Anyone have a Mora 749?

jill jackson

jill jackson

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Found a 749 and it's due today, with it's 8" blade (I didn't know you could get them that big) I'm hoping for improved chopping over the smaller models I have.
 
I have the older carbon version that I bought from Ragnar's a few years ago. It's awfully thin to be much of a chopper in the sense of working like a true axe. If you consider a machete to be a good chopper then you might like it. Think of it like an Old Hickory butcher knife with a better handle.

It's no Busse, but the edge is good like all the Mora knives. Mine didn't come with a sheath so it lives in a kitchen drawer. I might make a sheath some day but I don't really see a need to carry a long, thin knife like this out in the wild.
 
elkins45 said:
I have the older carbon version that I bought from Ragnar's a few years ago. It's awfully thin to be much of a chopper in the sense of working like a true axe. If you consider a machete to be a good chopper then you might like it. Think of it like an Old Hickory butcher knife with a better handle.

It's no Busse, but the edge is good like all the Mora knives. Mine didn't come with a sheath so it lives in a kitchen drawer. I might make a sheath some day but I don't really see a need to carry a long, thin knife like this out in the wild.
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I chop a lot of thin green branches off hiking trails, I didn't mean a chopper like an axe. Just it should have a bit more momentum than the 4" models I have.
 
Here's mine in hand. I think it would do what you want with little trouble.

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Here's mine with the 4-1/4" Bushcraft model. I haven't used it yet but I'm about to head out for a couple miles before dark.
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I think you will find a 10" or 11" blade which is 'relatively' thin and fairly wide will work better for branch/bush clearouts. My 2c*.
 
Vicarious Reality said:
Hey jill, why is the belt loop thingy crooked in that pic? It's on a swivel?
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Yes, it swivels and you can use it to help access and replace.

TheCarbideRat said:
I think you will find a 10" or 11" blade which is 'relatively' thin and fairly wide will work better for branch/bush closeouts. My 2c*.
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This one works a charm for what I want. I just need to snap cut mostly single thorn branches off trails, they grow quickly and I like to be able to keep them trimmed back so they don't stick me passing by. But, you are correct if I was doing a lot of it a machete would be great.
 
Oh ok, ... -I didn't want to bring the word machete in due to the possibility of "list vertigo", although machetes are part of what I was getting at.
 
jill jackson said:
Found a 749 and it's due today, with it's 8" blade (I didn't know you could get them that big) I'm hoping for improved chopping over the smaller models I have.
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I have this Mora 749. Very long, very sharp very shiny and very thin. I wouldn't do a lot of camping work with this one. Instead a Companion HD maybe. I have it mostly because I am collecting Moraknivs and this one is kinda rare and now hard to find in the U.S. I carry the Mora basic and Companion HD along with many, many folders, so as I said, I found one (finally), for $23 and NOT the usual $99.
 
bbflamingo said:
I have this Mora 749. Very long, very sharp very shiny and very thin. I wouldn't do a lot of camping work with this one. Instead a Companion HD maybe. I have it mostly because I am collecting Moraknivs and this one is kinda rare and now hard to find in the U.S. I carry the Mora basic and Companion HD along with many, many folders, so as I said, I found one (finally), for $23 and NOT the usual $99.
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13 year old thread and Jill left the forum back in march......
 
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