I have all three of these knifes too and have carried them all as a carpenter. Working over in Sweden I used the Hultafors, they all attach to the button one your right leg by the ruler pocket in Swedish type work pants, this was with me all the time. Over there they pretty much replace the Stanley knife and every trades man has one on there leg. The hultafors is built like a tank we did not treat them well at all, and it is without a doubt the strongest of the three. The Mora is much better as a chisel for 'real work' but the handle can't take as much of a beating. The Bacho is great for demolition with the extra length and sharper profile but consistently dulls much faster and is more weight. My preference now is the hultafors chisels, the also come in a similar sheath and attach to the same button but are just better at being a chisel, and I always have a knife on me anyway. The Bacho chisels are also really nice with the same sheath, I don't own any myself but colleagues have.
@@joehart3826 When I say the hultafors chisels, I mean my preference is the hultafors chisels not any of these three knifes. Looks for the Hultafors EDC25, they are much better if you are looking to ever use it as a chisel
@@BaroudeurAventure anything I would want to use a good chisel for. But also for just incase. I have a pretty unusual job and may have to walk a few miles a day to do my job and so I have to carry everything. Often this will be a tasks that shouldn't need a chisel, so I don't take one. These tools help fill that gap for just incase they clip on my belt and are quite unnoticeable. The Mora is the best as a chisel knife, it's very light too, but consequently not very strong so I never really use it, the hultafors I mentioned, but is not in the video, is by far the superior as it is a real chisel and what I genrally use day to day.
There’s a video somewhere of a guy using the hultafors chisel knife to open up a steel drum which is what made me get it. I use it along with the hultafors electricians knife (short blade) to do basic whittling. The price is great and seem to hold a good edge
I'm a huge fan of chisel knife, they are the best bushkraft knife in my opinion. One can very easely carve a plate or make mortises that we can't do with more common bushkraft knifes. I have a silverline demolition knife, it has a real cross over blade I believe, it's a beast
@Last Best Tool Those chisel knives are great for removing paper gaskets like in automotive work. Also some of the Morakniv cases, are made so you can clip a couple of them together. It allows you to carry two at a time without taking up more belt real-estate. Great show. Thank you for sharing this information.
Bought the Hultafors on a whim a few weeks ago and have to say I love the little thing. It's not a tool that gets used everyday but seems to fit well in that "Well crap...now what?" space.
I love mine and generally agree that it's easy to maintain. The one exception being the very front corner, which wears down pretty quickly. It's understandable, that is the hardest working part of the blade, but you have to take off quite a lot of material to get it square again.
I use a Bahco chisel (renovation of my old suburban house) and a Hultafors chisel (little works in the city apartment). I prefer Bahco. It's an armored tool. And his brother - Bahco 2449 - serves as a heavy tourist knife. It seems to me that the handle of the Mora chisel is a bit too delicate for serious carpentry work.
Idk about it being delicate. I've pounded this thing through drywall with a 2 lb sledge. Holds up to prying too. Extremely tough blade and handle in my experience.
I would argue that the Mora is the perfect bushcraft knife because they're good, but not so expensive you're precious about using it. There's no point having a tool that's too expensive to use, and there's no point having a tool that's too poor quality to use. The Mora is neither of those things, and that makes it great.
As a welder and train mechanic we all use the Mora Chisel knife (or as we like to call it: the "it'll be right" knife). We use them NOT sharp to pry, split, scrape and wedge (wedge M24 screws by the threads against a base plate when tightening the bolts with a bolt machine). After being introduced to them in work I purchased a few of them for working on the farm and for the missus in the garden as well...great, great tool. Would recommend the Mora Robust or Hultafors GK as the equivalent knives for outdoor use. All great knives.
In my carpentry kit, I have the Bahco and a Stanley which appears to be identical to the Hultafors....both are really useful tools for wood butchery. In the U.K. we also get a version of the Bahco which has the thick blade but comes to a tip like a conventional knife...really good for use out in the field.
Had the Hultafors CN in my toolbox for a few years now, it's handy, good blade and it's built like a tank. If you had a cabin or somewhere where you were sticking around in the woods I could definitely see this being a handy tool to have around, multi use and can take a beating. Good stuff!
I had the bacho, it was really useful but the metal was soft and chiped easily. It was also prone to rusting. Good thing with the metal being soft was I could get a decent edge with a work file and didn't need a stone. I abused it to be fair but great in a tool box.
