Whats so great about Mora's?

Actually Mora 333 can... I think it about 20 bucks....

stabman said:
Fair enough.
My step brother carries 3 Mora's with him (well, one is some other brand, but same idea), with the idea that if one breaks, he just pulls out another and away he goes.
He hasn't broken one yet though, to my knowledge.

As long as we're all carrying and using knives, I'm good with it. :thumbup:

But can your Mora do this:



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stabman said:
The answer is contained in here:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1117866-I-made-a-short-short-Behold-Mjolnir

:)
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Going to read right now. Man, it's so nasty and ugly and just...nasty. I love everything about it. You made it? Damn well done, I say. I have something like it, that a friend of my Father-in-law made for me from a half of the blade from a large commercial lawnmower, and it's the same. Just a brutal hunk of steel, ready to obliterate whatever you smite with it. Awesome work, man.
 
Phoynix said:
Actually Mora 333 can... I think it about 20 bucks....
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Judging by the specs, I doubt it would have the mass to do justice on such a task.
I have machetes of various blade lengths, and they don't compare.
 
Quiet said:
Going to read right now. Man, it's so nasty and ugly and just...nasty. I love everything about it. You made it? Damn well done, I say. I have something like it, that a friend of my Father-in-law made for me from a half of the blade from a large commercial lawnmower, and it's the same. Just a brutal hunk of steel, ready to obliterate whatever you smite with it. Awesome work, man.
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It was a lot of fun. :)
It's amazing what people can make when they put their mind to it. I wouldn't mind seeing what the lawnmower chopper turned out like.
 
spydercobenchmadekai said:
Aesthetics are just meant to be scratched/discolored/etc.
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Aesthetics also encompass style and materials. More money affords a prettier knife, with more choices in style and materials.

Grade of materials? Moras use high quality steel, and have handles you don't worry about messing up.
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The steel is perfectly acceptable for my use, that's for sure, but no one could reasonably argue that there aren't tougher and harder steels available.
Handle materials: without a doubt Mora uses the absolute cheapest handle materials available, molded plastic and soft wood. A higher budget buys micarta, bone, exotic hardwood...

Durability? How exactly is a $200 patial tang scandi grind knife more durable than a Mora? (Serious question.)
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Don't know about that, but compare the durability of Mora's stick tangs and partial tangs to a full tang knife. Compare their molded plastic to micarta... etc.
 
stabman said:
It was a lot of fun. :)
It's amazing what people can make when they put their mind to it. I wouldn't mind seeing what the lawnmower chopper turned out like.
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I will try to get a picture later today. I'm awaiting a delivery (new beer fridge for the garage!) and they'll be here any minute. I'll post it up when I get a chance.
 
stabman said:
Fair enough.
My step brother carries 3 Mora's with him (well, one is some other brand, but same idea), with the idea that if one breaks, he just pulls out another and away he goes.
He hasn't broken one yet though, to my knowledge.

As long as we're all carrying and using knives, I'm good with it. :thumbup:

But can your Mora do this:



:D
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Actually You can, but not by chopping!
The right technique is to drive the tip into the tree with batoning the pommel.
You do this all the way around the tree and then just break of the last bit.
There are several YouTube's on this subject.

Nice big knife! :thumbup:


Regards
Mikael
 
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I found my Bk9 to be mostly useless.... its actually heavier then a 18 inch tramontina machete, which is a far superior chopper.

Bk9 blade size just makes it useless to me... to small for real chopping...to large for fine detail... Heavier then a Machete that beats it in chopping.. and with its heavy nylon sheath heavier then 18inch Tramontina and small secondary knife.

I like it but its rather pointless knife to me.
 
Phoynix said:
I found my Bk9 to be mostly useless.... its actually heavier then a 18 inch tramontina machete, which is a far superior chopper.

Bk9 blade size just makes it useless to me... to small for real chopping...to large for fine detail... Heavier then a Machete that beats it in chopping.. and with its heavy nylon sheath heavier then 18inch Tramontina and small secondary knife.

I like it but its rather pointless knife to me.
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Chopping you say? I usually go with a small ax.:confused:
 
Axes dont cut scrub effectively.. or safely.
Anything bigger and for whatever reason I need to do it.. I will use a folding saw.
If that cant handle it I find its often easier to walk around.
 
leghog said:
Why should it?
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Why shouldn't it? ;)

Guess you missed the part about me not taking this whole interwebz thing too seriously, eh?
Life is often too short, and work too annoying to take things too seriously.
So I don't.

Existence is a huge joke, and I occasionally chop down trees. :thumbup:
 
leghog said:
When felling a tree, use a proper tool. A knife or machete ain't it.
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Hey, guess what?
I'm not about to listen to you. :)

It was a thing called a test.
I don't chop down trees for a living.
I don't live in a log cabin, nor am I building one.

I made a sword (not a machete or knife, by the way...that's right, I'm being the terminology police now), and decided "Hey, how about I go chop down a tree?"
So I did.
 
They are dumb cheap, and I have literally tried and failed to break mine. I have used the but t of an axe to baton with it, pried, chopped. It keeps going.
 
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