Some Mora History

[The Zieg]

A recent YouTube video on Mora knives and their companies. I have one nit to pick with the origin of the Bushcraft Black (I believe it originated with the 911 Quicksnap), but otherwise it was not only interesting but informative for me.

Anything to add, fellow Mora-vians?

 

[The Zieg]

And some more Mora history just because I feel like it.

http://thebladeblog-ulf.blogspot.com/2011/08/1920s-erik-frost-mora-knife-model-no24.html

http://thebladeblog-ulf.blogspot.com/2015/11/famous-cutlery-from-sweden-mora-knife.html

 

[afishhunter]

Is he talking ONLY fixed blades?
If not, Morakniv sells 3 million knives a year.
Opinel sells 5 million knives a year.
Vitorinox sells 10 million SWISS ARMY KNIVES alone a year.
Mora MAY be the "best "Bang For The Buck" fixed blade.
However, the Opinel #6; 7; and 8 (or a MAM) may be the best "Bang For The Buck" folding knife.

"Mora" is a region of Switzerland. "Morakniv" (commonly referred to as "Mora", just as "W.R. CASE" is commonly referred to as "Case") is a company in the Mora region of Switzerland.

I only watched the first 2 minutes of the vid, after his claims in the first 1.5 minutes.

 

[calm]

Is he talking ONLY fixed blades?
If not, Morakniv sells 3 million knives a year.
Opinel sells 5 million knives a year.
Vitorinox sells 10 million SWISS ARMY KNIVES alone a year.
Mora MAY be the "best "Bang For The Buck" fixed blade.
However, the Opinel #6; 7; and 8 (or a MAM) may be the best "Bang For The Buck" folding knife.

"Mora" is a region of Switzerland. "Morakniv" (commonly referred to as "Mora", just as "W.R. CASE" is commonly referred to as "Case") is a company in the Mora region of Switzerland.

I only watched the first 2 minutes of the vid, after his claims in the first 1.5 minutes.

I always thought Mora was made in Sweden

 

[afishhunter]

I always thought Mora was made in Sweden

u rite. i dunno why my tablet spelled it like that.

 

[The Zieg]

I only watched the first 2 minutes of the vid . . .

I can tell!

He addresses all your points, especially the town name vs the brand vs other manufacturers.

He also speaks honestly about what the knives are good and not-so-good at. He's not a fawning fan.

 

[Ironbut]

As he said in the conclusion: They're good tools at a fair price. You don't find that often nowadays.

 

[Will Power]

An old one that was in the shed at my country place when I bought it. Must've survived many a cold, dark winter there

 

[The Zieg]

An old one that was in the shed at my country place when I bought it. Must've survived many a cold, dark winter there

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You can really see the "mahogany" in the dyed handle.

 

[Arathol]

Why things are red in Sweden.....

Why Are All Swedish Cottages Painted Red?

One company has exclusive rights to the source of the iconic pigment—a copper mine's supply of iron deposits that may last just a century more

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Will Power]

Not just in Sweden mind, but also here in Finland and Norway and Russia. Durable stuff!

 

[Side O'Beef]

Can anyone explain how Morakniv is authentically pronounced? The guy in the video seems to be saying Mora knife (the English word), but I don't think that is correct.

 

[knarfeng]

Can anyone explain how Morakniv is authentically pronounced? The guy in the video seems to be saying Mora knife (the English word), but I don't think that is correct.

Try this video from Mora. "K" is not silent. "i" is short i. "mora" is "mora"

 

[Side O'Beef]

Try this video from Mora. "K" is not silent. "i" is short i. "mora" is "mora"

Thanks so much for that! To me it sorta sounded like mora - kuneev.

 

[Will Power]

Since Swedish & English are Germanic languages they're going to have similarities in some words, but not pronunciation- KNIFE (where the K is silent) and KNIV where it's not and more like Kneefv. Mora is more like Moorah- Used to understand phonetic alphabet but long lost that.....It's nice that some Anglo-Saxons are making an effort to accept different types of pronunciation A big problem it is true, that whatever variety of English one uses it's a devil to spell and this often explains difficulties....

 

[birdsbeaks]

Since Swedish & English are Germanic languages they're going to have similarities in some words, but not pronunciation- KNIFE (where the K is silent) and KNIV where it's not and more like Kneefv. Mora is more like Moorah- Used to understand phonetic alphabet but long lost that.....It's nice that some Anglo-Saxons are making an effort to accept different types of pronunciation A big problem it is true, that whatever variety of English one uses it's a devil to spell and this often explains difficulties....

Perhaps off topic but I had a world history professor (whose father was the Cuban ambassador to Spain during the Cuban Missile Crisis and had traveled extensively over Europe and Scandinavia) tell us that we didn't stand a chance of ever understanding Finnish unless we grew up in Finland drinking Sahti with Finns.