Mentions “First Blood” and I’m like, “Yep, know we’re on the same page here. That’s where it all began.” 👍 Stitching up his own hardcore wounds, jumping off cliffs, spearing pigs, holding off an entire platoon of soldiers. Rambo was the man, and First Blood is still the best one.
Same here! When I was a young teen, I bought several of those Rambo survival knives at the fair and at a flea market close to our house. That movie started the fire in me for a love of the great outdoors.
I too have looking for the perfect knife. I found it after watching The Preppers Bunker. Jacob did a series of great vids. on the Junglas. I bought the knife that night and have not looked back. It's awesome no doubt. I will watch all your vids. I wish I could buy 10 but I only need one at a time and one will last a lifetime. I have since bought a ESSE 6 for my bump belt.
Thank You for watching! I recently started using the Junglas 2 and it has become my primary survival knife with the Jubglas a close second. Either way, both are incredible knives and you can't go wrong with an Esee!
Excellent choice. I’m enjoying watching your old vids about the bigger blades. 👍🏼👍🏼 This video being 5 years old, I’m curious if this is still your favorite “survival” blade. I like the Junglass, but I bought the TOPS Armageddon about 9 years ago. I liked it, but the pointy little choil in the middle of the handle was in the way. I gave my Armageddon to Leo Espinosa at the NRA Convention in Nashville in 2015 and he sent it back to me three days later with that choil smoothed down. Now it’s so much easier to hold. It’s been my #1 “survival” knife ever since. Do you still have your Armageddon? You might try smoothing down that pointy little choil to see if it works better for you. …just a thought. 🇺🇸
Glad you are enjoying some older videos. Since fire season hit in full force so quickly, I haven't had the chance to make a new video. I actually no longer have the Armageddon or the Junglas. I have really fallen in love with the knives from Architect Knives, and even got to design one of the handle options. The canvas micarta in woodland camo is my contribution. The AK 5 5 is my favorite do it all knife. When I want something bigger I carry the AK8 Paired with the 4.5. High Sabre is my absolute favorite grind on a survival knife as well. The 1095 blades are actually made by TOPS.
I finally ordered one last night just before my New Year's resolution kicks in. That was close. Right now it's more an extension of my credit card we'll see what else it can extend to when it gets here, ha. They are hard to find here in Canada. Everywhere you go they are out of stock except for one seller and they only had four left. It's one of those 'snooze you lose' situations because when they're gone they may never come back for sale. I have a bk9 and recently got the Condor k-tact kukri. It will be interesting to compare them. I retired from carpentry and woodworking about 7 years ago at 65. It's a different world going from Urban woodworking to Wilderness Bushcraft woodworking. I'm going to watch your series on this knife it makes for a good video while I'm doing my workouts. Do you still do your powerlifting contests.
I think you will really enjoy using this knife! I have since taken to using the Junglas 2, but the Junglas is still a favorite. Edge retention is incredible. Feels at home in the hand. Still lifting, but not powerlifting at present. Resting my joints with a little higher reps, 8-10. Let me know how you like the knife please
@@ochocobushcraft1742 Will let you know but I'm sure it will be perfect. A bit too cold right now to try it outside but I have a small stash of wood branches stored away so I can give it a small test run.
hello, first thank you for your videos, they are great, then by dint of seeing your videos on the esee junglas and well I bought one, and ... I am not disappointed, it is great, thank you for your comments , and good luck, Luigi, belgium ardennes
@@ochocobushcraft1742 hello, thank you for your answer, i understand that this is your favorit, i also started with a wolf borger survival, then a gerber bmf, buck master 184, esee 5, esee6, but now it's the junglas my favorite, again thank you for having described it so well Luigi
Awesomeness video brother, the Junglas 2 replaced my Esee 6, but the original Junglas is my go to big blade. When you say it's like an extension of the body, I totally agree the balance is spot on.
@@kculbert7789 Original Junglas for me, the Junglas 2 is an awesome big blade but the original just feels better balanced, more purposeful as a big knife come chopper.
