VIDEO: Mora Robust

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Arson

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Santa was good to me this year. A Mora Robust...

[video=youtube;ojrUx2fBs3s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojrUx2fBs3s[/video]
 
Thanks for the vid. I am just now getting into the Mora. Ordered a #2 today. My trouble with them was no lanyard hole, so I am going to take a rifle swivel stud and put it on the butt of my #2 and tie a lanyard to that.
 
With a #2 you could probably get away with drilling a hole through the end. The tang stops short of the end.
 
Nice blade Arson :thumbup:....I drilled through some 511 handles a few years back, went through them like butter.
 
Has anyone else had any trouble sharpeneing them? I've got one here that is slightly convexed
 
Joezilla said:
Has anyone else had any trouble sharpeneing them? I've got one here that is slightly convexed
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Twenty strokes along the corners of the coarse grey Sharpmaker rods (blade end), for each side, is enough to get them very sharp, very fast. I don't even bother with the white fine rod. This for the my 511's, the stainless and Heavy Duty Companions.
 
There is plenty of space to put a lanyard hole in the handle, even enough to get a double loop of 550 through.

Here's mine.
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Yeah, that works fine for the other Moras I own, but how about for the robust?
 
Joezilla said:
Yeah, that works fine for the other Moras I own, but how about for the robust?
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If referring to upnorth's approach, the HD Companions are just recolored Robusts in a standard Companion sheath, so it's just a palette/sheath swap with the same knife. He's used the method on his HD Companions so it would presumably apply just the same to your Robust. :)
 
Joezilla said:
I've got one here that is slightly convexed
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Looks like you got yourself a scandivex. I would maintain it with sand paper on a mouse pad.
Most of my moras end up slightly convex due to my method of sharpening.
 
I love the palm swell on the handle, and that sheath looks more than serviceable. I can see a firesteel getting attached to that front stud.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
If referring to upnorth's approach, the HD Companions are just recolored Robusts in a standard Companion sheath, so it's just a palette/sheath swap with the same knife. He's used the method on his HD Companions so it would presumably apply just the same to your Robust. :)
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Yes sir. I do the same on the 511, stainless Companion, and H.D. Comp. To be honest I prefer the thinner stock of the regular Companion for slicing. I find the the shoulder on the Heavy Duty (robust) deflects the blade off on a downward angle when slicing. I saw this when slicing potatoes at home. I am no sharpening guru that's for sure, but I can keep most of my blades slicing paper or close enough to it. It has taken me a while to get there. I have still never touched a strop in my life. One day I suppose.
 
tek77 said:
Looks like you got yourself a scandivex. I would maintain it with sand paper on a mouse pad.
Most of my moras end up slightly convex due to my method of sharpening.
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This is over my head. I should come back and read this thread when I have more time. I think that I'm learning once again on this forum, which is always wonderful.
 
Scandi= knife community slang for zero saber grind (flat zero saber by default)
Scandivex= knife community slang for convex zero saber grind.
 
:thumbup: To be honest I'm not really that interested in the minutae of knife grinds, but I should try to learn some of this stuff. Kind of like reading a vehicles operating manual.
 
It's all fairly simple stuff honestly. It mostly comes down to how high the grind is, if it's flat/hollow/convex, and the presence or absence of secondary bevels. Most of the rest is just describing combinations of those features under one name.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
It's all fairly simple stuff honestly. It mostly comes down to how high the grind is, if it's flat/hollow/convex, and the presence or absence of secondary bevels. Most of the rest is just describing combinations of those features under one name.
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Maybe it's not so bad then. I actually had a mental picture of the angles as I read them. I must be picking something up on these forums. :thumbup:
 
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