Black Friday was good to me. Morakniv Knife Model Basic 511
Military Green 3-1/2 carbon steel blade, Polypropene Handle,
Poymer Sheath.

A local Farm Ranch store had a Display Box on the Gun Counter,
thought I'd investigate (probably just cheap Chinese Junk).

Pulled the blade out of the Sheath. Wow! Sweden marked right
on the blade. Now I am really impressed.

Very nice, fit and finish very well done, very stout blade, very
razor sharp edge, handle fits the palm of the hand very well,
clips very nicely in the Sheath.

Ended up buying two, very reasonably priced at $9.99 each.
Definitely would buy again.

I researched MoraKniv website, wow I'm impressed. It's next
door to Oslo Norway too!

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Don’t tell anyone—especially wives/husbands and sweethearts of knife fanciers and get this thread deleted immediately—but there is absolutely no reason for anyone that wants a hard-working belt knife to spend the money on anything but one of these! And $10 bucks is plenty.

They are truly amazing knives and you can buy a sackful, heck probably a day’s production run, for the cost of your typical fancy-pants blade.

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They are good blades.
I own several and have given away several.
Couldn’t think of the Name- until you try one it’s hard to believe how handy this knife is.
It’s the Eldris. $25 on Amazon.

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Man...I just had to open my Big Mouth....What ever you do,
do not buy this Brand. Disregard Post #1. (LOL)

Interesting...there are Watch Tube videos out there, where Craftsmen
Hack Saw the Handles off and put Fancy Handles on them.

Clever because this no good 100+year old manufacturer also sells
just the Blade/Tang to make your own Personalized Knife.
Who would ever think of that?....a Scandinavian Country! (LOL)

Thanks for your Reply it made my day.

Western Influence

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Thanks for posting, as I was not familiar with them. Will pick one up sooner or later and give'er a try.

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+1 for me. My favorite and my wife’s too.

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They are by far the best bargain in the knife world today. Heck, if you don’t like sharpening knives, just buy several and discard them when they get dull.

I've got a carbon one, a couple of the stainless ones, and that stubby lil guy. When I was a poor college student that carbon one was our only kitchen knife, and it still holds up. The others are on various camping duties and the most used cooking stainless one has still yet to be sharpened, it just hasn't needed it.

I'm very pleased with mine and especially like it's brother in a matching scabbard but with a square chisel blade sharp on one long side as well as the tip. They both get grabbed often - great stuff!

They're definitely great knives for the money. No super steels, but they're good steel. I carried one of the stainless Companions this deer season. I knew I wouldn't cry too hard if I lost it, but I used in on several deer and it's still fairly sharp. That scandi grind seems to work and it's easy to sharpen.

I have 5 of them in different colors. When I see them at gun shows for $10 I just can't help but buy one.

I have one very similar to the OP in post #1 don't remeber the cost bout maybe 2-3 years ago.
Steve W

My brother-in-law carries one on his belt. He does work in the woods and it gets used.

That's the great thing about an inexpensive but quality knife: you can use it like the tool it actually is. Those rainbow finish $170 folders sure are pretty but you're not going to take it afield.

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A friend gave me one to hang on my life jacket while boating (you're supposed to have a knife and a whistle on you). Neat little knife, although the bright orange sheath on mine is a bit garish!

If you like the orange Companion at $20, you will love the $6.99 Bahco Mora carpenter’s knife. From 10 feet, you can’t tell it from the Companion. The blade stock is a little thinner, and the handle insert is a little harder.
The Original Classic No. 1 is more expensive. It comes with an unfinished barrel-shaped handle and a laminated blade that is about as sharp as anything you can find.

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Moras and Opinals are the work trucks of the knife world. I own a couple of each.

Might as well be carrying a spoon.
Definitely +1 on the Morakniv’s....good quality for very reasonable prices.

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That is about the most apt statement about both brands I've heard yet!

Own more than a couple of each, but they all get used, some daily.

Rob

When I was a little boy.....a long, long time ago. I used to spend Saturdays with my grandparents in their apartment in downtown Mexico City.

Grandpa was a veteran from the Spanish Civil War (Artillery Leutenant), I learned from him a lot about handguns in general and S&W revolvers in particular, who were his favorite wheel guns.

And he also had a bunch of Knives......I was hypnotized by a particular one with wood handle. When he passed away (1985) I asked my grandmother about that knife.....she couldn’t find it. I assumed that it was lost, but every now and then I remember that knife, and when the opportunity arises I told everyone about it.

Years go by and in March of last year, my aunt (my mom´s sister) passed away, as we were cleaning her apartment, my wife found a drawer in the kitchen with a lot of old knifes, she called me to see if I want to keep any of them.

