My tools for the woods

[barny]

Scottman- A good starter mora is the Forst Clipper, check it out, I like mine a lot.

A. G. Russell-Your a good person backing your company up like that, you can be sure to have my business in the near future!:thumbup:

 

[pjmaxm]

Gossman PSks are great little knives to have on you at all times or in your own PSK or pack all the time. I 550 cord wrapped mine which made a huge difference to me. They are also stout little blades that will take plenty of use. :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[DaleW]

The picts of the mora sheaths, the "army knife" looks to be the same as the craftsmen. IS that true?

Unless I heard it from a member of the Swedish military, I would take it all as web rumor. This British web site lists a carbon steel mora as the Swedish issue knife and I would expect a stainless knife to be issued in a country with all that salt water coastline. They list a stainless version as an "amry knife" on the same site: http://www.surplusandadventure.com/ishop/800/shopscr2160.html. This site claims stainless Swedish issue: http://www.camomojo.com/catalog/item/839939/598564.htm
Yet another site has it right on the package: http://www.ghfactory.com/swedish_army_knife.htm
And Smokey Mountain makes their claim too: http://www.eknifeworks.com/webapp/eCommerce/product.jsp?Mode=Brand&A=&Brand=47&range=11&SKU=FS760MG

Other than the stainless/carbon question, it's the same blade length/thickness/profile as the Craftsman with a green handle.

See http://www.frosts.se/moraknivar_main.html and scroll down to the 700 series listings.

Note the steel column (S, T, L, C). From Frost's Web site:
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Stainless steel (S)
Knife blades are made of hardenable stainless steel (hardened to HRC 57), producing knives with extreme strength, long life as well as having high resistance to moisture without rusting.

Carbon steel (C)
Knife blades of high carbon steel can be hardened to HRC 59-60 giving best possible sharpness to lowest price. Please note that for export markets most of the knives of carbon or laminated steel are oiled or treated to prevent rusting during transport and storing. Knives made from above mentioned steel grades will after some use achieve a dullish grey finish. However, this will not negatively affect the quality of the blade. On the contrary it will somewhat improve the resistance to corrosion.

Triflex (T)
This modified carbon steel is best described as a material between laminated steel and plain carbon steel hardened to HRC 59-60 with a softer surface that improves the tensile strength considerably. Though it will not allow bending as laminated steel.

Laminated steel (L)
This steel grade is inique to Frost's knives. The core of the blade is of high carbon steel surrounded by a softer alloyed steel layer. A high hardness (HRC 61) can be achieved through hardening, resulting in a knife blade with superior toughness, cutting edge retention and thereby maximum sharpness and long life. The blade can also be bent into a predetermined shape.
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To throw a wrench in the works, those are just the Frost's of Sweden models, there is Eriksson (maker of the Mora 2000) and others. I like Eriksson's soft grip handles.

The important thing is that they will all work well as inexpensive general-purpose cutting tools. Pick what you like for color, blade material and shape. The Swedish troops are using them for cutting cheese and pickeled herring

 

[Scottman]

"Scottman,

If you sent it to me at agr@agr3.com then I threw it out with the junk mail. be sure and put knives or knife in the subject line so I catch it. I have not even been looking at what the computer deems to be junk. I will the rest of the day.
thanks,"

Nope, when you post something it says your name in blue in the upper left hand corner of the post. If you click that you get a bunch of options. I sent email to AG RUSSELL through that. Thanks again.

"Other than the stainless/carbon question, it's the same blade length/thickness/profile as the Craftsman with a green handle."

Thank you!!!

I love your job on the PSK handle. 550 cord is awesome stuff.

Later,
Scottman

 

[RescueRiley]

Scottman, AgG russell I s a fantastic dude...I've had some very positive interactions with his company...one of my favorite knievs of his is the woodswalker...it's not a heavy duty survival knife but a small neck knife for utility small game and the like...really handy and only 10 bucks without a sheath.

 

[Scottman]

I am going to ask for the woodswalker for my birthday. I don't like making my family buy expensive knives. I love AUS-8 steel for casual use, and it sharpens easily on my lansky systme. My Ka-bar doziers always become shaving sharp easily.

Later,
Scottman