The funny part with Mora is that steel is top-notch but the sheet/handle is awful

It uses a very fine-grain steel. While there are cheap knifes using harder but more grainy steel, you cannot sharpen them as mush as "grains" (on microscopic level) will just keep falling off. Trying to sharpen a grainy steel is like trying to sharpen a piece of granite. It sure is tough but it will never have "razor edge" no matter how fine stone is used...