release date for the CR.3? Same thing we heard last year lol.
I believe Covid really effected ESEE even up until now. They're amazing and I hope they are doing okay. One of the best and most honest knife company around.
I dont, I think they are being run by incompetence, everyone else recovered a year ago.
@@primeministersinister625 Not sure how they are run but they are still my #1 recommendation in a hard use fixed blade without question.
@@primeministersinister625 What? All companies including the beloved spyderco and benchmade can't keep shit in stock
Yeah, it blew up business like all other apocalypse centered business. I still don't know anybody who died of this deadly cooties. A few car accidents and heart attacks were labeled cooties though.
Count your blessings that you didn’t personally know anyone who died from COVID. And no, the deaths were labeled accurately despite your desire to spread conspiracy theories.
I own one of the original Expat Libertarians and hands down it one off the best outdoor tool I have. Every time I see some flashy new “do everything” blade, chopper, clever, small machete, ultra light hatchet, dedicated draw knife or such and I think “I got to have it”, I remember “you’ve already got it, its in one package and its a tool I’m not afraid to use!” Glad to see it’s back. Need to check out the friction folder. Thanks for the vid.
I'm very excited for the new model, I have the original as well and I love it.
I am having a real hard time imagining a task that a non locking folder would be a preferred tool choice, even multi tools have locking designs? Other than for legal reasons it seams to be the worst of both worlds between a locking folder and a fixed blade? I played around with a few 20$ types but found them to have more drawbacks than advantages in both carry and use. What am I missing, or is it just an aesthetics thing?
Shitty draconian local laws are the main reason.
While I do have a friend who collects traditional knives - inc. these styles, they exist mostly for legal reasons. eg. in France any folding knife with a 'locking system' is considered a weapon and cannot be carried in public without a 'good reason' (which is determined by the police at the time they search you!!). Have a great day.
I have too esse knives . But ESEE need to wake up and up rise up his production.
Can we see the sheath? "No"
They’re keeping the sheath in the same place as the Cr3.0
hahahah😂
Boy he was honest though, straight up said “it’s not great”
Could you add an extra hole and provide an additional handle to the Libertarian to make it convertible to an actual draw knife? Maybe as an exclusive?
Huge Esee fan. Izula in my pocket every day. love to sharpen so I love 1095 that I can get to scary sharp.
Ouch. This is a bit of a let down, Big reveal is a 170 dollar non-locking folder in 1095? Seems like a few steps backward to be honest. Collectors and "restricted" areas might appreciate this? Happy for Shane to get his design made but honestly 170$ for a non locking knife feels more "boutique" and less "Tool".
Welcome to the knife industry these days.
He wasn’t talking bs about that sheath. It works for all sorts of things. I hope they sell lots more.
Disappointed, need izula II in S35vn , need Esee 5 and 6 in 3V
Thats all esee has done since 2020
Would love that izula 2 in s35vn. I’d be on that like white on rice !
Love ESEE
Esse knives are awesome I wish I could afford one. They are a knife that keeps going as long you keep going. Take care and be safe sir. See you on your next video.
You can find them used on the secondary market for large discounts on many FB groups.
@@christianjondahl7198 how do I find the secondary market sir.
Get Ontario rat line of knives… good beaters
@@jamesbasaldua100 r/knife_swap
SMKW and the knife connection both do payments.....
Friction folders aren’t for me but I love their fixed blades
Still rocking an old beat up first post OKC year RC3 and some new ESEEs. Would love to see the old RAT logo come back some day.
That friction folder looks awesome. I can see that one being successful over here in the UK
In France too.
Some good esee!! Love these blades!
Crawdaddy forge makes a great friction folder as well.
Real good-looking knives! I can see having one in my collection!
Can they just restock the S35VN Izula?
I’ve been super excited about Esee’s product line. I’ll be purchasing the Pinhoti and looking for the fixed blade version too!!!
Good luck with that man. They only released it because it was a pet project of his, they completely ignore customer requests
I am buying those sheaths 100%
Absolutely. I love leather goods and this is such a flexible solution. Being from JRE they will be excellent quality. Have a great day.
