Mora........what is THE "best?"

Normark said:
Not like my Battle Mistress that has been pounded time and time again through logs.. Just used it this weekend at a Scout camp showing another leader how much easier it was than trying to split wood with a hatchet.. :)
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So, basically a $300 splitting froe?
 
Skam doesn't come across as "all worked up" to me............just that he's obviously seen this barb before.

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Does the "Swedish military knife" sold by Sportsman's Guide count as a Mora?
 
"They however are not heavy duty workhorses." Skammer

Agreed, they do a great job as cutters. I have about 15 of them, various models, and all of them are great cutters. If you need a workhorse cutter they are a bargain. I can easily see how stepping on one or using it as an ice pick would stress them beyond their limits and if that sort of thing is in the cards you may want to rethink your choice of knife or gameplan for getting the task done. My canteen cup is a great piece of kit but it won't handle being stepped on or smash ice either.

I'll put a plug in for the triflex craftsman. It is a bit thicker and it takes a wicked edge that holds up well.

The nice thing about a Mora is that they are very light weight and compact. Regardless of the other more expensive knives you might carry you can always tuck the mora of your choice into a side pocket of the pack and have a really efficient cutter on hand for a world of wilderness tasks. I do this often in addition to my machete or BK-7 and the Moras see alot of use.

If I have to smash ice down here I just throw it in the blender, but in the wilderness there are lot of tasks I would not want to subject a Mora to. What it is, is a cutter and a really good one especially at $10. The list of things it is not is quite long and for that reason I probably wouldn't carry only a Mora as my one and only wilderness cutting tool.
Working with a mora and a machete I have never damaged a blade or failed to get the job done for lack of tool. Mac
 
ilbruche said:
So, basically a $300 splitting froe?
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Normark said:
Hey ilbruche..




Actually when I bought it, it was more like a $550.00 CDN Splitting Froe...


In My opinion,, worth Every single penny I paid for it...

ttyle

Eric
O/ST
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skammer said:
:rolleyes: Here we go again.:yawn:

Skam
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ilbruche said:
I just like watching you get all worked up. :eek:
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skammer said:
Too tired today haha:D

Skam
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You guys are funny. :):D

I have to admit that after the last (but certainly not least) chopper vs axe vs Mora vs us vs them vs whatever else you want to throw in there I went and bought myself a Ontario 12" machete. Sits right next to my Wetterlings hunter in my truck's tool box.

Moras are great knives (especially when paired with an axe;))

I'll never go out without an axe for hatchet.....ever. Unless it's a day hike in very familiar territory.

Large blades have their place to be sure. I might even buy Becker BK9 after they are back into production. I rather like the idea of grabbing it, with a small PSK in the sheath pouch, and a Vic Farmer in my hip pocket and knowing for a day hike, I'm good to go!

To the O.P. Buy several Moras. Their like crack. No you're not on crack of you rely on one in the woods. I've done so many times. Paired with other tools, you won't go wrong. It's not a Busse so don't go beating it through a Yugo. (Yes I know no one said a Busse can beat it's way through a Yugo;))
 
tarmix101 said:
I'll never go out without an axe for hatchet.....ever. Unless it's a day hike in very familiar territory.

Large blades have their place to be sure. I might even buy Becker BK9 after they are back into production. I rather like the idea of grabbing it, with a small PSK in the sheath pouch, and a Vic Farmer in my hip pocket and knowing for a day hike, I'm good to go!
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I've been a steady 'hatchet' person for a while, but picked up a KaBar Heavy Bowie for the reason you listed up top. I don't really like going around without a hatchet, but having the large knife ready to roll seems like a handy idea. For now I just keep the kabar lashed to the underside of my small shoulder bag. That way I've got all my gear in one place, ready to roll, and the big'un is out of sight. Still have some easy access to it though.
 
tarmix101 said:
Moras are great knives (especially when paired with an axe;))
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For me this is the bottom line. I love moras, but I think the assumption is that you will have another tool if you intend to do really heavy work. I generally do so I'm fine with that. If you can only have ONE tool, and you need to do a bunch of heavy work, the mora is not the solution. It's a great cutting tool! But that's all.

I've never had one with a plastic handle, but I have no idea how many I've had and currently have with wooden handles. I give them away pretty regularly.

I did use one at work for a long time - I was on the excavations crew of a big rail job. I pounded that thing through all kinds of awful tasks! A standard four inch red birch handled one. I finally broke about 1/16" off the tip prying something apart about a year ago...sharpened it to round and kept on using it.

I switched to a Scrapyard Guard when I took over the piledriving operation because I did more chopping. Now that we're done piledriving, I'm back to the mora...better cutter.
 
I like to take a stainless mora with me as a dedicated camp kitchen blade, not because it's weak, but because it's a great cutter and I don't trust my grub to anything less then the best, plus it's an excuse to bring along another nice blade. ;)
 
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