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People condemn these kinds of videos but anybody who is shopping for a durable knife welcomes a destruction test. Good job. And you're a natural comedian, making this even more fun to watch.

I've been considering the ESEE 5 as an indestructible urban survival blade (already own some Izulas, Izula II, ESEE 3,4,6 and a Laserstrike) and after seeing that the only way to kill a 5 is hammering against a well drilling pipe until exhaustion, I think this blade should easily survive anything encountered during real world knife use.

It's so crazy how beating it on the steel pipe makes so many blades break into. The vibration is brutal testing on blades i guess. Thanks for the great testing and time and effort. 👍

For when you don't need your knife to do anything fancy or super-specific, it just needs to be able to stand up to being the Hulk's personal toothpick

It's great that you make these videos that way everybody knows what the capabilities of our knives are even though we are not going to subject them to this kind of stress. Would be interesting to see a British MOD. Canada.

Everyone else testing a knife on a log and this guy testing a knife on a car engine cover. Amazing.

Now this is what you call a REAL "Destruction Test" ❗Well done👍🏼

I only just found your channel and now I’m hooked! Thank you Joe, for the work you put in to these videos! They’re truly incredible feats of endurance (for both the knives AND you!). Also, thanks in large part to you, I now own 2 Esee-5’s and have a Gerber Strongarm enroute… Keep on keepin on!

Fkn badass!!! Have a lot of Esee blades and love my Esee 5 the most!!! Absolutely a beast of a knife!!! Kickass video sir!!! #esee

Beautiful test as always Joex, i wanted to asfk you something givenchy your experience with knives which was the most robust of all , thanks in advance and keep it up 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🔪🔪🔪

Glad to know how far my Esee 5 can go. Thank you for this excellent video.👍🙂

Thank you! I really appreciate the effort you put into testing the capabilities of these blades!. ✌️🙏🇨🇦

absolute zero nonsense. 8 seconds of intro then just fuckin wacking the knife for 12 minutes. love it

Great test and strong knife. Did I see correctly that the tang is full metal also with only holes for the screws? No big cutouts aka skeletonized? On my working knives with screw on handle slabs I just epoxy the handles and bolts so they never come loose.

any chance you could test the ontario ranger assault knife? and thank you for these tests it shows the limits.

Sorry for the mass comment flood, but have you thought of testing Cudeman brand knives? I have an MT-5 that I'd love to see put through your testing process but I am too scared to destroy mine. It has some sentimental value. It's seen me through some hunting and self-imposed 'survival' scenarios so it would be good to see how tough the Cudeman N695 Bohler or (in other knives) their MOVA 58 fairs being destroyed.

Great vids thanks

hello, excellent videos, thanks for the tests you do on the knives, please could you also test the Cudeman mt5 knife please, thank you and take care 👍🏻

Love your work, it’s a great end of days knife

THANK YOU BROTHER JOE !!! JUST ARRIVED LAST WEEK....

I experienced physical pain watching this video. Extra pain during the slow motion bits.

Love it!

Fantastic video sir, waiting on mine to come in. Take care sir.

Saludos desde chile gran maestro los videos espectaculares como le decía el BECHMADE ANONYMUS 539 si tiene un video de su test de dureza por su acero

would love to see you try to destroy the TRC apocalypse in Elmax. Great video btw

I only buy knives that Joex has tested, so I know that they can handle anything if they survive

Good video, amazing knife!

Please test the Becker BK2. Love your vids!

Would like to see this test on the cold steel warcraft tanto cpm 3v.

Amazing video. Can you test Wolfgangs knives please.

Best test

I modified mine. Thinned out the grind and reduced the edge angle to make it close to a knife you can work with. The screws on the handle also loosen up with mine while batoning. Almost lost 1. I put loctite so that shouldn't happen again This knife is a prybar an as it comes i don't think it should break while batoning or prying....but the shock! Steel on steel...that can be a killer. TBH i did not see that coming. I know it is softer than others because it should take it... Did you go ahead with the warranty? ESEE shoud replace it! I hope you do and let us know how it works out!

Esee5 held in there pretty good for 1095 high carbon steel. Didn't think you could break that beast. Take Care!

Watching this after the BK-2 destruction. I like ESEE and their manufacturing ethics. ESEE are happy to receive criticism, and if valid, will modify their manufacturing accordingly. A great company from what I've seen. But sadly above my budget.

hi Joe , sur le miens j'ai convexifié le tranchant et poli l'émouture ce qui lui a apporté durabilité du tranchant , meilleur pénétration , ESEE 5 est le couteau que je choisirais s'il fallait n'en choisir qu'un seul , il n'est pas parfait mais je pense que c'est le couteau le plus résilient que je connaisse et en qui j'ai confiance... esee5 THE Legend !

1 of the top best knives thank you for video awesome 😎

That car is sturdy, I think a modern car would have caved in quickly.

I NEVER roam alone.. My ESSE 5 is ALWAYS on my side..

I have the 4HM, the 5, and the 6. I have always wondered what it would take to break the 5. Thank you!

