Esee RB3 opinions please

[moley1508]

hi all,

i am very tempted by this knife for its ergonomics and would welcome any comments from owners of the same.

there is concern around the grind from Esee and they issue a warning but i am assuming they refer to the scandi in its own generic right not their steel.

i carry an axe so batton only to produce very small kindling so would minimise the risk of rolling the edge anyway.

how does the steel hold up to corrosion, did you force a patina to help?

many thanks in advance for your time and comments.

Moley

 

[bowji john]

Can't help with the RB3

However I have several other Esee knives

They are good quality medium priced knife with a lifetime guarantee

both the 6 and the azulu have served me well for the last 5 years

 

[sunndog]

What is the warning about the grind?....never heard of that before

Op. I'v never owned an Esse but they are very well thought of. The americans absolutely love em by all accounts

 

[moley1508]

check out youtube, edge rolls . they issue a warning about battening also with each knife, which is fair enough but this doesn't get mentioned with any other model.


i have an Izula 2, no problems and like said, all other models are well regarded.

 

[Hawkeye]

I had two and the edges on both chipped while carving a tri stick .

 

[Shelley]

ESEE will look after you if something does go wrong, but I too have heard that the scandi grind on this model is having problems, why not get a custom maker to make something out of O1 instead?

 

[moley1508]

thanks for the input, concerns seem valid so I will give this model a miss