the mora bushcraft forest is an inexpensive high quality bushcraft knife with an awesome blade shape but the grinding on it is a little strange. mora have called it a "profile grind" which means it is a scandi grind at the back and then at the middle it suddenly tapers and becomes a lot thinner and becomes a flat grind with what appears like a secondary bevel you would get on a lot of knives. despite the unusual grind pattern it is still a great knife it cuts, slices and even does light weight chopping (with a lot of force behind it as it is a light weight knife) but i do not reccomend you do any chopping or batoning on any mora knife due to their thin blades and 3/4 tangs. overall it is a good knife for hiking, camping or bushcraft it is sturdily built with a utilitarian design and a different blade shape to majority of moras i just wish it had a full scandi grind on the blade and a thicker spine but still a great knife.
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Nope! Every person should have a Mora for their first knife IMO.
Thanks for the thoughts! I'll have to try a "profile" grind....
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Maybe, and lots of people have issues with them, however, the whole point with moras is price. I's almost like they're free
I don't understand. You mean to say the price is so cheap one does not need to care about functionality? If so, I beg to differ. However, that's because I am lucky enough to afford a knife that can suit my needs. To me that's the Mora niche, plus those that lose things, they can have a lot of them around. 
However, if what you want in knife has the characteristics of unobtrusive carry, more than one carry option and a wear resistant steel, Moras won't do.
However, if what you want in knife has the characteristics of unobtrusive carry, more than one carry option and a wear resistant steel, Moras won't do.
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I purchased a Mora Classic 2 and took it on vacation for 4 days up in Shelby Michigan right on the lake. Every day we built a fire and beat the crap out of the Mora and she just kept going. I am extremely impressed and can easily see why they get the hype that they do. Thanks for reviewing the knife, but please throw in some pictures. 
If you carry a standard Mora as your neck knife, you and I have competely different concepts of "unobtrusive" carry. All of their handles are round, kind of hard to be unobtrusive with a round handle.
The Mora steel is a good one, but Sandvik 12C27 is relatively soft (HRC57) and it shows with the Moras. The carbon steel can be hardened to HRC59 but in the laminated blade I had, it was not that hard. My L6 saw blade kitchen knife held an edge much longer. Mora does not state what hardness they take their cabon to, just what it CAN be taken to.
All of their handles are round, kind of hard to be unobtrusive with a round handle.The Mora steel is a good one, but Sandvik 12C27 is relatively soft (HRC57) and it shows with the Moras. The carbon steel can be hardened to HRC59 but in the laminated blade I had, it was not that hard. My L6 saw blade kitchen knife held an edge much longer. Mora does not state what hardness they take their cabon to, just what it CAN be taken to.