Mora Destruction tests

I've said before, this is the dumbest ass knife test I've ever heard of. Mors or no Mors.

If that thing had snapped you could easily have cut your great saphenous vein and laid dying beneath that tree thinking, man, that knife sucks.
 
Fiddleback said:
I've said before, this is the dumbest ass knife test I've ever heard of. Mors or no Mors.

If that thing had snapped you could easily have cut your great saphenous vein and laid dying beneath that tree thinking, man, that knife sucks.
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LOL!!! That's how I feel too...I like the Kochanski stuff but I can't see why this test is particularly useful.

Of course I do have knives which would easily pass the test...but I don't find them much better AS CUTTING TOOLS than my moras.

Although I now carry an Aurora just because I own one and it's a beauty. Still, for a lot of work a stubby 2" mora is a better knife. But as an all-arounder it's a little small.
 
misanthropist said:
LOL!!! That's how I feel too...I like the Kochanski stuff but I can't see why this test is particularly useful.
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Acutally, this test is dangerous as hell, and could easily be fatal. The great saphenous vein is one of the biggest in the body, runs right down your leg, and would drain &*^*%$#& before he could call 911.

Before trying it at home, be sure to say the famous Alabama Battle Call, "Wach iss", so at least the cynics get a giggle when your picture is in the paper.

My Scoutmaster would have ripped us a new asshole for trying something this stupid. I hope Mr. Mors K see's threads like this and feels totaly responsible for what a dumbass piece of advice he's put his name on.
BTW, you learned ZERO about the knife doing this. ZERO.
 
So if you haven't noticed, Fiddleback is a big supporter of this test and he feels that it will tell you everything you need to know about a knife. He just has a funny way of putting stuff.
 
I agree, dangerous stuff...a few months ago I wrote up an idea on how you could do the same test with a torque wrench or weights, but never actually did the test, on account of the fact that the results don't matter much to me.

But I do appreciate the fact that someone else did it, wasn't hurt, and posted pics!
 
From the pictures I've seen of him, I gather that Mors isn't exactly the biggest guy around. Anyone here seen him, and have an idea of his weight?
 
k-spar, Andy is just worried about you. But don't worry...I did this same test with a Fehrman knife a few years ago (I used it as a shooting stand after driving it into a tree, then knocked it out of the tree laterally, and it flung hard and fast...dumbass-dangerous stuff but I wanted to try something ridiculously abusive at the time -- it took all the punishment without a hiccup).

So, you're not the only one who's done this dumbass test. But I don't recommend it either - Andy is right in his assessment and his criticism of Mors on this issue.
 
Certainly I meant no insult to K-spar. We've all done less than safe things with our knives.

This test comes up here too offten for my tastes. MK should retract that bit of advise IMO.
 
"You guys are just a bunch of Sissies."


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I have to whole-heartedly agree with Fiddleback. I don't understand the reason for this test! And doing it to a mora to boot is like using a Corvette for a bulldozer... It might work, but the resuts are not going to be pretty. Anyway I weigh in at 250 lbs, so I would need something a tad bigger than a mora to hold me !!!!
 
Fiddleback said:
I've said before, this is the dumbest ass knife test I've ever heard of. Mors or no Mors.

If that thing had snapped you could easily have cut your great saphenous vein and laid dying beneath that tree thinking, man, that knife sucks.
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well yeah, i was kinda wondering about this. I did have other people with me, and was close to a car. (plus a fully stocked first aid kid and the knowledge to use it) however, in retrospect it was kinda stupid.

Thanks for being glad I am okay though :)
 
Troop said:
"You guys are just a bunch of Sissies."
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hahaha, well I'm probably not the brightest when it comes to doing unsafe things, i've seen my share of emergency room visits.

I'm pretty glad I wasn't hurt too, I won't be doing it again.

Just for the record, the 510 is my go-to knife, and I don't use it for doing silly stuff like taking down trees either.* I was just curious, as I just got my copy of bushcraft and decided to try it out.

*I have to admit though, I do use it for batoning when i want small pieces of kindling off of larger fuel. Just seems to save time for me. So far it has handled it like a champ though, and i doubt there is much danger of it failing with light batoning.

Edit: Oh, and Fiddleback, no offense taken at all. I'm appreciative that you set the record straight, and can definitely see why this can turn dangerous.
 
k-spar said:
Edit: Oh, and Fiddleback, no offense taken at all. I'm appreciative that you set the record straight, and can definitely see why this can turn dangerous.
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Most excellent! I'm glad you weren't offended.

I've batoned a lot of knives. Even kitchen knives. If you don't go crazy wailing on them, most knives are OK.:thumbup:
 
I love it when a guru's espousal or a guru's bit of kit fails spectacularly like that. I've a pet peeve with guru worship and I put it on a par with forlock-tuggin' autograph collectors. More often than not an inarticulate tradesman, that'll probably get dial-up on the day we use a teleport, and much less has an inclination to market a book or a course, knows more. I think I could have pointed to a number of Welli-boot shod farmers that would have predicted the consumate crapness of that notion.
 
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Yes and the way he is bundling those sticks........Just like the Blaire witch!!!!!!!
You see Mors just wants more people coming out and getting lost in his woods :)

(I agree though - no need for this test, particularly to apply it to a knife not really designed for that).
 
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