One more "Mora"... Mora or less.

[ApacheCoTodd]

OK, sure, it's their Bothnian neighbors but a style is a style and when I saw this one at a parking lot sale today - it really spoke to me

Rapala, J. Marttiini from Finland and as any product Finnish, it needs make no apologies.

A curly Finnish Birch handle and a hell-for-stout blade regardless of its slenderness.

Bummer that the sheath lost its little, signature, bow-tie on the end but it's always the "honest" wear that gets me the most.

I whipped around a bit in Marttiini's site to get a handle on this but found no direct model from which to draw a name or intended use... Intended by the maker.

Clearly not one of their filet knives and the moose may denote a hunting intention.

Any ideas?

Todd.

 

[JShirley]

Todd,

That's longer than most of their blades, isn't it? Interesting.

John

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Sure is.

Almost 6 inches long, 5/16ths thick and yet only 3/4 inch wide top to bottom.

I see that their classic "Lynx" knife was supposed to have an upturned tip for lifting the tops off pots but this one is dead straight tip to toe.

Nice, fairly deep groove too.

Were it not for the moose, I'd think it a rigid bladed fishing knife.


Todd.

 

[Lone Star]

Mora is Swedish. I think you have a Rapala Finn knife. Pretty typical, and they're called "puuko." Yes, it's a hunting knife. Good for general use. Their fillet knives have much thinner blades.

The moose is a primary game animal in Sweden and in Finland. In Swedish , it's called, "alg." Means "elk", but our elk/wapiti is more like a bigger version of the Euro Red Deer.

The best Swedish brand is Fallkniven. www.fallkniven.com. Much more expensive than Mora or Rapala, and they hold the Royal Warrant of patronage by the King of Sweden. Their F -1 model is issued to Swedish military pilots.

But this Rapala knife is a good one and you probably didn't pay much. Unless the handle is too short for your hand, I think you'll like it.

I'd dye the sheath dark brown and polish it.

 

[Piraticalbob]

Perfect example of a Marttiini puuko, although they are more often seen with 4" blades. The other big commercial puuko manufacturer in Finland, Järvenpää, makes a very similar knife pattern, I have one of theirs in 4".

 

[CWL]

Looks like a basic style of puukko to me, just with a blade length that isn't as commonly seen in the USA. I think most people nowadays expect longer knives to have wider blades, but it isn't always necessary.

I have one bought second-hand, but mine has a horse head pommel. Feels fine in hand and cuts just fine.

 

[joneb]

Hey hey,
I have this puukko
ApacheCoTodd nice find.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Good find Ap Todd.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Hey hey,
I have this puukko View attachment 219487
ApacheCoTodd nice find.

That looks very "handy".

It'd make a great camp knife. So much of what goes on around a campsite neither requires nor really tolerates too much knife. I always use Schrade Sharp-Fingers for campsites but they're better saved for skinning and a little Puukko would fit the bill as I know it.

Won't freeze to your hands and you can hold the handle comfortably in your teeth to free-up a hand.


Todd.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Good find Ap Todd.

Thanks, I damn near sold it on a couple weeks ago but the dimensions really "speak to me" so it's a keeper now.


Todd.

 

[toivo]

Nice -- I'm of Finnish ancestry, and when I was a kid my grandparents would bring me a knife or two whenever they went back to the Old Country. Unfortunately those knives have all disappeared over the years.

 

[lemaymiami]

As a full time fishing guide I cut fish daily when my anglers choose to keep their catch... That blade looks to be very well designed. I'd have snapped it up if I found one that size....

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

As a full time fishing guide I cut fish daily when my anglers choose to keep their catch... That blade looks to be very well designed. I'd have snapped it up if I found one that size....

I was thinking of it - given the maker's background as a bait, finning and gutting knife even if the Moose speaks to a land-borne intention.

It, with a couple of filet knives would be a hell of a set for a busy boat!


Todd.

 

[lemaymiami]

Since I'm working in the salt I have one very slender six inch filet knife and it's backed by two much bigger blades, a 10" cimeter, and a 12" cimeter (both Forschners that I've had for thirty years. Filet knives work well on thin skinned lightly boned fish like speckled trout, mackeral, pompano, and mangrove snapper. For heavier boned fish like redfish, snook, tripletail, grouper, etc a much heavier knife will get your work done not only quicker but also safer...

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Since I'm working in the salt I have one very slender six inch filet knife and it's backed by two much bigger blades, a 10" cimeter, and a 12" cimeter (both Forschners that I've had for thirty years. Filet knives work well on thin skinned lightly boned fish like speckled trout, mackeral, pompano, and mangrove snapper. For heavier boned fish like redfish, snook, tripletail, grouper, etc a much heavier knife will get your work done not only quicker but also safer...

I agree, overusing "filet" grade knives too much or too rapidly will get a fella hurt quicker than most aspects of fishing.

But, I guess that's what superglue is for.

Todd.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Good looking knife.

 

[JohnnyFlake]

Fine looking knife, but I do not believe that it's a MORA. If I recall correctly, all MORA knives have the name MORA etched on one side of the blade. I have an older MORA somewhere. I try to find it and post a photo.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Fine looking knife, but I do not believe that it's a MORA. If I recall correctly, all MORA knives have the name MORA etched on one side of the blade. I have an older MORA somewhere. I try to find it and post a photo.

Thanks.

No, I know it's not a "Mora" and that's what I was alluding to with the "... more or less" part as well as the Bothnian reference.

It just kinda fits in with my other semiMoras like My Norwegian Bunad knife does...

Only one real Mora here, in the center with the hilt, but the rest come from Norway and Sweden as well.

I gnerally think of Mora as a concept following a greater region's knife philosophy. But you're right, it really ain't no Mora.

Todd.

 

[JohnnyFlake]

Here are photos of the last MORA I have left from the small collection I had. I liked this one the best, so I held on to it, probably should have sold it off as well.

It has a 4 7/8" blade and the original sheath:

 

[JohnnyFlake]

2 more photos of the vintage MORA I have.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

2 more photos of the vintage MORA I have.

Yeah, that's the same one that I have in the center of the photo.
I have a soft spot for Gutmann imports like these.
Thanks for showing the sheath as well. Mine came without one and now I know what to watch for.


Todd.