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title: "5P Black Tactical Survival Knife w/ Sheath"
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# Kydex sheath with secure locking clip 5.25" razor-sharp blade 1095 high carbon steel, ultra-durable 5P Black Tactical Survival Knife w/ Sheath

**Brand:** esee
**Price:** € 331.63
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🗡️ The survival knife that means business—because your life deserves no compromises.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** 5P Black Tactical Survival Knife w/ Sheath by esee
- **How much does it cost?** € 331.63 with free shipping
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## Best For

- esee enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted esee brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Precision Razor Edge:** Flat ground 5.25" blade that shaves hairs out of the box—ready for any challenge.
- • **Unbreakable Full Tang:** Solid 1095 carbon steel core built to withstand prying, batoning, and heavy-duty use.
- • **Secure Carry Confidence:** Durable Kydex sheath with locking mechanism and belt clip keeps your knife exactly where you want it.
- • **Military-Grade Toughness:** Designed by SERE instructors for life-or-death survival scenarios.
- • **Lifetime No-Questions Warranty:** Break it, send it back, and get a replacement—guaranteed for life and transferable.

## Overview

The ESEE 5P is a 5.25-inch full tang survival knife crafted from 1095 high carbon steel with a black powder-coated blade for corrosion resistance and durability. Featuring a rugged Micarta handle and a secure Kydex sheath with locking clip, it’s engineered by military survival experts to perform in extreme conditions. Backed by a lifetime transferable warranty, this knife is a trusted tool for professionals and survivalists who demand reliability and toughness in the wild.

## Description

The ESEE-5 is a knife that can handle even the roughest survival situations. Designed By Military SERE Instructors as a hard-use downed pilot's essential survival knife. The ESEE-5 is a full tang 1095 high carbon steel construction with a black powder coated flat ground 5.25" blade. This blade features jimping on the spine for increased thumb grip. The Handle is made out of tan Micarta canvas, and features a glass breaker on the pommel. Includes a durable polymer molded sheath with removable clip. Carbon steel knives are preferred by those who want a sharp, long-lasting edge. With use, a carbon steel blade will develop a distinctive dark finish. This is not a defect, but a natural result of the use of high-carbon steel. Carbon steel blades are not dishwasher safe, never let them sit in water for a long time, but rather hand-wash and dry your knives to avoid rusting.

