Mora's cold rolled stainless

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bigoledude

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I like what seems to be a good value in good knives that Mora knives offers. A good looking knife appeals to me as much as it does to the next guy. However, if I can get more quality blades/steel with a drop in esthetics, I'll take the less costly, high quality knife. It's just the downside of being on a fixed income.

Of the different steels that Mora offers, I am interested in their high-carbon steel blades, their stainless, and the Bushcraft Forest made of "Swedish cold-rolled special stainless steel". What other steel would this cold-rolled stainless be comparable to? What other blade material would their "carbon steel" be similar to?
 
IIRC, their stainless steel is 12C27 Sandvik. It's a perfectly serviceable stainless, though it's not exceptionally corrosion resistant. Edge retention is on par with AUS-8, but it's very tough (as you would want in a fixed blade). Easy to sharpen up to a crazy sharp edge - it was originally a razor blade steel. Their carbon steel is pretty much your average run of the mill carbon steel. Sharpens up with very little effort and holds an edge decently. I have a hard time telling the differences between various carbon steels, but if I had to guess I'd say it's probably closest to 1080 or 1095 (but that's a total shot in the dark).
 
Mora doesn't say specifically what steels they use, although Sandvik 12C27 is a pretty good guess. The carbon steel is probably 1080-1095 or something close. Both are tough and will take a lot of abuse, and are relatively easy to sharpen. Mora also makes laminated steel knives, which are more bendable than non-laminated (you can usually bend them back if you do manage to bend one) and hold a very good edge. The side panels seem softer than Mora's regular carbon steel. The core is probably RC60 or higher, great woodcarving knives (but I don't use mine for cutting turf as I do my other Moras).
 
The stainless moras are very nice, my wife has helped process animals with her pink stainless mora and it has never rusted despite her neglect lol (thats why she got the stainless)
 
bigoledude said:
IHowever, if I can get more quality blades/steel with a drop in esthetics, I'll take the less costly, high quality knife.
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And that's what the Moras are. If you are concerned about rust, then get stainless. Other than that, you are good to go. :thumbup:
 
"cold rolled" well they make the steel in very long strips that are put in a roll !! Somewhere along the way the steel may be processed by cold rolling for various reasons .Not a big deal .
 
Hard to beat a Mora. All three of mine are carbon steel. Force a patina on the blade and rust will not be a big issue with minimal care. The only rust issues I have had was after dressing a deer and forgetting to clean the blood off of the blade until the next day. It scrubbed off with a plastic Brillo pad and left no permanent damage. I redid the patina and it's still going strong.

I just get into the habit of wiping it off with my shirt or pants leg before putting it back it in the sheath.

The great thing about Moras is they are very affordable. Buy one and try it out. If you don't like it stick it in your truck as a backup and your only out twenty bucks, and it may come in handy in a pinch one day.
 
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