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Between Mora and Puukko knives, I gotta give it to Europe for making some of the best quality and price friendly knives around.

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[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

I love Morakniv. Can tell you first hand, those are the best damn survival knives anywhere. I have a Companion that never leaves my backpack, it is such a damn useful tool.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

There are inexpensive knives made all over Europe and the world. I prefer made in the USA for my normal pocket knives, Europe for my traditionals, when I need/want something for a specific job I tend to look for something made in Taiwan.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 12 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Dear Lemmy, meet a Czechoslovak classic:

€5

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Is the hole on the end because they actually intend for you to use it as a fishing lure?

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago

Haha no it's just forna strap, but clever idea!

[–] Technotica@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I can buy a swedish guy with a knife for only $10? Nice!

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 16 hours ago

Comes in handy, especially on late nights walking home from the bar

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

You can buy a perfectly fine and decent Mora knife for 10 USD.

You cannot get a high end Swedish knife for 10 usd.

[–] TrackShovel@lemmy.today 3 points 13 hours ago

You used to be able to before they caught on.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

A perfectly fine and decent mora is all one needs, beats the pants off a “high end” James Brand.

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Mora 2000 is perfect. But I do like my Strømseng Sami knife and my benchmade.

My biggest surprize was a Petzl Saatha folding knife (that have a large hole for attaching rope) made from Sandvik steel

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

wtf is a "high end" knife? it's a bit of sharp metal with a handle, what could you possibly do to make it better?

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

As @Cetan states its usually the metal, but also the material in the grip and the sheath. I have hadde several basic Mora knives with plastic grips and sheaths. Perhaps most satisfied with the Mora 2000, should have gotten the orange one as the green was lost to the forest.

For forest use I can reccomed knife smith Strømeng 8" sami knife with finger guard. (Cant get the 9" with finger guard). Not a nimble knife tho'.

https://www.knivesofthenorth.com/products/stromeng-samekniv-8-fingerguard-knife

Strømeng does not have English web page https://samekniv.no/

[–] cetan@toot.community 4 points 14 hours ago

@Swedneck @Frostbeard generally speaking the type of blade steel and the the materials used to make the handle. after that, the quality control of the heat treatment of the blade is actually a significant cost. After that cost to construct the knife can vary based on design requirements. There's a lot of variability which leads to higher or lower costs.

[–] TrackShovel@lemmy.today 1 points 13 hours ago

I used mora knives for soil pits for ages. They're cheap, tough and have a thick blade. Razor sharp. I had to actually dull mine to reduce risk of cutting myself when working.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Is it the iconic fällkniv?

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Cant get a fällkniv for 10 usd I think