SAS Survival Guide Knife

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The Last Confederate said:
If you get a chance, read Mors Kochanski's book "Bushcraft", he takes a plain old Eriksson #2 Mora to the extremes, even driving them into a tree and standing on the handle.
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TLC,
Thanks for the heads up on this. I'm going to be checking this out PDQ.
 
sunnyd said:
TLC,
Thanks for the heads up on this. I'm going to be checking this out PDQ.
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It's an awesome book, the BIBLE for Bushcraft skills is Northern forest regions, match it with Larry Olsons Wilderness Survival Skills which focuss' more on desert terrain, and they make a great pair.
 
sunnyd said:
mp510,

Thank you for your response but I all I see is another Mora dressed up in a military looking plastic handle. The add does not specify full tang construction, so I suspect it is not.

As previously stated, my primary problem with Mora's used as a heavy use knife is breakage near or at the handle location under extreme conditions during heavy use. The best, and I believe only solution to this problem is to do exactly what Amos Iron Wolf said, which is to pack both a Mora for varying degrees of cutting chores and a larger full tang chopper meant for such use..

The only exception to the 'full tang rule' in my book, where a knife can be used as a hard/heavy task knife without having to be of full tang construction, is the very old style aluminum cast handled knife, and hence does not require the tang to be full! The reason for this is the molten aluminum is poured directly on the narrow tang design into a cast and therefore the strength is incorporated into the handle which forms a very nearly indestructible bond between the aluminum and the steel. The best example of this today can be found in Ruana brand knives. For further information about this extremely heavy use knife go to the Ruana Knife Works website at www.ruanaknives.com
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Yes, you are correct about those cast handled being good- I myself have an older one, that I picked up at an estate sale. It is a strong design.

My military mora arrived yesterday. The finish was not as good as that on traditional moras, but the edge is good, and I like the grip.I believe the blade is thicker, but that is just my opinion, so far. I am not sure if it is full tang or not, but I will look into that,.
 
Some mora's are stronger than otherst,the tang in the clipper for example is only inserted 1/3 of the handle. There was a x ray on outdoors-magazine which gave a good comparison between different models and the length of the tang, I would provide a link but the forums seem to be down. The mora's by ericksson i have handled have a thicker blade than those by frosts so this might add to the strength.
 
sunnyd said:
mp510,

The only exception to the 'full tang rule' in my book, where a knife can be used as a hard/heavy task knife without having to be of full tang construction, is the very old style aluminum cast handled knife, and hence does not require the tang to be full! The reason for this is the molten aluminum is poured directly on the narrow tang design into a cast and therefore the strength is incorporated into the handle which forms a very nearly indestructible bond between the aluminum and the steel. The best example of this today can be found in Ruana brand knives. For further information about this extremely heavy use knife go to the Ruana Knife Works website at www.ruanaknives.com
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You may take a look a Chris Reeve Knives - hollow handle, but the entire knife is turned from a single piece of stock.
 
The Last Confederate said:
I could be wrong, but I seem to remember that this Smith & Wesson knife was a hollow handled "survival knife" wasn't it?

Doesn't that brass "cap" unscrew to reveal a hollow storage compartment?
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Yes and yes.

If so, that's not what the SAS book describes.
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True. It's just what he illustrates - in addition to a golok.

And his line about full tang knives, ipso facto, causing blisters is not accurate. Most professional butcher's knives -- back when they used hand tools -- were full tang, riveted slab handles, and they used them all day, all week.

So even Lofty nods.
 
Thomas Linton said:
.. And his line about full tang knives, ipso facto, causing blisters is not accurate. Most professional butcher's knives -- back when they used hand tools -- were full tang, riveted slab handles, and they used them all day, all week..
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Most accurately stated there, Thomas!.

Thank You,

Anthony
 
My neck knife has is single piece of 420 stainless with glass nylon grip scales that don't cover the entire handle. Even where they are, it is pretty thin. Using that for any cutting that requires force can be uncomfortable.
 
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