Recommendation? What’s your one and done Morakniv?

I have a bunch, including several wood carving laminated blades, but the classic IMHO is the traditional red wood handled one with the stick tang. A lot of trappers used that one because it was cheap, did the job, and you could find it practically anywhere.
 
DangerZone98 said:
Beautiful collection, thanks for sharing. What do you think of the Pathfinder? I thought it was just the Bushcraft Black but with excess, unneeded steel. Still the same level of Morakniv quality though.
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I never purchased or used the Morakniv Pathfinder, but at one point I gave it some serious consideration. The sharp spine on a knife has its uses, but my preference has always been for either a bit less sharp or have the first couple inches from the handle to be blunt/jimped, so I can comfortably move my hand up a bit (especially on a longer blade when I want to maintain more point control or apply more pressure on the back of the blade with my thumb). My main thing against it is the same for the Garberg: that at that price point they put themselves into direct competition with Joker, Kellam, Terava, Grohmann, Condor, and even the new Victorinox Venture fixed blade. In the case of this knife, the Mora is going to lose every time with regards to just the sheath alone.

One of my favourite fixed blades to carry around the yard lately, for the same price as the Mora Pathfinder, is the Joker Lynx. It's made from Bohler N695 steel, has a full tang, a G10 handle with liners, a Kydex sheath, and a bit of jimping on the spine so I can move up the blade. It's not too heavy and the flat grind slices well for making short work of stuff too thick for the electric hedge trimmer to deal with (when there's a need to clear brush quickly) or slicing any thick bramble straying into pathways.
 
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The Grendels said:
I never purchased or used the Morakniv Pathfinder, but at one point I gave it some serious consideration. The sharp spine on a knife has its uses, but my preference has always been for either a bit less sharp or have the first couple inches from the handle to be blunt/jimped, so I can comfortably move my hand up a bit (especially on a longer blade when I want to maintain more point control or apply more pressure on the back of the blade with my thumb). My main thing against it is the same for the Garberg: that at that price point they put themselves into direct competition with Joker, Kellam, Terava, Grohmann, Condor, and even the new Victorinox Venture fixed blade. In the case of this knife, the Mora is going to lose every time with regards to just the sheath alone.

One of my favourite fixed blades to carry around the yard lately, for the same price as the Mora Pathfinder, is the Joker Lynx. It's made from Bohler N695 steel, has a full tang, a G10 handle with liners, a Kydex sheath, and a bit of jimping on the spine so I can move up the blade. It's not too heavy and the flat grind slices well for making short work of stuff too thick for the electric hedge trimmer to deal with (when there's a need to clear brush quickly) or slicing any thick bramble straying into pathways.
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Thanks for the detailed answer. I mistook the second knife from the left for the Pathfinder haha.

I’ll check out the Joker Lynx.
 
The kansbol is my go-to camp knife. It's as heavy as I'd ever want a backpacking knife to be. I picked it over the rest of the moras primarily because its got an ambidextrous sheath. It's all I need for camping, but the edge is more fragile than I'd want for a dedicated carver or wood knife.
 
DangerZone98 said:
Thanks for the detailed answer. I mistook the second knife from the left for the Pathfinder haha.

I’ll check out the Joker Lynx.
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The longer Mora in the picture is called the "749", but I usually refer to it as the 747, and has the same Sandvik 12C27 stainless steel as most of their knives. My main use for that knife was the extra reach to scrape moss off the roof.
 
The Grendels said:
The longer Mora in the picture is called the "749", but I usually refer to it as the 747, and has the same Sandvik 12C27 stainless steel as most of their knives. My main use for that knife was the extra reach to scrape moss off the roof.
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Hehe. Big knife pretty mmm.

I honestly wouldn’t have a practical use for it but that’s a nice knife.
 
I like stainless, so for me it would be a mora companion in stainless steel. They have comfy handles as well.
 
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Basic Mora 511, red plastic handle, carbon steel. Use and abused, still good. Got a few of the old red wooden handled ones, too.
 
The only one I ave is the Garberg and it looks awesome however if truth be told I usually carry other 4 - 6 inches knives so I have the confess not abused it often but Bang for the Buck it’s a keeper. It’s one of those knives that “fells” correct. Too each their own
 
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