Has anyone broken or severaly dammaged a Mora Companion (Not talking about abuse)

[gazz98]

Never broken a Mora. I don't think I've even really chipped one. Surprisingly strong and durable for the price.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

A partial tang is generally plenty strong for most anything a knife is required to do.

As I have mentioned before, many traditional khukuris in Nepal are partial tang. They burn the tang into the wood then glue it in with a natural epoxy. The knife will be used day in and day out for every function a blade be pressed into service for several years. It will eventually work loose, and the owner will have to take it to the kami to refit it using the same process. However over those course of years, the khuk will most likely see more hard use than most of our collections combined.

Partial tangs dont bother me, especially on a small knife meant for cutting. The combination of the notched tang and the advent of tough plastics yields a very tough little knife even if you dont view it as a disposable commodity.

 

[Petunia D. Feeble]

I've beat the hell out of my Moras and only ever ruined one... I dropped it into a campfire and didn't have any quick way to retrieve it. Great little knives despite not being fireproof.

 

[abcdef]

$14.00? You pay that much for a knife?

 

[jackknife]

A partial tang is generally plenty strong for most anything a knife is required to do.

As I have mentioned before, many traditional khukuris in Nepal are partial tang. They burn the tang into the wood then glue it in with a natural epoxy. The knife will be used day in and day out for every function a blade be pressed into service for several years. It will eventually work loose, and the owner will have to take it to the kami to refit it using the same process. However over those course of years, the khuk will most likely see more hard use than most of our collections combined.

Partial tangs dont bother me, especially on a small knife meant for cutting. The combination of the notched tang and the advent of tough plastics yields a very tough little knife even if you dont view it as a disposable commodity.

Even more to that same point, the famed Japanese samurai sword that people go nuts over and impossible legends and tales are about, are partial tangs. They use a short stubby tang held in place with a Wooden pin. They were not known for failure until they ran into people with guns.

 

[Quiet]

Even more to that same point, the famed Japanese samurai sword that people go nuts over and impossible legends and tales are about, are partial tangs. They use a short stubby tang held in place with a Wooden pin. They were not known for failure until they ran into people with guns.

Eeeehhhh, not quite:

 

[bikerector]

Never broke one but I did test one out with a cheap schrade in 1095 and "batoned" spine to spine to see what would happen. Just dented up the spines. Eventually gifted both away after more abuse. I was intentionally seeing what they could handle when I first got into woodcraft. Sold me on the mora being something I could easily rely on to last a long time when used like a 4" knife is intended to be used, and then some.

Only thing I change on them now is convex the shoulders off the scandi. I like the way they perform a lot better that way, but probably the best bang for the buck for a fixed blade. I would take a mora and a buck 110LT as one of the best budget knife parings for near any set of task, mostly because I hate the scandi for thinner slicing tasks when compared to the thinner grinds like hollow for FFG.

I still need to get a mora kansbol and put some time into it, might solve that distaste for how the companion does fine slicing for me.

 

[lonestar1979]

Mora knives are very strong,never broke one and beat the hell out of them,they hold edge well too and are easy to sharpen,wish they were flat ground,i i flat or convex mine and they just work for any task.Am not fan of scandi grinds at all,theyre ok for whittling wood,but flat grind does everything well,even better.