I recognize some of my grandfather’s knifes and folding blades, as I was looking I suddenly got an emotional punch in my face and hearth....35 years lost and suddenly there it was in front of my eyes, the wood handle knife that my grandad use to say was his best one. As I handle it I notice that it is a Mora Knife.
It is now clean, the wood handle restored with teak oil and sits with a couple of modern versions of it, just as the one that Norseman posted.
They are extraordinary products.

PS: Norseman, I never try to hijack your post, but you surely bring out some great memories, thank you Sir.

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I have one just like the original poster bought. I bought 3 of them and gave two away a couple of years ago. They are good knives and a great deal for the price they go for.

Let’s not forget Old Hickory !



The Moras have given me more smiles-per-dollar in the woods than just about any other knife this side of a Buck 110

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This deserves more than one ‘like’

A sharp knife saved a fellow sailor right in front of me, when we had to drop our headsails tout de suite. Six of us had climbed out [harnessed] onto the bowsprit to do an emergency furl, and she got knocked into the net. Leg was tangled in a telltale, and she was getting battered by the up-and-down of the boat and sloppy sail full of water now also in the net.

Guy next to me and closer down the bowsprit to her whipped out his marlinspike knife on a lanyard and lasered through the line. Now free but with sprained knee, we passed her back, person-by-person, in-between waves, until she was back on-deck puking up saltwater.

Sharp=alive.

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We have a saying:

Mora and Opinel, all else is vanity.

As soon as somebody says it, somebody else (maybe me) pops up and says “What about Old Hickory?” Or someone may say “what about SAK?”.

Knives are fun . Nice knives are a lot of fun. Somebody is sure to pop up and say something like that. But you don’t have to spend a lot of money to get some cutting done. Leave more to spend on ammo.

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Wow. I didn't know Opinels were so popular. I carry one with me when I travel to places that don't like citizens to be armed with anything except toothpicks. Nobody can accuse me of carrying a weapon; that thing takes TIME to open. But it's got a great blade!

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Call me vane. I squandered $15 on the Rough Rider Stockman I'm carrying. My 7th grade wood shop teacher suggested a stockman for its useful variety of blades. He was right. The sheep's foot substitutes for a carpenter's knife, the master substitutes for a parry knife, and the spey substitutes for a scalpel. A stockman is worth a few dollars more.

I own pearl and stag sided stockmans that truly are vane. I get as much new knife jolly out of examining a new Rough Ryder. On the other hand, the then prestigious Buck 301 that I bought while in the 7th grade with paper route money is all I ever needed. It still performs as good as new. Amortized over a lifetime no knife is expensive.

Depends on the price, and your age!

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Rough Ryder (they changed the spelling, probably for trade mark reasons) has really upped its game lately. Their sowbelly stockman has always been a really nice knife. The latest iteration, in Marble’s livery, comes in black micarta with a D2 blade. The 2038 work knife and particularly the 2176 upswept trapper are very nicely done. Those last two, ar $16.99 each, sold out in a couple of weeks.

My new Case Sodbuster Jr., bought on impulse in a blister pack for $34.95, is ill-fitted junk by comparison. Blade off center, and the liners are proud of the scales all the way around the knife. Most of my Case knives are much, much better, but this one is an embarrassment.

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Totally agree re: the Rough Ryder sowbelly stockman pattern. The Marble's D2 version and the Rough Ryder Classic Carbon sowbelly stockmans are in my EDC rotation and reside in my nightstand drawer. Truly excellent knives with high standards of fit and finish.

Case has gone downhill to the point where it seems that only their Pocket Worn line has a consistently good build quality. Very sad...

This has been another expensive thread for me on this forum... I just ordered one of these Moras to replace a fixed blade that got damaged on a job site last month. (Thanks, OP!)


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Is "Farm Ranch" the name of a chain-store type of place out in that side of the country? I've never heard of them, nor the knife. Looks like a cool knife for $10. Of course, I could get my lazy fingers to research this myself; after I research a few other things online today. (Christmas gift seasonal buying before it's too late.)
Thanks, Jeff, PA

Found a few of these are on sale at Blade HQ. Holy cow.....$7.99, and free shipping.

Morakniv - Huge Selection | Swedish Knives | Blade HQ

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The knife he’s talking about is the 511, not 115, if you are going to look for it. I also like the 510 allround, which held down the bottom price tier until the 511 replaced it. In response to popular demand, Morakniv brought back the 510, but now for 12 or 13 bucks instead of $6.99, to cover the cost of new tooling.

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