Have you seen the new Mora collection?

[Dasha Buyanova]

This is also handmade, stainless steel, ash wood. Same feature as BPS. What will you choose?

 

[SimplyMinded]

You should have made this a poll. I have Moras and one BPS, I don't see myself spending the kind of cash Mora wants for this new bunch. Some will and that's great, just not me.

 

[Dasha Buyanova]

You should have made this a poll. I have Moras and one BPS, I don't see myself spending the kind of cash Mora wants for this new bunch. Some will and that's great, just not me.

I completely agree with you, the price is not justified

 

[eveled]

The Mora knives have 2 advantages. Their bullet proof indestructible easy to clean plastic handles and their cheap price.

These knives literally eliminate their two greatest strengths.

 

[abcdef]

The Mora knives have 2 advantages. Their bullet proof indestructible easy to clean plastic handles and their cheap price.

These knives literally eliminate their two greatest strengths.

Well said.

 

[Floatingby]

250~300 buck for those? There's like a zero too many, sorry. I love Morakniv, I own 2 and recommend them all the time, but the price on those make no sense whatsoever.

 

[Arathol]

Somebody has been hanging out with the guys from Benchmade it seems......$240 for that is ludicrous.

 

[Slice O Life]

I almost feel like there was a leadership change or something, Mora usually has great value. Even if they did an expensive version, it’s wild to see this. I don’t think the price is bad, but the way the knife is, is pretty basic in my opinion. Nothing here tells me that it’s worth over $200. On the secondary I think they would have a hard time selling if you were close to the retail price.

 

[EngrSorenson]

I'm sure there's some Mora super fans out there who are high fiving and throwing their credit cards at their computers over this, but there's so many amazing options in the 240 dollar price range.
Honestly at that point I'd just save a little more and get a Carothers.

 

[whereismyknife]

morakniv is one of my favourite brands. But what makes a mora knife mora is first of all that it has a cheap price. I don't know why morakniv is caught in this wind, but they are doing the wrong thing.

 

[Arathol]

I'm sure there's some Mora super fans out there who are high fiving and throwing their credit cards at their computers over this, but there's so many amazing options in the 240 dollar price range.
Honestly at that point I'd just save a little more and get a Carothers.

Yeah, but you can spend $240 on a Mora LokBlade knife or spend $30 or so on a BPS B1 knife thats very similar with the same quality construction. What exactly justifies the exorbitant price tag?

 

[19-3ben]

I don’t think the price is bad, but the way the knife is, is pretty basic in my opinion. Nothing here tells me that it’s worth over $200.

I can't imagine how it's anywhere close to $200. If I saw these knives at $200, I'd dismiss them just as quickly as I do at the current asking price.

Even at the >$50 price point we expect to be told what the steel composition is. This is just "recycled steel." At the $200 price point we're already well into the range of really good modern steels, and scales that are more than just simple milled wood.

These are truly absurd. I'm all about basic workhorse knives. I love them, and i love my Moras, but these knives with these materials would barely be worth it at 1/4 of their asking price.

 

[Arathol]

I can't imagine how it's anywhere close to $200. If I saw these knives at $200, I'd dismiss them just as quickly as I do at the current asking price.

I've been reading the ad copy, where its all explained.....
They have advanced features such as "bright ash wood from European FSCⓇ certified forests", "3.2 mm thick blade made of recycled Swedish stainless steel" (they don't actually say what it is though), a balanced contrast between the bright ash wood and the shiny edge of the blade thats made possible by using a black PC-coating, a vegetable tanned sheath that is designed with a real belt loop, and most amazingly, a fire steel compatible blade.....

Are these people for real?

 

[SimplyMinded]

Somebody has been hanging out with the guys from Benchmade it seems......$240 for that is ludicrous.

Has anybody suggested a "Mora Moth" logo to the company?

 

[Arathol]

Even at the >$50 price point we expect to be told what the steel composition is. This is just "recycled steel."

The steel isn't even "recycled" in the way we think of it. All they do is stamp out some blades from a sheet of steel and send what isn't used back to Sandvik or whoever for reprocessing.....

 

[SimplyMinded]

I've been reading the ad copy, where its all explained.....
They have advanced features such as "bright ash wood from European FSCⓇ certified forests", "3.2 mm thick blade made of recycled Swedish stainless steel" (they don't actually say what it is though), a balanced contrast between the bright ash wood and the shiny edge of the blade thats made possible by using a black PC-coating, a vegetable tanned sheath that is designed with a real belt loop, and most amazingly, a fire steel compatible blade.....

Are these people for real?

I like the certified forest part but how much can sustainable wood possibly cost? It seems backwards to me, wood that's getting replanted and sustained should cost less than some weird wood where there are only 20 trees in the entire world and they're a real PITA to propagate, right? Is somebody working for Mora dangerously climbing down a mountain to harvest a rare ash bonsai like Daniel-San? Am I missing something?

 

[Drop bear]

Hand finished is apparently the difference between a hultafors and a gransfors bruks

 

[gooeytek]

Did Benchmade buy out Morakniv ?

 

[Hammer67]

 

[LostCause]

For price of that one Mora I can buy entire BPS line-up.

BPS hands down. They look better too.