i would like to get a crook knife. help!

[humdrum_hostage]

I have a few smaller whittling knives of various shapes and sizes and I wanted to give bowl/spoon making a go so I was going to get a crook knife. I probably sound a complete novice because I am but I just had a few questions.

Is Mora the only brand, or maybe the best and that is why I cant find any others?

Do you guys think the interchangable blade knives will be more dangerous than practical?

Out of the Mora 162, 163 and 164 which one is the best for a "general purpose" or "novice" knife?

Thank you in advance.

 

[woof]

FYGT(Duncan) a member on here makes them, I have 2, they are good quality.

Hope this helps.

Rob

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

I'm more than happy with my Ben Orford knives.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Dave Budd, and Ben Orford make very good spoon knives. Have a read of this, http://www.robin-wood.co.uk/wood-craft-blog/2013/01/29/best-spoon-carving-knife-hook-knife/ it may answer some of your questions.

 

[ozzy1977]

If you go for a mora dont get the double beveled one

 

[mountainm]

My Ray Iles is very good and not expensive.

 

[Big Stu 12]

definitely do not go for the mora double sided one.. it just a pain to use, but I have other moras and have no issues with them

 

[quietone]

I use the 163, and 164 which is the double edged one I think. I too was worried about it being double edged, but I love it. Very nice to use in fact, and being a different bevel from the other I use, makes flatter cuts, if that makes sense. Maybe I'm weird

 

[Fraxinus]

I have and use the Mora one for a right hander(can't remember the number it just felt right in my hand)
Double edged ones are an issue when working awkward grained wood that needs extra power from the thumb. I turn the blank in my hand and found a method that works for me using the handing of the knife.
The various knives by other makers are all really nice and well made and my next one will be from one of them, however, for a first knife and the learning curve on use and sharpening the Mora is probably the most economical choice.
Just my thoughts though.
Rob.

 

[TroubledTalent]

If you go for a mora dont get the double beveled one

Second. But the right handed simple mora crook is awesome

 

[Hammock Hamster]

I have used mora crook knives in the past, both single and double edged, and although they will do the job something from the likes of Ben Orford or Dave Budd are in a completely different league.
The best way I can describe it is using a cheap kitchen knife to cut tomatoes then trying an expensive one. Both will give you slices of tomato but one is infinitely easier, smoother and more pleasant to use that the other.

hamster

 

[birdbrain57]

i use a ben orford and a mora double edge with the right hand bevel ground off to make it a left hander as they dont make one

 

[Tomcoles]

I have a flex cut and I love it. If you can try a few then that's the best way find what suits you best.


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[rancid badger]

Mora crook knives are best avoided. They really are poor, in every respect.

That said, finding a crook knife that suits you, is no easy task or so I've found.

I've been lucky enough to try at least a dozen, good quality commercial ones over the last few years, most of them during a spoon carving weekend with Robin Wood, I organised when I was a trustee of the local woodland group.
[video=youtube;mAthW-2IjsI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAthW-2IjsI[/video]

Sadly,(perhaps partly due, to being left handed?:bluThinki) none of them, really suited me! I found that in fact, after having the chance to sample pretty much every tool of that type, commercially available at the time, I prefer my own, home made tools for carving spoons and bowls.





The two seen in the photo's above, were some of my first efforts and a bit crude, although the top one, is still one of my most frequently used carving tools.

Take a look a Robin's advice on spoon knives here:
robin-wood.carving-with-crook-knives


Good luck

Steve

 

[fishfish]

i have carved spoons professionally for a few years and tried many different spoon knives,duncans (dorset woodland blades) is a very good knife but theres usually problems getting them,the one by Robin Wood is a very very good piece of kit and i would recomend it.

 

[humdrum_hostage]

Thanks guys, it gives me some food for thought.

 

[FGYT]

i have carved spoons professionally for a few years and tried many different spoon knives,duncans (dorset woodland blades) is a very good knife but theres usually problems getting them,the one by Robin Wood is a very very good piece of kit and i would recomend it.

Ive pretty much stopped making Crook and crooked blades tho i have a pile of blanks I dont have the time with other customer stuff as I really need to make a batch which is a lot of time to make it worth while

Robin wood has his own design which i did make for him initially He has now made them himself via sheffield in the numbers he needs they are a very good blade supurb Profile and sharp Geometry

 

[TroubledTalent]

There's no argument for why 'mora should be avoided'
It's an opinion if you believe they are poorly made, and one I've rarely come across. Mora make these things for people who use them daily. It's all well and good doing our best to support home grown business, but evolution, expanding horizons ect. You find better then use it, but if you claim Mora is poor in every respect, then your opinion has little value.

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