Pag Island, Fox Parang 6" and Mora 2000 (pics heavy)

Alfredo

Settler
Oct 25, 2009
624
2
ITALY (ALPS)
Hi all,
vacancies are over, it’s time for some pics and a brief review of sharpen tools I had with me.
First of all the scenario, Pag Island in Croatia

Pag it’s a quite big island, an arid, windy, beautiful place in the middle of the Adriatic Sea


From Pag you may see the inner coast and the Velebit mountains, during winter cold winds came from there, so don’t expect a warmy environment if you visit this place on Christmas 


Old stone’s walls are typical here, as per the sheeps breeding (good cheese!)


Our RV and bikes


The island is rich in fruits, also many terrains are abandoned by the owners, so no problem to feed something also in “emergency” situation 



May you see something?

Look now…


I used different knives here. First was Mora 2000 on dry olive woods



The Mora 2000 performed really well, it just had any damages on the blade after some carving on the though olive wood, and need to be resharpen to eliminate them


Than I used it to make a sun repair, he performed well on fresh woods


And to do an improvised spear from bamboo


but not luck on fishing , anyway the knife performed ok.
I had also my Fox Parang 6” with me,

same results on building our sun repair, but a lot of work allowed







Mora 2000 performed really well, it’s a great knife for light jobs and carving, edge retention is good, handle is comfy, it’s light and effordable, for the price (25 euro) I guess it’s unbeateable. On the downside the edge is thin, so on hard woods you may expect any damages. Fox Parang 6” it’s a pure worker,a great chopper also if not a large knife, a good camp-knife in summary, the handle it’s not my cup of tea (too small and elaborate) but the D-guard I done solved the 90% of these problems. A set-up with Parang 6” + Mora 2000 + a SAK could solve the 99% of my problems.
Ciao,
Alfredo
 

Retired Member southey

M.A.B (Mad About Bushcraft)
Jun 4, 2006
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your house!
Good review, and fantastic pics Alfredo, it looks like a stunning place, i like large populated islands, you seem to get some of the more intricate craft skills still being practised, I guess down to a bit more isolation than the mainland., is that a stick insect in the bush? if so it looks crazy.
 

Gill

Full Member
Jun 29, 2004
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SCOTLAND
Fantastic pictures Alfredo , what a beautifull place and the weather we can only dream of here.
 

dave53

On a new journey
Jan 30, 2010
2,993
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wales
nice review alfredo beutiful place great shots thanks for sharing regards dave
 

Alfredo

Settler
Oct 25, 2009
624
2
ITALY (ALPS)
Good review, and fantastic pics Alfredo, it looks like a stunning place, i like large populated islands, you seem to get some of the more intricate craft skills still being practised, I guess down to a bit more isolation than the mainland., is that a stick insect in the bush? if so it looks crazy.
Thanks. Yes is a stick insect :)
 

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