I just received my Big knife #7 from Kharkiv forge and blown away at the completely different experience of using a handmade machete. I think you’d really like it. I’ll never have to buy a mass produced survival knife again :p it is incredible
Great review. Could you please mention the name of the Leather working shop? I'd like to contact them to see if they'll make me a similar sheath for my BK9
Painted Hills Custom Leather in Prineville Oregon. And yes, I have an identical sheath from them for my BK9! VERY NICE! You can Google them. Thank you for watching!
@@chaser1357 Painted Hills Custom Leather in Prineville Or. They make all my sheaths. 541-881-6491. Tell them Ochoco Bushcraft sheath. They will fit it to your knife any way you want. Awesome Service.
Great video, a pleasure to watch! What was it about the original handle scales that you didn't like, i find them fantastic. Also, you should try an rtak ii, they are pretty much the same blade but the rtak has a choil. You may not like the rtak handle though.
Thank You! I like handles that have a palm swell, just feels like it is molded to my hand. The G10 handles from The Knife Connection are perfect for my hand. I will take a look at the Rtak.
@@ochocobushcraft1742 ah great thanks for clearing that up, i find the handles fit my hands great, just shows that everyone is different. You definitely won't be disappointed with the rtak ii, I'd recommend after market scales for the rtak ii though, the stock handles are quite blocky and huge. The edge may also need dialing in a bit. It requires a little more work than the junglas to be as functional, but blades performance however is very good and the finger choil adds a lot of control for fine work.
I have the RTAK ll , and I just used my Dremmel and rounded the scales off and now they are alot better , I have XL hands so the big blocky scales were not that bad to begin with ... 👍🖖
If junglas was sabre grind, with a clip or spear point, 3d handles, a somewhat skeletonized handle, THAT would be awesome. Why is it so hard for them to get that? A knife that size should be tactical by a spear or clip point. It should be a knife to defend yourself from predators too
Do you prefer the Junglas so much more then the BK9 ? Tomorrow morning i have to order the one or the order. I think it will be the Junglas. Also because it is a better sheet out of the box. But does the BK9 not a little bit better the fine cutting work ? But weight is a big problem for me. So i have to stick with bringing along just one knife that can do it all.
Since posting this video, I have done several videos on the Junglas 2, And just recently the BK 9. actually have come to prefer both to the original Junglas. The Junglas 2 is now my absolute favorite large knife, but the BK9 is a very, very close second. BK9 will delimb tree boughs easier. Junglas 2 is a little easier to carve with.I truly love them both, but I have to give the edge to the Junglas 2. Please let me know what you decide and how you like it.
@@keesverhagen9227 Yes Kees, I know. Kees is a very Dutch name. And Verhagen as well. I knew a man with that surname. Which one you chose. That's hard to guess. There are several factors people will choose one or the other. The handle is an extremely important factor in the choice. The BK is a little smaller, more contoured. So that might be better for medium sized or small hands. The handle of the Junglas is much wider, bit flat on the sides. But good for bigger hands. Opinions differ a lot, Junglas is said to be a better chopper, though I read about people experience the BK9 actually chopping wood better. I have no idea on this. I guess you bought the 10 inch blade Junglas. But now I'm curious to what you have bought. And what you like or dislike about it. 😀
@@Ve-suvius The only thing you can base your decision on for buying a certain knife or choosing between several knifes is to orientate yourself about them. But in the end it will be a bit of a guess i think if you make your decision solely based on what you think. But i must say that i am very happy with the BK9. But to be honest probably i would also have been happy with the Junglas but a bit extra poorer. The BK9 does everything what i want it to do. But defenitly i would have appreciated the sheet of the Junglas much more. If i would have owned both knifes i could have told you wich one i liked more. But i cannot. Only that the BK9 will not dissapoint you. It is simply a good knife. And it chops extremely well. But maybe the Junglas would have chopped better ? I cut down a lot of trees so i can heat up the woodstove. And i use the BK9 a lot to chop the branches. It does that great. Also the ones that are 2 cm in diameter. And the larger ones will loose after hitting them 2 or 3 times. So to me i can not see any benefit in spending much more money for the knife itself. And the price difference is big if you choose the Junglas only to have the Kydex sheet. Sometimes you just have to buy something and be happy with it and not be thinking for years "what if i would have bought the other thing ?". I did not buy it to defend myself against zombies. For me it is a tool. I also took it with me on vacation into Sweden. Spend a week in the forest with the motorcycle. And used it to chop firewood. A large splitting ax would have been much easier but it did its job. If it would be the only thing that you have with you then you would be really happy with it. Better to have a BK 9 then nothing. And until it breaks and i buy another knife i will not know anything else. There is no point in keeping to watch other video's in wich a Junglas will be shown. Get a coin and throw it in the air and pick a side i would say.
