Mora rope knife rebuild

[HeavyHanded]

Picked up a More rope knife and decided to do a rehandle/resheath. Cut the blade free of the original handle and made one that fits my hand a little better.

Is a good size for EDU with a shorter handle on it, and stainless a plus for my usage. The serrations are cut in at the factory after the entire edge is ground, so when I went back and resharpened it I had to recut the serrations to keep them from getting too spaced out. Not really a problem if they do, but I felt the first go around they should be spaced closer to factory specs than that.

Handle is from an old geologist hammer, maybe hickory. Ferrule is cut from a copper pipe. This size blade does not have the extension for the steel sleeve, so I drilled the hole and used JB weld to set the blade.

I don't do much of this kind of thing, overall it turned out pretty nice for me. I left many of the tooling nicks in the handle and some in the ferrule as well. Finished off with one of my waxed leather-in-Kydex sheathes and ready for some work.

 

[pedropcola]

I like that. Nice rebuild

 

[REK Knives]

Outstanding work!

 

[David Martin]

I've always scratched my head at those knives but some like them. You did some good work on the re-build. DM

 

[Chris "Anagarika"]

Very nice! The new handle really looks comfortable to use compared to original.

 

[HeavyHanded]

Very nice! The new handle really looks comfortable to use compared to original.

The handle is great compared to the factory one. I'm not sure bout the full serrations, but that's why I got it, so I could see how they do for my EDU.

These are pretty acute compared to many - after touching it up they can crosscut newsprint at 90/90 on most or all of the individual serrations. I don't have to draw to cut cardboard - they push right through like a thin slicer. When I do pull, this thing cuts very smooth.

I might have to put this up in a review/testing thread once I have some more time in with it. So far is all good, and I keep improving my rivet peening skills as well! These turned out as neat and uniform as buttons.