Muela Knives: any good??

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Charlie4727

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This is a spanish knife company, there knives seem mostly to be of 440a or 440c but as we know that means nothing if they are not properly treated. There is very little information on these knives that isnt biased press release type stuff. I am living in Spain so these knives are much cheaper than ordering American or German blades.

Any advice or opnions on these blades and their general quality would be much appreciated many thanks :D
 
My wife has a medium-sized Muela camp knife that has held up rather well. Seems to take and hold a pretty good edge. The handle is fairly comfortable as well, but I haven't really used it all that much. I have knives of my own :D
 
IMHO Muela makes good knives, I own several fixed blades and they have served me well, in general you get what you pay for, inexpensive ones will be something like 440A, more expensive ones will be more like 440C, well made and well heat treated. I wish the sheaths were better though.

Luis
 
They looked nice enough in the magazine I ordered the first and last one in.It arrived and the ?brass? that was on the guard and butt of the knife weren't even attached together at the front/guard.I know this may have been an anomaly but it soured me on Muela's.And I was going to purchase one of their horn handled knives and never did.My one and only Muela was cheap enough that it didn't bother me much.
 
I have an early Muela Mirage, it's made of 440A so the edge holding is not exceptionnal (although I put a convex edge on it, so it holds better), but for a 7" blade, you prefer to have something not too brittle as it's better to have a knife that stays in one piece. The fit and finish is fine as well as the leather sheath. The Kraton handle is confortable and gives a good grip. Global feeling: it's a solid knife

Overall I'd say it's nothing fancy nor high-tech steel, but it's decent and functional. I've heard good things about the Hornet, I didn't get one as I have already a few knives to cover the need, but some day, why not...
 
As for the fixed blades i never heard anything but good about it. In the german speaking forum you may find a bit more about them.

The only thing, that held me back from buying was the only righthanded sheath.
 
I´ve used fixed Muelas for severall years ( mainly for hunting) and they have never let me down.

They have great value for the money. But go with the 440C.

regards

Jose:)
 
I liked mine, but not enough to keep it. About 6 months after I had it, it was gone. Beautiful handle, sharp blade, just not me.
 
For some reason, I can remember their ads that said they used a specially modified version of 440B, with Vanadium added.
 
For about 15 years one of their military issue fixed blades was my main outdoors knife, and it took an amazing amount of abuse and NEVER batted an eye at it.

Tough as nails. I just simply got the "new knife bug" and sold it, or I would still be using it.

I even considering one of their stag handled bowies right now.
 
well it seemed like muela was all good and im sure theya re but i ended up going for the latest in another spanish make: Nieto MN 057

its 440c steel, aluminium handle, came out at twenty one dollars, bear in mind that it is domestic and spanish steel is abundant so knives are very good value. What you all think, jealous? :D

http://www.acron.sk/nieto/imag_n01/mn_057.jpg
 
if the lock is that button, no I'm not jelous.

Still it is pretty neat.
 
I'vw got two muela's. The SCOUT fixed blade with the purple boy scout medallion inbedded in the handle and a hunter knife made with deer stag handles. Scout knife tarnished here and there. The hunter appear to have better steel. Edge holding is good, but that's it. The reason I bought it was price, deer stag and looks.

I rarely need a knife that holds edge longer than what it takes to me to bump into a sharpening stone.
 
Muela Storm owner here, I like that thing (my favourite fixed blade actually). Granted, once might be able to find better bang for their buck (Mora) but this one isn't shabby at all. I cannot comment on cheaper models such as Mirage though because I never tried any of them but basically you get what you pay for.
 
I have a bone handled Muela small hunting knife (5" blade, 4.5" bone handle, brass tang) that is an absolute joy to carry and use for fishing, hunting, camp etc. Very very happy with it.
 
11 years ago (before I was really into knives), I picked up a Muela Mirage 20 in Budapest for $20 (possibly the predecessor to the Mirage 20 - it looked the same though). Rubber handled with a nice sharp blade. It was my primary cooking knife when I was a starving student and my trusty travelling knife when living and backpacking through Europe and Thailand. Never let me down and kept a good edge. It's sitting in my silverware drawer right now, probably more for nostalgia than anything else. If I could change one thing about it I would add 1" to the handle. Spaniards must have small hands.

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brewthunda said:
11 years ago (before I was really into knives), I picked up a Muela Mirage 20 in Budapest for $20 (possibly the predecessor to the Mirage 20 - it looked the same though). Rubber handled with a nice sharp blade. It was my primary cooking knife when I was a starving student and my trusty travelling knife when living and backpacking through Europe and Thailand. Never let me down and kept a good edge. It's sitting in my silverware drawer right now, probably more for nostalgia than anything else. If I could change one thing about it I would add 1" to the handle. Spaniards must have small hands.

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The small handles are to make the blades appear larger than they are.
Same reason Europeans wear tight speedos.
 
I've owned and used a few Muela fixed blades prior to making my own knives. Whether they used 440C or some sort of modified 440B, I thought they performed quite well for stainless (I like carbon steel blades). The models I had showed off some good fit and finish and the handles were comfortable.

Both the Muela and Nieto brands are available here in Australia. I also pruchased 2 Nieto fixed blades, in 440C steel, in a Bowie sort of shape. But the edges were ground too thin and one suffered damage when chopping wood, so I went back to the Muela knife for serious outdoors use. Jason.
 
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