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ESEE Knives and Randall’s Adventure & Training: Company Profile

ESEE Knives / Randall’s Adventure & Training was born on the floor of the Amazon jungle but it is firmly rooted in the USA. The home base is located in Gallant Alabama on a 170 acre family farm that also serves as the training grounds for their wilderness training school, Randall’s Adventure & Training. Rowen Manufacturing, based in Idaho Falls, has handled our knife production since the inception of ESEE knives. ESEE sewn good are based out of Knoxville TN. ESEE Knives feature a Lifetime Warranty; if you break it, we will replace it.

Beginning in 1997, Jeff Randall and Mike Perrin started down the path of changing the way the survival and wilderness industry did business. Having become frustrated with the endless amount of exaggeration and hype often associated with “survival” gear and training, they started Randall’s Adventure & Training to bring realistic tools and knowledge to the consumer. Working under contract with the Peruvian Air Force’s “Escuela De Supervivencia En La Selva” (School of Jungle Survival), also known by the acronym ESSEL, they introduced many clients to the art of jungle survival in the vast Peruvian Amazon jungle.

ESEE Knives and Randall’s Adventure & Training: Company Profile

After several years of operating in South America, they brought their training stateside and added a sister company that produces high quality field grade knives and gear. One of their first designs was the RTAK made by Wicked Knife Company in Arkansas, then later produced by Ontario Knife Company. They also introduced the Laser Strike that was built by TOPS Knives. After spending 5 years designing the RAT line of knives for Ontario, they formed their own knife company named RAT Cutlery with Rowen Manufacturing in Idaho Falls producing their line. The name was later changed to ESEE Knives to avoid confusion with the Ontario produced RAT line of knives. While most all of their current line is now produced by Rowen, Jeff and Mike still design for other companies, such as the Blueridge Knives’ Avispa and Zancudo folders and Ontario’s Model 1 and Model 2 folders.

Since the inception of Randall’s Adventure & Training in 1997, it has led numerous expeditions and survival training courses in the Amazon jungles of Peru and across the United States, and the ESEE brand now has global distribution and recognition. ESEE Knives / Randall’s Adventure & Training has a clientele that ranges from military and law enforcement teams to film crews and professional adventurers. Their courses and gear have been featured on the Travel Channel, Discovery Channel and in numerous books, outdoor magazines and trade publications.

The company’s philosophy is simple: treat the customer with respect, keep the prices fair, provide the best in quality, and never teach a skill or provide a piece of gear that hasn’t been tested in the real world. Every student that walks through the doors of Randall’s Adventure & Training leaves with a set of skills that will stay with them throughout their life, and every end-user of an ESEE product knows they are backed by the best warranty and customer service in the industry.

In the world of factory knives, survival gear and wilderness training, ESEE/Randall’s Adventure & Training is one of the only companies that the owners and employees all live the lifestyle of the gear they produce. No suit and ties, just hard-won experience that is reflected in the world’s best knives, gear and training. View the team photo page.

You can get your survival gear or plan your very own Randall’s Adventure HERE

by Shane Adams

Shane has spent the vast majority of his life in the mountains of North Georgia. He’s a life long cyclist, an avid bow hunter and enjoys spending time in the woods with his sons. Shane is also a fly fisherman and white water kayaker, as well as an avid endurance racer doing both adventure races and mountain bike ..

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