$8 away from my Blue Mora Companion, ideas on how to keep it shiny and sparkly forever and ever?

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sparklygalaxy said:
To keep my knives. nice.

Just because it is a $12 "mass produced" knife, does not mean it doesn't deserve care and attention. Also, $12 is a lot for some of us.

Sincerely,

~ The Girl With Four Dollars In Her Bank Account.
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Sorry - so what you really meant is how to take care of, maintain, and keep your knife nice. That should be easy.

Try not to abuse it. Wipe it with a cloth every time after use. If you store it for an extended period, apply some mineral oil.
 
sharp_edge said:
Sorry - so what you really meant is how to take care of, maintain, and keep your knife nice. That should be easy.

Try not to abuse it. Wipe it with a cloth every time after use. If you store it for an extended period, apply some mineral oil.
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No worries Sharp ^_^ Hey, for the wipe with a cloth part, I've got some camera lens cleaning soft cloths... but would you recommend more of a sturdy shammy type material? What do you think? <3
 
This 8 inch blade stainless Mora looks fine and I've never worried about it at all.
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sparklygalaxy said:
To keep my knives. nice.

Just because it is a $12 "mass produced" knife, does not mean it doesn't deserve care and attention. Also, $12 is a lot for some of us.

Sincerely,

~ The Girl With Four Dollars In Her Bank Account.
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For someone with $4 in a bank account, you've made a very wise value oriented choice with the Mora. You seem like an outdoorsy type, having looked at some of your previous posts. That being the case, I'm sure you can understand, that those with shiny/new looking gear are sort of looked at like newbs. The wear and the scuffs, scratches, etc.. on your gear are the stories they have to tell. Each mark was earned in service to you. If you want to keep it new looking, more power to ya. But remember that letting it look like it has earned its keep, doesn't mean that you are failing to maintain it.

sparklygalaxy said:
A while back I got my boyfriend this same Morakniv only in orange with carbon steel and he's actually thinking of giving it a forced patina to keep away natural rust and corrosion.
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If it's the same as yours, it has a stainless blade. It won't patina, and under any half-way civilized condition, it won't rust either. No need to protect it.
 
Just get rid of it.
This is an inexpensive working knife, it's meant to be used and develop patina or scratches.

Btw I wish you luck on the forum, you seem a bit excentric and that go a few different ways around here ;)
 
Are you serious OP.

I'm pretty out there but I keep it in check most of the time.

Soon as you have a chance go roll it around in a pile of mud. Cut some wood, old carpeting and cans. Rinse it off then sharpen it. Perfect.

Get that $200 abalone case . Now that is something to keep sparkly and shiny.

This coming from a guy who loves having his nails painted purple by his daughters.
 
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Ok, no offense, but if you don't have the money to buy the $12 knife, maybe save up a little more and get in a better financial situation. I've been broke as a joke before and my first concern was not posting how to keep a cheap knife I had not yet bought looking pretty.
 
Blues Bender said:
I always knew there was something a little bit off about you:D:p

Joking aside, I'd probably do the same if I had a daughter;)
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Lol, thanks man. They are tough little girls and love doing daddy things, but at the end of the day they are little girls.

I feel like the richest man in the world every day I come home from work and see them. Better yet when they come jump on me in the morning.

Here is my Mora. Nice carbon blade or what's left of it and my sheath that the dog tried to eat. That's what I get for using this knife to grill up some steaks.

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If you want to keep the stainless Mora looking new, I would suggest you buy two of them. Use one for whatever and keep one in the kitchen. I have lots of stainless knives in the kitchen that are years old that show absolutely no scratches or stains.

Years ago when I had long hair, my little sister used to put my hair in rollers at home for the fun of it. I guess she was practicing. It was fun.
 
If you want to keep it pristine, get a different color. Orange is the best color.

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P.S. if you want a used mora, in orange of course, that you don't have to keep pristine, PM me your address and I'll mail you the one in the picture. It already isn't pristine so no need to baby it. You can keep the blue one pretty for whatever you want a pretty mora companion for. And then you'll even have a matching mora with your BF, except yours will stay shinier a lot easier because it's stainless.
 
sparklygalaxy said:
Hey, for the wipe with a cloth part, I've got some camera lens cleaning soft cloths... but would you recommend more of a sturdy shammy type material? What do you think? <3
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Not too long ago we addressed this issue in a most thorough and scientific manner and the general censuses was . . . the most sanitary and cleansing way to prepare a knife blade for food prep was to lick the blade all over and wipe it under your arm on your shirt.
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Liink >>>> to cleansing perfection.
Thank you Heatmiser
 
sparklygalaxy sparklygalaxy I think that you see what I see, that many can easily overlook. The Mora knives are beautiful on many levels, design, quality, and incredible value. I got a Mora Basic in Orange with carbon steel for $9 and it's too pretty to use. I know when the time comes I will use it for whatever, but I will have to force it. That's why I normally buy used blades so they're already not perfect therefore what's a little more wear? I totally get it.
For the people telling you to save your money or anything similar, they mean well. I don't think that they get that if you're truly broke, that the happiness you get from this simple purchase may mean that much more. Of course I assume you say broke as in until payday, but that's really not anybody's business anyway.
Excellent offer from bikerector bikerector ! Definitely take him up, and use it. You may find you enjoy the character it gets from battle scars ;)
 
Asking how to keep a knife pristine makes the very same sense and requires the same answer if a blacksmith was to ask how to keep his anvil or hammers from getting dinged.... and that is...

SMATCHET!

Mandatory BF answer to any not-so-logical question.

On a more serious note. Only way to keep it pristine is not using it. There is no way arround it. To maintain a knife, any knife indeed, you have to take care of several things: scratches to the blade (don't cut anything harder than the metal itself), rust (if it is not stainless, keep it dry and oiled. If stainless, keep it dry), chipped edge (don't bang it against anything harder, say wire, nails, etc.), handle and seath (plastic, keep away from strong chemicals and heat), blade integrity (don't pry with the knife, don't use it as screwdriver, don't hammer on it). And that's about it.

First time you you sharpen the thing is going to get scratched to hell unless you take the time to polish the bevels going through several grits of abrasive media. Which, in my opinion, in a Mora makes no sense.

Best of luck!
 
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