I have an original Battle Mistress, and the blade has two small chips in it from chopping branches. I have done far more chopping with the Junglas with absolutely no damage. Junglas feels better in my hand as well.
@@VJLasorsa But the opposite reigns true... The Junglas has a more blade heavy /forward weight and the Junglas II is nearly perfectly balanced. I class the original as a large survival/camp knife and the Junglas II as a large combat/survival knife. Watch thepreppersbunkeroutdoors Junlgas vs. Junglas II review, hes not perfect but he does the most scientific chopping test/comparison of the two knives that I've seen and he came to the logical conclusion (like most reviewers of both knives) that the Junglas is still the superior chopper... nearly twice as efficient in his testing. The main task that the Junglas II actually excels over the Junglas would be combative situation were a shorter better balanced knife has an advantage of being less cumbersome and for finer knife tasks that shorter length and balance also is favorable... but for brute tasks like chopping and batoning the additional blade length and forward weight of the original Junglas still holds an advantage. The previous comment wasn't stating that the Junglas has a perfectly balanced weight ratio, he meant the Junglas was designed with near perfect proportions in its overall handle to blade length/size... as all Esee's are imo... the acceptation being the Junglas II, since its a scaled down design it should've also had the handles scaled down to maintain the overall knife proportions... though thats not as cost effective production wise (unless they used the 5/6 handles) and surely would've effected the knives balance which as previously mentioned is near perfect as is even with the beefy Junglas handles. I've seen many reviewers that consider the Junglas II to feel like its more of a big brother to an Esee 6 like its an Esee 7 or 8, rather then a little brother to the Junglas, which is why its also been stated that the Junglas II may have benefited from being designed as an Esee 7/8 with the smaller Esee 5/6 handles on it, rather then the beefy Junglas handles. The verdict is still out on the Junglas vs. Junglas II debate, there different knives designed to excel in slightly different tasks but both are workhorses that can do a little of everything. At the end of the day, buy what suits you best and which ever you prefer most since there both exceptional knives and you can't ever go wrong purchasing any Esee.
@@TysonHook-22- I agree the Jungles is the better chopper. But I don't use my J2 primarily for chopping... Based on the adventure I am underway with and the means of transport that I use, I will take along another edged tool with my J2 - ie hatchet, or my Hudson Bay cruiser axe. . If I am swinging my edge tools with one hand, for chopping, then the J2 or the hatchet work for my needs. If I'm swinging my edged tool with TWO hands than I always prefer to have a small forest axe, Hudson Bay cruiser axe, for these tasks. REMEMBER in the bush - one is none, two is one. so if I had to choose only one edged tool to take with me, it would be a HB Cruiser Axe,. but I never go with one tool, when I can take two edged tools for chopping!!!! I have three axes that I use for chopping they range in size - 12", 16" and 24" handle lengths. The J2 complements each of them...and for single hand chopping it destroys the hards woods I process. If not a J2 I recommend the Laser Strike, for smaller camp chores, YMWV...
