ESEEIzula Fixed Blade Knife w/Molded Polymer Sheath and Clip Plate

Very nice knife for EDC I’m very happy with it. Blade is thick and sharp what else could you ask for? The handle fits your hand perfectly. Only complaint I have is with the sheath that it comes with. The sheath is a insanely tight fit it’s very difficult to get the knife out of the sheath I will be buying a better one from a different manufacturer but the thought is there and the quality is good it’s just insanely tight. Highly recommend to use blue loctite in the screws. I also bought the micarta handle for the knife and it’s super comfortable and grippy. Only complaint I have with the handle is it doesn’t come with an Allen wrench or bit to mount it. Thankfully I had an extra bit to get it nice and tight. Overall an amazing value I’d buy it again. Probably will once this one gets enough use but I don’t see this knife every having to be replaced it’s solid

With a set of TKC scales and a kydex sheath I got on Etsy, this knife is wicked. That basically doubles the price but I wanted this knife to be the best it could be. There are perfectly good, less expensive scales made by Esee available here on Amazon, and the factory sheath works fine but is not nearly as nice as the knife. I see Chinese knives for $25-30 that come with kydex sheaths and I wish companies like Esee and Cold Steel would follow suit. I prefer stainless for small edc type blades like this, and if the Izula 2 was available in s35v I would have gotten it for the extra 1/2” of real estate on the handle, but this knife is still strong and ergonomically excellent, and with the new scales and sheath, beautiful to look at.

In my honest opinion, ESEE probably makes the best knives of any knife manufacturer in the world today. I am absolutely amazed at the quality of their products, and quality is a hard thing to come by these days in America or anywhere else for that matter.Interestingly, ESEE touts their 1095 carbon steel knives as the pinnacle of their survival knife catalog, and there is no doubt that my ESEE 5 and 6 have lived up to that billing. However, with that being said, ESEE's stainless steel knives in S35VN steel deserve a lot more credit than even ESEE itself gives them. I now have an ESEE 3, 4 and the Izula in S35VN, and once again, I am amazed at the quality of ESEE knives. They do an outstanding job on their stainless steel blades. I just wish they would offer more knives in stainless steel. I would buy their entire line in S35VN steel, and I wish they would make more folder knives, so if ESEE is reading this, you guys have a big fan right here, and I think you're not giving your stainless steel knives enough credit. I have found them to be extremely sharp right out of the box (probably the sharpest factory edges I've ever seen), even grind, perfect edge, and just extremely well made and more than capable of standing on its own merit in terms of survival knife applications.In fact, while the 1095 steel knives may have some advantages, I've found that the stainless steel ESEE knives offer more versatility, less maintenance and excel at more tasks around the campfire than even ESEE's 1095 line. Of course, I live on the coast in a very moist environment, so your mileage may vary. Still, even with that said, there is no denying the quality, utility and functionality of ESEE stainless steel knives in survival, camping and hunting applications.

There seem to be a lot of reviews warning about "fake ESEE's", but mine (sold through Tacitcal Intent in April 2016) I believe to be real.ESEE products I currently own:ESEE CandiruESEE IzulaESEE Izula IIESEE 3MIL-PESEE 6POf the Candiru, Izula, and Izula II, the Izula is my favorite (the ESEE 3 is in a different category). The Candiru is hard to pull out of its sheath (even in warm weather), and is too small for my liking. The Izula II has a larger ring on the end than the Izula, and I find that my pinky finger slips into it and kind of gets caught. I wear men's "Large" gloves.At first I thought the Izula would be hard to hold on to because of the narrow handle and paracord wrap, but it's not hard to hold onto at all. One of my favorite things about the Izula (and the II) is that the knife won't freeze in the sheath. I always take new knives and throw them in the freezer with the stock sheath to see how they do, because where I live we have lots of freezing weather. The Izula can be pulled out of the stock sheath even when frozen! Not to say that the knife is loose in the sheath though, because it isn't, just something about the design allows it to not freeze.My only complaint with the Izula is that paracord wraps always kind of slide around a little, but I believe that's something you'll face with anything that is cord wrapped. It's really not a problem at all though; perhaps I just need to try wrapping it tighter. There are a couple of different ways you can wrap an Izula, I recommend looking up instructional videos on YouTube because the better ways aren't necessarily intuitive.I made a "ranger band" out of a bicycle tire (a little less than 2" I believe) and have attached a Firesteel.com striker, ferro rod, and magnesium rod to the sheath. So I basically turned it into a mini-survival kit (cutting tool, combustion, and cordage) that easily slides into a backpack or pocket. It fits very well in the side pocket on a pair of carpenter jeans. I plan on buying more Izulas and making these little kits for family and friends.Oh yeah, and BE CAREFUL YOU DON'T CUT YOURSELF WHEN WRAPPING THE HANDLE OR MESSING WITH THE SHEATH. It's easy to zone out or get carried away when tugging on the paracord or pulling a ranger band on, and next thing you know you might cut or gut yourself (learned that the hard way).Great product, I'll be buying more of them.