Mora steel

[BarberFobic1992]

I think that they have 4 different types of offered steel; stainless, laminated, high carbon and triflex. which one of these is best suited for outdoor use?

 

[ejes]

I know this isn't going to be what you want to hear, but all of them. It just depends on what you want to use them for. Of course, the obvious; the stainless are more corrosion resistant than the other three. My personal preference is for the Triflex.

I'm going to plagiarize a section off of Ragnar's site that explains pretty well the differences that could maybe help you:

From Ragnar's Swedish Knife Catalog (http://www.ragweedforge.com/SwedishKnifeCatalog.html)

(Mora's) Carbon steel blades (1095) are hardened to 59 - 60 on the Rockwell scale, stainless blades to 57 - 58. Frosts carbon steel blades are hardened to about 59 and the stainless to about 57. A speciality of Mora is the laminated carbon blade. This is a three part sandwich, with a core of high carbon steel protected by sides of tough lower carbon steel. The core of the laminated steel blades is 61-62. Normally, I much prefer carbon steel over stainless steel, but I have to admit that the Swedish stainless (Sandvik 12C27mod for Eriksson, 12C27 for Frosts) holds an excellent edge. For use around water, especially salt water, it may be the better choice. The knives listed are of carbon steel unless specified as stainless.

Triflex is a carbon steel with a differential heat treatment, so the edge is hard and the spine of the blade is tough

 

[lotoblades]

I'll agree there all very good, my favorite so far though is the 780 triflex.

 

[HighDesertWalker]

I'll agree there all very good, my favorite so far though is the 780 triflex.

Ditto!

 

[siguy]

i only have a laminated, and love it. i have been using it often for the last six months or so, and it has been great. takes the sharpest edge out of any of my knives i think, though this is hard to measure in any real way.

some complaints i have heard are that the soft iron sides won't stay sharp when striking a firesteel and that these will bend more easily than a regular carbon. i tied a striker to my firesteel, so no problems there. also, i haven't bent mine yet using it for a general task woodsknife, so no problems there either. someone did the kochanski knife test on one and i think he said it bent more easily (but could be hammered back straight without breaking) than a plain carbon one, but i don't stand on my knives so no worries.

 

[Jeff Clark]

In a very extreme case you might delaminate a laminated blade if you pound it on the spine with a rock. You shouldn't do this, but if you felt the need you might want to avoid a laminated blade. In that case the Triflex blade is a better choice.

 

[udtjim]

I have quite a few of all of them. I sort of lean toward the SS. The Stainless Clipper is one of my favorites.