Ochoco Bushcraft thanks for your info.i ordered the Junglas.it looks like a beast.i purchased the esee camp lore a year ago and love it.i might just get the Junglas 2if I feel the need.i love the handles you replaced I’m going to get some from knife connection as well.
@@drakejdf You are going to love your Junglas, and the handles from Knife Connection make it even better. I just ordered an Esee JG3. Want to try it out for some fine carving.
Cool to see people get their perfect knife
Thank You!
Mentions “First Blood” and I’m like, “Yep, know we’re on the same page here. That’s where it all began.” 👍 Stitching up his own hardcore wounds, jumping off cliffs, spearing pigs, holding off an entire platoon of soldiers. Rambo was the man, and First Blood is still the best one.
That movie started it all for me. I bought one of those Rambo replicas way back in the 80's!
Same here! When I was a young teen, I bought several of those Rambo survival knives at the fair and at a flea market close to our house. That movie started the fire in me for a love of the great outdoors.
Didn't we all have one!? Haha
I think rambo actually goes back a bit into the sherrif’s office to retrieve that knife as he escapes
I remember. Great fight scene!
@@ochocobushcraft1742 - making the point that - that knife - was very damn important
@@wolffo999 yes it was!
I too have looking for the perfect knife. I found it after watching The Preppers Bunker. Jacob did a series of great vids. on the Junglas. I bought the knife that night and have not looked back. It's awesome no doubt. I will watch all your vids. I wish I could buy 10 but I only need one at a time and one will last a lifetime. I have since bought a ESSE 6 for my bump belt.
Thank You for watching! I recently started using the Junglas 2 and it has become my primary survival knife with the Jubglas a close second. Either way, both are incredible knives and you can't go wrong with an Esee!
Very nice video. The Junglas is a favorite of mine as well. Thank you for sharing!
Thank You For Watching!
Can you pls do a video on your sheath
I bought the knife as well and I’m trying to copy your sheath because it looks awesome 👏
First video I found! Just subscribed. Really liked this video and you seem really naturally nice :)
Thank you I appreciate that! Hope you enjoy the videos.
Excellent choice.
I’m enjoying watching your old vids about the bigger blades. 👍🏼👍🏼
This video being 5 years old, I’m curious if this is still your favorite “survival” blade.
I like the Junglass, but I bought the TOPS Armageddon about 9 years ago. I liked it, but the pointy little choil in the middle of the handle was in the way. I gave my Armageddon to Leo Espinosa at the NRA Convention in Nashville in 2015 and he sent it back to me three days later with that choil smoothed down.
Now it’s so much easier to hold. It’s been my #1 “survival” knife ever since.
Do you still have your Armageddon? You might try smoothing down that pointy little choil to see if it works better for you.
…just a thought.
🇺🇸
Glad you are enjoying some older videos. Since fire season hit in full force so quickly, I haven't had the chance to make a new video.
I actually no longer have the Armageddon or the Junglas. I have really fallen in love with the knives from Architect Knives, and even got to design one of the handle options. The canvas micarta in woodland camo is my contribution. The AK 5 5 is my favorite do it all knife. When I want something bigger I carry the AK8 Paired with the 4.5. High Sabre is my absolute favorite grind on a survival knife as well. The 1095 blades are actually made by TOPS.
I finally ordered one last night just before my New Year's resolution kicks in. That was close. Right now it's more an extension of my credit card we'll see what else it can extend to when it gets here, ha. They are hard to find here in Canada. Everywhere you go they are out of stock except for one seller and they only had four left. It's one of those 'snooze you lose' situations because when they're gone they may never come back for sale. I have a bk9 and recently got the Condor k-tact kukri. It will be interesting to compare them. I retired from carpentry and woodworking about 7 years ago at 65. It's a different world going from Urban woodworking to Wilderness Bushcraft woodworking. I'm going to watch your series on this knife it makes for a good video while I'm doing my workouts. Do you still do your powerlifting contests.
I think you will really enjoy using this knife! I have since taken to using the Junglas 2, but the Junglas is still a favorite. Edge retention is incredible. Feels at home in the hand.
