First week with a Mora

Looks like you caught the wood with the handle. That could cause the wood to turn while your baton was hitting the back of the blade causing lateral stress and breaking the blade. Which hand was holding the baton and did the tip fly away or towards you or straight down?
 
I have used moras almost allot over the years.. I have never had one break on me... I;m glad you are ok.. But I think you might have gotten one of the rare lemons.. (probably a bad heat treat.
 
Bo T said:
Looks like you caught the wood with the handle. That could cause the wood to turn while your baton was hitting the back of the blade causing lateral stress and breaking the blade. Which hand was holding the baton and did the tip fly away or towards you or straight down?
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I would send it to Mora and have them look at it.
Could have been some defect, but I'm banking on the idea that you inadvertently put some prying(sideways) force on it, just from how the handle broke.

I've personally never had a Mora break, and I've battoned oak as well, although, I don't do it very often.

Glad you're OK.

ETA: Looking at where the break was, there is a possibility that the makers stamp cased a stress point?
 
I'm thinking too much lateral pressure or just a fluke however it was most likely the former. I will never use a Mora, or any non-full tang knife, to baton or splt wood. They are just not made for that type of use.

Glad you didn't get hurt.
 
Bo T said:
Looks like you caught the wood with the handle. That could cause the wood to turn while your baton was hitting the back of the blade causing lateral stress and breaking the blade. Which hand was holding the baton and did the tip fly away or towards you or straight down?
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I was holding the baton with my left hand, the blade shot straight down, I found it by my foot. That scenario is basically what I think happened as well, a little hard to put into words, though. I think that the blade shot up and then bounced off the baton or something, landing at my feet. Not sure, honestly.
 
RandomAyes said:
I prefer makers marks to be etched rather than stamped. Those stamps are stress-raisers. If the blade ever fails then it will probably fail right along a stamp line...

... just like yours did. It broke right along the knife icon's tang.

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Hmm, never thought about that. There was a small slither that came off one side of the broken blade, and I mean tiny! It was most likely from a fracture or small hairline crack, Thanks, that is interesting
 
stingray4540 said:
I would send it to Mora and have them look at it.
Could have been some defect, but I'm banking on the idea that you inadvertently put some prying(sideways) force on it, just from how the handle broke.

I've personally never had a Mora break, and I've battoned oak as well, although, I don't do it very often.

Glad you're OK.

ETA: Looking at where the break was, there is a possibility that the makers stamp cased a stress point?
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Yea, it is hard not to bend a knife this thin when batoning, almost
impossible. I guess I was not being careful enough.:rolleyes:

The makers stamp, where the break was, seems to be a good
place for a crack to form. Probably would have been fine for
light use, but it was brought out by batoning.
Still is probably my fault.....:D
 
Wow...I beat the hell out of mine and have never had any issue except breaking off the tip because of bad aim.
 
dougo83 said:
Wow...I beat the hell out of mine and have never had any issue except breaking off the tip because of bad aim.
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Well, it sounds to be an unlucky dud, but I can say it was the best $8.00 I have
ever spent. Now that I know they are pretty decent little knives, I think I will
buy five or six, that way I know I will have some back up.:thumbup:
 
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