I love all my Mora's, but this is by far my favorite one! I too bought the whole kit for a few bucks more. I've had mine two years now and have used it quite a bit and it still isn't showing much wear. Thanks for the great review Sir!
I got one of these, and iI'm really happy with it. The knife is superb for the price. You could spend three times as much on a custom bushcraft knife and not have better performance. My only gripe is the sheath. I wish it was more basic.
regarding the ferrorod: Mora sells spare ones spearately. And yes, i too love mine and consider getting another one. Also great for getting arrows out of trees and i have seen it taking some terrible abuse without issues. So a lot of bang for the buck.
I've been really happy with my black. It is an interesting comparison to the other moras as they are less expensive as mentioned. I guess that extra girth that it has in comparison to the others just brings a little extra comfort when in the field.
Best knife for money. It rains sparks with a fire starter. 🔥 Comfortable handle for larger hands and gloved hands. High carbon blade just takes a little oil(mineral, choji, gun oil) will all work fine. Blade holds edge far superior to any stainless blades. And for 40 usd its a no regret purchase. Heck buy two!
I have 3 of these. one of them is the stainless steel version which is just as good on edge retention and sharpening but I don't have to deal with the rust factor.
Agree, has been worth the money. It's either a really impressive knife or I'm much better at battening wood than I used to be. Very comfortable blade to use around camp. Anybody considering buying one to take backpacking I highly recommend it. My bushcraft black paired with an Opinel No 7 in my cook kit covers most any knife related need in the woods. Nice video TLBS. Enjoyed watching.
I always associate Mora with simple, practical, work knives. They don't have the "sex appeal" of other bushcraft knives, but come to think of it, isn't simple and practical exactly what you need? That looks like a great package.
Great review! This bushcraft black always intrigues me and tempts me to buy. I can't resist watching videos on it either ;) The handle is strikingly similar to the last version of the triflex. Some folks hate it for some discomfort doing draw cuts, but I like how palm filling it is and think it's the most comfortable of their handles.
Nice video, nice knife. My go-to outdoors knife is my Mora/Lightmyfire Fire Knife. I don't think I'll be replacing it with this, but if I ever happen to lose it in a lake or something down the line, I would consider upgrading to this.
I was on Blade HQ and saw the new Benchmade Griptillian 551-1. It's got g-10 handle scales and a full flow through construction. I was thinking of purchasing it. PLEASE review it (I know this has nothing to do with a Mora)
You asked the question if it is worth the higher than usual price. Well, I own the smaller version of the SCH42, the SCH55 which is very well made and has a rather nice sheath for $35. I also own an SOG Seal Pup ($32). And they weight nothing, have plastic handles, but I like them. I tend to buy blades when marked "reduced" or on clearance. Maybe I have too many, but I didn't spend a lot for them and I don't buy stuff everyday. Now I would like the Bushcraft Orange (stainless) because I live in Florida with high humidity. But I own the Kershaw Antelope and Bear Hunter knives which are similar to the Bushcraft Orange in terms of blade steel, length and thickness and handle material, but neither costs over $20 while the Mora is $34 and $50+ with the stone, rod and nicer sheath. If they offered a stainless knife with a 3.2 (1/8th inch) blade for $20 I'd buy it right away.
Dear Mora, make it full tang with a glass breaker and a companion style sheath with the standard thumb ramp. You can't pull this knife out one handed like you can a companion.
It should definately be a full tang knife for the price theyre getting. Its a pretty solid knife though, Im getting ready to sharpen mine for the first time.
Just now doing a video on the BCB? Or have you been T&E-ing it for this long? Lol just wondering. I have the regular version (plain sheath, i.e. no ferro rod or sharpening stone) and love it so far. I got mine at a local gun/knife show for an absolute steal of a price. $20 for a very slightly used one. The only wear marks I can see are some scuffs on the sheath, and a bit of rubber chipped off at the little point in the top of the handle right before/under the blade.
7:28 Getting the belt loop on is easy, but getting it off.. that's quite a task . Maybe I'm not good at that trick. Edit: It is what you said, push that knob down, then you can take off the sheath easily. Thanks.
Oh man, why did I trade away my Bushcraft Black!? It was one of my favorite blades for years and I traded it... In return, I got a Tops B.O.B, which honestly was a huge letdown. The Bushcraft Black out performs it any day of the week. I know I can just buy another, but I don't want another. I want mine back. I'm so sad now...
I know I'm a little late to the party. I've been a fan of Mora knives for almost two decades. If you want to buy a Mora, there's only two important decisions to make. Blade material and blade dimensions. Everything else is just dressing. Regardless of which model you decide on, it's going to be a quality product. Decide on your budget and pick a knife. You won't regret it if you spend $15 0r $80, but you'll have more money in your wallet if you stick closer to $15. Does that mean a $15 Mora is as good as an $80 Mora? Yes. Absolutely. Their quality control is the same across the board. Bottom line? Buy the one that you like. Once you start using it you'll be happy with it.
my orange stainless steel one feel like it will go thru a brick wall, they are o light and so well made when i go in the woods i take my main knifes and i have these in every pack, even if it was my main it would fail
I’m deciding right now between this (I have many carbon blades) and the steel versions of this which are about $13 cheaper right now. Would you or anyone recommend one over the other for extreme use in a very humid area?