Review: Look no further - Purchased this knife awhile back and after some months of having it I have nothing but positive things to say. Bear in mind that I am new to knives or knife collecting. This was my first big purchase as well as my first fixed blade. After weeks of watching YouTube videos review the esee 5 and it's competitors (usually pitted against the Becker bk2 but also compared to other 5" fixed knives) I decided to throw down the money for this knife. I cannot think of anything I don't like about this knife. This seems like the pinnacle of what a survival nice should be. One video review said it's more of a sharpened pry bar and when held in the hand that 1lb of weight really backs that statement up. It actually feels more like a multi use tool rather than just a knife once held. On to specifics; the blade came razor sharp upon arrival. It was popping hairs from my arm. It's amazing how a 1/4" thick piece of steel comes to a such a fine edge. The canvas micarta scales fit my medium hands nicely. They did have a burnt odor the first few days but it wore off. Just something to note but nothing bad. The glass breaker pommel comes to a fine point that I have since dulled by being stupid and trying to break a mirror that's laying flat on the ground. Even with the pommel dulled I have no worries it wouldn't do the job when needed. The coating on this blade is very very durable. I have batoned, stabbed wood and pryed, made feather sticks, chopped, and the only real degradation of the coating is some smoothing of the texture along the blade and some negligible bits at the tip. It is a very good coating. As stated earlier I am new to knives and am not experienced at using a whet stone so the one time I have sharpened it was with a Blade Medic. It's not as sharp as it once was when it came but getting it sharp again was easy. I've read and heard 1095 is easy to sharpen and this blade shows that's true. 1095 steel will also rust very easily. I learned this when I took it on an overnight trip to lost coast trail in California. It began to rain heavily as the knife was hanging from my hip. I can't remember if I covered it with my shirt but when I pulled it out to use it it was dry. After using it I quickly wiped it down and put it back in the sheath. Later I found rust on it still. So the blade requires care in wet/damp conditions. Keep it coated with some sort of lube and keep it very dry. The sheath just seems like top quality. The kydex is scratch resistant and durable. It has been dragged along dirt and rocks from hiking trips and there's no damage worth noting. The knife clicks into this sheath with authority and holds it in very well. The locking screw makes it difficult to pull out. I find this to be a very important safety feature. Without the lock on there's no risk of this knife falling out. You can shake it upside down it will not come out. I think the lock is a great safety feature in the event someone might try to pull it out of the sheath and steal it or even worse use it on you to take it. I imagine the only thing that might happen is it would pull the whole sheath up pulling on your belt. Which brings me to the clip. The belt clip holds very tight and is even a little hard to get off sometimes but I like this because it means it's secure. The esee 5 was designed as a tool to help downed pilots in South America. That being said this is a survival knife. This is not a bushcraft knife. Understand that if you purchase this knife it will not be the best bushcraft knife. It will not be the best chopper or have the sharpest edge possible on a knife or be the best tactical knife or whatever you can think of. However, this knife will do anything you could ask from a knife well enough to get the job done and not likely break. It is a hard use survival tool. About the warranty; this knife may be expensive but the warranty is so attractive you almost have to buy them. You can deliberately break this knife, send it back, and they will replace it. It can be sold 10 times and the warranty still transfers. A no questions asked warranty? Where else do you find that? This speaks volumes to how much Esee and Randall stands behind their knives. Overall this tank is a knife. I say it that way because this thing is just so robust, sturdy, and dependable. I feel, even as I continue to collect more knives, this knife will always be one I would unquestioningly think of first in any emergency. I trust this knife with my life. Guess that makes me an Esee fan boy now.
Review: Why I chose this knife - So I spent a long time looking at knives. My main purpose for this knife was for disaster survival for a period of up to 1 month. I figure, if help doesn't come in 1 month, then I'm toast anyway. I don't have much experience with knives, nor with surviving in the wilderness, but I did a bunch of reading online - okay roll your eyes now. I received the knife very quickly and am very impressed with it. It seems very well made, with good grips and a great sheath. Sheath also has a nice locking tab, and nice, offset belt-clip. Just slide it in, click, and it's done. No need to fasten straps. No finger choil, but I've got smaller knives I can use for detailed stuff. So obviously there's a ton of recirculated stuff on this subject going around out there. Some say it's too thick. I wanted the thickest knife I could find that was still useful as a knife. Why? I've heard you can use a knife to embed into a tree and use as a step to get to higher branches. This seems possible to me and would be a very useful thing in a survival situation (coyotes around and family needing to spend a night in the woods/up in a tree). In this situation, you want the strongest knife around. 1/4" thickness - check. Also I've heard of someone using a knife to pop open a car door (they were an emergency responder at a car accident site, and it was the only thing they had, and it worked) - again, you would need the strongest blade you have. Obviously a crowbar or something else would suit better, but in a survival situation, you've got to make-do. I do understand these situations are very rare, but it's a survival knife. I also looked around my neighborhood, and it's conceivable I would need to break into a building (for shelter, screams from within, etc.) and it occurs to me this knife's thickness would also be helpful for that. It also has a butt-spike which can break glass more easily. Again, rare situations in most cases. Some say it's too crude to do slicing. It may be, but I also have a Morakniv and a couple of good stainless folders (RAT I and RAT II), so I should be good for the smaller camp-type needs. These blades are also stainless, so this covers the next issue ... Some talk about it rusting. So it can rust fairly easily is what I've read. It seems like a rusted blade doesn't really affect anything you are likely to use this knife for. You probably won't use it to eat, and the rust isn't going to destroy the blade in a short period of time (like in a survival situation of up to a month). I don't plan on living in the wilderness for years with just this knife, so I am not really bothered by the rusting issue. In a survival situation, you may not have your Tuff-Cloth with you, so you would need to just live with this. It's also usable for batoning. I guess I can see the need to baton wood, and as long as this is capable of this, I'm okay. Is it as good as a bowie knife or axe? Probably no, but it's a survival knife. I also considered the Becker BK22, which is a fine choice as well. I wanted a nice sheath, and liked the design of this sheath, and if you factor in the cost of the BK22 and a kydex sheath, then it's about the same. Plus, I don't need to modify the grips on the ESEE. I've read that the BK22 is a better chopper due to the curve on the butt of the grip, but the ESEE 5 is probably okay if you use the lanyard for an additional tethering for a long grip. Again, it's probably not the BEST, but okay for this role. I considered the Fallkniven A1, and it's a superfine knife from the looks of it. I didn't like having to deal with a convex curve to the blade, and for that reason I didn't choose it. It would be nice to have a stainless blade, though. So, those were the main reasons I chose this knife. I am very happy with the choice so far. Again, I've no experience in these things, so take all I've said above with that in mind. If I was using it for camping mostly, then it seems like the ESEE-6 is the better choice for that role due to it being longer and flatter.

