favorite cheap woodsloafing folder

The idea of a mora folder has crossed my mind many times.

What makes a mora special? I would say cost, utility, and simplicty. For folding knives, the 111mm frame SAK's fit, with the Trekker being my favorite. The Boker Trance is an excellent folder of very reasonable cost and the design is pure genius, IMHO. I was railing for a bigger version of the Trance until I put it alongside the Buck Strider 889 and saw that it had the same length on the cutting edge-- I was stunned. I really like the flipper that becomes a finger guard; it really makes for a secure grip for a sub-3" knife. The flat profile is perfect for packing into a kit. The Subcom model is another study in less-is-more knife design.

From there my list kind of spirals off to knives like the Gerber LST's and Bucklite series. These are really more like moras-- made for work and EDC, nothing exotic in the materials, lightweight, inexpensive, found everywhere, but effective cutting tools all the same.

BTW, I hadn't seen the EKA knives before. They are good looking knives, but the price pushes them out of what I would consider a "folding mora."
 
As in the other bushcraft folders thread, what about the aus-8 ka-bar doziers? variety of blade shapes and about $20-25. If the lock is good, seems like an inexpensive folder for this purpose.
 
nephildevil said:
OPINEL!!!
n°9 fer example

it doesnt got anything more than a knife, but thats where i also got a multitool
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I had an Opinel years ago -- it's probably hiding in the car camping gear, but I never took a good look at their offerings. I didn't realize they made stainless models and various blade styles. I just picked a spear point stainless #8 with an oak handle off Ebay for $9. That's a "folding mora" indeed! There are enough models to keep a collector busy for a long time.


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Lots of people beat me to it: Vic Farmer, Pioneer, etc., Opinel (it has the most comfortable handle!), Douk-Douk (it's the thinnest and easiest to carry), I like my Mercator (kind of like a locking Douk-Douk with a spear point blade), and one of my favorites I didn't notice mentioned here is the Argentine Boker large Sodbuster I got from eknifeworks.com for about $16 + S&H. :D
 
I'll second the Opinel and Vic Farmer mentions. Opinels cut as good (If not better) than any knife out there and are extremely comfortable because of their round handles, while the farmer is a robust, versatile SAK with a great tool selection for the woods.

The Buck Hartsook is a nice little knife. I like the one-piece simplicity of it and it's a nice knife for detail work where you use the tip of lot. Great edge holding and after reprofiling flat to the stone it cuts very well.

If you want something more robust than an Opinel, get a G10 Cara Cara and reprofile it flat to the main bevel. Gives it more of a flat grind and cuts more like a knife should.

Another small fixed blade I haven't seen mentioned in the Kabar TDI. Ships with a good edge angle out of box, good steel for field sharpening and comfy handle. I took the belt attachment off the sheath and stick the knife in a pocket, works well this way. I've cut up a few rabbits with it, done some carving, made fires etc. The angle of the knife makes it work well for certain types of tasks, but slightly worse for others. Coated AUS8 is going to be pretty hard to rust too.
 
Locking SAK, usually the Ruck or Huntsman or a Delica. I like Opi's too, have a couple in carbon steel, they take a wicked edge.
 
That american type language censorship absolutely makes no sense to me, but if it's the board rules guess i'll have to comply with that.

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Cast my vote for the vic hiker and soldier. The case sodbuster and sodbuster jr are also pretty handy. The back of the blade on my sodbuster jr (stainless) throws a mean spark on a ferro rod. A good knife doesn't have to break the bank.
 
Vic Farmer is a great knife. I carry one coupled with a leatherman micra.
However If it was down to just one vic i would choose the huntsman or huntsman-lite.
The regular huntsman has just enough tools and is only 4 layers thick, not too thick and still quite "pocket-carry-able". Its too bad theres not an Alox Huntsman.
Personally for a SAK i think 2-4 layers are about ideal.
If you can live without scissors and the saw then the one layer 84mm waiter is a very inexpensive but versatile SAK. The 84mm 2 layered Recruit and the Tourist are also great. Also the 91mm Spartan is a slightly larger version of the Tourist.

If you like single bladed knives Douk-Douk, Eka and Opinel are also good bang for the buck.
I love my opinel No.7, in a pinch i can open (and lock) it one handed. You never when know that might come in handy.lol.
 
Vic Farmer or Rucksack. It's hard to choose between the two. I like the positioning of the awl on the Farmer. I like the longer saw on the Rucksack. The Farmer is easier to carry, although there's nothing difficult about carrying the Rucksack. I've been carrying some sort of Vic SAK with a saw for more than 25 years.
 
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