MoraknivCompanion Stainless Steel Fixed-Blade Knife with Sheath, 4.1 Inch,Black

I got this for bushcrafting and so far im beyond impressed with how comfortable and sharp it is. Easily the sharpest knife I’ve ever had straight out the box. Shave your face sharp. The sheath hold very well with a very grabby clip. The only reason for holding the last star is the spine is a 90 but polished so im not sure its a sharp 90. But but but i think I will change that because they crushed every other box. Feels like im holding a high end knife and in my eyes it is but for the price im only looking at morakniv for my future purchases. The sheath with the steel would have been nice but once again I would not expect it at the price point. Great craftsmanship Morakniv!!!! Update. The heel of the blade chipped a little and I have on fiddled with cutting a chopstick. So for whatever that’s worth, there you have it

I learned about Morakniv from a friend. Looking for a general use outdoor knife, I could not be happier.At this price, I discovered what many other people already had: this knife has value that is hard to beat.It slices well, coming razor sharp out of the box. I had no idea what a Scandi grind was until I researched Mora, but it is clear that this thing will perform in most tasks I throw at it. It's incredibly light and deceptively strong.The handle was very ergonomic for my big square hand, and the rubberized part gives a firm and confident grip. I can stab, slice, whittle, etc. fluidly.I added a Kansbol for slightly more specialized tasks, but if I was bringing only one blade, the companion is so versatile it can stand in for almost any task I can think about camping or hiking. The sheath might wear out with a lot of use, but is snug, and some people recommend heating it under hot water to tighten it up if it starts to get too loose. Otherwise it seems very safe when sheathing, unsheathing, and when handling the knife.There is apparently a growing community of people who do things like baton knives. I don't do that, so I can't speak to it.

Probably my favorite Mora knife version. For the size of these knives, I don't see the point or utility of buying the thicker bladed, more expensive versions (Companion HD, Bushcraft, etc). I find the handle size and shape comfortable and durable. The sheaths are utilitarian and perfectly useable. I do have to admit though that I prefer the handles and sheaths on the Bushcraft version more to my liking. This particular one didn't come to me all that sharp, but it was particularly well polished. I'm a sharpening fanatic, so I might be more critical then some in that regard. I bought this as a present for a nephew. I took a file to the spine of the knife to sharpen the edges for use with ferro rods, touched up the edge and viola. Seventeen bucks for a great knife!

This is such an incredible value that you should push "buy it now", and only then finish reading this review. When I wrote this, Amazon had black for $13 and change, and it arrived in two days via Prime.This is the knife you should take camping and hiking. It will slice food, shave tinder for a fire, cut the wood for your emergency shelter and cut a lethal spear for hunting quite quickly, or a bow and arrow or fire drill with more work; hunt, slaughter humanely (with a cut that complies with Kosher or Halal), defend yourself with lethal force. It will hold an edge and you can sharpen it - although that won't be necessary very often. You won't have to oil it after every use like the carbon steel version, and you won't pull it out for your next trip only to find that it's rusted.This is 100% quality and value, and 0% presumption: Made in Sweden out of excellent stainless steel by an old company that's preserved its principles and defined this style of knife. It doesn't come with a fancy brand name and the designer's name at the start of the product name, like so many "designer" knives today. It's just a Mora-style knife made by Mora of Sweden, from Sandvik of Sweden's most well-rounded knife steel. It's made with modern manufacturing processes, isn't handmade and doesn't have the metalsmith's initials struck into it.So, are you willing to carry a second, heavy knife to pair with this one for batoning, prying apart a deer's hip joint, and breaking and entering if that's what it takes to survive? Lots of people pair the Mora with the Ka-Bar BK2, which is more expensive but still a bargain. But if you want to continue the theme of 100% quality and 0% presumption, consider the Sheffield of England-made Footprint Tools Hacking Knife. It's a 1/4 inch thick hunk of carbon steel with a wicked sharp edge, and the back of the blade deliberately left un-hardened and finished rough because it's meant to be struck with a hammer! Ugly as sin, astonishingly cheap with the leather sheath at $27 and change here on Amazon, and able to cut mild steel and lesser metals, brick, wood, PVC pipe, you name it.Want a third cutting instrument? The Laplander saw. Same principles and value, and will educate you about what you've been missing with lesser saws.