Anyone Modify their Moras?

The handles are too big for me, so I'm looking for ideas of mods. They're good, but I don't think they are perfect. In fact I chipped one of mine yesterday, a clipper. I was batoning through a piece of oak, must have hit a knot. I'll get a pic up later.
 
Some guys here wrap the handles with Para-cord. That works well for me as there is no grip thats to big for me. They are great knives, they are not axes.
 
It was just simple batoning like people do with every other knife. That was through a piece of wood 3" in diameter. It could happen to any knife. I really believe they are great knives, but overrated. They are just a knife, a good one for the price and simply that.
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I chipped my 510 the first couple times I used it. I just sharpened back, and haven't had a problem since. But hey they are so cheap, I don't mind if I gotta sharpen it back into shape once in a while.

Anyways, the only mod I did to mine was to wrap the handle, which has made what I thought was a good handle into a GREAT handle. I also made my own stitch less sheath for it and squared the spine.
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CGU,

I have a couple and I think they have their place. The attraction (to me) is the price, variety and they are very good cutters. They are not hard use knives in my book and will not replace my Lakota Hawk or Busse Hell Razor for serious outdoor use. But I do like my 780 Triflex!
 
I'd have to say the Mora 2000 is on the top of my list. Yea the dents aren't anything that 20 min on a DMT wouldn't handle. You can't beat the price. I think we can say that about Moras until are faces turn blue and we'll just keep saying it because you can't beat the price. I believe it's an honest price. I have a Triflex as well, but don't like it as much as my clipper.
 
stingray4540 said:
I chipped my 510 the first couple times I used it. I just sharpened back, and haven't had a problem since. But hey they are so cheap, I don't mind if I gotta sharpen it back into shape once in a while.
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Moras are machine ground using robots. There is always a tendency to over heat the initial edge.

Every Mora I have ever owned, I take back using wet stones before I use it. This takes it back into "good" steel and eliminates the chipping for all except for those that want to beat it senseless.
 
cgusek111 said:
It was just simple batoning like people do with every other knife. That was through a piece of wood 3" in diameter. It could happen to any knife. I really believe they are great knives, but overrated. They are just a knife, a good one for the price and simply that.
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There's the gig. I don't think people overrate them, they are just astonished that you can get a good knife that performs AT ALL, for that price. But even guys that love them generally will tell you that they are not hard use knives.
 
That's exactly my point. They are great for the price. They are good skinners, carving knives, good for making traps, etc. I have read many times in these forums where people make Moras out to be something that they are not. Either they have never used them and are overrating them or they are lying out their ass.
 
What I did with my Mora 2000 was take the rubber grip off and put a more thin layer of my own and eventually, maybe tomorrow cord wrap it with a wax nylon cord. It's more thin then para cord. I like smaller handles verse the larger. I'll post pics when I get it done.
 
OK, to be honest, I generally avoided Mora threads because I wasn't interested in cheap $#!^^y knives -- until I caught the Scandi bug. So I confess I haven't read enough threads about them to know one way or the other what others claim. I will say, though, that although I haven't bought a Mora, I have bought a Iisakki Järvenpää Leuku/Puukko combination, and it's obvious the puukko style knife is NOT a prybar, nor is it meant to be pile-driven through logs, pretending it's an axe. It does excel at small, fine work as I suspect the Moras do as well.
 
My SS Clipper took a good sharpening to keep a solid edge well. I do light to medium cudgeling with it on straight grain stuff maybe up to 3X3" with NO problems whatsoever. I do use more of a brisk tapping than a hard smacking but on 99% of wood once you are just blade deep the edge doesn't take any impact hardly at all. Knots are to be avoided of course.
 
I bought my first Mora knife about 10-12 years ago. It is the Laminated Red wood handled Mora. I have skinned and field dressed about 20 head of big game with it plus using it around the Camp Kitchen. I use a light weight hatcet for chopping as thats what it was made for. The Mora knives were made for hunting, fishing and outdoor activities where a good knife that cuts well and holds a good edge is needed. There are very few knives if any, that offer the value that Mora gives you for your money. I certainly have many other knives to compare them to.:D

I now own about 12-13 Mora's.
 
I haven't yet but I plan on getting a few sheaths from Normark...

It's a great blade but I think it has crappy pants.
 
The carbon steel Moras would be expected to chip under rigorous conditions, given the hardness they're run. Even after getting down to good steel. That's generally the price of high hardness. I have had a #1 chip a bit when I decided to use it as a thrower, and missed. Interestingly, I recently dropped a (stainless) 545, and the edge made a lateral impact on a steel pipe. The edge deformed a bit and didn't chip at all. I know the stainless Moras are a bit softer than the carbon steel, but this really surprised me.

I've done a couple mods on Moras in the past. My old #1 has the spine squared off in order to use on a firesteel. And recently I epoxied the handle on a #3.
 
I take a wood rasp to the sides of my 760 handle. I make a cross pattern that is not very deep, but it greatly improves my ability to hold the knife when wet or covered with fish guts. The knife is then so ugly no one wants to borrow it, which is fine with me.

Spud
 
I too love my moras, but the main reason they do not crack the big three is I feel it's only slightly ahead of my vic trekker in blade strength, but less utility.
I think 1 word to describe moras is simplicity. No frills, just a knife that works, and too many of us try to complicate the whole thing.
I like to have em around to give my friends when they think their browning (or, if they are a little more well off), crkt folder is a good knife, get these people on the right track, cheaply, and make a friend for life.
 
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