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RescueRiley

RescueRiley

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Had a skills day..Mostly working friction fire.. 3 for 3 yesterday with the new bowdrill set (yay)...Decided to use my Lam mora #1 to get my wood and such ready..THe lam blade is thicker around.10 as opposed to the other wooden handles moras...I recentl got to frosts mora h-1's they are .078 while they are dandy slicers..they feel like I could snap them with my hand..But this model as well as the Erricson Models seemed to hold up quite well
Getting started:
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Hammering the Butt in
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All in all I'm impressed with how it held up... Needed a touch up on a fine grit stone but other than that none worse for the wear....

now a smaller piece:
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Pile of fire wood:

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Great pics. you are making me want to break out my Mora and test it a little more.
 
KV,

That looks like Sumac. Not sure if Sumac would be dense enough to use as a fire board or spindle.

Chris
 
Sometime this summer I hope to take a #1 and a partial-tang plastic Mora and try the whole "pound it to the hilt into a tree and stand on it" test with both. It's about time these things stopped being handled with kid gloves! :D
 
Be carefull That seems like a great way to get a horrible cut if the blade should snap.

oh Sorry it is Red Sumac... there is poor soil there so scrub pine sumac and Muellin seem to rock the party... Sumac would not be my first choice for a fire board.
 
That's great stuff man, cool that the mora came out alright. My 510 and M2K have withstood pretty much equal amounts of torture without any ill effect. Somehow doing that with the wood handled ones is more impressive though. :thumbup: I always like your vids/threads because you don't get hung up on gear, just skills. [*digital high five*]
 
Thanks Spooky....Back at you brother.... I think skills are what its all about (wish I had some) I've used allot of knives.. ALLOT of all different shapes and sizes, and the fact is that they all work... some better and more reliably than others.. but they all did what I wanted them to do.. I'm starting to think..that the blade is just a means to an end...the type is not as important as I once thought.
 
Being a knife freak, I can easily get too focused on what type of knife I'm using. Though I know that an inexpensive, well made knife can work just as well.
 
I think being in a knife forum it happens to all of us.. I've made allot of comments over the years on what I would use and what I wouldn't...at this point as long as it doesn;t say stainless pakistan on it I might give it a shot. Just kidding of course
 
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Great pics John. I like um LOL. I have never owned a mora. Since I make my own knives I probably never will but they look like they can handle some wood cutting chores.

Again great job,

Bryan
 
great stuff John...:thumbup: Mora's rock... i think a lot of people underestimate them... you can't find a better knife for the $$$... they're crazy sharp too...:) keep it up man...
 
I'll agree with what Mike said. "i think a lot of people underestimate them..."

Bill
 
Cool pictures!

I've bought 3 moras, and a relative and friend has taken 2 of them. I need me some more. :D
 
SpookyPistolero said:
I always like your vids/threads because you don't get hung up on gear, just skills. [*digital high five*]
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+1 on that:thumbup:

Great work Riley!

I have a laminated #1, but I am still not taking it out!:p
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I do use it to practice my scandi sharpening skills, or lack there of......
 
RescueRiley said:
Be carefull That seems like a great way to get a horrible cut if the blade should snap.
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I'd be wearing my leather flight boots, two pairs of pants, and eye protection just in case. However, I'm not too worried about getting cut should it snap--the blade would be completely embedded in a tree after all. If anything was cutting me it would be the tang.
 
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