The esee is definitely a better all round knife with warranty usability and shape my guy
Frost273
What do you plan to do with it? If it’s mainly for chopping and splitting wood go for the kbar, imo that’s not what a knife should be mainly used for. Another thing to mention about the kbar prybar is that it’s partially serrated at near the base and has that hook for cutting rope at the end, so batoning won’t be favourable with it. Making feather sticks is by my guess (I don’t own any chisel grind knives) also harder and not only by the fact it has a serrated part at the base which you usually use for this task.
If you plan to use it for other stuff like carving, especially finer carving, food prep and so on I’d suggest the esee. Or if you want a generalist knife maybe take a look at some other knives like joker knives if you haven’t already.
AtomicCactusBloom
What’s up with this dumbass trend where people are wanting to use a knife as a hatchet?
AdEmotional8815
Esee all the way.
Beautiful-Angle1584
The Ka-Bar is a tac tool. It’s not going to be good for any of that use. It’ll be pretty bad, actually. The Esee would be better, but it’s still a quarter inch thick piece of steel that isn’t going to be good for doing the more mundane finer cutting tasks that tend to come up most often. Honestly I find knives like that to be pretty bad for my outdoor uses, too. If you need to be splitting rounds or something, get an axe. If you need to clear brush a lot, get a machete or a longer, thinner knife. Something like the Becker BK-9 is actually pretty solid. Complement the larger tool with a small companion blade that can be more nimble and detailed and you’ll have a much better time. The “one tool option” approach is always lacking and overly thick knives get counterproductive quickly.
hustlermuscler
First one is a poop knife
End_Of_Passion_Play
Esee 5, I had the same dilemma once, and I went Esee.
3amGreenCoffee
If you want to chop stuff, get a decent hatchet or a nata. I wouldn’t try to combine those functions with a knife I planned to use for knife things.
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The esee is definitely a better all round knife with warranty usability and shape my guy
What do you plan to do with it? If it’s mainly for chopping and splitting wood go for the kbar, imo that’s not what a knife should be mainly used for. Another thing to mention about the kbar prybar is that it’s partially serrated at near the base and has that hook for cutting rope at the end, so batoning won’t be favourable with it. Making feather sticks is by my guess (I don’t own any chisel grind knives) also harder and not only by the fact it has a serrated part at the base which you usually use for this task.
If you plan to use it for other stuff like carving, especially finer carving, food prep and so on I’d suggest the esee. Or if you want a generalist knife maybe take a look at some other knives like joker knives if you haven’t already.
What’s up with this dumbass trend where people are wanting to use a knife as a hatchet?
Esee all the way.
The Ka-Bar is a tac tool. It’s not going to be good for any of that use. It’ll be pretty bad, actually. The Esee would be better, but it’s still a quarter inch thick piece of steel that isn’t going to be good for doing the more mundane finer cutting tasks that tend to come up most often. Honestly I find knives like that to be pretty bad for my outdoor uses, too. If you need to be splitting rounds or something, get an axe. If you need to clear brush a lot, get a machete or a longer, thinner knife. Something like the Becker BK-9 is actually pretty solid. Complement the larger tool with a small companion blade that can be more nimble and detailed and you’ll have a much better time. The “one tool option” approach is always lacking and overly thick knives get counterproductive quickly.
First one is a poop knife
Esee 5, I had the same dilemma once, and I went Esee.
If you want to chop stuff, get a decent hatchet or a nata. I wouldn’t try to combine those functions with a knife I planned to use for knife things.
ESEE 5 for sure.