Secret: there arent any. They are just absolutly oppossed to releasing the Cr 3.0 or AGK in s35vn huh?
I love my esee 6 with contoured handles. It's my go to edc, like it even over benchmade 119.
I love Esee and own several. Not impressed with the "new" line-up though.
Nothing better than ESEE for something you plan to abuse. My ESEE 5 is a boss at the campsite lol. I dig that Libertariat, but if its priced like the Junglas 2 that puts it over $200 according to the KC site.
i know thats what i thought. that price will kill the sales on that knife
@@jeremycrowe4693 Seems to be a trend these days
Some cpm cruwear, 3v, or magnacut, would all be awesome to see from esse
They can’t even keep up with demand for their shitty 1095, even less so with their decent s35vn, no chance in hell they do anything with top of the line steels
@@primeministersinister625 they need to dig a giant hole and call in the gnomes.
Cruwear, 3v, and magnacut are all made by crucible and they are all roughly the same price and take the same time, equipment, and effort, which dictate the price.
Real disappointed on the price point for the new libertariat. Picked one up as a birthday gift for my buddy and he and I both fell in love with it, costed around $40 at the time. The new version doesn't at all seem like enough of an upgrade to validate a price of $120+. Not even a sheath upgrade? Come on now lol
I paid like 40 for mine and quadrupled the price... with the same crappy sheath.
But American made…..
love seeing the broken blades in the background, thats like a weird but cool place of honor to beat your esee til it breaks
Friction folder is another word for "I am too lazy to build real lock into it". Friction folders are obsolete today.
More folding scandi's PLEASE!
Is it an esee 3 in magnacut? Just make me one, already
Esee need to make a rb3 but in a bigger size between the esee 4 and 5 . They need to make a medium large scandi grind knife . Scandi grind are the best grind for the wood .
Sorry esse, if I'm paying over $75 for a fixed blade, I want a functional sheath.
ESSE TOPPS BOB bushcraft? I’ve been leaning to topps. Opinions are needed please
Tops has a better heat treat. But if I were you, I would look into a Bradford four or five, they have miles better steals
Wow, that’s an awesome cleaver/chopper! Bet even Big Mike could shave with that one.
Not shown here, but the best thing they're doing is offering some knives in S35VN. The Ashley Game is an excellent skinner. Long, comfortable handle, perfect sized blade with a mild Nessmuk shape....but the 1095 can't skin and butcher a buck without needing touch ups. Happy to see that coming out in S35VN.
We love ESSE.!
I find it hard to understand the appeal of a friction folder , especially in the role as a Bush craft knife. I would be interested in that folder in a locking version but as friction folder no thanks.
I am liking the new designs.
That friction folder in the sheath looks like a punctured love handle waiting to happen😂
Dobbs is a solid dude.
His name?
Joe X // I hope will test them 😅
ESEE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE SKULL LOGO FOR ALL THEIR PRODUCTS
Esse make great products
Uuhm CR 3.0 maybe? No? Not even two years after announcement?
The Junglas 2 is rocking a price tag around $220, not $120. Nice sugar coating the pain of loving great knives.
$189 at knife center.
Let's gooooo with that sheath!
That chopper is killer, I bought five of them
Good people making good knives. The JG5 is my favorite fixed blade.
Where are the AGH and CR 3.0 again?
I see a lot of people on here commenting saying ESEE needs to “step up their game” in production. The reason ESEE doesn’t have 150 models like junk Tops knives is because they test and test and test any new product they may want to produce. I would rather have that than a company like Tops knives (who has shitty heat treats by the way) that just throws crap against a wall to see what will stick. Would you rather have a knife that was abused and tested and changed till it’s almost perfect before hitting the market or an untested knife that you buy and hate it when you get it? I choose the tested one myself. What’s the good of having a 150 models when 90% of them are crap???
I have had the complete opposite experience. While I acknowledge that tops makes a lot of stupid knives. Their heat treat has been miles better than any 1095 I’ve gotten from ESEE
So you are saying, a non locking folder is the distilled essence of hard use knife design, for the small sum of 170$ ? interesting.
@@primeministersinister625 I’ve never had an issue with ESEE.
