Mora Knives and batoning wood

From what I can tell nobody has seemed to have a problem with handles breaking. I might go ahead and get a wood handled Mora #2 (per SirJames). I do like the idea of a full tang, even if it is a rattailed one.

On another note: Went battoning today, no casualties. Yay. I did roll the edge ever so slightly on my Mora 911 model (which incidentally also chewed up the baton pretty good so I don't recommend battoning with it. The tip is too thin and will repeatedly damage the baton). The knife still works well.

I had better luck with the 731, which is much longer, allowing more use of the blade rather than the tip. The 731 is great for splitting wood. The Frosts Clipper model did acceptable, being a thinner blade that I simply use for EDC and I wouldn't really baton with it unless necessary.

Sidenote: Becker BK2 did great as always. I basically used a log to beat the piss out of the blade while battoning and no damage whatsoever. I think I am going to try to run over that knife with my truck and see if I can break it, although I am doubtful.

Moral of the story, I set out to break the handles of my Moras (and play a little with the BK2 in the process) and was unable to do so. Will have to try with a wooden handled Mora next. Thanks for all the tips and comments.

Cheers,

-M :thumbup:
 
RescueRiley said:
whatever dude....it is ina survival subforum..forgive my literal interpretation
edited to add:
if you want to go out and play with knives have fun with it, noone said otherwise.. but the idea of "smoothing it" and taking a slow methodical approach to the outdoors is more appealing and enriching to me on a personal level.
I enjoy knives quite a bit..and I consider them to be the most valuable of tools in my bushcraft arsenal, but I don 't really play with them..no more than I play with my cordless drill, hammer or chainsaw.. to me it is a tool that can be utilized to accomplish a myriad of specified and general tasks.. We or at least myself I think as self admitted knife nuts I think sometimes lose sight of that..
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Should have made it more clear. :o
The last sentence in my post,I referred to my self and not the OP.
 
I understand this is the survival portion of the bladeforums but we are all here because we like knives and if you don`t like "playing" with your knives you are in a small minority here. I have beat on my plastic handled mora more than I would my other knives that are built to be beaten on and it has only made me think I will never be able to break a "beater" if I can`t even harm a little old mora.
 
funny that this thread came up. I just got back from camping and I used my Mora clipper for batoning wood. It did not work so good, matter of fact my Izula did a much better job even with the smaller blade.
 
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dd61999 said:
funny that this thread came up. I just got back from camping and I used my Mora clipper for batoning wood. It did not work so good, matter of fact my Izula did a much better job even with the smaller blade.
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That is odd, to me. I've used a mora quite a bit to baton wood. Thicker then what my Izula can do, and it was better at it due to the extra length. Must just be how we baton, or the type of wood.
 
Steven Andrews said:
In my experience the handle is very robust.



..but I broke the blade battoning the knife through some very gnarly Gorse. I was abusing the knife at the time - just seeing what it would take.
The Clipper batons well, but if you meet excessive resistance, stop!

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Looks like mine. :D


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I was using it to open a large softshell turtle. Something I've used folders for in the past. :confused:
 
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