Who DOESN'T Own a Mora?

I do not and have never owned a mora.... I would like to get one some day but just havent gotten around to it.
 
JV3- Where did you get the sheath for the large mora. I have that knife and love it, but the poor thing lives in a cardboard duct tape sheath. It works great but is ugly as hell.
 
trapper78 said:
JV3- Where did you get the sheath for the large mora. I have that knife and love it, but the poor thing lives in a cardboard duct tape sheath. It works great but is ugly as hell.
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that's JNieporte's large mora. i just ordered mine last night and should be here on monday.
 
Ah I really should pay more attention.

JNieporte- Where did you get that sheath for the large mora?
 
I own too many! I mainly use them for garden work, cheap and easy to sharpen. I'm not enamored with them like some are, but they are handy knives around the house. I have that big camp mora, tried using it for chopping wood once, and severely damaged the edge (large rolls and chips) on pine and aspen wood (read soft). Not impressive at all...

I keep them around for hard/dirty tasks, but use better knives for bushcrafting and camping.
 
I have a stainless clipper, that's my only Mora

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PayetteRucker said:
BillyM, I do believe that is their Model 223. There is also a Model 333 'machete' or insulation knife, which is available in one place that I know of-it's out of Maylasia.
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There's also a place in the US that sells 'em. ;):thumbup:

JV3 said:
i didn't notice this on the first pass. interesting! i didn't know mora made knives in that size range. can you flex the blade like a latin-style machete or it's fairly rigid?
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As mentioned above, not only do they make the rigid piece above, they also make the #333 insulation knife which functions very well as a machete once the edge is thickened to 30 degrees inclusive (it comes stupid thin from the factory for cutting fiberglass batting) The #333 is reasonably flexible (like a machete) and returns true after even after deviating out of line while batoning.

[video=youtube;LrN4_Yr0bng]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrN4_Yr0bng&lc=CHUOwv4uEHAeBMO8hLf9CSRgvkIWeezs_h5y2Qy65O8&feature=inbox[/video]

My first knife was a KJ Eriksson Mora with a laminated blade, double guard, curly birch handle, and steel pommel cap. Snuck it out of my dad's tool box when I was in kindergarten. :p And it wasn't my last! :D:D:D
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
There's also a place in the US that sells 'em. ;):thumbup:



As mentioned above, not only do they make the rigid piece above, they also make the #333 insulation knife which functions very well as a machete once the edge is thickened to 30 degrees inclusive (it comes stupid thin from the factory for cutting fiberglass batting) The #333 is reasonably flexible (like a machete) and returns true after even after deviating out of line while batoning.
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thanks for the video! i'll pass on the #333 since i already have a lite machete. i just received my c-223 yesterday and it's exactly the knife i was looking for! for months now i was trying to decide between the bk-7 (i don't like the thumb ramp and swedge/false edge) and the esee-6 (i don't like choils) and once again mora (and JNieporte...thanks man!) saved me a bunch of money. i even contemplated sending the junglas to a custom knife maker to have it cut down to a 6" blade and skeletonize the handle (to move the balance forward) to make my own version of the esee-6 :eek:

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mora and cheap machetes are steadily replacing my expensive knives - sooner or later beckerheads and rat packers will kick me out of their forum :p
 
JV3 said:
thanks for the video! i'll pass on the #333 since i already have a lite machete. i just received my c-223 yesterday and it's exactly the knife i was looking for! for months now i was trying to decide between the bk-7 (i don't like the thumb ramp and swedge/false edge) and the esee-6 (i don't like choils) and once again mora (and JNieporte...thanks man!) saved me a bunch of money. i even contemplated sending the junglas to a custom knife maker to have it cut down to a 6" blade and skeletonize the handle (to move the balance forward) to make my own version of the esee-6 :eek:

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mora and cheap machetes are steadily replacing my expensive knives - sooner or later beckerheads and rat packers will kick me out of their forum :p
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Sending the Junglas to a Custom Maker for a re-make could yield an *excellent* knife. You get all the heat-treat and steel from ESEE and then a sorta custom-design..... Wonder how much that would run (of course depending on who's doing the work...)?
 
JV3 said:
thanks for the video! i'll pass on the #333 since i already have a lite machete.

mora and cheap machetes are steadily replacing my expensive knives - sooner or later beckerheads and rat packers will kick me out of their forum :p
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Ah--but is your machete only 7 ounces? :D It a pretty interesting piece. I'm thinking about keeping the one in the video for myself and having a pack sheath made for it so I can lash it to my pack for those "didn't think I needed a chopper" moments. The thing weighs nothing but chops pretty well while handling normal knife tasks very nicely. It's not going to win against your Lite Machete in a chop-off, but it will in a light-off. :p

I hear you when it comes to inexpensive knives becoming a staple. I don't think I've spent more than $60 on a knife in a couple of years now, and most were well under that. The low-cost, high-utility stuff is just so addicting! :cool::thumbup:
 
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