Folks, They don't make 'em like they used to.................
Well, when it comes to this knife, that saying couldn't be Mora true!
This blade is made by The Premier knife Co. of Mora, Sweden. They have been out of business for a long time.
This is one rock-solid, full stick-tang Mora build the old fashioned way. A real piece of history for you Mora lovers out there.
I sanded down the handle to clean it up, but I haven't treated it with anything, so buy it and BLO it or whatever. I also cleaned up the blade with a Flitz treatment, and worked on the edge, which is now razor sharp the way a Mora is supposed to be!
The price is $OLD paypal +3.5% or money order shipped anywhere in the USA.
I did some digging and found this interesting tidbit about Premier Knives on Cody Lundin's Facebook page:
about my knife in the Baja, Mexico episode....
by Cody Lundin on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 3:18pm
About my knife in the Baja, Mexico episode...I'm getting a lot of questions about this, so here is the answer. The knife is from Sweden, its an antique, probably 1940's, and was given to me by a friend who got it in Sweden from one of the knife factories in Mora.
Mora is simply a town in Sweden that at one time had many different factories that made knives. There are only one or two factories left of any size. When someone says "Mora knife", you can see how confusing this can become. Mora is not a brand, its a town. My main knife, my baby, is a Premier brand knife that was made many years ago in Mora, Sweden. The Premier factory has been out of business for decades. I have had my knife for more than 22 years. It started my business, and I have used it continuously in all of my classes. There is a picture of it in my book 98.6, that was written in 2001, and published in 2003. Ask any other survival teacher how long they have had their knife and see what they say. Stay safe! cody
Also there was this entry about Cody's Premier from Foxhunter over on Knife Forums:
as far as I remember, there have leather sheaths been around till the 1970?s. then they changed to plastic. Same tendency to cheapness, when you observe the sealing of the protruding tang:
until the seventies the tang has been riveted over a small iron washer. this holds forever.
Thereafter they hammer a small steeltube into the handle, along the tang. this tube splits and shall secure the components. Crap in my eyes. They should epoxy the tang if they want to do it simple and cheap.
Here are the pics:
Since I don't have a caliper, and there is a swedge that that extends all the way back to the guard, I don't know how thick it is, but it's a bit thicker than any Mora I've handled.
Here is the stick tang. It's actually peened over a tiny washer. The whole knife, including the guard, is rock solid.
Here are the Maker's marks.
The sheath it came with is very broken in, but it's in great condition.
Well, when it comes to this knife, that saying couldn't be Mora true!
This blade is made by The Premier knife Co. of Mora, Sweden. They have been out of business for a long time.
This is one rock-solid, full stick-tang Mora build the old fashioned way. A real piece of history for you Mora lovers out there.
I sanded down the handle to clean it up, but I haven't treated it with anything, so buy it and BLO it or whatever. I also cleaned up the blade with a Flitz treatment, and worked on the edge, which is now razor sharp the way a Mora is supposed to be!
The price is $OLD paypal +3.5% or money order shipped anywhere in the USA.
I did some digging and found this interesting tidbit about Premier Knives on Cody Lundin's Facebook page:
about my knife in the Baja, Mexico episode....
by Cody Lundin on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 3:18pm
About my knife in the Baja, Mexico episode...I'm getting a lot of questions about this, so here is the answer. The knife is from Sweden, its an antique, probably 1940's, and was given to me by a friend who got it in Sweden from one of the knife factories in Mora.
Mora is simply a town in Sweden that at one time had many different factories that made knives. There are only one or two factories left of any size. When someone says "Mora knife", you can see how confusing this can become. Mora is not a brand, its a town. My main knife, my baby, is a Premier brand knife that was made many years ago in Mora, Sweden. The Premier factory has been out of business for decades. I have had my knife for more than 22 years. It started my business, and I have used it continuously in all of my classes. There is a picture of it in my book 98.6, that was written in 2001, and published in 2003. Ask any other survival teacher how long they have had their knife and see what they say. Stay safe! cody
Also there was this entry about Cody's Premier from Foxhunter over on Knife Forums:
as far as I remember, there have leather sheaths been around till the 1970?s. then they changed to plastic. Same tendency to cheapness, when you observe the sealing of the protruding tang:
until the seventies the tang has been riveted over a small iron washer. this holds forever.
Thereafter they hammer a small steeltube into the handle, along the tang. this tube splits and shall secure the components. Crap in my eyes. They should epoxy the tang if they want to do it simple and cheap.
Here are the pics:
Since I don't have a caliper, and there is a swedge that that extends all the way back to the guard, I don't know how thick it is, but it's a bit thicker than any Mora I've handled.
Here is the stick tang. It's actually peened over a tiny washer. The whole knife, including the guard, is rock solid.
Here are the Maker's marks.
The sheath it came with is very broken in, but it's in great condition.
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