I have the Hultafors , I’ve found it very handy . I usually use it in conjunction with my dead blow hammer . Good thread ! I always carry a Warren carving set in by Packout , if I need to do delicate work . Warren tools , knives , and handles and chisel blades are very well executed !
I think they look cool but I need a reason to buy it. But actually I realize they would be perfect bench top small froes, so ooo, for the prices, hard to not get one
Received the tool earlier in the day. Remarkable quality for the price...including its sheath that fits securely. Used it on a small project. No complaints. Very well built.
The thing I like these for is for separating dif covers from the housing and breaking a tough RTV seal, wedge it in and tap it around the perimeter. I don't keep on in my trail kit since I have lubelockers but I could see one being useful(ish)
I've got a Graham Brothers Razel from about 15 years ago when they did a mid-tech run. IIRC it's CPM154 and hollow-ground. I like these trades knives from Scandinavia, though.
I have two of the Mora ones and find them very useful. I have buttons on my apron on which to clip the Mora sheath and can clip another on top if I need to.
The little clip on the back of the Mora sheath can attach it to the nub on the front of another mora sheath. That way you can carry multiples of them stacked together. Unfortunately not all of the sheaths have them.
Genuine question from a non bushcrafter who does a bit of camping and some carpentry; if you’ve spent $200 on a knife but you don’t want to harm it on some wood, what is it for? Is it a hunting/skinning only thing? I have a Lie Nielsen block plane, it was close to that sort of price and it makes all my amateur saw work straight, it gets many tough gigs and sees plenty of rain but then it gets cleaned, sharpened and oiled. So it’s all good.
I think most people with pricy knives just enjoy them like a nice watch. Hunting and skinning are rarely done by 99% of everybody these days. I still do it, but not with my bushcraft knife. I think mundane outdoor tasks like making marshmallow sticks, opening packages, making fire tinder, and cleaning fingernails is about it. But it is knowing you can count on your knife well beyond the mundane that provides some security and peace of mind keeps the sales flowing.
that hultafors chisel knife kan really take a beating. i have used mine heavy last 10 years, not chipped or bendt it, only resharpen 2-3 times. I love Mora knifes, but the sheat on hultafors i best
The Ka-Bar Becker bk3 would fit in this category it's more of a military/tactical tool but it has great applications just about anywhere it's made out of a 1/4 inch thick high carbon steel and the damn thing is so heavy you could use a hammer or a hatchet if someone wanted to I have in the past and there's an old video of the maker give one to some firefighters and they cut the roof off of a car with it
I can't imagine spending 200 on a knife I didn't want to cut anything meaner than cardboard with. the only reason I want to upgrade from my mora is for something i can be rougher with.
That button fastener thing is not new by any means, it has been around here in Sweden for long before I was born 30+ years ago. I think I have even seen it on leather sheaths for knives my parents had when they were young.
I would use an expensive knife for survival applications where there is no consideration for warranty, tip breakage, or short term performance. So my expensive great has been ground tested for proof of concept, then staged for serious use. Daily drivers are those whose long-term performance or limitations is in question. It is a rarified airspace, but one where many of us fly.who are in this genera.
My response, that expensive knife is probably a safe Queen, and doesn’t work any better than a 200 dollar knife, or probably a fifty buck knife. I don’t want to sound cynical, but I don’t know what a survival application is; I’ve climbed most of the famous north faces in Switzerland and France over the last 30 years, BC, Alaska, and never had anything more than a two blade Swiss Army knife that I used to cut cheese and sausage. When people get in trouble these days they call 911 from whatever wilderness they’re in using a cell or sat phone. I suppose it’s amusing to have thirty knives, and a few grail knives, but honestly most of us are using them on Amazon boxes. Material selection will run up the price tag of a knife, but my Spyderco Delica is sharp enough to slice off my arm. Best Regards
@@marksd5650 Reminds me of that scene in the Clint Eastwood movie The Eiger Sanction where he has to unfold his Swiss Army knife while climbing in order to save his life. Larger survival knives are more for wood and game processing. And occasionally fighting off a grizzly bear.
Hultafors knives are very affordable, their standard model cost something like 4.50€ here. The carbon steel they are using is SK5 that performs very well.
