Your Mora experience...

I've had 10 of them, in various models, and all of them shaved hair from the factory. Fit and finish has been more than acceptable for a knife that's under $20 made with a QUALITY steel.
 
ANY kind of blade attached to ANY kind of handle seems like it should cost more than these knives!! The fact that they are actually razor-sharp, decent knives is just icing on the cake!
 
Wow, I can't believe the high expectations some people have for a $15 dollar knife for cripes sake. The Swedes punch out thousands a day where they are considered disposable knives. They are a fantastic value in the USA, very comfortable and sharp as hell. Get a couple and you're good to go. What other knife can give you a completely guiltless feeling when you're beating on it a bit.
 
The unfinished spine does look kinda bad, but the knife cuts great. This is on my Mora Craftline (stainless version).

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i got 2 mora...allround n 2000 model

since i have a few more survival knife so i just use my mora to cut the onion, slice the meat. mmmm.... but when my family and i went to jungle trekking or camping, my wife will use the mora due to its light weight.
 
their fken sharp knifes right out of the box which take an amazing edge and are so cheap you can use them, abuse them, dump them, and buy new ones and not mind. if you cant stand the unfinished blade, go ahead and spend 500+dollars on a blade you will never use but for me, I love these little bastards!
 
I bought a Boy Scout model (I believe). It's an okay knife overall. The leather sheath is really cheap. I had no big plans for it other than to own at least one and see what all the talk is about with them. The spine on my Mora looks about like Farp's photos. I was not impressed. Even cheap $5-$6 Vic kitchen knives don't have spines like that. My Mora ran about $30. If I want a kitchen knife, I'll stick to my Vics. I know the Mora cuts just fine. I'll probably move it to kitchen duty and have a little fun with it cutting steaks.
 
Kinda depends on what your expectations are. I couldn't get over the one I bought reminding me of the $1 fishing knives you would see when I was a kid. Just seemed cheap. It was a better performer than the better looking higher tech and more expensive low end knives (like Gerbers), though.
 
I am very happy with my knife don't get me wrong, its just that for as popular as they are you would think mora would spend a little more time on the little things such as the finish. I mean even a cheap wal mart knife has a better finish to it...
 
Resqlife said:
I am very happy with my knife don't get me wrong, its just that for as popular as they are you would think mora would spend a little more time on the little things such as the finish. I mean even a cheap wal mart knife has a better finish to it...
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I believe that it is better to spend more time on the steel and heat treat than on the finish. Also, remember the Swedes are paying a decent wage to their employees.
 
If Moras were finished to look really pretty they would cost more to buy, not work any better, and not be as popular. The stamped blade is cheap to manufacture and good in use. The rough spine is easy to smooth with some bench stones if you want to clean it up, but let the rest of us have our excellent $15 knives!
 
some people need to get back to reality. it's crazy that some people nit-pick about aesthetic flaws on an inexpensive, but quality built knife.

i got this mora companion MG stainless for $13 plus shipping and i couldn't be happier with it so far.


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I have three and they were not as sharp as I expected , wouldnt shave arm hair. A few light strokes on ceramic rods at a bigger and they were pretty dang sharp. I like the clipper sheath , it clips onto a pant pocket. I wish they retained the knife better though .
 
I have approx. 200 moras. The F@F may be questioned. However these knives never let you down. They are "work horses", no more no less. For the money, You can not find better knives.

~Paul~
 
I recently bought a stainless companion and was pleasantly surprised at both the fit & finish and the factory sharpness of the blade. I daresay my Mora came sharper than my Helle (that cost 5 times as much?) and with a pretty much perfectly even bevel. It's quite light, comfortable in all positions, and it comes with a great sheath. For $15 you can't go wrong with one of these things; as far as I can tell the spine on my companion is evenly ground and I recall reading that they are doing this for the stainless knives in the companion line.
 
I bought a morabushcraft series force probably last week. This knife was $27..$31 after shipping. My first impressions out of the box were what a great value this knife really is. The blade came razor sharp, which made slicing feather sticks effortless. The finish was almost mirror-like. And the thing weighs nothing. My only concern right off was the rounded spine (which could be fixed with a little sandpaper) was no good for throwing sparks on a firesteel. But for what I paid, I got a lot of knife. Bottom line...if you want a good all a round bushcraft knife (and don't plan on batoning through tree trunks) get one.
 
The unfinished spine looks bad, but the knife itself actually performs very well. It's light, rubberized grip is very comfortable, and it cuts very well. I'm not sure why Mora opted to leave the spine unfinished, as I doubt it would have added much time or cost to the manufacturing. Regardless, for under 15 bucks, it is a terrific value.
 
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