Bill Moran Fixed Blade Questions

The General

The General

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As a proud owner of this knife I have a few questions.

How tough is this knife? I bought it not as a skinner but as a general camp knife. Will it stand up to general camp tasks such as chopping small branches and cutting?

Opinions from users and Spyderco will be very welcome. Anyone damaged this knife?
VG10 is supposed to be very tough is this true for this thin knife?

Thanks

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Hi General,

I use the FB01 mainly for light chores. Its blade geometry is just perfect for cutting and slicing. No problems maintaining its sharpness with Spyderco's 204 sharpmaker. Since the steel is strong and the blade is rather thin, I'd rather keep it away from giving heavy blows like chopping and prying.
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Sam

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General - We've only gotten one back that I know of. Someone cooked the kraton.

I believe it will impress you. There are few, if any that I've seen in production made better. Though I'm biased, I've got a pretty good idea of what's being made in production pieces.

sal
 
General,
Bill Moran Featherweight is designed as lightweight high performance cutting tool and no way chopper. Additionally it is far too light for even light chopping. Please reach here for my impressions on this knife.
For small branch chopping I could advise to buy a light camp axe, it costs far less and chops far better.

Sal,
Someone cooked the kraton.
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What one man made another always could be able to break down, this is very human
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Is the Moran Drop Point out yet?

I would use some care, and the Moran is not that long, but some daring soul (see the Wilderness forum) has been using a baton with his Mora knives, to split wood, and has not broken any as far as I recall.

I cannot see myself out splitting wood with my Moran, but I imagine, in an emergency, it would be adequate to shave off some dryer interior wood. It certainly comes SHARP!!! enough.
 
The original Moran is advertised as a general camp/utility knife. I've always associated its design with skinning, but not much else.

Am I wrong? How does it serve you Moran owners as a camp/utility blade? In particular, I imagine its trailing point would be less efficient for anything other than skinning. No?

Curious and interested,
Glen
 
We have used the Moran extensively during canoe tripping in Algonquin and Killarney provincial parks. For us a camp knife is used for kitchen chores 90% of the time. Cutting rope is another biggie. For gathering and sizing firewood we always use a folding saw. For our purposes the Moran has been very good. It cuts everything from sides of bacon (bears be damned) to fruit quite easily. The thin edge , excellent steel and generous belly (like me) certainly account for its ease of cutting. It is very light weight and although it may seem silly, every ounce you save is important on a 2000 metre portage. It is now our number 1 camping choice ( we have a his and hers set) and has replaced our CS bushranger which we now find to be too large and cumbersome.
 
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