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Thinking of one of their Fieldcraft knives. Thoughts?
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I'd rather have an ESEE knife for field use, and one of my customs over those.
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ESSE 4 would be hard to beat as a general use woodcraft knife.
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I have both ESSE and TOPS. Quality is the same steel is the same, handle material is the same, features are different. It depends on what you prefer in a blade style, handle style and grind. I like the TOPS better. Blade length is the same, but the handles on the ESSE knives are a bit slab sided and short while the TOPS knife is more rounded and feels better in my hand. This is the TOPS I have https://www.amazon.com/Tops-Knives-...948855&sr=8-7&keywords=bob+knifeFor a little less I actually like this better than the ESSE https://www.amazon.com/Ontario-Knif...;sr=8-1&keywords=ontario+tak+1+knifeThe blade is almost identical to the ESSE 4, but with longer more comfortable handle. The RAT 5 is very similar, but with a slightly shorter, but much thicker blade. Too thick in my opinion.
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I dig that TOPS Hunter ... Ended up getting the Fieldcraft. So far so good, but it hasnt made it into the field.
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