Esee Izula Knife Review. A cute capable fixed blade classic.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- The Esee Izula is a classic compact fixed blade, that can be worn as a neck knife, or on a holster. At 2 Ounces, and a 2.5 inch cutting edge it's a great size for your Bug Out Bag. Whatever the hell that is. This review covers the ergonomics, shows some light use, and features dad jokes.
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Correction: The overall length reported in the video is wrong. I meant 6.25 inches or 15.87 cm overall
That’s a great little knife.. I’ve owned one for years.. works great for fishing.. little duties etc. great review as always mark
Thanks man!
Just ordered one, been a folder dude for years, decided to try a small fixed blade. Can't wait til it arrives!
The (never before seen on TH-cam?) sheath fling at 3:50 was a total advanced knife bro move.... Well done. Still earning the likes....
It was After Effects!
Advanced Knife Bro Don't ruin the magic.... I'm actually going to just choose to unhear that and just continue to believe that your sheath flinging skills are the best on the internet.
I wear this blade everyday with a modified belt clip horizontally on my belt everyday, it is slick and out of sight and easy to access. I love it .
Im a couple of years late but I bought one of these about 7 years ago and have used it for exactly nothing. Love your channel
It seems a little thick for such a small knife. That's really my only complaint about it. I feel like the sharpened pry bar survival knife era needs to come to a close.
Glad I ran back across you on this one. Love your reviews and humor. Keep ballin. Liked and subscribed.
Great review and editing was nice, clean, and simple. Very watchable and informative. Thanks.
Nice review, I have one and really appreciated your comments and style. Thanks.
Had mine for close to a decade now. I'll sing the Izula's praises to my grave. Best production knife in the size range anyone can buy IMO.
Glad you reviewed this little guy. I've always wondered about it, and now I know: just too small in the handle for me. Science!
+marshalllaw123 knife science... like real science- but not!
I love your sense of humor.
This is the way all reviews should be haha. Subbed!
You had me at Essee 😍
Horizontal carry is a good option on the love handle, or beer keg in my case issues.
Neck carry is so 2011 😁
+Ben Galvin yeah I guess... I’ve seen dudes do the horizontal but I don’t know if it’s for me
I don’t wear my knives around my neck like a savage, or a TH-cam survivalist 😂😂
Me neither!
Sissies, my EDC is a Bark River CPM 154 Bushbat VIA neck carry :)
BOOSTEDLASER actually I carry a bk7 via neck carry
Yeah, that was awesome. Love it that I'm a savage.......I like this dude's videos.
Mark Ruiz yeah he’s funny as fuck lol
So I use the Eldris EDC. I thought I would hate it until I started using it. It’s an awesome little knife. I would love to see a video on it. And get your thoughts.
Strip the finish off the blade then force a patina on it! It really makes it great. I left the coating on the handle, then paracord wrapped it.
+ssbrosking36 I might attempt that. Should look cool
Well done review as always. Do you know about the new Emisar D3, D1 and D1S lights? Emisar is the new sister brand of Noctigon. Would love to see reviews and your opinion on these....
I do know about them... and I would have loved to review them but I had too many other ones to finish up at the time. They look awesome too.
Can we get a review for Izula part II? Thanks for your consideration
Great vid! Do the Micarta handles keep the tang waterproof?
Can't you rotate the sheath to be horizontal and parallel to the belt so its not protruding into your love handles?
Yeah you can, if you leave one screw out. Forgot to mention- oops! I never cared much for a horizontal pull- but I don't like neck lanyards either. I prefer the pocket carry.
Mora Companion with the sheath clipped to the front jeans pocket is great if you want a medium sized fixed blade without the love handle poking or a massive pig sticker slapping your thigh. Can even reach inside your pocket with hardly any knife-pocket capacity interference. Moras and Rat 2's are knives that I keep buying duplicates of so I can give them away and/or have backups!
I need something smaller than this but bigger than than the crkt survival tin knife.. I want a strong light skelitonized neck knife anyone got any recommendations?
the german survivalists say "feddah stick"
Ha! I prefer coleman camp stove fuel!
