Is this really a $12 knife?!

[Frozen North]

I was poking around on the web looking for ammo when I came across Mora Knives. From experience with ice augers, I know that Mora makes the absolute best blades available on Earth for cutting ice. I was intrigued that perhaps the same Swede steel and craftsmanship would be available in a knife. For the price of a dinner, I figured I couldn't miss.

It shaves hair off my arm and does not look or feel like a $12 knife!!!!

I am thoroughly impressed with Morakniv, It sure feels like good Swede steel to me!!

What are your thoughts on these under priced little treasures?

 

[Big Bill]

I think they are priced about right. Great knife - great value.

 

[PTK]

Mora makes great knives. Erikson (spelling?), Frosts, they're all great Swedish style knives.

I have three #1 red handled knives, for what it's worth. $10.50 each a few years ago.

 

[Isaac's Grandpa]

I have the two that my great-grandfather brought over from Sweden. One largeish and one smaller. They are great knives.

 

[Big Bill]

Opinel is another great knife in about the same price range.

 

[Frozen North]

These have smushy rubber grips on them, they are supposed to be the same blade as the red wooden ones though.

Maybe I am just used to "made in china" and won't even take an edge type steel in the under $20 price range. It feels good to really find something of value that does not cost much.

The blade seems to be of proper shape for many different tasks also. I can see it being good for cut bait for catfish and opening up a deer. I hate folders for bloody tasks because they are so hard to clean. The plastic sheath should also be easy to clean the gunk off. Loosing a knife in the snow or grass can be a problem if you are afraid of getting scuz in your sheath.

 

[22-rimfire]

Mora makes a good utilitarian knife.

 

[Frozen North]

Maybe that's why I like it.

I buy ugly guns that work great, cars with hail damage, and buy my clothes at garage sales too.

 

[p35]

Look at http://www.ragweedforge.com/index.html#catalog if you're really interested, but don't blame me if you go broke before you're done.

 

[QuietEarp]

I ordered some a while ago from Ragnar's Ragweed Forge. So far so good. Ragnar was great to deal with too.

 

[Tom Hudson]

There are some great factory knives under 20 bucks on the market now. China have some of the best quality knives being made right now - I'm selling engraved pocket knives right now starting at 35 bucks that I have hand engraved!

I have been in the knife business 30 years; this is a crazy market right now. You do have to be careful on imported & USA made knives but there is some great stuff being imported with Rough Rider leader of the pack! Awesome value, awesome quality - Here's an example of a Lock Back - bone handle folder - engraved for $35.00! tom

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Suggestion

For no particular reason, permit me to offer a piece of random advice:

Buy five or six. If that seems like cheap insurance, then buy seven or eight. At the threshold where you begin to wonder if you should be spending "this much money" on a few knives, that's were you should park it.


In the last couple of years I have failed to buy "an extra two or three" of knives I thought were excellent bargains. In each case I have come to regret the delay.

I mean, what's the hurry? They've been making these knives for decades and decades. And they'll be making them for decades more. Why would you imagine otherwise?

 

[PTK]

Let me throw in my $0.02... Ragweed Forge is the best place to get Mora knives in the USA that I have found.

The knives aren't getting any cheaper - they're a great value now and will continue to be great knives 100 years from now - 100 years of HARD use, too.

Between me and my roommate, we own more than a dozen Mora knives. Buy a couple every year, each. Can't get enough of those razor-sharp edges, right from the factory, on a $10 knife...

 

[Kingcreek]

Ragweed Forge is a great source.
I have Erikson moras in various places, hunting pack, glove box, boat, and one is conveniently stuck in a barn beam right next to where I open feed backs and cut twine from bales. I would hate to be without atleast 8.

 

[451 Detonics]

I have these scattered everywhere in my gear and vehicles, as well as a couple in the kitchen.

 

[T.R.]

This is my COLD STEEL version of a Scandinavian knife. I paid $16. plus shipping. Its made in Taiwan.



This is my FROST Cutlery skinner. It has the essence of a custom yet I paid less than $20. Quality of steel, fit, and finish is excellent! Its made in China. The sheath was mediocre so I had a custom leather one crafted at a local Amish harness shop.



TR

 

[451 Detonics]

I would point out that Frost Cutlery, a jobber and importer, is not the same as Frosts of Sweden who is a manufacturer.

 

[PTK]

Indeed. There is a HUGE difference in quality vs price.

 

[hso]

Yep, Frost cutlery of Chattanooga, TN; is not Frosts of Sweden nor do they produce anything close that will match the performance of a Frosts or Ericson or ...

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Frost Cutlery

I believe that Frost Cutlery was not always the "cheap junk" purveyor they now seem to be.

In one of my boxes at home I have a cute little "small game" sized hunting knife with a pair of ducks in flight emblazoned into the bone handle, and the words "Frost Cutlery" and "Japan" stamped into the base of the blade.

Very nice, very sharp, well fitted.

Somewhere else I have a more recent piece by them. Cheap junk. Garish. It was a gift, or I'd simply discard it.

 

[CWL]

I think that your only regret about Mora knives should be that it took you so long to notice them.

 

[Remo223]

mora kniv is awesome.

I currently carry one of these:

http://i.ebayimg.com/02/!BngQ6E!BGk~$%28KGrHqUOKjEEtrP0KWt%28BLjt9jSIMg~~_3.JPG


but I've carried this:

http://www.bensbackwoods.com/catalog/frosts 760o-o.JPG

I like the cheap knives because they are disposable I use them and abuse them and tend to sharpen them with a file. Sure the handle can snap off since it's not a full tang. But who the heck cares? It weighs half as much and if I lose it...no big deal.

 

[Frozen North]

More are on their way

One for the pickup, one for the boat, one for the kitchen, one for work, one for my tackle bag, and one for the range bag.

That should keep me for a while...

 

[hso]

Not to hijack a nice thread, but we could have an entire separate thread on ParkerFrost/Frost knives because of the complex history.

 

[PTK]

I hope you guys are happy, I just placed yet another order at Ragweed Forge.