Cheap and good knives

[oetzi]

I found these knives from Mora in a wholesalers catalogue and ordered them straightaway:

They have the usual excellent blades, high-carbon with the black one, the other stainlesssteel.
The handles are a tacky plastic, with bolster and butt of a harder variety.
Sheats are simple plastic with a drainhole at the tip, the olive one has a leather-loop.
Finish was excellent, the one exception being the spine of the black one, which was left raw:

Nothing which couldnt be brought to an acceptable level with 15min of work with a file and a buffingwheel!
Both were sharp enough to shave right out of the box and best of all is the price: €13,- for the black one, €24,- the olive one.
With these prices the carbonbladed one is a fantastic bargain. The olive one will have its handle removed and the big but thin blade will be made in a bushcraft knife, complete with brass bolster and handle of old olivewood.

 

[leon-b]

nice find mate
leon

 

[sam_acw]

I found these knives for about £6 in a DIY shop the other day. They say fiskars and have hollow handles which you can take the butt off of. I wonder if they'd be worth buying to play with?
Trouble is I already have 3 knives in the post.....

 

[Draven]

Nice, I've been thinking of buying those for a while...
d'you know what kind of tangs they have?
The belt loop on the black-handled knife's sheath looks kinda weak to me... is it?

 

[Daniel_sk]

I also see that plastic loop as a weak point. That's the same on the green "SWAK" knife from Mora, my brother broke it after some days, and mine is crooked. Gaffer tape saved the plastic sheath for now. I would advise making a custom leather sheath...

Here you can see the SWAK (my picture, taken right after I bought it), it's the one closer to you. The plastic thing that should be attached to the belt is a joke...

 

[oetzi]

Nice, I've been thinking of buying those for a while...
d'you know what kind of tangs they have?
The belt loop on the black-handled knife's sheath looks kinda weak to me... is it?

I think its a simple sticktang, as usual with Mora.
The beltloop is not the most substantial and will only fit thin belts anyway. I will probably drill two holes in the top of the sheat and put a rope through, creating the typical Puukko-style belt loop.

 

[leon-b]

on the subject of cheap good knives i dont think anyone has mentioned the frosts clipper
leon

 

[Daniel_sk]

You can see my friend's green mora clipper on the picture I posted. I like the clipper sheath more, but the knife itself is missing the hole for a cord (and that saved my knife from loosing several times). I would like to have a combination of a clipper sheath and SWAK knife...

 

[leon-b]

You can see my friend's green mora clipper on the picture I posted. I like the clipper sheath more, but the knife itself is missing the hole for a cord (and that saved my knife from loosing several times). I would like to have a combination of a clipper sheath and SWAK knife...

would you be able to drill a lanyard hole
leon

 

[addyb]

I've got a Mora Clipper. It's a great knife and never ceases to impress me. Mora knives just go to show you that a person doesn't necessarily need to spend hundreds of dollars to get a good quality, well tempered blade.

Adam

 

[leon-b]

I've got a Mora Clipper. It's a great knife and never ceases to impress me. Mora knives just go to show you that a person doesn't necessarily need to spend hundreds of dollars to get a good quality, well tempered blade.

Adam

exactly
leon

 

[Tutchi]

Hi
cheque the clippers here and the post is only £1.50 as well.




http://www.baconsdozen.co.uk/knives.htm

Tutchi

 

[copper_head]

Yeah I have the model before the clipper (without rubberised handle in pic), got issued it on a fundamental BC course years ago, managed to break my first one carving a applewood spoon. Told woodlore and they sent me a new one! Nice folks, still my second one has lasted me about six years. Recenlty got a Tregor PTX to replace it, only for aesthetics tho. The Mora is probably the most servicable knife ever produced, and certainly the best value for money!

 

[Tengu]

Those black rubberised handles might look nasty but they are comfy on the hands.

work threw out a kitchen knife because its blade was ground down and I grabbed it.

 

[Graham_S]

i prefer the old red wood handled mora. the blade seems more substantial.

 

[spamel]

The green gummi rubber handled one is a Mora 2000. I saw one in the flesh for the first time just the other day, which is a bit wierd as I thought I would have seen one a long time before!! I've not used it to cut anything as it is a friends knife, but I'm not to sure about it. I may have to have a loan of it for a weekend to see how it functions. As I recall, it is stainless with a secondary bevel?

 

[Daniel_sk]

Yes, Mora 2000 is only made in the stainless version, not carbon.