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mjdukefan23

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Im looking to buy a mora but ive heard that the stainless ones dont really hold an edge well. is this true?
But iv heard for the price you cant beat them.
Thats probally true but what about a 20 or 30 dollar knife how does that stand up to a mora?
Also right now im looking at the 746/946 is this a good one?
 
all moras are good they hold an edge fine I've had a stainlessmora clipper for the better part of a year It's seena lot of woods use, and I have never sharpened it I just took to stropping it on a loaded piece of leather and it is shaving sharp. it is currently my loaner
 
I like the swak patern (760) in stainless, I have a few carbon,laminated and stainless mora's,all are good steel im my opinion.The stainless steel they use works well for me,takes a very nice edge,and holds it well,no big difference from the carbon blades.
 
I gave my son a Triflex Craftsmen 780 Mora for his birthday. It needed sharpening out of the box but that's no biggie. I proceeded to "test" the knife by batoning through a 4" diameter juniper limb. No damage to the knife even after pounding it through hardened juniper heart wood. At one point the blade bound up in the wood and I really had to tug and jiggle the handle back and forth to finally free it. The edge held up well and it retained most of its sharpness. I was impressed. For $11 it's tough to go wrong here.
 
The stainless ones used 12C27 which is similar to 420HC. It is a very low carbon steel so it will grind very easy. The edge holding will be poor compared to steels like 440C when slicing abrasive materials for a long time, but very high if you like high polishes and very sharp edges.

-Cliff
 
Like Cliff said, 12c27 is the stainless steel used for most Mora knives and in my opinion, for the chores that a camp/woods knife is likely to encounter, it will do a fine job and you won't have to put any special maintenance into upkeep if you're living in a wet environment.

I have both the Frost 760 and the Eriksson Mora 2000, both in stainless, though the M2K's steel is 12c27mod, with is a slight upgrade from 12c27. Both knives seem hold an edge for me, but for extended work, I like the Mora 2000.
 
mjdukefan23 said:
Thats probally true but what about a 20 or 30 dollar knife how does that stand up to a mora?
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What $20 or $30 dollar knife? My Mora #510 has put my $60 Buck zipper, and $40 buck woodsman in a drawer. Not that the Bucks aren't good knives, I just prefer the mora, once I started useing it.

I just like the carbon steel much better than stainless, which seems is the only thing you can get from the main knife manufacturers any more. I like the thin blade, the scandi grind, and the light weight. It's very easy to resharpen, and stays sharp for a long time. Oh, did I mention it only cost $9?

What I don't like: the handles. But I ordered a couple of blank blades from ragweedforge.com so I can put my own handles on them, but that project has kinda gone on the back burner since I started making knives from scratch.

Are there better knives out there? Sure. But if you don't want to spend more than $50, you will be hard pressed to find one.

Does everyone like Mora knives? No. As with anything, everyone has different preferences when it comes to knives.

But for $9 you can't afford to not buy one and see if you like it or not. If you don't like it better than your other knives, then it makes a great lender knife, or kitchen knife.
 
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