Morakniv (Mora) 601

Azcountryman

Azcountryman

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Just got this little classic in the mail today. Havent owned this brand before but seems to be a nice simple knife. Mostly will be used for EDC type. Cutting up apples and what not. Here is a chemical make up on the blade.

99.3% Iron
.4% Manganese
.2% Chromium
.1% Antimony
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The Mora's have impressed me a great deal. The edge quality is amazing given the scandi grind, and the blade profiles while not extreme perform very well. Very subtle, and useful knives.
 
Reading is from a X-MET 5100......few things they cant check for....one being carbon. Kinda want to hit it on the RC hardness tester but dont want to put a tiny dot on it.
 
Ah ok. I guess carbon is too prevalent in the atmosphere and whatnot. Puma used to and I think still does Rockwell test every blade and even put a sticker pointing to the dimple. Moras are great for doing stuff like that to as they are cheap and not particularly beautiful. However I believe that is a laminated steel blade so the flat part where you test is liable to come out in the 40s or worse. Do it! :-D
 
I don't think it's a laminated steel since those are stamped "laminated steel". This is very likely 1095 if I am not mistaken!
 
Dont know how well this pic shows it but there does seem to be 2 layers on this blade. An inner core then something over it.
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I bought a couple of the lower guard Moras. @ 1% carbon and the steel will take a fine edge. Good to learn freehand sharpening on. The blades are stamped out, giving the back a rough look. I do not believe that blade is laminated. The laminations would be very evident along the bevels.
 
This is my Mora Classic Original 1. Laminated steel, you can see the stamp and the line along the blade nicely.

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Azcountryman said:
Dont think I own a knife that has laminated steel........Pros? cons?
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Yours is like You already figured out, a non-laminated version equivalent to 1095 and at around HRC 60.
This is the basic wellworking standard Mora steel.

The laminated comes with a core of O1 toolsteel with outer laminates in lowcarbonsteel.
This means the core hardens to HRC 61 and the outer steel stays soft.
It is fairly easy to bend the laminated Mora's and just as easy to bend them back to true.

This is not the case with the 1095 or stainless models.
They are a lot more springy before taking a permanent bend.

The laminated O1 has the best edgeholding of the 3 steels, but any Mora have great edgeholding propertys, provided the edge isn't kept too thin for harder stuff.


Regards
Mikael
 
Mikael W said:
Yours is like You already figured out, a non-laminated version equivalent to 1095 and at around HRC 60.
This is the basic wellworking standard Mora steel.

The laminated comes with a core of O1 toolsteel with outer laminates in lowcarbonsteel.
This means the core hardens to HRC 61 and the outer steel stays soft.
It is fairly easy to bend the laminated Mora's and just as easy to bend them back to true.

This is not the case with the 1095 or stainless models.
They are a lot more springy before taking a permanent bend.

The laminated O1 has the best edgeholding of the 3 steels, but any Mora have great edgeholding propertys, provided the edge isn't kept too thin for harder stuff.


Regards
Mikael
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Excelent information Mikael,thanks for posting it.
 
I have a smaller "Scout knife in SS
I cut off the top part of the guard, so my finger can sit on the top of the blade
 
Mikael W said:
Yours is like You already figured out, a non-laminated version equivalent to 1095 and at around HRC 60.
This is the basic wellworking standard Mora steel.

The laminated comes with a core of O1 toolsteel with outer laminates in lowcarbonsteel.
This means the core hardens to HRC 61 and the outer steel stays soft.
It is fairly easy to bend the laminated Mora's and just as easy to bend them back to true.

This is not the case with the 1095 or stainless models.
They are a lot more springy before taking a permanent bend.

The laminated O1 has the best edgeholding of the 3 steels, but any Mora have great edgeholding propertys, provided the edge isn't kept too thin for harder stuff.


Regards
Mikael
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Thanks. thats some good info I didnt know.

NEEMAN
I have seen the others that they make and will prob pic up a few of these in different styles.
 
Mikael W said:
Yours is like You already figured out, a non-laminated version equivalent to 1095 and at around HRC 60.
This is the basic wellworking standard Mora steel.

The laminated comes with a core of O1 toolsteel with outer laminates in lowcarbonsteel.
This means the core hardens to HRC 61 and the outer steel stays soft.
It is fairly easy to bend the laminated Mora's and just as easy to bend them back to true.

This is not the case with the 1095 or stainless models.
They are a lot more springy before taking a permanent bend.

The laminated O1 has the best edgeholding of the 3 steels, but any Mora have great edgeholding propertys, provided the edge isn't kept too thin for harder stuff.


Regards
Mikael
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Where did you get O1 from? I've heard the laminated ones are 1095 run at a higher hardness then the non-laminated ones. Maybe someone thought they were O1 because they held an edge longer? Not arguing. Just curious as I have a 137 with laminated blade. Great knife for a kid if anyone's interested. It has a smaller handle then the standard ones.
 
Shotgun said:
Where did you get O1 from? I've heard the laminated ones are 1095 run at a higher hardness then the non-laminated ones. Maybe someone thought they were O1 because they held an edge longer? Not arguing. Just curious as I have a 137 with laminated blade. Great knife for a kid if anyone's interested. It has a smaller handle then the standard ones.
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The core in laminated Mora's are made of Uddeholm 2140 Arne, wich is the same as AISI O1.
According to Mora of Swedens Chief Engineer Per Brask, the steel is laminated in France before delivery to Mora.


Regards
Mikael
 
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