Still lifting, but not powerlifting at present. Resting my joints with a little higher reps, 8-10.
Let me know how you like the knife please
@@ochocobushcraft1742 Will let you know but I'm sure it will be perfect. A bit too cold right now to try it outside but I have a small stash of wood branches stored away so I can give it a small test run.
I striped the black coating off and clip pointed the blade and had a leather sheath made i have had that knife for over 10 years love it
Nice!
hello, first thank you for your videos, they are great, then by dint of seeing your videos on the esee junglas and well I bought one, and ... I am not disappointed, it is great, thank you for your comments , and good luck, Luigi, belgium ardennes
Thank you for watching! The Esee Junglas is still my favorite!
@@ochocobushcraft1742 hello, thank you for your answer, i understand that this is your favorit, i also started with a wolf borger survival, then a gerber bmf, buck master 184, esee 5, esee6, but now it's the junglas my favorite, again thank you for having described it so well
Luigi
Awesomeness video brother, the Junglas 2 replaced my Esee 6, but the original Junglas is my go to big blade. When you say it's like an extension of the body, I totally agree the balance is spot on.
Thanks for watching. I still love using the Esee, but admittadly have been using the Tops Armageddon a lot lately.
I can't decide between the junglas and junglas 2. Any thoughts, since you have both?
@@kculbert7789 Original Junglas for me, the Junglas 2 is an awesome big blade but the original just feels better balanced, more purposeful as a big knife come chopper.
Good video thanks
Thanks for watching!
Great video 🤗
I think most of where inspired by RAMO lol
I just received my Big knife #7 from Kharkiv forge and blown away at the completely different experience of using a handmade machete. I think you’d really like it. I’ll never have to buy a mass produced survival knife again :p it is incredible
that sheath is pretty awesome
Thank You! Shasta Leather here in Prineville OR made it. They can make you a sheath like that for any large knife.
Great info!
Thank You for watching!
You should check out the Gossman boar knife. It seems right up your alley
I will take a look. Thanks!
I love that sheath, have you thought about having more made to sell?
I always just refer people to my local leather shop. They are good to me.
Junglas doesn't get enough credit in the application I use it for -- yardwork! It's a great "stubby" heavy machete.
Great review. Could you please mention the name of the Leather working shop? I'd like to contact them to see if they'll make me a similar sheath for my BK9
Painted Hills Custom Leather in Prineville Oregon. And yes, I have an identical sheath from them for my BK9! VERY NICE!
You can Google them.
Thank you for watching!
@@ochocobushcraft1742
That's great to hear. Thank you so much for the reply. Really appreciate it.
Cool sheath
Thanks!
@@ochocobushcraft1742 I'd buy one
@@chaser1357 Painted Hills Custom Leather in Prineville Or. They make all my sheaths. 541-881-6491. Tell them Ochoco Bushcraft sheath. They will fit it to your knife any way you want. Awesome Service.
Bro, where can i get those grips?
I have the Junglas, the 5, the 3-MIL, Izula, Izula 2 and the Candiru. Debating between the 6 and the Junglas 2
Very nice! I have all but the 6.
@@ochocobushcraft1742 12 hours later, I just ordered the 6! Pandemic retail therapy, justified by supporting US business 😄🎅
where do you find fatwood in the PNW?
Check out my video, Finding "Fatwood....". Everywhere there is a root wad, there is fatwood.
Great video, a pleasure to watch! What was it about the original handle scales that you didn't like, i find them fantastic. Also, you should try an rtak ii, they are pretty much the same blade but the rtak has a choil. You may not like the rtak handle though.
Thank You! I like handles that have a palm swell, just feels like it is molded to my hand. The G10 handles from The Knife Connection are perfect for my hand. I will take a look at the Rtak.
