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The 1095 steel blade clung to its fine edge, even through hunks of clinging fat and tenacious cartilage.

Some hunters seem to insist on hunting blades that Rambo would raise his eyebrows at, the delightful little Izula again proved its worth by skillfully navigating the ins and outs of the deer’s innards. While not worthy of the Maine Big Buck Club, it certainly put meat in the freezer. Later in the hunting season, I was fortunate enough to down a nice plump little whitetail buck.

However, if you’re throwing the Izula in your kit as THE one knife you’ll need when the chips are down, you’ll find it wanting when heavier tasks present themselves. Regarding the Izula’s survival-oriented angle, the Izula’s basic premise of “Everything you need in a knife but nothing you don’t” is almost spot-on. The ESEE Izula is a magnificent outdoorsman’s knife, and a very good light-duty survival knife. Using the belt clip facility in lieu of the neck knife configuration, the lightweight, basic Izula mounts securely to your belt yet can be removed as easily as popping your favorite clip knife from your bellbottomed corduroys pocket.Įven sitting in a car or truck seat for long period of time or during day-long stalks of whitetails in the mountains, the belt-mounted mighty little ESEE Izula positively disappears from your memory until the moment it needs to be deployed to pluck a splinter from your hand, create a featherstick, or dress fallen game.

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However, the stamped steel belt clip really makes the ESEE Izula a full package for me. The kit’s sheath provides mounting surfaces on either side for ease of use by both southpaws and righties. Use the kit’s provided paracord to wrap the handle – it’s a fun addition to the knife!īack to the kit – the sheath is what makes the ESEE Izula a real winner in my book: the injection-molded sheath is small in design yet well thought out. Its featherweight 2-ounce weight is utterly delightful. The blade and handle steel is approximately 5/32 of an inch thick, comprised o f high-carbon 1095 steel (the steel found in all ESEE knives, as a matter of fact). (As an aside, if the Izula’s short-ish handle length is too small for your tastes, ESEE does offer the Izula II with an extra half-inch of gripping length.) The knife itself comes with no grip scales its minimalist mentality provides you with a skeletonized full-depth handle that provides adequate area to mostly fill a medium-sized hand. Its overall length is just six and a quarter inches long, most of which is handle the drop point, non-serrated blade measures a skosh under three inches. Here’s the deal: the ESEE Izula straddles a beautiful line in the fixed-blade size department. The knife holds some appeal due to its very minimalist nature.

Why did I get the Izula? In all honesty, I wanted to take the “best knife for deer hunters” concept for a drive. The ESEE Izula with a couple great lightweight sharpening options: The Fallkniven DC3 and The Worksharp Micro. It’s a concept that works well, and I recommend it heartily. The bright color helps me keep track of my knife – whether I’m using it, or lending to others.Īlso, the color is fantastic for ensuring the knife is still on your person or strapped to your kit at a quick glance. I’ve lost back and OD green knives in the woods before by simply setting them down on the forest floor on a windy day. I selected this red-orange color because I knew I’d be using this knife outdoors all the time. You’ll notice right off the Blade HQ exclusive red-orange color (other colors such as black, Dark Earth, OD green, and “Venom” green colors are available – take your pick!). I got my ESEE Izula from my friends at Blade HQ over a year ago. I love reading reviews and appreciate the solid baseline they provide for the unknown to be tangible – but at the end of the day, the mettle must be tested. Take the mental concept to physical reality via experience. I need to hold a piece in my hand and USE it. But honestly, I just can’t sit there and blab on about different steels, edge angles, jimping (grinding notches into the spine of the knife), and a thousand other attributes just by reviewing a picture and a tech sheet. I’ll make one thing clear up front: I am not a “Knife Guy,” though my friend has kind of taken me under his wing and opened my eyes to subtle nuances of blade design and higher-end designers and manufacturers. For convenience’s sake, they’re all assembled in the chart below: Product I mention a variety of different products and tools in this article. The ESEE Izula is a wonderful knife to take along hunting.