I like your leatherman carabiner. Nice knife a bit small handle for me. Looking forward to the Junglas II infomercial. It will be my first ESEE as soon as it's not more expensive than the bigger version
+shadowdance4666 I think I got that with a wingman... it’s usually clipped to my hiking pack. Hopefully next week!
Well buddy I think ya did a damn good review, and have a nice camera lol
Can't wait for the Junglas II review 😉
Hopefully next week!
Man, the handle is so short. I was excited about the loop until I realized that. What good is a loop if the blade falls on your pinky if you try to flip?! lol
I have one, it's a good little knife. Much better with the handle scales.
I agree... I don't much like the full naked variety!
Omg the tallness closed joke made me cackle so loud I'm sure I woke up the neighbors
ITS HEIGHT. JUST SAY HEIGHT.
The word "height" just isn't very advanced. We're advanced around these parts.
Great video...
Alas -- if it were a folder, that hole would be a great cigar cutter. But let's not dwell on what might have been. The real question is who would win in a battle between the Izula ant and that Spyderco tick thing.
Good review and it's a great fixed blade to edc
Not to shabby!
Cute fixed blade. I think the scales would be better if they covered that hole. The hole doesn't seem to be very useful anyways.
Ride Alongside All holes are meant to be plugged.
James Min
No need to be nasty about it! I said covered, not plugged! Haha. Just think the grip would fit the hand better if it had the full scale.
+Ride Alongside all holes!
You dont get a neckknife because you want useful, its all about the cool. I should add that like James and ADK, I too am a fan of hole plugging.
You want the izula 2.
Sheath flicking makes it better
Can you reorient the clip to be carried horizontally on the waist?
Yes, I wear my Izula horizontally.
Just bought an Izula 2. Always appreciate the grounded reviews you provide. Yes, I know it's not the same knife you review here, but isn't that internet survivalists do? .....impulse buy stuff after watching a youtube video........hence the term "influencer".........and you are a bad one my friend.......or is that good? Either way......I don't actually have the knife yet as I just ordered it from Blade HQ ten minutes ago, but I already know it's amazing because your dry english wit told me so. I freakin love this knife.........oh wait......I didn't actually finish the checkout process. Ok there, I own one now. Anyway, nice review.......I bought a T-Shirt from you too. Wait......this video is 5 years old? That's ok.....when I get my knife I'll sharpen it with my Wicked Edge Pro 3 and it will be so sharp it will slice through time back to 2017 and tell my other self to buy this knife sooner.......wait how did this Izula get in my pocket?
I follow you on IG now. Great video!
"Wearing to church".😁 Fantastic.
Can anyone tell me when girth is a bad thing
When you’re in prison and are someone’s b*tch
How do you get the toddler to nap?
Wait for it to pass out.
It's a good little knife. Take a chainsaw file to the Jimping that way it will be Ferro Rod friendly. Junglas you mean.
Nice review, I have wanted an izula or an izula 2 for quite some time, just have never managed to justify it.
+Shelley Raskin good solid knives and flexible in how you can carry them
The edge of mine rolls everytime I put it into its sheath. There is way too much play for the blade and the contact area with the cutting edge is 90° and doesn't flare around it like it is the case with individually fitted kydex. I personally can recommend this knife for a few reasons: It is very lightweight for the toughness and makes a good survival kit knife, you have plenty of options for the handle including numerous types of cord wraps (if you think about getting it just for cord wrapping I'd say go for it) and when the excellent warranty is considered the value is kind of there. Though I think you have to buy an aftermarket sheath or make one by yourself if sharpness is a concern (which it should... I mean it's a knife). Oh and I wish ESEE would have gone to a higher hardness on this tiny knife... 1095 at 58 to 60 HRC is still plenty tough for this size and would have helped with edge retention and probably decreased the rolling of the edge in the factory sheath.
