Mora knife


A mora knife is a small sheath knife. It is a fixed blade knife, with or without a finger guard. The term originates from knives manufactured by the cutleries in Mora, Dalarna In Sweden and Finland, Mora knives are extensively used in construction and in industry as general-purpose tools. Mora knives are also used by all Scandinavian armies as an everyday knife.

Types

Mora knives were mostly produced by the KJ Eriksson and Frosts Knivfabrik companies; they merged their brands under Mora of Sweden, later renamed Morakniv, but a number of other knife-makers also make mora-style knives. The Morakniv company uses blades of 12C27 stainless steel, UHB-20C carbon steel, Triflex steel, or very hard carbon steel laminated between softer alloyed steel.
Other manufacturers of mora-type knives are Cocraft a house brand of Clas Ohlson, Best Tools and Hultafors.

Some models

Morakniv

rod built into the handle, which can be scraped with the back of the knife blade to make sparks and ignite tinder. Blade length 3 5/8 inches