## Features

- 1095 Carbon Steel
- Overall Length: 11.00"
- Blade Length: 5.25"
- Handle Material: Micarta
- Sheath: Kydex
- Blade Finish: Black

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B005DMBLBC |
| Age Range (Description) | Adult |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Best Sellers Rank | #439,002 in Sports & Outdoors ( See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors ) #1,635 in Camping Folding Knives #1,663 in Fixed Blade Hunting Knives |
| Blade Edge | Flat |
| Blade Length | 5.25 Inches |
| Blade Material | High Carbon Steel |
| Blade Shape | Straight Back |
| Brand | ESEE |
| Brand Name | ESEE |
| Color | Black |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 351 Reviews |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00811328020980 |
| Hand Orientation | Ambidextrous |
| Handle Material | Alloy Steel |
| Included Components | hunting-folding-knives |
| Is Product Cordless | Yes |
| Item Length | 27.62 Centimeters |
| Item Type Name | 5P B Bl/Pl Od W/Blk |
| Item Weight | 0.85 Pounds |
| Manufacturer | Trade Scout, LLC |
| Model Name | ESEE5P |
| Model Number | RC5PBK-BRK |
| Power Source | Manual |
| Product Care Instructions | Cleaning and drying after each use to prevent rust |
| Recommended Uses For Product | Bushcrafting |
| Reusability | Reusable |
| Special Feature | Adjustable, Replaceable Blades, Reversible |
| Special Features | Adjustable, Replaceable Blades, Reversible |
| Style | Escape Escape |
| UPC | 500997421760 000000152044 811328020980 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |

## Product Details

- **Age Range (Description):** Adult
- **Blade Material:** High Carbon Steel
- **Brand:** ESEE
- **Color:** Black
- **Handle Material:** Alloy Steel
- **Included Components:** hunting-folding-knives
- **Model Name:** ESEE5P
- **Recommended Uses For Product:** Bushcrafting
- **Special Feature:** Adjustable, Replaceable Blades, Reversible
- **Style:** Escape Escape

## Images

![5P Black Tactical Survival Knife w/ Sheath - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51M1es4MZVL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: If you bought this knife again, would you get the partially serrated blade, or stay with the plain blade?**
A: I bought the partially serrated version since it is tactical/survival. Esee says to sharpen it just like the plain edge version, hence, there is no issue with sharpening the blade.

**Q: where is it made**
A: ESEE is made in Idaho, USA. When buying ESEE knives, make sure you buy off an authorized ESEE dealer to avoid counterfeits.

**Q: Can this be used as a tactical knife?**
A: The ESEE 5 has a very thick blade, which makes it a heavy knife.  I've found it's too heavy to hang on my belt, without wearing suspenders under your vest, so most people put it on on the outside of their pack, fasten it to their vest, or hang it Sam Browne style from a cross strap if they're going without a vest.  The ESEE 6 and ESEE 4 are lighter knives, though the same basic design and extremely high quality, and can be hung from the belt without pulling your pants down.

But to answer your question, any knife in excess of about 3 inches can be used as a "tactical" knife.  Most people who are looking for "tactical" stuff are actually wanna-be's with more of airsoft experience than field experience, and are actually looking for "tacti-cool," or the "Crocodile Dundee" look, which I suppose the 5 would fulfill.  For actual practical tactical use, I would suggest using a lighter knife like the 6 or 4 inch ESEE.  My preference would be the 4.  The 6 is really long and rubs against other equipment or your thigh, or gets in the way of other stuff you hang on your gun belt or vest.  That's okay for an afternoon of pretend shoot-outs with friends, but day after day it's really irritating.  It's barely tolerable until the bullets started flying and you have to "go to ground" in a big hurry and got poked in the ribs by the grip of the overly-long 6.

