school me on Mora knives

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I see a lot of praise for Mora knives on other forums and I own one myself but I really know nothing about them. I would like to pick up a few to add to my family camping gear but don't know which ones to buy.
The one I do have has a really sharp edge and some kind of chrome-ish coating to make it rust resistant, and I keep it in my saltwater tackle box to use as a rigging and bait knife. I am interested in a Mora blade for bushcraft, can anyone make suggestions?

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Any Mora is a winner. I like the companion but I've only tried it and the companion HG so I don't have much to compare it to. Most of the Moras are not coated but the blades are polished to a mirror finish so that's probably what you're seeing. Mora knives are so highly praised because they are a pretty high quality knife for a very low price and the scandi grind is great for carving and whittling and they hold an edge pretty well. I had a big tool bag full of blades on my last camping trip and the ones I used the most were my BK9 for the big stuff and my Mora companion for everything else. I've heard great things about the bushcraft and bushcraft black but never seen or held one in person. They run about twice as much as a companion or robust but everyone says they're worth it. The handle does look very comfortable to me.
 
Check out the Bushcraft Black knives. They are made from thicker stock and are really quite nice. The "survival" version adds a firesteel and diamond sharpener to the sheath.

The Companion MG is in my tackle box and it's perfect for making jigs and quick fixes to my kid's line.
 
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Check out the Bushcraft Black knives. They are made from thicker stock and are really quite nice.
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IME the thicker the stock on a scandi, the less useful it is. I have a mora companion that's sub 3/32" thick and I beat on it. No signs of fatigue or failure.

OP, you may get better results posting this in the general or wilderness sub-forums.
 
Most of the mora range use the one type of blade shape (Conventional knife blade) then you have the 2000 and 2004 variants with specially ground blades.
Mora Hi Q tend to be thinner (2mm) and slightly more flexible (and at the cheaper end). Mora companions are marginally thicker (2.1 mm) and the "standard" type, then you have the
Mora robust (2.8mm) and Mora Top Q (2.5mm). There's also exclusive to Ray Mears Bushcraft store a Woodlore 30th anniversary edition with 3.2mm blade at a very reasonable price http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cqiZP5zsQs
Mora uses either carbon steel or stainless Sandvik 12C27.
There are also the Frost mora woodcarving knives with names like 120 or 106. The MORA 2000 range is designed for bushcraft but the blade shape is unusual, which can put some people off. Here's a you tube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmw7EPlIS6w

Edit: Some people have been put off using thinner blades thinking they can't handle batonning. They can, but not if you have very poor technique (like hitting the handle). If you are going to be doing a lot of batonning, the thicker blades give extra security and actually make the task of splitting wood easier. The sacrifice though is the ability to make very thin slices ( eg. transparent tomato slices)
 
I have a frost mora knife rosewood handles with brass ends. It's laminated metal blade high carbon interior for super hard sharpness ~rockwell 61-62 with an alloy steel on the outsides not as hard and gives the blade some added strength without being brittle. I use mine for carving. It holds an edge very well. I've had mine for about 20yrs....my first carving knife.
 
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I have a frost mora knife rosewood handles with brass ends. It's laminated metal blade high carbon interior for super hard sharpness ~rockwell 61-62 with an alloy steel on the outsides not as hard and gives the blade some added strength without being brittle. I use mine for carving. It holds an edge very well. I've had mine for about 20yrs....my first carving knife.
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I have the 137 that has the laminated blade. That steel (1095 I think) is really nice at the higher hardness. I use mine for removing lots of material from projects like spoon handles. It removes wood really fast.
 
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I recently was checking out Mora and found that they offer stainless blades, I've been looking at many of the bush craft style knives now that I have gotten more information. They seem to have a great reputation. I'm not exactly crazy about rubber covered plastic handles but then again I won't clean fish with a custom knife either so I'll most likely end up with one or two. They are no doubt a value.
 
We have three options for threads like this one: Outdoor Gear or General (content appropriate) or the snark/discussion thread (if you want to target a Becker crowd). Lots and lots of Mora threads in Outdoor Gear.

Before I lock it, I will add that Moras are great knives, especially the carbon steel ones. The "bushcraft" line is great. I've tried the knives below, plus the Bushcraft Black and one of the new Robusts. Hard to go wrong with any of them.

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