£10 or £50 upwards?

[PatrickM]

Being a tight fisted Jock and not influenced by expensive labels and Bushcraft kit I thought I would show what the inexpensive Mora knife and spoon tool can achieve, having taken these tools through their paces over the years with many different tasks, splitting wood, gutting fish, gralloching deer, feather sticks, carving and many other things.

Conclusion - the cheap and cheerful Mora range wins the day when it comes to Bushcraft tasks - in my opinion.

PS. Why do some people refer to this as a training knife

 

[Wayland]

Nice stuff.

We're looking forward to seeing some of your stuff for real next week..

 

[Salix]

Thats excellent stuff there patrick

It's for people in training to part with there money once they get bamboozled into thinking it's a training knife

I have a mora clipper, and i make knives up from mora blades, excellent stuff.

Mark

 

[DoctorSpoon]

Lovely work! I too am a big fan of these knives for whittling. Have you tried the slightly longer and pointier Frosts sloyd 106? I find it's brilliant for getting in those tight corners and also costs about a tenner.

I think people pay more for much bigger bushcraft knives if they want to do more rough work with it.

 

[Toddy]

:notworthy That's an impressive selection of craftings

I know you tease me about my knifeage (cough, kit junkie ! ) but seriously, I do like the little Mora Classic, and it gets a lot of use.

I think they call it a training knife because it's the first guardless knife a youngster is given and is taught to use properly.

I like the reassurance of using a knife that has a full handle though when doing really heavy stuff......I know it's not necessary, but it's just a feeling of a little more substance to the knife. Tanged knives are very good, have a very long provenance, but it's an individualism thing....besides......I like good tools, and my knives are pretty

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Andy]

I never got one with the red handled Mora knives. I do use aplastic handled one a fair bit though (just been sharpening it)

 

[falcon]

Awesome craft skills as ever....what many of us aspire to but don't achieve, whatever the tools. Skill is the issue here IMHO

 

[PatrickM]

Thanks for the kind words folks.

 

[MartiniDave]

Fantastic work there Patrick!:You_Rock_

The 3" version of that Mora is one of my favourites for carving at the moment.

I must get out and practice to get up to your standard though!

Dave

PS Toddy - I like pretty knives too!

 

[brancho]

patrick
That is a lot of very nice work. :You_Rock_

The Mora range of knives are very good value for money. U have just borrowed a sloyd 120 49 mm knife wich I loved using. I also own a clipper which is good.

I also like preyty knives but I prefer stcik tangs unlike the majority of the members of this site as far as I can tell. I do not own a full tang (except in th kitchen).

 

[SOAR]

Stunning work there Patrick.