Hey Elen and other scandi fellows.

[RescueRiley]

Thanks for all of your wonderful and informative contributions to these forums...
I just wanted to sort of recap a post by Spooky pistolero (another of my favorite posters) and ask your opinion on what a decent quality scandi knife would be...from my use with moras I've come to appreciate the scandi grind more than others...I'd also lke something that is available commercially so that it is relatively easy to replace should I need to. Thanks...I'm happy with my moras for my light buscraft projects but would am always looking around...for the next ex-favorite knife. All are welcome and encouraged to voice their opinions...

 

[mtnfolk mike]

riley-- have you looked into any of kellam knives... i have wanted to check out some of the wolf pack line since they came out.. http://www.kellamknives.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_33_36_41

 

[KiljoyKutlery]

Javenpaa...and Wood Jewel, both very afordable and great quality. Gene

 

[Elen]

Thanks for all of your wonderful and informative contributions to these forums...
I just wanted to sort of recap a post by Spooky pistolero (another of my favorite posters) and ask your opinion on what a decent quality scandi knife would be...from my use with moras I've come to appreciate the scandi grind more than others...I'd also lke something that is available commercially so that it is relatively easy to replace should I need to. Thanks...I'm happy with my moras for my light buscraft projects but would am always looking around...for the next ex-favorite knife. All are welcome and encouraged to voice their opinions...

Thanks, mate.

Like gunknifenut said, Järvenpää and Wood Jewel are options. Marttiini is very popular around Finland - their designs look better than Moras, and while the performance isn't very different from Moras, neither is the price. There's Roselli, Lapin Puukko, Aito, and many others who make notably prettier and with higher quality Scandis than Moras. In Sweden, Karesuando, for example, makes knives that will feel very familiar to Mora users, but in higher quality. In Norway, Helle and Brusletto... These are all knives that are produced in large numbers, so they're not one of a kind or hard to replace in that sense. Unfortunately, with Scandis it really is true that the somewhat harder to get handmade knives are clearly superior in performance to factory made ones.

 

[Any Cal.]

I went through all the same looking, and ended up w/ the EnZo Trapper. You can get the blade only at Ben's Backwoods, or Brisa.fi. They are a full skeletonized tang. Nice knives, more heavy duty, but not quite as handy as a regular puuko.