there are some seriously talented spoon carvers out here who use nothing more than a Mora, the skill lays with the person, not the tools, although using good tools does make the job a whole lot easier, and yes, i use Moras all the time as well as my Orfords, but i don't count myself as a seriously talented spoon carver
Me neither and yes I still have a Mora too and use it now and then but I definitely prefer the others.
I would also hazard a guess that the seriously talented spoon carvers have reprofiled and modded their Moras
almost beyond recognition.I have seen many modded Mora spoonies on this forum and I'm not being snobby about
it at all.I just think that the small difference in price is more than justified by the improvement in performance and
the easier operation offered by what is clearly a superior tool.
My Mora is reprofiled a bit and polished alot and works well.Just not as well as the Nic Westermann blades.
I count myself a beginner at spoon carving so I really appreciate the quality of the better tools.Some useful reduction in blood loss too.
Cheers , Simon