Mora knives
#11
To those people who carve, what is the difference between the Mora 106 knife and the one Lee Valley sells, Frost ???

Steve
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#12
Happy birthday Steve!
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#13
Would be the name. "Formerly" Frosts is what I see. Mora is a town in Sweden with a reputation like Sheffield.

http://swedishknives.com/
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#14
Here's a review of the Mora spoon knife, Steve...I don't think the guy knows much about how the knife is made tho....Looks to me like the manufacturer leaves fine tuning to the buyer...Had to be sharpened before use...to my eye, the bevel looks to be too steep for easy cutting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OntZ5DsoO3M
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#15
I don't use a knife to hollow the bowls of spoons, preferring a gouge, though I find the Mora curved 162 and 163 to be excellent scorps for leveling the surface dimpled by the gouge. Those of the locals who use knives similar to the reviewed 164 often use it blade down with a pull by the wrist providing the power. They're mostly Finns, though, so it may just be an ethnic difference. To make smooth work of the end grain, the knife is used with a mixed motion, slicing rather than simply pushing and crushing as he does in the video.

He suggests, at the end, that his version might be a laminated knife, like their Sloyd types, which are awesomely sharp and sturdy. Don't think so, but don't own that model. As to corrosion, I guess I'm strange, but when carving green wood, I wipe the blade with a paper towel before storing it. I don't like rust either.

Sharpening for me is more or less like this, with SiC over proper wood "slip" followed by my ceramic. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=mora...C&FORM=VIRE and ff
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#16
Steve, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I am so glad you are here to share it with us!
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#17
Happy Birthday there Dude!
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#18
Thank You everyone for the response's and I am glad to be back trust me .


Steve
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#19
We're glad you're back also Steve, and I hope to see you at the "Heat Meet" in Maitland in August!!!
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Timberwolf said:


Here's a review of the Mora spoon knife, Steve...I don't think the guy knows much about how the knife is made tho....Looks to me like the manufacturer leaves fine tuning to the buyer...Had to be sharpened before use...to my eye, the bevel looks to be too steep for easy cutting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OntZ5DsoO3M




My very good friend who is an extremely good wood carver told me the very same thing about the blade. It's great steel, holds a good edge and needs to have the bevel completely reground because it's much too steep.

As a new knife it's more of a kit with great potential, but it's going to take some work to make it a great knife.
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