Does Anyone Use Mora Style Knives For Hunting, Camping Or Skinning?

[Skoghund]

Yep Eriksson and frost are made by the same company. Those fallkniven are made in Japan. A very nice knife but a bit on the pricey side.
For you lovers of swedish style knives have a look at. www.knivstig.com he makes some nice knives and not to expensive. We are lucky here in Sweden in that we have a lot of small knife makers. I have a knife made by a very old hare hunter . It has the most amazing sharp hand forged carbon steel blade and a birch and antler handel. It cost about 20 USD i carry it every time i hunt

 

[Browning]

This is also another nice one.

https://www.brisa.fi/portal/index.php?option=com_oscommerce&osMod=product_info&cPath=92_78&products_id=739

I'd love to have it, but I've gotta wait a bit.

If I keep buying every kick ass Mora and Puukko knife I find I'm gonna go broke.

Does anybody know how much 125,00 Euros is??

I'm guessing that it's about $100, is that right?

 

[dullone]

"Does anybody know how much 125,00 Euros is??

I'm guessing that it's about $100, is that right?"

The good news is the 125 price included the vat tax. The price to the U.S. is 102.46 euros plus 6.50 euros for shipping, for a total of 108.96 euros.

The bad news is with the depressed exchange rate on the US$, this equates to $154.71

 

[salthouse]

Based on the conversation in this thread, I checked out the Mora knives on ragweedforge.com.

First, Ragnar is a stand up guy. I made a mistake on my order and he called me the next day to straighten it out. He also charges $5 for shipping. Based on the package the shipping cost $5.55. Prices are great too.

Second, I guess I'm a sucker for $10-15 knives because I bought 5 of them. I was really impressed with the quality given the price. Granted these are not collectibles but for what I need them for they are well worth the $$$ I plan on taking 2 of them to my hunting camp, put 2 on the boat, and keep one at home.

I think I'm going to carry one in deer season just because I like the simplicity and the fact that it was only $15. It will be more than up to the challenge of field dressing a deer.

 

[brasskeeper]

Mora are good knives, but I dont like their sheaths .

 

[cudaman440]

I have more than I want to count(couldnt buy more he he). Great knife for the price.

 

[Browning]

I got another Puukko from Kellam a week or so ago.

http://www.kellamknives.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_33_59_61&products_id=92

This is officially it for a while, I swear. But at less than $50 I just couldn't pass it up.

But hey, everybody has to have one addiction right?

My wife has knick knacks from E-Bay and I've got this.

I talked about it in another thread, but here it is for the official record.

I didn't get that one from Brisa, it was really nice, but it was too much for right now. That makes three Puukkos and two Moras in just a short while (I found about about Moras and Puukkos about month or so before I started this thread).

 

[snow]

Hopkin said: I get frustrated when friends seem set on buying a large, thick and heavy knife for camping because they believe it will be better in some un-specified emergency. It's inferior for 99.09% of the tasks they actually undertake and of dubious value for that other theoretical 0.01%. Cutting their way out of car wrecks is something I hear mentioned regularly.

This is something that I never understand why people get frustrated at other peoples choices in cutlery. Even if it were a fact and clear cut as black and white it is still there choice. You are worrying yourself for no reason. Why would you get frustrated because someone else choose a knife that might not be as efficient as you think it should. Maybe all they have ever used is a big knife and for someone like that a small knife would feel clumsy and they would be insecure. If they are of the camp to have big knife for just what if. Hey, what if although very rare does happen, or there would be no what if. To each his own. I have both big and small I personally prefer a blade roughly 4-5 inches long for most things. I will on occasion depending on location carry a larger knife. If someone choose to carry a wilkinson sword across their back for their personal use in the woods I would laugh have mora clipper ready to loan them but I would not let if frustrate me.

 

[d2wing]

I have a Marttiini from Finland. It's great. I don't remember where I got it.

 

[coyotehitman]

I have some Mora's. I think I paid 7.99 each for them. I have used them to butcher deer and for bushcraft and they perform well. One is carbon steel and rusts, but I keep a coat of oil on it and have had not problems. They are sharp and hold an edge well.

I was looking at a Martini inox with a black rubber handle for 20.00, but did not know much about them. It looks like they are 440 stainless, which I do not think highly of. How well do the Martinis hold an edge/retain an edge?

 

[d2wing]

Mine seems to hold an edge well. The Inox is the knife I have. They use a steel made to thier specs, rockwell 54-56 according to them. It appears to have more chrome in it to me but I'm no expert. In my opinion it's a very good knife for the money.

 

[Brian Dale]

snow, you resurrected this thread just in time for me. I'm about to start work on a couple of deer with the Helle Grizzly (3/4 of the way down the page) that my Mom brought back from a trip to Norway last spring.

I had the Helle with me when I was out hunting, but the knife that I used for field dressing was a Small Skinner made by our own Valkman. Fantastic knife.

 

[Shawnee]

I like the looks of the style too but the lack of a guard makes it a "no go" for me.

 

[Speedo66]

I've still got a Frost Mora wooden handled fishing knife I bought in Sweden in the early 70's.

It was just a cheap knife, but it has held up incredibly well, and holds an edge much better than other much more expensive knives. It has not rusted in a salt water environment, and is still in use, althought the leather sheath eventually molded and was thrown away.

I now also have a plastic handled Frost filet knife which is excellent.

Great knives period, regardless of their low price.

Should not be confused with another company also called Frost with a line of inferior Chinese knives.

 

[Art Eatman]

Looking at the first picture in the opening post, the shape of the blade looks righteous for making Bambi a bunch lighter and then all undressed. I've used that style, as well as an old Solingen folder which has a more rounded tip. As long as the blade is in the 3.5" to 4" length, that's plenty good.

Longer, heavier blades seem to help when butchering out the hindquarters, particularly around the hip sockets. Otherwise, shorter blades work plenty good.