Mora stainless came with a micro bevel - is this new?

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I was under the impression that Mora's were true zero degree Scandi grinds.

I own two. Both are Heavy Duty Companions. One is carbon and the other is stainless.

The carbon is a true scandi grind, purchased about a year ago.

The stainless I bought this month. Looking at the stainless through a loop, there's a slight microbevel on the right side. Use can see the microbevel with the naked eye by tilting the blade and letting the light hit the microbevel. There is no micro bevel on the left side.

Is this a new development? I'm assuming Mora knows what they are doing and put that microbevel on the stainless model for edge retention.

I'm probably going to use the Sharpmaker on the stainless and keep the carbon a true scandi.

Just thought I'd throw this out there. It's interesting to me if it is indeed a de facto admission from Mora that a microbevel is needed on the stainless blade (and presumably not needed on the carbon.)
 
it's my understanding they are sharpened on a belt sander and as a result are slightly hollow ground, atleast all mine were when I got them. Some more so than others. After repeated sharpening they will end up a true scandi grind but it takes some time. If you are impatient you can reprofile them.

They cut good either way.
 
I have seen many Scandi ground knives come with some sort of micro bevel. Much use and resharpening will fix that. Or, as stated above, you could take the time to re-profile the edge - probably not worth the effort on a Mora, though, IMHO.
 
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