Question about Mora Knives.

Chris Pierce

Chris Pierce

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Howdy folks.
So I've got this Mora Allround in stainless that I've been using for several years now. I can say that the steel is phenomenal, and handle is about perfect, but the blade geometry is just plain bad for what I want it to do. Which is to slice things.

Can anyone tell me where I can find a list showing the blade thickness of Mora knives?

Basically what I'm looking for is a Mora Allround with a slightly shorter and thinner carbon steel blade (I like the Mora stainless, but I'd like to try their carbon steel too). I'm sure Mora makes one but I've never seen a Mora knife in a store so I can't exactly examine them before I buy.

Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
-Chris
 
I know this isn't exactly what you were looking for (I've never seen a list comparing thickness of them) but here's the master page of Mora's present models. It at least gives you a visual of all them and some limited search filters on the left side. Scandis in general are pretty bad at slicing for their thickness, so the thinner you're able to get it the better. The #333 slices well, but I doubt that's what you're after!
 
Just buy one you like for the other reasons you mentioned, and reprofile it. They're dirt cheap, and the steel isn't particularly hard or wear-resistant. Nice little weekend project.
 
I was thinking about re profiling. But I was hoping that I could just buy what I wanted without having to mess with one since I don't have a belt sander. And I'm not sure that a flat sanding wheel would be the way to go.


Hey, look at that. Mora does list blade thickness on their website :o
But it's metric :(
 
After looking at the Mora line up, it looks like they don't make what I'm looking for. The closest thing is the Flex Knife, but it's stainless. It looks like I'll be re profiling one anyway.
 
Yeah, I know I don't need one. :D But It'd sure make quick work of it. Sand paper and a 6 pack would probably take care of it.
 
Well I started re profiling my Mora using the DMT stone. Then I got bored. So I sharpened the Mora , and brought the spine down a little since the tip was chipped. Then I re-dressed both sides of my hard Arkansas stone and sharpened 5 more knives. I tell you what, dressing that old stone made it brand new again. A world of difference, I have no idea how old it is, but it belonged to my Grandfather on my mothers side, and he passed away in the 1970's.
Maybe when I'm over at my brothers shop I'll address my problem with the Mora. He's got lots of other things to play with there too though....
 
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