Elgatodeacero
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I am a happy user of many Mora knives, and the Classic No. 1 has been a long time favorite. Sadly, the old Classic No. 1 is not made anymore. Retailers are sold out of remaining stock, so the old Classic No. 1 is selling for collector prices.
Now that the old Classics have been discontinued, I thought it would be helpful to compare an old Classic No. 1 with a new Classic No. 2.
As a reference point, the old Classic No. 1 used to sell for about $16 dollars retail, and the new Classic No. 2 sells for about double at $32 dollars.
The new Classic line has substantial changes- a better sheath, red stain handle instead of red paint, a finished blade spine (but still not sharpened for fire steel), and most importantly it has a full rat tail tang and rivet construction.
Here is how Mora describes the change in construction:
“The previous Morakniv Classic No. 1 and No. 2 had a glued tang, something that was due to that we used the same blade for the Morakniv 510, old Morakniv 511 and the HighQ collection (same blade as Classic No 1) as well as for the Morakniv 521, Morakniv 711, Morakniv 911, Morakniv Companion and more that had the same blade as the Morakniv Classic No. 2. The new collection Morakniv Classic knives have a full rat-tail tang that runs through the handle completely and is riveted at the back-end. You can also see some traces from the woodturning machine making the handles, as its previous version had a cross pressed into the wood to get the torque when milling the handle. It has been replaced with a diamond-like shape that we refer to as our rhomb, a design pattern on our knives.
The edge angles and blade shapes are basically the same, only the new Morakniv Classic No 3 has a slightly shorter blade, than the previous one.
Also keep in mind that the sizes and shapes always have varied some between the different knife manufacturers and also over time, and as we are the only ones left we made our new Morakniv Classic knives to honour all the knife manufacturers that ever was in Mora.“
https://morakniv.se/en/product/classic-no-2-c-red/
And now some pictures......
The upgraded Classic line is very nice, and seems to be a better product than the old Classics. However, the old Classic No. 1 is still my favorite, mainly because it is slightly smaller all around than the new Classic No. 2. Unfortunately, Mora is not producing the No. 1 size knife in the new Classic line at this time, but they did tell me the No. 1 size will likely be added down the road. Note that the new Classic 1/0 is much smaller than the old Classic No. 1.
And don’t forget the new “Classic No. 1 Exclusive” is being offered with a laminated carbon blade, but it sells for around $80 dollars, and this was not yet available at the time of this post.
https://morakniv.se/en/product/classic-original-no-1-exclusive-lc-natural/
The new No. 1 Classic Exclusive is probably the ultimate Mora traditional knife, and I look forward to getting one soon.
Now that the old Classics have been discontinued, I thought it would be helpful to compare an old Classic No. 1 with a new Classic No. 2.
As a reference point, the old Classic No. 1 used to sell for about $16 dollars retail, and the new Classic No. 2 sells for about double at $32 dollars.
The new Classic line has substantial changes- a better sheath, red stain handle instead of red paint, a finished blade spine (but still not sharpened for fire steel), and most importantly it has a full rat tail tang and rivet construction.
Here is how Mora describes the change in construction:
“The previous Morakniv Classic No. 1 and No. 2 had a glued tang, something that was due to that we used the same blade for the Morakniv 510, old Morakniv 511 and the HighQ collection (same blade as Classic No 1) as well as for the Morakniv 521, Morakniv 711, Morakniv 911, Morakniv Companion and more that had the same blade as the Morakniv Classic No. 2. The new collection Morakniv Classic knives have a full rat-tail tang that runs through the handle completely and is riveted at the back-end. You can also see some traces from the woodturning machine making the handles, as its previous version had a cross pressed into the wood to get the torque when milling the handle. It has been replaced with a diamond-like shape that we refer to as our rhomb, a design pattern on our knives.
The edge angles and blade shapes are basically the same, only the new Morakniv Classic No 3 has a slightly shorter blade, than the previous one.
Also keep in mind that the sizes and shapes always have varied some between the different knife manufacturers and also over time, and as we are the only ones left we made our new Morakniv Classic knives to honour all the knife manufacturers that ever was in Mora.“
https://morakniv.se/en/product/classic-no-2-c-red/
And now some pictures......
The upgraded Classic line is very nice, and seems to be a better product than the old Classics. However, the old Classic No. 1 is still my favorite, mainly because it is slightly smaller all around than the new Classic No. 2. Unfortunately, Mora is not producing the No. 1 size knife in the new Classic line at this time, but they did tell me the No. 1 size will likely be added down the road. Note that the new Classic 1/0 is much smaller than the old Classic No. 1.
And don’t forget the new “Classic No. 1 Exclusive” is being offered with a laminated carbon blade, but it sells for around $80 dollars, and this was not yet available at the time of this post.
https://morakniv.se/en/product/classic-original-no-1-exclusive-lc-natural/
The new No. 1 Classic Exclusive is probably the ultimate Mora traditional knife, and I look forward to getting one soon.