Kinda surprised it broke. Good vid.

My phone's new ringtone @11:18

Thank You, my friend, for the awesome observation!! What should I say? - Simply ESEE 5, one of the best knives ever, made for the most difficult purposes of the real military detachment🥂☠️⚘️

The best thing about ESEE is their warranty, you can send that back and get a new one, no questions asked.

Hey Joe. Heisst das, du kannst das Esee 5 empfehlen? 😆 Saugeiles Video wie immer. 💪🏻 Viele Grüsse aus der Schweiz.

hello, does the warranty work after that? where is it complicated to have the knife exchanged? THANKS

My ESSE 5 is my go to .

Very tough knife , that's for sure.

Did you ask Esee to warranty the knife? They have a no questions asked warranty. Plus this video will help sell lots of esee knives

JOE, it seems to me that you gave ESEE 5 lighter treatment than others...no antlers, stone block, ski edges, and not so much jumping on it and trying to bent it as with others...Any chance you'd be a little biased towards it? :) I love your videos and they are so funny and useful and I think it would be a big upgrade if you followed more standardised procedures of the knives' torture so that they really get the same treatment and the results are more objective. Maybe the same number of hits on the same objects? After all you do pass judgement on their quality so I believe they would deserve it:) Of course, at the same time, it is your channel and your show so whatever makes you happy is fine :) By the way, I really hope and wish you stay safe and don't hurt yourself too much doing these absolutely most extreme knives tests! Thanks, stay healthy and enjoy ;)

What a beast !!

On knives they have ‘glass breakers’ on the back of the handles like the Esee 5 and Gerber Strong arm and Infantry 2, it would be interesting to see actually how easily they can break glass of a vehicle to make an emergency exit…of course you only have so many wrecked vehicles you can afford to break the glass on though so fair enough if you can’t 😆

So the real question now is… how was the warranty process?

How much do you want for that 2nd hand ESEE-5? A good Weld, and it's good to go.

Wooooooow 😅

Did you try the Esee warranty out just to see.

Would you recommend this knife?

Realistically how did it compare agains kabar Becker’s BK2? Seems to me a rather similar performance.

I don’t know if I’m more impressed with the car hood or the knife.

I decided to order one after seeing this video and another one where the guy put a bk2 in a vice and hammered this knife against it, blade edge to blade edge, and the BK loss the contest

6 minutes in and this knife has already undergone more abuse then anyone will ever put it through

Damn you Joe !! this Is why we cant have nice things.

🙂👍

Nice fidget spinner 12:02 😂

A wise man once said : "If you want to cut airplanes, buy an esee !"

What's the best fixed knife out there bud?

Is this better than the rat 7 ?

I'm surprised it broke cause thats a short think knife. Good job...

I have two Esee 5’s they’re tough but not the best slicers.

Great test Joe. I even listened to the bla bla bla. 👍🏼

Joe what a master of destruction!?! I am very impressed. I would hang that handle on my wall after that!

I'm crasy about ESEE knives. Especially Avispa, especially D2 steel! But ESEE 5 is not sold in my country unfortunatlly. Might be it's a blade weapon here... Extremely tough knife and awesome video!

JoeX quote "Nothing is immortal"

Tops steel eagle test?

The best part of all this testing? ESEE will replace that no questions asked.

Jesus. I should get one for my car crash kit.

That's one thicc blade.

it took twice the whacks the tops operator 7 did,the operator died after 105 hits on the rock this one took over 200 hits on the iron rod

CE COUTEAUX N EST PAS ASSEZ SOUPLE ???EXPLIQUER LUI JOE X COMMENT FAIRE LE GRANS ECART A LA JCVD

Why dont you hit the side of it like you did the other knives?

Is it 1095 or stainless?

I can't believe esee 5 broke...is there a knife that withstood this abuse?

carbon steel agin?

For some reason you were much less aggressive on the essee 5 compared to how violent u were with the ka-bar Becker bk2 test So what's up with that ? Are you sponsored by essee ?🤷‍♂️

Teste Montana bastinelli knives ❤

Send it in for replacement

I don't know I had to let go because I broke the tip and dull the blade in 15 minutes only.

You're an animal. I love it.

What's the matter with knife makers these days? I was just trying to cut an anvil in half with my Opinel, and it became dull! Can you believe it?

Almost falls onto the tip of the knife at 5:38

Busse combat batac le 100% my hard use survival knife .busse combat never file

Only two knives i NEVER will sold - ESEE 5 and TOPS TEX CREEK XL😁💪🏻

They will warranty the knife even when you do this stuff. If it breaks they send you a new one.

Sits in the freakin hail and just go on with the bla bla bla.. just as tough as the esee!!

The warranty will cover that

I’ve decided I don’t like your channel, you are testing my faith in my knives🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

send it back to the esee,they gonna send you a new.

Test, Aitor Jungle King 1.Srbija.

Too bulky to be useful in combat I would think. No penetration.

Esee will replace that, no questions asked.