Mora Bushcraft Pathfinder Knife

[Shovel]

http://rockymountainbushcraft.blogspot.com/2014/01/shot-show-2014-cool-product-spotlight.html

Didn't see a thread about this so I figured I'd post it.
I think it looks absolutely ridiculous, but if it works, it works.

 

[ozzy1977]

Its too thin to act up as a puuko, needs to be 5-6mm to be worth while in my opinion.

 

[Macaroon]

Looks like that might be aimed at the American market; most of our cousins over there seem to prefer a much bigger knife than our "standard" 4" bladed jobby...............

 

[Stew]

Its too thin to act up as a puuko, needs to be 5-6mm to be worth while in my opinion.

Sorry, you think a puukko should be 5-6mm thick or is that two separte parts to your post?

I would have thought most puukkos are in the 3mm thick range.

 

[ozzy1977]

Mine is 6mm

 

[Stew]

Mine is 6mm

Wow! That's a surprise.

What type is it? Production, handmade, etc? Laminated or single steel?

 

[tom.moran]

whenever someone comments about america, all i can think of is this:

 

[ozzy1977]

Its a finnish special forces issue one, given to me 16-17 years ago when I was on holiday over there

 

[Jared]

Though the point of a 6" knife was to be able to baton larger wood. So being a stick tang it'll be interesting to see how it copes.

 

[plastic-ninja]

It does look like Mora does Bowie doesn't it?
A bit TEOTWAWKI for my tastes.I don't understand why it's a stick tang either.
Looks more leuku than puuko I'd say but 3mm seems a bit thin for a blade of this size.
Just horrible...
Simon

 

[VanDeRooster]

Interesting release date ...

 

[plastic-ninja]

Interesting release date ...

You may have a point there.

 

[presterjohn]

Puukko's generally are 3mm in thickness. They are every day blades for doing a multitude of tasks from cutting rope to cutting meat. a 5mm blade generally is not needed or suited for these things. The bigger Leuku is used for chopping tasks even they generally are not super thick either. Having said that looking at the knife I doubt it would have any trouble processing wood in the 3 to 4" range of width the stick tang should not impede that either. It is not a pretty knife though.

 

[John Fenna]

Its a finnish special forces issue one, given to me 16-17 years ago when I was on holiday over there

Is yours a bit like this?

 

[Shovel]

Being American, I can definitely see a lot of our survivalist folks buying one, but I personally don't see the appeal.

 

[Corso]

I wonder if DC will sue...

 

[Barn Owl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhhJlJfYOd4

 

[gowersponger]

I think it looks pretty neat shame mora are going over the top with prices though .

 

[Jared]

I wonder if DC will sue...

Seems not...

[video=youtube;_vHnZuEXc6Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vHnZuEXc6Y[/video]


Batons it through a fairly large diameter log with no problems.

 

[rickyamos]

Just watched that video, well the knife gets my vote. But at the price I'll stick with my mora 911