Why do you have the need to stabb? Unless you stabb you do not need a handguard.
New Mora Farnas
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Opinions yes facts no. One of the better ways to get one's hand from the handle to the blade is trying to push the blade into something with a wrong grip.
He stated his preference and what suits him. I love how you can tell him that he’s wrong. It’s great that it’s now solved for him.
I always like to have a small finger guard on my knives. Just for that a bit of extra security and peace of mind rather than an actual necessity really. Nothing huge like you would see on a fighting style knife but I find the small nub like you see on things like a Mora Companion or Fallkniven F1 to be a reassuring safety feature.
Also you may one day want to use your knife for actually stabbing if you use it to open a sack of something such as animal feed or compost soil which I occasionally do. I would personally never buy a knife without a finger guard on it (with exception to Swiss Army Knives which are more of a multi-tool device not a proper knife).
Also you may one day want to use your knife for actually stabbing if you use it to open a sack of something such as animal feed or compost soil which I occasionally do. I would personally never buy a knife without a finger guard on it (with exception to Swiss Army Knives which are more of a multi-tool device not a proper knife).
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I agree. That's true.
I've probably never actually used the finger guard on a knife in my whole life but I still like to have it there as a bit of extra security to protect me from my own potential stupidity in case it's ever needed. Say for example during a momentarily lack of concentration if I get distracted or maybe if I was feeling a bit tired at the end of a long day and might not be paying due attention.
I've never been in a car crash so have never actually needed to wear a seat belt either but I still do just in case one day it might be required (a poor analogy I know, but you get my point).
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I can kind of understand it but I still think it as a non issue. Though I must admit that after getting my first puukko at the age of 5 I was taught the proper usage during the same summer and followed most of it ever since.
Which leads to the thought that maybe there are different traditions in using bladed tools. I really don't know as I have never been at a multinational knife usage moot. There is also the fact that different knife shapes (both blade and handle) do affect the way they are used.
Is this another in their range of full-tang cutting tools? I have one of the models in their first tranche, called 'Wit'. It is not particularly well finished at the handle end but the blade does what it should - much like any, more modest Mora. I'd imagine that this new iteration is much the same: a knife aspiring to be desirable but lacking the quality and finesse to be so.
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Looks like a prime candidate for a bit of user modification / a foray into making your own scales. But I guess there must be cheaper options for that out there...
It’s used as a feature too. Lionsteel have superb finishing and the tang isn’t flush on many of them.
An artistic feature
It’s nicely radiused here and very comfortable, the butt end being good for firesteel scraping and mashing fibres.
Might as well post my views on this Mora. I reckon it looks rubbish, badly finished and there are many other makers doing much better, much cheaper.
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Might as well post my views on this Mora. I reckon it looks rubbish, badly finished and there are many other makers doing much better, much cheaper.
You've reminded me that Spyderco claimed on some of Gayle Bradley's models that they made the scales just smaller than the liners so that it begins to make a slightly more rounded shape to the handle (albeit I'd suggest with some small noticeable angles). So I suppose it could be a shaping feature, at quite a stretch.
Always liked those Lionsteels. And it's also reminded me of the Rasul. Can't believe I never had one.
I had 4 at one time, not all mine but a lovely collection. The M4 is the closest I could find as a replacement, and though it's not quite the Goldilocks that the Rasul is, it's not far off. The B35 is worth a look too for something a little more dainty.
I asked Molletta if there would ever be another Rasul, he said no.
Still got any of the Rasul for users for you?
I tend lust after fixed blades, but then remind myself that I've one of Mike Read's which I really couldn't be happier with and is what actually goes out, on the few occasions I do. The same cannot be said for folders though.
I kept 2 for a while, then sold the black G10. Then decided to sell the sculpted brown G10 for some bizarre reason, doh!
It has a good home, Gra Farmer has it and I know he uses it a lot more than I did.
I have one of Mikes little fixed blades. He made 4 from leftover scraps of RWL34 and sold them at £45 each (with sheath). All 4 were different. Mine is a 3/4 tang with a perfect distal taper and his lovely Harris tweed micarta. An absolute peach of a knife in hand too.
Looks ok that, but also looks quite overpriced for what you’re getting in my opinion by at least a third. I’ll stick to my NO2 classic.
I think it's a little overpriced, and I don't think Ash is a good handle material. Ok, it's good to see some of the wood being used as there's so much about that's just going to be burned as logs, but look how the abrasives have scrapped out the grain. This looks awful IMO.
