For skam from all of us.....Moras...

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For skam from all of us, here is the thread made specifically for you!!! Mora, mora, and more moras. You either love them or hate them. Say how you feel about your moras and skam can have his go at it about why they aren't the best survival knives known to man.

Give your moras name and number and say why you believe it is the best thing to ever happen, and be ready for skam to attack vicously.

All right, let the flamming begin!!!

Go skam go.:D

Personally I like this one, model 2000
 

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never owned one, are they flimsy? they just look so thin. I do understand how the price makes them so attractive, lose or break one no biggie just buy another right?
 
I'm pretty fond of the 760-780 paterns, I don't get involved in the battles but since it's all in fun I'll be bait!:D:D:D:D
 
The 510 seems pretty sturdy for most daily camp chores. My favorite thing about them is, if your friend doesnt have a knife, you can lend them yours and not worry if they break it or lose it.
 
Oh OK.......

I like them all. At least, I like the ones that I personally own and I would probably like the rest of them too. In order of preference, I own the Eriksson 2000, Eriksson 711 and Frost 760 x2. Stand alone knives that can and do get the job done. Now.... whether or not that's cutting I beams and masonry, I'll leave that up to the real knotheads. They are a good knife that do the jobs that any thin bladed knife should do and they do it all very well. I've used mine for most all bush and household duties that require a cutting edge and sharp point, but I refrain from using them as an axe, saw, mallet, hammer, prybar, or any other such nonsense. One exception is that I have bataned the 2000 on a few different occassions. Nothing drastic on the bataning, but it lived through it all and earned a bit of respect from me in the process. I don't push them to their limits, because I don't need to and besides, any knife pushed to it's limits will eventually break and a broke knife don't do anybody any good when the chips are down.

In all fairness to Skam, I respect his opinion on tools and survival in general and I'd love to own a BM, albeit a smaller version of their knives. But, I'd rather save up for a KEL-TEC SU-16, cause I think they're about the same price aren't they? :D

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There once was a knife called a Mora
Which attracted me as soon as I saw 'er
Well suited to tasks big and small
There was one quality that stood out above all
Her purchase made me only ever so slightly poorer.
 
I know I will never break one using it for what 4 inch blade knives are. I use them for wood crafting, hunting taking the bark off my walking sticks, whittling fuzz sticks, making shavings for kindling, kitchen work, cutting leather and rope and all other knife work. I use my Hatchet and saw for the heavier work.

Mostly Mora's.:)

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If you search for all posts by skammer you will see only about 87% of all his posts are negative in nature, 8%are negative but he tosses out a smiley so you know it's all in good fun, 5% are just downright pleasant and serve to brighten our day here at bladeforums.
I live for that 5%.
 
For the record gang.

I like Moras, I think they are great blades for the money and excel in slicing and semi light duty work. I just dont feel they are blade you can abuse in a bad situation is all.

A BUsse monster is also not needed (althought a knife on the larger side is my preference), there are other quality blades you can pound on at a good price.

Much of the controversy I cause with this is because people misread my words or even fabricate outright. God forbid someone have a different opinion of their favourite blade.

So Liam where is my % now?

Skam
 
I love moras particularly the 510 and the carbon clipper I think these are great slicing a whittling knives....I sometimes use a stainless clipper when diving...for camping and general use I think they are great.....but if I was lost in the North woods in winter I would want something stonger to harvest wood....I keep a carbon clipper in my bag when oout in the bush but on my person I usually carry a chopper and a folder (now a kabar bowie and a sak) if I was seperated from my bag I'd have my bases well cvered for along time with a combo like this..
 
Whatever else you carry inthe bush you can always add... and a Mora. Chances are that Mora will do most of your knife tasks and make the others look like overpriced dead weight.

The question is do you want that to be your only cutting tool in the bush? If I had to make due I could, but I'll take a machete any day... oh, and a Mora. Mac
 
Liam Ryan said:
If you search for all posts by skammer you will see only about 87% of all his posts are negative in nature, 8%are negative but he tosses out a smiley so you know it's all in good fun, 5% are just downright pleasant and serve to brighten our day here at bladeforums.
I live for that 5%.
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THis analysis made me laugh! Har har! Thanks Liam!
 
How I feel about Moras? Well... I don't really feel all that much about them. :D

They're the ultimate disposable el cheapo knife. You can pry with them, hammer them, baton with them, and occasionally even cut and slice with them, and if they happen to break or get dull, you can literally toss 'em away and get a new one. They're also about as ugly as real knives come (so not counting ho-hum "tactical" knives of various kinds). Simple, very cheap tools that actually work, unlike the typical Chinese made $ 2 "knife".

But I don't see any particular reason to actually carry them, when there are knives so far superior in almost every way that it's hard to describe it in words. :)
 
A knife can be one of the simplest tools of all, and the least costly. There is a big difference between cheap and inexpensive. I doubt mora types are "cheap", just inexpensive (I own none) because it appears the same blades are used in costlier models. I just don't care for their appearance (of the most basic models) or feel. The same with inexpensive hammers, saws, hand planes, and wrenches. :) Regards, ss.
 
Redundancy is the key. A mora is so light you will never notice one hitchiking somewhere in your kit or on you.
That lightness happens to be it's downfall with me, I like a heft to my blades. My new F1 is a beefy blade but still nimble.
 
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