Choose your equipment carefully.  Know your limits and the limits of yourself and your equipment.  Admit your mistakes in equipment choices, and learn from your mistakes.  "If you know yourself and your enemy, you cannot lose in a hundred battles.  If you know yourself but not your enemy, you will lose half your battles." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

**Q: Will it be exactly how it looks in the image?  With the skull logo on the blade?**
A: Yes that’s company logo, the coating will wear down over time and so will the logo

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Look no further
*by M***1 on August 20, 2016*

Purchased this knife awhile back and after some months of having it I have nothing but positive things to say. Bear in mind that I am new to knives or knife collecting. This was my first big purchase as well as my first fixed blade. After weeks of watching YouTube videos review the esee 5 and it's competitors (usually pitted against the Becker bk2 but also compared to other 5" fixed knives) I decided to throw down the money for this knife. I cannot think of anything I don't like about this knife. This seems like the pinnacle of what a survival nice should be. One video review said it's more of a sharpened pry bar and when held in the hand that 1lb of weight really backs that statement up. It actually feels more like a multi use tool rather than just a knife once held. On to specifics; the blade came razor sharp upon arrival. It was popping hairs from my arm. It's amazing how a 1/4" thick piece of steel comes to a such a fine edge. The canvas micarta scales fit my medium hands nicely. They did have a burnt odor the first few days but it wore off. Just something to note but nothing bad. The glass breaker pommel comes to a fine point that I have since dulled by being stupid and trying to break a mirror that's laying flat on the ground. Even with the pommel dulled I have no worries it wouldn't do the job when needed. The coating on this blade is very very durable. I have batoned, stabbed wood and pryed, made feather sticks, chopped, and the only real degradation of the coating is some smoothing of the texture along the blade and some negligible bits at the tip. It is a very good coating. As stated earlier I am new to knives and am not experienced at using a whet stone so the one time I have sharpened it was with a Blade Medic. It's not as sharp as it once was when it came but getting it sharp again was easy. I've read and heard 1095 is easy to sharpen and this blade shows that's true. 1095 steel will also rust very easily. I learned this when I took it on an overnight trip to lost coast trail in California. It began to rain heavily as the knife was hanging from my hip. I can't remember if I covered it with my shirt but when I pulled it out to use it it was dry. After using it I quickly wiped it down and put it back in the sheath. Later I found rust on it still. So the blade requires care in wet/damp conditions. Keep it coated with some sort of lube and keep it very dry. The sheath just seems like top quality. The kydex is scratch resistant and durable. It has been dragged along dirt and rocks from hiking trips and there's no damage worth noting. The knife clicks into this sheath with authority and holds it in very well. The locking screw makes it difficult to pull out. I find this to be a very important safety feature. Without the lock on there's no risk of this knife falling out. You can shake it upside down it will not come out. I think the lock is a great safety feature in the event someone might try to pull it out of the sheath and steal it or even worse use it on you to take it. I imagine the only thing that might happen is it would pull the whole sheath up pulling on your belt. Which brings me to the clip. The belt clip holds very tight and is even a little hard to get off sometimes but I like this because it means it's secure. The esee 5 was designed as a tool to help downed pilots in South America. That being said this is a survival knife. This is not a bushcraft knife. Understand that if you purchase this knife it will not be the best bushcraft knife. It will not be the best chopper or have the sharpest edge possible on a knife or be the best tactical knife or whatever you can think of. However, this knife will do anything you could ask from a knife well enough to get the job done and not likely break. It is a hard use survival tool. About the warranty; this knife may be expensive but the warranty is so attractive you almost have to buy them. You can deliberately break this knife, send it back, and they will replace it. It can be sold 10 times and the warranty still transfers. A no questions asked warranty? Where else do you find that? This speaks volumes to how much Esee and Randall stands behind their knives. Overall this tank is a knife. I say it that way because this thing is just so robust, sturdy, and dependable. I feel, even as I continue to collect more knives, this knife will always be one I would unquestioningly think of first in any emergency. I trust this knife with my life. Guess that makes me an Esee fan boy now.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Why I chose this knife
*by L***G on July 14, 2016*

