My Homemade Helle-Mora

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antzam

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A few months ago, I made my own heavy-duty Mora using a Mora 746 handle and a Helle blade blank- the Helle-Mora was born.
Here is the review:

First off the balance is much better with the larger blade. The balance point of the standand 746 is ~3/4" further back on the handle.

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Next some of the standard tests that everyone seems to like to do.

Fuzzys
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Paper fuzzy's
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Drilling
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Batoning - the cardboard was tougher than it looks!

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This guy almost got away, but the Helle blade glided effortlessly into it's hide. Next stop, over the mantle in the family room.
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Comparison shot of the Helle-Mora next to a Clipper and a Falkniven S1
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Overall, I really like this knife. These shots were taken over a month ago and since then I've done a lot more misc. cutting in the woods and around the house and I'm really impressed with this blade. It holds it's edge well and after use, a few swipes on the strop and it's stupid sharp again. For the $14 for the 746 and the $22 for the blade, I have a $36 knife that's good for 99% of what I need in a knife.

PS. I also made a bushcraft-style sheath for it, but since it was only my second homemade leather sheath, it's not quite "post-a-pic" quality, but it works well.
 
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Very nice mod.

One note - That's not a 760 handle.
 
Moras are sure cool, I'm loving them...but please explain to me why the balance is better where you show it than at 3/4" back....for the way you use this knife, why is "balance", as you show it, that important?
 
antzam said:
Fixed - I also have a 760 that I re-handled and I always get the model #'s mixed up.
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How hard was it to get the 760 blade out. I love the 760 handle and would love to put a certain Helle blade in it.
 
rayban said:
Moras are sure cool, I'm loving them...but please explain to me why the balance is better where you show it than at 3/4" back....for the way you use this knife, why is "balance", as you show it, that important?
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"Balance", as the way I show it, is what I prefer. I prefer more weight towards the blade. It's not that it's that important and I'm not implying that every knife must be balanced this way - it was simply meant for demonstration and comparison purposes. Plus, I just wanted to add another picture.
 
kiahs said:
How hard was it to get the 760 blade out. I love the 760 handle and would love to put a certain Helle blade in it.
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It was actually really easy, it's only just press fit into the handle. I taped up the blade, secured it in a vice by the blade and couple of light taps with a rubber mallet and the handle popped right off. I was really surprised, I thought for sure that the blade would've been epoxied in or at least molded into the plastic of the handle.

If I remember correctly from when I re-handled my 760 (got it right this time), the blade was molded into the handle. The handle was already broken on my 760 , so I basically smashed what was left of it off with a hammer.

I was going to add a link to my original post where I show a step-by-step build, but I couldn't find it using the Google search engine for this site.
 
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