ESEE Knife Handles and Custom Sheaths 

Nice sheathwork, boss. Thoughts on those TKC ESEE 4 handles? I like the idea of the length, but that “beak” at the pommel looks like it could be uncomfortable in some situations.

Have always been fixed blade guy. Going to get a sheath soon!

Only fixed blade addict here. Not much of a fan for folders. Love having channels that show more fixed blades. Thanks for the update video sir.

Watches a couple of your videos by now. Incredible production quality! Great camera and sound

Thumb looks good. Glad it wasn’t any worse. Love the sleek look of the fold over sheath.

I just recently found your channel and I dig the sheath work I've seen as well as the love for Esee. I'm a big fan of them as well. I've agreed with a lot of the stuff you've said in your videos I've seen so far but I would absolutely disagree with your statement that ball bearings, washers, locks and super-steels in folders are gimmicks. If you have been in the knife world for a long time, you damn well know that all of the above mentioned can make a big difference in a folder. Maybe you used the wrong word here so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Below is my simple take on what you've mentioned. Ball bearings/washers - Having a nylon washer on your knife vs a brass washer or even better, a well designed ball bearing system makes a huge difference in how smooth the knife opens/closes. Anyone who has continuously taken apart and put together folders would know this. Locks - Locks are a preference but some are easier to manipulate and are more durable than others. Back in the day I used to be a huge fan of frame locks over liners because of how beefy they are but after years of carrying and fidgeting with folders, I fell in love with the Spyderco PM2 compression lock over liners/frame locks which were a dream to play with over any other lock in the market at that time, then we got some axis locks and button locks which were amazing as well. Both of these IMO are superior to frame and liner locks because of the ease of opening/closing. Not that I shy away from liner/frame locks or even back locks because I I still own many and like them. Although "outdated", back locks still serve a purpose as well especially in large and heavy folding knives. I think they're way more secure than what I've mentioned so far and that's what you want in a large folder. Super steels - S30V has been a standard in "high end" folders for a very long time and I still have plenty of S30V steels which I love. Trying out the many steels as I have in the past, I've found that some suit me better and I prefer them more than others depending on the task. Edge retention, ease of sharpening and toughness play a significant role in folders. For example between S30V, S110V, and S90V I've found that the S90V is the happy medium and works the best. It sharpens as easy as S30V, it's tough like S110V and the edge retention is superior to both S30V and S110V. S30V is softer and S110V is hard and brittle. I've chipped S110V blades easily and fixing it is a pain. I must underline that the heat treatment of anything you ever carry plays a crucial role no matter what steel it may be. I'm a traditionalist when it comes to fixed blades. A high carbon steel is the way to go, be it in the kitchen or out in the field. I'd rather have a high carbon steel fixie vs a 3V, S30V, Magnacut or any other stainless steel. I hope you take the time to look and experience these in the future so you can truly appreciate the many "gimmicks" as you've mentioned.

Well done! Thank you for the information. I'll be buying a few things from you really shortly.

My dream knife the esee six

Looks like great work.

You feeling better yet? I picked up a Condor Wastelander recently and it has one of the better production kydex sheaths I've come across. It's a "spine sheath" (as they call it) which is a pancake style with most of the spine side left open. It works amazingly well and I wonder if the approach could be applied to the larger esee knives such as the 6. Love the colors used in your sheaths!

Hope you feel better soon! As for the jimping, I've seen other guys use two pieces of blue painters tape over that part and mold it then. When it comes to the contoured scales, esee's are a tad thinner and they are more comfortable for me also. The sheath I have from you already for the 4 has the silver eyelets and a couple were cracked a little but they go really well with that sheath, so I'm not concerned at all. The split in that part is normal also. Unless you want to make a locking screw there, I wouldn't worry about it. Yeah I have the extended scales, and love them. I modded them so paracord has a place to go instead of sticking out so much. But I have to mod everything lol. Thank you for ordering those washers, I thought you already had them in stock otherwise I would've skipped them or chose black. Question though, have you already molded the kydex for it? If not I'd like to switch it up, put black on the left and green on the inside. If you have, then don't worry about it. Maybe you guys can help me with ideas for theme for the black and green. Ok this is long enough. Didn't mean to write another book.. Lol.

Love your content g

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Great videos! Post the address to your website.

I hate pancake sheaths… so much unnecessary size