?? It is an average Mora, it's the same sized blade as a Companion HD, you pay the extra money for a different handle, some black paint on the blade (which will come off) and a slightly different sheath.
do any moras still come with a knob on the sheath that lets you carry two of them? I have that 511q and am trying to find a larger one that will let the 511 ride piggyback. I might just zip tie it to my glock field knife haha
@@mikek5322 I had that knife but lost it somewhere in my house. I've looked everywhere for it but it's nowhere to be found. Fortunately, Mora's aren't the most expensive blades on the market
I kinda feel sorry for you living overseas. These Moras are so expensive for you! WOW! I would pay like one or two euros for the basic Mora and get probably three of them not even thinking about sharpening them. :) I guess $25 to $26 for the black Bushcraft is the limit here near Sweden. Then again US made Gerbers are pretty expensive here...
Mora should really bring this handle's shape to their Garberg, the current one has a hotspot and easier to slip, no guard either. As their most expensive knife, it is just not acceptable.
i like the older companion than the red one u showed and i found mora kniv will take off some of the gaurd if you so happen to need to geet closser and safly near blade like companion , i know their carbon is harder than their stainless. just by sharpening .carbon needs more work. not putting down their stainless in any way . after all we do have rainy days
Say Heah, No offense, But I'll put up my Rodent 5 against your Mora Black. I also love my Ratmandu, Infact I have (2) very rare Ratmandu's in the INFI Steel. I also had my Rodent 6 thinned down and the top guard taken off at the Busse Custom Shop which is one of my all time Fav's. I also team it with my Mora 510 as my Neck Knife. But I took my Mora Forest Exclusive #277 instead this weekend. I was going to take my Rodent 5, but I changed my mind and did go with my Modde Rodent 6 I also brought my Ka-Bar Johnson Adventure Parangatang which I put Black Handles on it and my Agawa Canyon 21 Boreal Saw in the Crazy Horse Scabbard. Yeah, there's alot of brambles where we go. Usually on colder weather I would of brought my 17"Hultafors Bruks Agdor Hatchet. But it's nippy but not that cold yet.,,. p
No, who cares as it is NOT a issue. This is not a big heavy duty chopping pry bar, it is a knife that slices, carves, cuts all day long. I use to be hung up on the "full tang" bandwagon in my early years. It is flat out NOT necessary on every knife you have especially in this size and weight of knife, proof is......this knife for example, it is NOT full tang and can take a beating all day long day after day, year after year,from continent to continent, by thousands and thousands of users for many years now. Do I have and like and use full tang knives? Absolutely I do, but for general use not needed. It's a companion knife that will do all light, medium and some heavy tasks as well. For hikes, light camping, edc(for me I live in the woods) ect it is my primary tool.
The blacks price point makes zero sense and IMO is Mora taking advantage of the bushcrafting and survivalist popularity. Yes it's an awesome knife but at 65$ no way especially when I can buy an Ontario gen2/Spec47knife, Becker BK2,Gerber Strongarm/LM2,Schrades Survival&bushcraft and others who have blades that fall in that range. If I did buy a Mora for that price I would just get the other overpriced Pathfinder and have a couple more inches for pounding logs.
+Don WS4E To put things into perspective a person at a knife show could put the Mora Blacks 5$ rod and empty sheath on a table next to the Companion Camp knife in its sheath. Then have a price tag of 40$ for the Blacks empty sheath and $20 for the Companion sheath with knife ...LOL people would totally freak out and honestly that's pretty much what they are doing.
It's kind of the same thing that's going on with the new Mora Garberg. People say it's way overpriced for a Mora, but if it had some other company's name on it, people would be fine with the price.
You can easily find one for $45. Personally, I have no need for the sheath with built-in hone and a firestarter - I carry those things already in other places. For $45, I think it's a helluva knife.
where you succesfull in ignision in a fire, sparks, great but did, you get fire, do not wast a dime on the diamond and fire steel. i really disagree with what he says about the diamond. you must keep a water proof plastic otter box for emergency sharpening needs , just to keep your knife ok incase of micro chipind. real fixing wont hapen till you get home and bring it to your japanese water stones
i wish they would have kept the sheaths the same on all moras, the belt loop is impossible to have sheathe unhinge from belt but dont use the diamond this coaurse diamond is marketing bs keep a small peace of wood with a peice io 600 1000 and maybe 2000 wt dry sand paper and peice of compounded leathr that siamon is useless . i wish i can get mine cut off and i as yet was unable to be successful with the fire steel, but that could be me doing something wrong, get the black without the diamond and fire steel. there are better fire steels that come with ist own steel stricker and can be looped to knife and much cheaper and same knife., i dissagree with such coarse diamand you will create a second ary bevel. maybe a fine grit but not such a coarse.
