Laminated Moras?

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Yes...another Mora thread. I'm about to order myself a couple and, naturally, I'm going to get a carbon steel one. I was considering getting a laminated one, as well, for use in times of expected increased moisture exposure. I've heard mention, though, that these aren't really the "best of both worlds" as one would imagine. What have you guys' experiences been with these? Should I go for only carbon steel ones? Get an outright stainless one? I'm fairly certain I've heard that you have to grind into the spine slightly to get them to strike ferro rods. Any input is appreciated. I guess at their price it wouldn't hurt to just get all 3 and see what I think? Thanks.
 
In my experience, I can't strike a firesteel for crud with one of these unless I use the blade edge. This is with the sharpest spine I can put on one. The steel is just too soft I believe. This is only my experience and I have no problem with the plain carbon ones.
 
Also, I use my laminated Mora more than any other cause it's the largest and fits my hand the best.
 
I think for the money, it's worth trying one out ;)
My Fallkniven F1 is also laminated, I believe the sides are a softer stainless than the VG10 core, but this has no problems casting sparks.
But all moras must have their spines sharpened before they can really be of much use in this manner. Let us know how you do.
 
I love both the carbon and laminated blades. Mora knives are like Lays potato chips -you cant have just one:D.
 
I didn't like the laminated one I got. The blade was much thicker than I expected. It's a gardening knife now. I much prefer the carbon steel model with the thin blade stock. I don't remember the model numbers, it's been a few years.

Gordon
 
Thanks for your input guys. What are some of the laminated models you've been pleased with? And also, this may be getting off topic a bit, but I was also wondering what you all thought of D2, as well as hollow grinds, for woods knives? Queen has some nice looking "Premium Hunters," I believe they're called, in the 50ish dollar range that look pretty nice for the money. I've heard quite often that D2 can be brittle, and probably wouldn't be the easiest to sharpen in the field. Does it throw sparks well? And I know hollow grinds aren't ideal for wood work and such, but I'm not planning anything too intensive for these knives anyway. At worst some light batoning to get a fire started if I end up doing some "unexpected camping." Keep the comments coming.
 
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This is the laminated knife that I like the most (pictured below- pirated from Ragnar's site). It fits my hands well and is very comfortable to use. The wood actually becomes kind of grippy when wet. I like a lot of the modern plastic Mora knives with carbon steel as well. I upgraded my sheath to a JRE leather sheath with a dangler mod (split ring and a carabiner). The sheath cost me twice as much as the knife:eek:.
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I don't use my knife on the fire steels, the striker that came with it works much better. I have the carbon and laminated ones as well as several SS ones, I can't tell a plug nickles worth of difference in their performance. My oldest two are a SS clipper and a No1 Laminated.
 
Just remember than any sharp surface will work witha firetsteel doesn't necessarily have to be metal, even glass works.
Hollow grinds seem to get a lot of disdain in the knife world. I think it's because they're considered weaker than other grinds. But I've never had a broken knife.

And despite using hollow grind, convex, flat ground and scandi blades, I find that I can get the same results with any of them, once you get used to the blade. I think if you work with a certain blade, you learn its idiosyncrasies and can work around them.
 
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