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Originally Posted by beepbeep
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... |
difficult to debate with a fellow that lives "over there"with Mora..but i used to feel the same way you do.
the handle and sheath are losers. BUT...i have since changed my tune. the handle is comfy. very comfy. the partial rat tang? pffttt..the day i pull a blade out of any handle is the day, i high five myself. i am simply not that strong. i tried to break the pelvic bone with my mora. stuck the blade into the anus area, and tried to lift it up thru the pelvis bone. i picked up the deer a bit, groaned in pain..and put the load back down. next time, i am using a "class I lever" and prying up. hell, if it does break, i am out $12. (despite me being an idiot, my knife never dulled!)
the sheath..awesome. i cleaned mine out of blood and muck with a paper towel and a chopstick!! you cant do that with any other sheath.
mora is the epitome of "form follows function". i love them. i want to visit the factory!! hahaha. hug someone over there.