Mora Mania -- Trying Out Some Carbon Blades

Mannlicher said:
Mora knives are ok, but they are not the best knives out there. Inexpensive yes, but I can think of a number of other knives that I would prefer to have with me.
I can afford better, and I buy better.

I do have one stuck inside my BOB though. ;)
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Well, I imagine almost all of us would agree with you, especially Guyon! But, if you like to play with knives, it is easy to get a bunch of them to play with, for not much money.

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Marion David Poff said:
it is easy to get a bunch of them to play with, for not much money.
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Bingo. See the teeny, tiny knife in this pic (below)? It just didn't fit my hand, and I never used it. So I sold it, and the cash covered all the Moras in this thread plus a Trangia stove set. I'm going to have a lot more fun with all these Moras and the stove than I would with the tiny Busse.

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I've been wanting to get a 780. It's cute, and a lot closer to what I make in basic small field knives than most of the mora line.
 
Nice selection of Mora's you have there, Guyon! I really need to pick one up for my own collection. :thumbup:

Guyon said:
Of the two stainless blades I bought, here's a hi-vis 760 I grabbed to put in a kayak dry bag.

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Where did you get that one? I've seen the orange-handled 760 listed in a lot of on-line stores, but they where all shown with black sheaths. I'd love to pick up one like that with the matching sheath. :confused:
 
mdauben said:
Nice selection of Mora's you have there, Guyon! I really need to pick one up for my own collection. :thumbup:


Where did you get that one? I've seen the orange-handled 760 listed in a lot of on-line stores, but they where all shown with black sheaths. I'd love to pick up one like that with the matching sheath. :confused:
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http://www.ragweedforge.com/SwedishKnifeCatalog.html

Sold as the 760 Orange Orange, little over half way down the page...

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Guyon said:
780 Craftsman Triflex.
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I grabbed one of those from NewGrahamKnives recently and I really like it. It wouldn't be the best knife in the world and I wouldn't use it for chopping or batoning, but I would happily take it camping and use it for food prep and for light duties (carving wood or whatever). I have stropped mine a bit to get a nice sharp edge - sharp enough to whittle hair that is! The carbon steel is really good for taking a crazy sharp edge and for holding that edge reasonably well. It does patina easily (like if you show it something acidic) but that doesn't stop it from cutting well.

I have tried mine out in the kitchen and it works well for food prep work, I like to test things like that at home rather than wait until I am in the wilderness.

For someone starting out getting into bushcraft that doesn't have a lot of money to throw around I would advise them to get a Mora or 2 to use as utility/food prep/light duty knives + something good for chopping & batoning (Kukri, Machete or Axe). I don't think that anyone HAS to spend hundreds - for fifty bucks you could get a chopper of some sort and 2 Mora knives and cover the shipping as well.

To many people the best knife can be as good as it likes - if it costs over $200 they just can't be spending that sort of money. It is good that decent knives are available at a price that pretty much anyone can afford.
 
Props to Guyon to do this and share with us. I, for one, love my 510! I'm looking forward to read your findings :thumbup:
 
OK, so I finally broke down and got a Mora, Carbon #1. I really like the feel of it. Handle is a bit toward the short side, but seems like it will work OK. Very nimble and comfortable in about any position you can come up with.

I think the person that put the final bevel on it was on a combination of LSD and meth, though. It looked OK at first, but once I put it to a stone it had a huge "microbevel" and was horribly uneven. It's almost normal now, but my DMT X-coarse has gotten a pretty good workout.
 
The carbon blade holds an edge longer than the stainless on my Moras. I like my Marttiini as well on maybe a little better than the Moras. Like to hear how you like the fillet knife.
 
mdauben said:
Where did you get that one? I've seen the orange-handled 760 listed in a lot of on-line stores, but they where all shown with black sheaths. I'd love to pick up one like that with the matching sheath. :confused:
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Aside from the Miki, I got all the knives from Ben's Backwoods. ragweedforge is great too though.
 
defaultuser said:
Props to Guyon to do this and share with us. I, for one, love my 510! I'm looking forward to read your findings :thumbup:
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It'll probably be a while between reports. The Martiini is in my pack, but right now, I'm distracted with alcohol stoves. :p Use thread tools above and subscribe to the thread if you want to know when it pops back to the top.
 
rocketbomb said:
OK, so I finally broke down and got a Mora, Carbon #1. I really like the feel of it. Handle is a bit toward the short side, but seems like it will work OK. Very nimble and comfortable in about any position you can come up with.

I think the person that put the final bevel on it was on a combination of LSD and meth, though. It looked OK at first, but once I put it to a stone it had a huge "microbevel" and was horribly uneven. It's almost normal now, but my DMT X-coarse has gotten a pretty good workout.
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I think most moras come with a micro bevel. Mine did anyway. I have my mora zero ground, but am going to put a micro bevel back on my kellam wolverine
 
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