Tops has a better heat treat than Esee.
@@MovieGuy666 😂😂😂 yeah ok
The cr3.0 blue balls continues
I really like the looks of that folder with the brass pin!
Those friction folders are really cool
I'd rather see the CR30 and Ashley Game Knife S35.
I have a 6 and a 4 not much new to look forward to
Did I hear 3.0? As CR 3.0? Let’s goooo!
I absolutely would buy the Pinhoti friction folder with the neck sheath. You should tell ESEE to offer the option to choose that sheath.
Why not have Dobbs make the knives you promised before 2020?
Ah, another year where they’re not doing much… lets hope that changes, some day.
I've been following Esee for many years (they are my go-to for field knives). They've almost always been like this - a few new releases at a time. I think their biggest issue is capacity. Their existing blades that have been around years still sell extremely well. As you can see in this vid they had to go to a new vendor just to get this one blade out to market. Usually a company would withdraw older products from market to create capacity for new lines - Esee just can't do this. Have a great day.
love Esee knives, but I'm honestly disappointed in their 2023 offerings. would have been nice to see some more variety.
So would we!
so happy to see another production friction folder out there
These comments are hilarious... It looks like a lot of folks just want Esee to just bypass what makes them Esee... Esee is not going to walk away from manufacturers like Rowen who they have built a trusted relationship over years of testing and product support just so they can go with a new manufacturer to make collectors and Amazon package openers happy.
If they switch to a different manufacturer they would be taking the time to build the trust up with those companies and those manufacturers would need to fit in with their company ethos.
Ba...ba...BA....BINGO!!
Stoked for the libertariat. Reminds me of a nata-style chopper. Wish they gave a customer facing rep retail prices so he wouldn’t have to say “I only see wholesale prices”
Imagine the point of a knife with no point
Make a Libertariat blade profile version like that of the CRKT Razel, would sell like hotcakes. 🔥
Uggh. Was really expecting more from Esee for 2023. Shit even Ontario stepped their game up. What the hell. Definitely disappointed
Heck, the libertarian looks like you can flip pancakes too. I just wish it was a bit less money
damn the libertariat went from 40 dollars to over 100 ... that's absurd.
David. Who did you interview? I figure that he works for Esee from the context and that he’s involved with the design process, but why not say who he is and what his title is. It seemed like he was dodging questions about price and what kind of sheath he was selling with that flat chopper, so maybe he has something else to hide.
His name is Shane Adams he’s a project manager at ESEE. The reason he didn’t want to say the price is ESEE has many suppliers that have various prices so he didn’t want to say this knife is X amount of dollars and one of their vendors had it higher or lower priced.
I have a libertariat it's not to bad.
Hey knife convention people, how about calling it The Knife Show? derrrrrr! The Shot Show, how dumb! Are you deliberately trying to confuse people to have them not get interested in knives? real smart! *eyeroll*
SHOT Show: Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show. There's a whole lot going on, but as a knife channel, we're focusing on the new knives at the show. We'll also cover Blade Show in Atlanta later this year. --Thomas
I hope the pinhoti sells as well as my diarrhea on a summer day
Not very impressive video. I have many ESEE knives but Tops is pulling away with marketing.
Disappointed they make great tools but they never release nothing innovative. And before you say they don't need new designs their designs work and they do but for the prices I can get a custom made fixed blade in cruwear or 10v. Esee did we really need an overpriced friction folder.
You can get a custom knife made out of 3v or cruwear for $100-$150? I find that hard to believe.
100% agree. They seem to have become an outdoor company that now makes knifes on the side.
@@boscokid9524 that is exactly what they are, and they've always said so.
Yuk
Esee is just to high priced. I don't really get the benefits of the warranty. If Any knife I've ever had has broken the last thing I want is another one.
Esee and tops are both ridiculous.
At least ontario has affordable new designs.
you can break any knife from any company.
Painful soundtrack
Aha I recommended a libertriat with removable micarta scales 👌
It’s a piece of 1095…so what! And for $230 no f-ing way. Rip off
I have too esse knives . But ESEE need to wake up and up rise up his production.