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Esav Benyamin
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One of each? Sure, do it! They're both great lightweight, reliable utility knives. Follow them up with a Swiss Army Knife and you're ready for most of life's little problems.
Go ahead an get a basic red-handled Mora first. But look at the other versions like the Clippers also. They all make excellent paring knives and fishing knives, too.
The basic clip point Opinel is good and they also have the effile/filet knife with a ling, thin blade and a garden knife with a spear point. Both of these have a different handle.
www.ragweedforge.com is good for the Mora.
www.eknifeworks.com has a great variety of the Opinel.
One of each? Sure, do it! They're both great lightweight, reliable utility knives. Follow them up with a Swiss Army Knife and you're ready for most of life's little problems.
Go ahead an get a basic red-handled Mora first. But look at the other versions like the Clippers also. They all make excellent paring knives and fishing knives, too.
The basic clip point Opinel is good and they also have the effile/filet knife with a ling, thin blade and a garden knife with a spear point. Both of these have a different handle.
www.ragweedforge.com is good for the Mora.
www.eknifeworks.com has a great variety of the Opinel.
Mora comments:
Frosts and Eriksson have combined to make one company, Mora of Sweden (MOS). With the Mora knives (including all three brands) I prefer the natural wood handles. They have full-length tangs and the wood handles can be finished however you like. I only have a few, but have not noticed a quality difference between the brands.
If you want something of the same style but a little fancier, the Marttini Knives at AG Russell's are very nice, and I've always been impressed with Helle.
Here's a review / shopping comments on some Mora knives I bought this year:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=446945
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I freakin' love Opinel knives. Easy to sharped to a razor's edge, well-made, and a traditional style that's been made continuously for over one hundred years. I do prefer the carbon blades over the stainless.
My current carry Opinel is a #9, but a #7 or #8 would work just as well while taking up much less pocket space.
The best deal is a set of 10 in a wooden display box, $60 at SMKW.
Depending on your climate, you may want to treat the wood. When the Opinel's are damp, the wood swells making a very tight fit, even to point of being difficult to open.
Also keep in mind the smallest sizes do not have the locking rings.
Best Wishes,
-Bob
Frosts and Eriksson have combined to make one company, Mora of Sweden (MOS). With the Mora knives (including all three brands) I prefer the natural wood handles. They have full-length tangs and the wood handles can be finished however you like. I only have a few, but have not noticed a quality difference between the brands.
If you want something of the same style but a little fancier, the Marttini Knives at AG Russell's are very nice, and I've always been impressed with Helle.
Here's a review / shopping comments on some Mora knives I bought this year:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=446945
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I freakin' love Opinel knives. Easy to sharped to a razor's edge, well-made, and a traditional style that's been made continuously for over one hundred years. I do prefer the carbon blades over the stainless.
My current carry Opinel is a #9, but a #7 or #8 would work just as well while taking up much less pocket space.
The best deal is a set of 10 in a wooden display box, $60 at SMKW.
Depending on your climate, you may want to treat the wood. When the Opinel's are damp, the wood swells making a very tight fit, even to point of being difficult to open.
Also keep in mind the smallest sizes do not have the locking rings.
Best Wishes,
-Bob
Do it! You can't go wrong with either -- they are great knives.
Combine them with a leuku or a tramontina machete for wetlands/tropical areas or a small axe for more alpine/woodland areas and there's little that you can't fix. As Esav said, add in an SAK or maybe even a leatherman type multitool (whatever strikes your fancy) and you've got a whole toolkit there.
Enjoy
Combine them with a leuku or a tramontina machete for wetlands/tropical areas or a small axe for more alpine/woodland areas and there's little that you can't fix. As Esav said, add in an SAK or maybe even a leatherman type multitool (whatever strikes your fancy) and you've got a whole toolkit there.
Enjoy
Go for it
Don't know much about moras, but for Opinels, you should take their carbon steel knives.
Always have one in my bag.
I have and enjoy an opinel #8 in carbon -- but it has retired from carry in favour of a Douk-Douk. Same price, but slimmer package in the pocket with a steel case. Douk-Douk's are also a very old french design with carbon blades.
Douk-Douk's are slipjoints and don't lock, however.
Douk-Douk's are slipjoints and don't lock, however.
As a back up deer stalking knife I carried a Frost clipper - fantastic knife for the money - no problem at unzipping muntjac to fallow buck. When I lost my S&W (which was actually inferior to the Clipper) I used the Clipper for two seasons and bought opinel no 7 as back up. Both great knives for the money.
I have just bought a Brusletto Bamsen for field butchery, it will go well with the little Opinel.
I have just bought a Brusletto Bamsen for field butchery, it will go well with the little Opinel.