@@ochocobushcraft1742 ah great thanks for clearing that up, i find the handles fit my hands great, just shows that everyone is different. You definitely won't be disappointed with the rtak ii, I'd recommend after market scales for the rtak ii though, the stock handles are quite blocky and huge. The edge may also need dialing in a bit. It requires a little more work than the junglas to be as functional, but blades performance however is very good and the finger choil adds a lot of control for fine work.
I have the RTAK ll , and I just used my Dremmel and rounded the scales off and now they are alot better , I have XL hands so the big blocky scales were not that bad to begin with ... 👍🖖
If junglas was sabre grind, with a clip or spear point, 3d handles, a somewhat skeletonized handle, THAT would be awesome. Why is it so hard for them to get that? A knife that size should be tactical by a spear or clip point. It should be a knife to defend yourself from predators too
Do the junglas 2 3d handles allow you to fit the knife in the factory sheath?
Do you prefer the Junglas so much more then the BK9 ? Tomorrow morning i have to order the one or the order. I think it will be the Junglas. Also because it is a better sheet out of the box. But does the BK9 not a little bit better the fine cutting work ?
But weight is a big problem for me. So i have to stick with bringing along just one knife that can do it all.
Since posting this video, I have done several videos on the Junglas 2, And just recently the BK 9. actually have come to prefer both to the original Junglas.
The Junglas 2 is now my absolute favorite large knife, but the BK9 is a very, very close second. BK9 will delimb tree boughs easier. Junglas 2 is a little easier to carve with.I truly love them both, but I have to give the edge to the Junglas 2.
Please let me know what you decide and how you like it.
Welke heb je gekocht Kees?
@@Ve-suvius I'm Dutch. So what do you think i have bought ?🤭
@@keesverhagen9227
Yes Kees, I know. Kees is a very Dutch name. And Verhagen as well. I knew a man with that surname.
Which one you chose. That's hard to guess. There are several factors people will choose one or the other.
The handle is an extremely important factor in the choice. The BK is a little smaller, more contoured. So that might be better for medium sized or small hands. The handle of the Junglas is much wider, bit flat on the sides. But good for bigger hands.
Opinions differ a lot, Junglas is said to be a better chopper, though I read about people experience the BK9 actually chopping wood better. I have no idea on this.
I guess you bought the 10 inch blade Junglas.
But now I'm curious to what you have bought. And what you like or dislike about it.
😀
@@Ve-suvius The only thing you can base your decision on for buying a certain knife or choosing between several knifes is to orientate yourself about them. But in the end it will be a bit of a guess i think if you make your decision solely based on what you think. But i must say that i am very happy with the BK9. But to be honest probably i would also have been happy with the Junglas but a bit extra poorer. The BK9 does everything what i want it to do. But defenitly i would have appreciated the sheet of the Junglas much more. If i would have owned both knifes i could have told you wich one i liked more. But i cannot. Only that the BK9 will not dissapoint you. It is simply a good knife. And it chops extremely well. But maybe the Junglas would have chopped better ?
I cut down a lot of trees so i can heat up the woodstove. And i use the BK9 a lot to chop the branches. It does that great. Also the ones that are 2 cm in diameter. And the larger ones will loose after hitting them 2 or 3 times.
So to me i can not see any benefit in spending much more money for the knife itself. And the price difference is big if you choose the Junglas only to have the Kydex sheet. Sometimes you just have to buy something and be happy with it and not be thinking for years "what if i would have bought the other thing ?". I did not buy it to defend myself against zombies. For me it is a tool.
I also took it with me on vacation into Sweden. Spend a week in the forest with the motorcycle. And used it to chop firewood. A large splitting ax would have been much easier but it did its job. If it would be the only thing that you have with you then you would be really happy with it. Better to have a BK 9 then nothing. And until it breaks and i buy another knife i will not know anything else.
There is no point in keeping to watch other video's in wich a Junglas will be shown. Get a coin and throw it in the air and pick a side i would say.
How would you compare the esee junglas to the busse battle mistress?
I have an original Battle Mistress, and the blade has two small chips in it from chopping branches. I have done far more chopping with the Junglas with absolutely no damage. Junglas feels better in my hand as well.
