ESEE JG5 - First Impressions

Written by Matt

It’s no secret that I am a fan of ESEE.  I am a fan of the blades, but perhaps even more, a fan of the people behind the company. They just do business the way it is supposed to be done.  They offer killer blade designs, constructed from top-quality materials, at a price that doesn’t break the bank, and they stand behind their products 100%.  I have modeled a lot of my business operations practices off of the standard that ESEE has set in the industry.  In the past year, ESEE has expanded their knife offerings into a series that they have dubbed, Camp-Lore.  The Camp Lore series has been designed for, and have been very popular amongst the survival and bush craft community.  
 


The first three blades released for the Camp Lore Series were the CR2.5, JG3 and RB3 (click the link to see the specs for the original three), and then last summer, ESEE released the PR4, which has been a huge success for them.

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The JG5, the newest edition to the ESEE to the Camp Lore series was unveiled at Blade Show 2018, and was announced as a Smokey Mountain Knife Works exclusive offering.  ESEE gave official release date for the JG5 as August 31st, but Smokey Mountain knife works has already begun to ship the first preorders that were made, in fact I had the two that I ordered delivered to my doorstep this week,
 
The JG5 was designed by ESEE survival expert, James Gibson, modeled after the “Nessmuk” knife that was carried by mid-19thcentury adventurer, George Washington Sears, who was known for his writings and early advocacy of conservation.

First Impressions

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