So I spent a long time looking at knives. My main purpose for this knife was for disaster survival for a period of up to 1 month. I figure, if help doesn't come in 1 month, then I'm toast anyway. I don't have much experience with knives, nor with surviving in the wilderness, but I did a bunch of reading online - okay roll your eyes now. I received the knife very quickly and am very impressed with it. It seems very well made, with good grips and a great sheath. Sheath also has a nice locking tab, and nice, offset belt-clip. Just slide it in, click, and it's done. No need to fasten straps. No finger choil, but I've got smaller knives I can use for detailed stuff. So obviously there's a ton of recirculated stuff on this subject going around out there. Some say it's too thick. I wanted the thickest knife I could find that was still useful as a knife. Why? I've heard you can use a knife to embed into a tree and use as a step to get to higher branches. This seems possible to me and would be a very useful thing in a survival situation (coyotes around and family needing to spend a night in the woods/up in a tree). In this situation, you want the strongest knife around. 1/4" thickness - check. Also I've heard of someone using a knife to pop open a car door (they were an emergency responder at a car accident site, and it was the only thing they had, and it worked) - again, you would need the strongest blade you have. Obviously a crowbar or something else would suit better, but in a survival situation, you've got to make-do. I do understand these situations are very rare, but it's a survival knife. I also looked around my neighborhood, and it's conceivable I would need to break into a building (for shelter, screams from within, etc.) and it occurs to me this knife's thickness would also be helpful for that. It also has a butt-spike which can break glass more easily. Again, rare situations in most cases. Some say it's too crude to do slicing. It may be, but I also have a Morakniv and a couple of good stainless folders (RAT I and RAT II), so I should be good for the smaller camp-type needs. These blades are also stainless, so this covers the next issue ... Some talk about it rusting. So it can rust fairly easily is what I've read. It seems like a rusted blade doesn't really affect anything you are likely to use this knife for. You probably won't use it to eat, and the rust isn't going to destroy the blade in a short period of time (like in a survival situation of up to a month). I don't plan on living in the wilderness for years with just this knife, so I am not really bothered by the rusting issue. In a survival situation, you may not have your Tuff-Cloth with you, so you would need to just live with this. It's also usable for batoning. I guess I can see the need to baton wood, and as long as this is capable of this, I'm okay. Is it as good as a bowie knife or axe? Probably no, but it's a survival knife. I also considered the Becker BK22, which is a fine choice as well. I wanted a nice sheath, and liked the design of this sheath, and if you factor in the cost of the BK22 and a kydex sheath, then it's about the same. Plus, I don't need to modify the grips on the ESEE. I've read that the BK22 is a better chopper due to the curve on the butt of the grip, but the ESEE 5 is probably okay if you use the lanyard for an additional tethering for a long grip. Again, it's probably not the BEST, but okay for this role. I considered the Fallkniven A1, and it's a superfine knife from the looks of it. I didn't like having to deal with a convex curve to the blade, and for that reason I didn't choose it. It would be nice to have a stainless blade, though. So, those were the main reasons I chose this knife. I am very happy with the choice so far. Again, I've no experience in these things, so take all I've said above with that in mind. If I was using it for camping mostly, then it seems like the ESEE-6 is the better choice for that role due to it being longer and flatter.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Solid knife, good value/quality
*by T***2 on April 3, 2015*

Update - the ESEE-5 is the better buy than the Becker BK-2, IF you plan to level the playing field by getting the Becker Micarta scales, and modifying the Becker (at least old version) Kydex sheath, by adding a Tek-Lok and getting rid of the ridiculous huge floppy nylon belt loop. Out of the box, the ESEE-5 provides the better experience and simply handles with more agility than the BK-2. Keep in mind I am talking about using the knife as a knife -- not as a pry bar, nor as a hammering wedge to split wood (batoning), although no doubt both knives could perform this dubiously appropriate task with similar results. Bottom line, ESEE 5 is a solid, satisfying knife that provides a great out-of-the box experience with no upgrades or tweaks required. If you are OK with the basic Grivory/plastic scales on the BK2 and the sheath limitations, then go that route if price alone is your only concern. Compared to the similar Becker BK-2, the experience in hand with the ESEE 5 is significantly better. Better balance, handling, and better OEM canvas Micarta scales. Superior handling to the BK-2 with the Becker after-market Micarta scales. Pluses for the ESEE 5: Better grip and handling, slightly better sheath, jimping on blade that BK-2 does not have (this is a significant difference). Pluses for BK-2: Cheaper. Default plastic/Kydex sheath is fully acceptable once the nylon belt loop is cut off and replaced with a Tek-Lok. Bottom line: The ESEE-5 is the better knife. Buy the BK-2 if price is your only consideration. That is not to suggest the BK-2 is an inferior knife; the ESEE-5 is just better, although you get what you pay for.

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