Watch: Basics of survival knives

Watch: Basics of survival knives

I see a lot of people spending a lot of money on features they either don’t need or that don’t make sense when it comes to survival knives. There are quite a few survival knife manufacturers out there. In the following video, take some time to touch on some of the survival knives that I have used or seen used in hard […]

ESEE Knives | ESEE-3 MIL: Practical and fully capable

ESEE Knives | ESEE-3 MIL: Practical and fully capable

ESEE knives are popular amongst Loadout Room writers. From the SERE instructor to our editor, ESEE knives receive a lot of praise and for a good reason. I have owned an ESEE 6 for years, but I only recently got my hands on the ESEE-3 MIL, and it certainly does not disappoint. The ESEE-3 MIL may be the smallest out of the ESEE […]

The ESEE 4 | Not the best survival knife, but a damn good one!

The ESEE 4 | Not the best survival knife, but a damn good one!

I wiped my brow and looked at my students going through S-V80A, more commonly known as SERE training or Survival school. It was a bitter, cold afternoon in mid-February, the snow was a minimum 4 feet deep and we had pulled into camp several hours before for our first day of Survival training in the field. I […]

Video | Basics of survival knives

Video | Basics of survival knives

I see a lot of people spending a lot of money on features they either don’t need or that don’t make sense when it comes to survival knives. There are quite a few survival knife manufacturers out there. In the following video I take some time to touch on some of the survival knives that I have used […]

The ESEE-5 | A workhorse survival knife

The ESEE-5 | A workhorse survival knife

Having a knife break when you most need it in a survival situation could lead to your demise. When it comes to survival knives I expect a lot. I baton my knives through trees, I pry pitch stumps apart and generally run them into the ground as I show at-risk DOD members how to survive […]