@@ochocobushcraft1742 Send it back to Busse. They have a great warranty too. Is it a INFI blade? Or SR101.
I prefer the junglas 2 over the Junglas. The junglas is great but feels like a Roman broad sword.
I would like to customize a Junglas 2 someday also. It is a beautiful knife!
@@LXT43 I hear you... good point. I'm on the opposite side of this POV... I like the forward balance of the J2... can you say chop chop chop.... ?
@@VJLasorsa But the opposite reigns true... The Junglas has a more blade heavy /forward weight and the Junglas II is nearly perfectly balanced. I class the original as a large survival/camp knife and the Junglas II as a large combat/survival knife.
Watch thepreppersbunkeroutdoors Junlgas vs. Junglas II review, hes not perfect but he does the most scientific chopping test/comparison of the two knives that I've seen and he came to the logical conclusion (like most reviewers of both knives) that the Junglas is still the superior chopper... nearly twice as efficient in his testing.
The main task that the Junglas II actually excels over the Junglas would be combative situation were a shorter better balanced knife has an advantage of being less cumbersome and for finer knife tasks that shorter length and balance also is favorable... but for brute tasks like chopping and batoning the additional blade length and forward weight of the original Junglas still holds an advantage.
The previous comment wasn't stating that the Junglas has a perfectly balanced weight ratio, he meant the Junglas was designed with near perfect proportions in its overall handle to blade length/size... as all Esee's are imo... the acceptation being the Junglas II, since its a scaled down design it should've also had the handles scaled down to maintain the overall knife proportions... though thats not as cost effective production wise (unless they used the 5/6 handles) and surely would've effected the knives balance which as previously mentioned is near perfect as is even with the beefy Junglas handles.
I've seen many reviewers that consider the Junglas II to feel like its more of a big brother to an Esee 6 like its an Esee 7 or 8, rather then a little brother to the Junglas, which is why its also been stated that the Junglas II may have benefited from being designed as an Esee 7/8 with the smaller Esee 5/6 handles on it, rather then the beefy Junglas handles. The verdict is still out on the Junglas vs. Junglas II debate, there different knives designed to excel in slightly different tasks but both are workhorses that can do a little of everything.
At the end of the day, buy what suits you best and which ever you prefer most since there both exceptional knives and you can't ever go wrong purchasing any Esee.
@@TysonHook-22- I agree the Jungles is the better chopper. But I don't use my J2 primarily for chopping... Based on the adventure I am underway with and the means of transport that I use, I will take along another edged tool with my J2 - ie hatchet, or my Hudson Bay cruiser axe. . If I am swinging my edge tools with one hand, for chopping, then the J2 or the hatchet work for my needs. If I'm swinging my edged tool with TWO hands than I always prefer to have a small forest axe, Hudson Bay cruiser axe, for these tasks. REMEMBER in the bush - one is none, two is one. so if I had to choose only one edged tool to take with me, it would be a HB Cruiser Axe,. but I never go with one tool, when I can take two edged tools for chopping!!!! I have three axes that I use for chopping they range in size - 12", 16" and 24" handle lengths. The J2 complements each of them...and for single hand chopping it destroys the hards woods I process. If not a J2 I recommend the Laser Strike, for smaller camp chores, YMWV...
no substitute for that length and mass though
Junglas 1 or 2 ? I think I’m going with 1
If you just want a chopper go with the 1. If you plan to use it for knife tasks as well, the 2 is a better choice.
Ochoco Bushcraft thanks for your info.i ordered the Junglas.it looks like a beast.i purchased the esee camp lore a year ago and love it.i might just get the Junglas 2if I feel the need.i love the handles you replaced I’m going to get some from knife connection as well.
@@drakejdf You are going to love your Junglas, and the handles from Knife Connection make it even better.
I just ordered an Esee JG3. Want to try it out for some fine carving.
That’s not a knife this is a knoife
LOL! I agree!