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siguy

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i have had a wood handled laminated blade #1 for about 8 months now, and have been using it alot. i really like this knife, and it works great. it also seems to be fairly stain resistent for a carbon steel. even after cutting up an apple and leaving the juice on for a few minutes there was no sign of discoloration.

today i got in the mail a basic plastic handled carbon steel mora, the "viking" model. interesting to compare these two.

the viking has a larger handle that is much more hand filling. it has a thinner, wider blade. the tang is fairly short. the sheath is better, and locks the knife in. the viking also has a 6 centimetre ruler on the spine, and a marking showing that the spine is at 90 degrees to the front of the handle.

the #1 measures about 1/8" thick, the viking is closer to 3/32" thick. both feel very sturdy. very little flex in the blade. both take an amazingly sharp edge, easily among the "sharpest knives i own" club.

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so far, with some limited test cutting, the viking is an awesome knife. the thinner blade cuts very well and feels very sturdy. i imagine it will bind less in stiff foods like potatos and apples too. the #1 is a poor food prep knife in my opinion because it wedges so badly in hard fruits and veggies.

the sheath is much better designed, especially around the belt loop. it is shaped so that the belt doesn't have to flex the plastic to fit through the slots, and it has a built in reinforcement in case the sheath gets pushed away from the body. it also locks the knife in positively. there is a drain hole that while not a big deal could prevent the sheath from retaining water like i have had happen on my #1 sheath (which resulted in a rusty tip and a new drain hole)

just thought i would share my impressions of this new knife and compare for anyone looking at plastic handled vs wood handled.
 
Nice review as always. I wonder why they call it the viking?

I know your an outdoorsy kinda guy, but did you realize your standing in poison ivy with sandals on?

Not to sound like an old man, but when I was your age, I could sleep in the stuff and not get it, nowadays, if I see it in a picture I end up with a rash. When I was living in Jersey, I just had a rash almost all the time.
 
Nice Mora simon! That ruler will come in handy. I always use blade lengths to measure stuff in the woods. Kinda cool they put it on there.

You must be like me, and the Ivy dont get ya (yet)
 
i've been lucky so far and seem to have built up something resembling an immunity to the stuff-at least on my feet. i still get the rash a little in other places though.

j-i rarely measure things in the woods, but i can see this coming in handy at some point. i might square the spine though, which could result in making it not perfectly straight anymore...not really a big deal for me though.

oh and the cutting action in hard foods is confirmed-i cut up an apple a little while ago with no noticeable wedging or sticking. good stuff.
 
The ivy jumped out at me too :-). There is a little Virginia creeper in there also with five leaflets. It took a second look to find the sandled foot!

Ivy gets me pretty good.

Shotgunner, there is plenty of it in southeast Texas good thing you've got a sharp eye for it.
 
Virginia Creeper and Poison Ivy. Usually found in the same environment. Sometimes the creeper hides the ivy.
 
siguy said:
i've been lucky so far and seem to have built up something resembling an immunity to the stuff-at least on my feet. i still get the rash a little in other places though.

j-i rarely measure things in the woods, but i can see this coming in handy at some point. i might square the spine though, which could result in making it not perfectly straight anymore...not really a big deal for me though.

oh and the cutting action in hard foods is confirmed-i cut up an apple a little while ago with no noticeable wedging or sticking. good stuff.
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It is handy man. Mostly for marking lengths of parts for traps and such where you might need to make something a certain length. Not really exact measurement, but you get the idea...
 
the #1 is a poor food prep knife in my opinion because it wedges so badly in hard fruits and veggies.
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They will do that if the shoulders are not slightly rounded and polished. Not sure if you have tried that. When I get a new Mora, after flattening out the grind (most of the Mora's have hollow's in their factory grinds -- hard to see sometimes with the eye until an abrasive is applied), I just slightly round off the shoulders and then polish the entire grind and shoulders. REALLY improves the performance of the blade. :)
 
I am pretty sure that is the same knife Ragnar sells as the 640 Tradesman. If so, I have the Triflex version and really like it.
 
stingray, i bought this one from smokeymountainknifeworks.com (eknifeworks.com) labeled as a "viking carbon mora" or something similar...$8

i bought it the same time i bought my wetterlings and DMT credit card plates, but it just got here today (the rest got here almost two weeks ago)...in the contents slip in the first box it said "out of stock item" or something...but showed up today. all's well that ends well...
 
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