How Good Are Moras?

I've got a Sportsman in stainless, which is a great thing to have tucked away in a backpack but not the only knife you'd want to have.

Doing some yardwork, the blade visibly rounded - I wonder if stainless, or perhaps Frosts' use of it, does not lend itself to a Scandi grind. However, sharpening it is simplicity itself. To prove a point I shaved with it (tho' I had a couple of weeks' beard at the time, which probably was cheating).

Oh, and it was rather blunt when I bought it. But at least there was no clamshell packing to open. I paid my money and was handed the knife in a sheath, with a barcode stuck to it.
 
I love my Puukkos and Moras. To me, they are the ultimate utility knives and attractive in their own right.

They have been proven in the harsh conditions north of the Arctic Circle over many generations. One could do a lot worse than a Leuku and 4" Puukko combo as their only knives in any environment.

Oh yeah, +1 for Ragnar. :D
 
The SS line of Frosts sports Sandvik 12C27, HRC 58-59. The carbon steel Frosts is UHB 20C (eq. to AISI 1095), cold rolled and heat treated to 59-61 HRC. Other carbon steel used: German C.D. Wälzholz-Brockhaus GmbH CK 101 and CK 95, cold rolled, HRC 60.

The laminated steel core in models from Frosts are made of Uddeholm 2140 (eq. to AISI O1), HRC 60-62.

The standard SS from KJ Eriksson (Mora of Sweden) is Sandvik 12C27M (Modified), HRC 58.

KJE’s carbon steel is Uddeholm UHB15LM (eq. To AISI 1778) and DIN CK 75/80 (eq. to AISI 1080), both steels HRC 58.

The Hultafors SS series is japanese AUS-8 and the carbon variant SK-5 (eq. to AISI 1080).

~Paul~
 
Thomas Linton said:
National BSA policy does NOT bar fixed-blade knives. Official policy only "discourages" "large" "sheath knives" on grounds of utility. It's in the Handbook.

Some individual Councils and units, with no logical basis they can offer, bar fixed-blade knives. Every Council I have encountered that says it bars fixed-blade also sells them. :rolleyes: No official I have (calmly) asked about such bans denies that the kids WILL encounter such knives and need to know how to safety use them. So????????? :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Culpepper, Offical BSA sheath knives substantially predate WWII, the first IRRC being made by Marbles.
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Thomas, thank you for confirming my understanding of the issue. (....although I did not know about the selling part! :p ) At the knife safety class I taught this year, to some groups of Girl Scouts, I had some Moras along. :) I do not think I took my BSA sheath knife, that is depicted below.

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I have a few Moras. I use the cheaper ones as utility/workmans knives since they are so cheap I don't have to worry if I bend or nick it. I can just throw it away and buy a new one. They're good knives for the price. For camping I use a Mora 2000 which is a bit more expensive than their usual ones at $20 in Sweden a good knife but still cheap enough so I don't need to worry about how I treat it.
 
+1 to Ragnar! Fast service, great deal, you can never have enough Mora's! :D time for a new one for me!! (or two)
 
I had two Mora knives that grew legs and "walked away" last thursday at the family cook-out. I have a sneaking suspicion that a few of our guests may have thought that I would not have missed them...of course, I am not worried a bit. The Mora blades are cheap enough and this gives me an excuse to snag a few more. For the cash outlay there is no way you can beat such blades. Everyone should have a few, and even the wife can test them in the kitchen.
 
Hi all.
I picked up some olive drab, carbon steel, military issue moras from Sportsmans for 9.95 ea., everytime I turned around, my wife or daughters or mom would confiscate my mora for themselves...so I bought a boxful...lol.
The thin blade and comfortable handle works well for me, they skin out small game and keep a sharp edge well, cut out leather kinda like an exacto knife tip and the handles are easily customized,drill a hole for a lanyard or take it off comepletely and epoxy it into an old antler peice. Definately keep the blade oiled as it stains easy and can rust fast.

also
another thumbs up for Ragnar, the last blade I bought was a small 2 and 1/2 inch Frosts, for use in an antler peice as a neck knife. It came sharp and was delivered by the 2nd day.

Mark
 
I tried to find a stainless mora with traditional shape (i.e. oval shaped wood handle, no guard), and around 5" blade as a lower maintenance, finer use alternative to my kabar, no luck so far.
 
jzmtl said:
I tried to find a stainless mora with traditional shape (i.e. oval shaped wood handle, no guard), and around 5" blade as a lower maintenance, finer use alternative to my kabar, no luck so far.
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Have you treid ragweedforge.com? Ragnar ships to Canada.
 
jzmtl said:
I tried to find a stainless mora with traditional shape (i.e. oval shaped wood handle, no guard), and around 5" blade as a lower maintenance, finer use alternative to my kabar, no luck so far.
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The #2 1/2 from Ragweed forge has a 5" blade and no guard. It is the second set of knives down, with the red handles. Although those knives have Carbon Steel blades. http://www.ragweedforge.com/SwedishKnifeCatalog.html
 
Thanks, I looked on that site, and a couple others, all the classic style are carbon steel, not stainless. :(
 
You must not want eh Lapp handle.

The Aito model from IIsakki does not have the Lapp handle and is carbon steel. On variety of the Aito has a birchbark handle.
 
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