+Mopar HEMI yeah... a ton of mounting options. Mine however does not edge roll in the sheath... I’ve used it a bit since he sent it to me... and while it hasn’t been razor sharp- it has maintained a good working edge the whole time. I plan on sharpening it soon, but it’s been fine for my mostly light use.
This issue could have been enforced by my pocket carry for a few days because there is way more force applied to the blade and sheath package than there would be if I'd just carry it on my belt in some random configuration. Still a huge problem for me because I am one of those obnoxious Edge Pro guys with mirror polishes and hair whittling edges which obviously leads to aggression and an abandoned knife.
I see the Izula coming in handy when the primary blade is too fragile or expensive to do the dirty work like light prying. For the time you don't need it it waits in the backpack or so. At least in theory.
+Mopar HEMI yeah I’m not an edge pro guy... I just run it across my fingers until I reach the unscientific “good enough” metric. It’s a good backup knife- and it will live in the car camping kit along with the eldris.
This kind of humor is why I like this channel. Thanks for those hilarious videos!
Seems to be a good place for these little guys.
Cool Vid!
I am waiting for the 440c rescue IZULA.
Oh yeah? Looks cool!
Still love esee
👍🏼 I only wish that your videos were longer
+Bladecollector 7 thanks dude!
Cheers Mate!
"Twirl it around when you're drunk"! lol
You got the dimensions wrong. Izula 1 is 6.25 inches. Izula 2 is 6.75 inches.
Ok I added a correction in the description. Thanks.
I laughed way too hard at the clip being flicked off.
+Keen Beams pew!
I have an Aunt..... and an Uncle like that!
+glockensig we must have the same uncle!
at 1.12 she told me the grip area was important :)
You forgot to review the grenade launcher it comes with.
i got the fake one to sharpen my sharpening skill.
sharpception
+Daffa Wiratama for a second I thought you said sharkception... I would watch that movie
me too
Hmm, a shark inside a shark inside a shark. Like a terrifying ocean turducken.
Instructions unclear. Sent toddler out to play with knives while I took a nap. Now they're in jail.
Should I bail them out or let them learn some good hard life lessons?
+Fitz Mouse toddlers are in jail? That’s an early life lesson!
Just stubbed on to your channel today 01 2019 , and yep you’ll get a sub from me.
I've had my Izula for years and I love it. I put the micarta handles on later and they're way more comfortable than a paracord wrap. The Izula 2 is dumb and an abomination. Mine came with a Tek Lock so I can rock it horizontal when I'm upside down HALO fast roping out of HH-60 Blackhawk on my way to the grocery store.
+SailfishSoundSystem finally someone who knows some mission impossible shit around here!
I don’t get why they have a big belly on the Izula. It’s not a skinning knife.
"...and since it's _tiny_ the girth _really helps..."_
Shaq and those pesky beerdrinkin ants, are clearly up to something !!
nice moves!!!
I just gave you a follow on IG! haha!
+Brian Obenza thanks dude!
Tallness closed... good one.
Gotcha!
I wear mine TO church with my belt through it on the back cant hardly feel that it's there under my dress shirt
I bought an exact replica from ebay
I still can't figure why this knife is so expensive though... like damn, its about half the cost of a esee 5!? $60-$70 just sounds ridiculous for what you get. Yeah it's an awesome knife, but how can it be this much?
Maybe I'm just maladjusted because I've been obsessing over Ontario Sp50s and the like lately
I like my Izula, but my hands are less manly and tactical than yours!
Thanks for the entertainment while I have nothing else to do (actually I have plenty to do, I'm just trying to ignoe the fact).
I have all kinds of stuff to do too!
LOL TH-cam survivalist
mehhh, but sick sheath fling
It pops out! I figure they all do that.
OMG no batoning????? Its not a knife if it can't baton!!!!
The air is my baton.
You're 1/2" too long on the overall. But good review otherwise.
Baton IT !!!!!
+Seth Brakke baton baton baton
The bk 14 and 25 are better !
0/10. No batoning.
With a 2.5 inch blade????
Advanced Knife Bro not with that attitude
too bad the steel is SHIT