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what's a good mora knife for hiking and hunting. also is the stainless good for these uses? thanks
 
Most of the Mora line would work. I'd look at the Companion, the 2000, or one of the Bushcraft series. The stainless will do just fine for any chore you can think of.
 
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Mora's stainless is Sandvik 12C27, which is pretty well regarded. As Loki said, pretty much any model will serve you well, because the blade design is pretty much the same between the models. If anything, the handles are different. Ragweed forge has a good collection with good info, you can start looking there. The Mora scandi design is very good for carving wood, but not that great for slicing. However, the people of the north have depended on this knife design for many years as an utility knife. I would go for one with a thin (2mm) blade for an all purpose knife for better slicing ability. It is plenty strong. The robust that is in vogue is aimed at the American market, where you just can't make a knife thick enough.
 
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My wife's Mora Companion in stainless just came in today and I have to say I'm pretty impressed by the finish on the knife. I have one of the "FireKnife" variety from Lightmyfire/Mora and my blade has a brushed stainless finish, whereas her Companion is nicely polished(not quite a mirror, but close). I want to buy another... and at around $15 it's hard not to. :)

I'll post a few pics in a min.
 
Stainless Companion is hard to beat. I also have a 546G in stainless (which is the same as the 511 (carbon)). Both are excellent, especially considering the cost. If I had to suggest just one, it would be the Companion. The 546/511 is a little smaller. It's my deer hunting knife. I have gone through 3 deer in one season with it, and parts of the blade still shaved, and after a few swipes on a DMT red diamond stone on my patio railing it was hair-popping sharp again. You can also put it in the dishwasher if it gets too gunky.
 
A few pics of the wife's Mora Companion, as promised :)
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One thing to keep in mind is that carbon steel blades will throw a spark on a firesteel, stainless will not. For this reason most of my blades are carbon steel. They will need to be cared for a bit more than the stainless steel to prevent corrosion, but that comes with the territory.

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JGON, a stainless knife will throw a spark on a modern firesteel as long as it has a square spine. Stainless, however, will not work with a traditional flint to throw sparks.
 
An example... :)
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Because the Companion model is polished, you would have to square the spine if you wanted it for striking a ferro rod. I do have plenty of other strikers for that purpose, though. :)
 
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JGON, a stainless knife will throw a spark on a modern firesteel as long as it has a square spine. Stainless, however, will not work with a traditional flint to throw sparks.
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Yep. I have a stainless companion, and the spine was a little rounded. I took a dremel grinder and squared a 3/4" section by the handle, throws sparks real well.
 
For kindling it would probably be fine but I wouldn't really want to use any Mora for serious firewood splitting. Mora+hatchet is probably your best bet.
 
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what's a good small camp hatchet? I have a estwing tomahawk but I don't believe it would be good at splitting.
 
I don't know if it makes as much of a difference with hatchets as it does knives. I know Gransfors Bruks is supposed to be really good but they're expensive as all hell. I'd probably just go to your local hardware store and see what they have.
 
The Estwing tomahawk can do some light splitting of 2" diameter or smaller wood, in my estimation. You can hit wood on the side and twist, see it at 9:55 in this video:
[video=youtube;AUtdoVCbLEk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUtdoVCbLEk[/video]

I would get myself a decent hatchet. The Fiskars hatchet is a good choice for a beginner, although some might not like its non-traditional construction. Traditional, affordable hatchets are the Husqvarna model and the Graintex single bit camp axe. Here are some reviews from Wood trekker. You would do well to read and watch videos from this site. This guy clearly loves his axes and is a good teacher.

Graintex review: http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2010/12/graintex-single-bit-camp-axe-ca1754.html
Husqvarna review: http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2010/10/husqvarna-hatchet-review.html
Fiskars review: http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2011/01/fiskars-x7-hatchet-review.html
 
A Mora can handle batoning if the technique is there!
This is a Drawknife in Mora Triflex steel, with one handle cut-off and the tip has been pointed.

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Another option is to use the knife for an initial opening and then split the firewood with a wedge.

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Ok, the knife in the second pic isn't a Mora, but You get the idea.


Regards
Mikael
 
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