Mora 2000 vs 946?

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mjdukefan23

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Which is better and why for a general woods knife?
Im just wondering if its worth the extra 15 dollars for the 2000?
 
I have a 911 (carbon 946) and I hate the handle on it. Some people think they are great, but I find them too rubbery, and the bump digs into my hand. They do come with the best sheath of any of the moras though. I haven't used a 2000 yet.
My favorite general purpose Moras, of those I own, in order are:

#2 Eriksson
#510
#1 Eriksson
#780
#760 (orange orange)
#840
#911
 
Mora 780 all the way. I don't leave home without it.
 
I agree that the 780 is the best Mora out there, but I have never used the Mora 2000. I will probably end up getting one of those before the end of the year. I haven't used the 946, but I have used the 711 which has the same grip. It is extremely rubbery and I can see how people would dislike it. I am not one of those people though, I really like it.
 
The M2K has been my main squeeze & sidekick since I bought it 4 or 5 years ago. Great knife for my needs and is certainly the better knife over the 711G or 760 that I own. Better than the wifes clipper too, but I'll never convince the wife of that. :D
 
In addition to the 780, and #1 and #2 Eriksson's I also like the #S-1 laminated. Combined with the hot wax treated leather sheath it makes a good kife to put in your glove compartment or pack.
 
I have the Clipper, 711, and the 946. They are all great. The 946 is my favorite and I even bought extra because somewhere I read that they were being discontinued. Although that doesn't seem to have happened. I see some don't like the rubbery handle but I found out it works great when you are cutting in wet, slimey water with algae. It still grips great. I can't comment much on the 2000 since I don't have that one. I just don't like the looks. I may be wrong, but isn't it a little bigger too?
 
Yep, the M2K has a longer blade than the 946 (less than 1 in, I believe) and the blade grind, while still a Scandi grind, is unlike any other knife I've seen.

I love mine, but to each his own. :D
 
i have always wondered about the blade grind, never having handled any kind of mora.

the normal scandi grind makes alot of sense to me, for all the reasons that everyone likes it, but i just can't wrap my mind around the M2K grind. as far as i can tell from the pictures, the main wood working edge, the part next to the handle, is traditional scandi ground, but then the blade looks like it transitions to a full hollow grind, with a very small edge bevel.

one of the things that people seem to really like about the mora is that even if you have sharpened it a thousand times, you still have the exact same overall edge profile that you started with on day one. with other grinds, the edge gets thinner and then thicker with sharpening (hollow) or the edge just gets thicker (flat grind) or the blade gets thinner, maintaining the same ratios of edge thickness, but with an overall loss of stock thickness (convex)

when you toss the hollow grind into the front of the knife (if it is that...or perhaps a flat grind?) then you will have, in theory, over time, a thicker edge in the tip half of the blade and the same edge thickness in the handle half of the blade.

it just doesn't make sense to do something like that when one of the most favored reasons for liking scandi grinds is that the edge never gets thicker.

and, if it is hollow ground, then the tip will be relatively thin, compared to a normal full to the tip scandi grind. this would seem to me counter-active to the intended use as a survival knife, when you want a thicker tip for battoning firewood or for prying chips out of the bowl of a spoon (yes i know more bushcraft than survival) frankly it makes more sense to me to have a thicker tip on a survival knife so that it can take abuse.

i don't want to argue with anyone, i have never used a mora and can't claim to say that they are inferior, in fact i hope to be purchasing one soon. i am just trying to figure out what is up with the grind.
 
So far the only one I have is the 780 and I love it! I now take that more than any other FB. Easy to sharpen and very light.
 
siguy said:
i just can't wrap my mind around the M2K grind. as far as i can tell from the pictures, the main wood working edge, the part next to the handle, is traditional scandi ground, but then the blade looks like it transitions to a full hollow grind, with a very small edge bevel.
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Nope, the grind is the 'orthodox' Scandi grind throughout. It's not the grind angle that changes, it's the blade itself -- there's a very slight distal taper, and the bevel is less wide at the tip.

I'll post some closeup pix in a couple of days - I'm afraid I'm booked up with stuff until Friday. :o
 
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