Is it wrong to buy a knife just because you think it looks nice? >pic relatedI know it's not super steel, or the best value for money.I just like how it looks.
>>2862359It's wrong to buy an explicitly functional knife for looksthat's a betrayal of it's raison d'être
>>2862359Can you afford it? Is it your money? If yes, then why not?
>>2862359There are worse ways to consoom. And the ratio of money spent to potential usefulness is pretty good for a mora.
>go out and eat garbage for big money, only to be forgotten the next dayor>buy an always useful tool that could potentially be with you for the rest of your lifeBuying knives is never wrong.
>>2862359for me it was the bps knives savage
>>2862359Most knives that aren't made of cheap chink pig iron and scam steel will last your entire life and do everything you need a knife for, even one of those cheap $5 stock plastic folding knives can easily last you decades with bare minimum maintenance and tons of abuse. Because of this, anything you buy like this is specifically for personal use preference and fashion. I've used a slightly shitty folding buck for 18 years and it has never once failed me, and if I ever need to replace it it's like $20. That said I have a good collection of knives that I got entirely because they look cool, and I almost never use 80% of them and probably never will.
>>2862359I think it's overpriced.But can't complain too much, grabbed a $10 chink clone of it and indeed it is pretty nice in the hand.If they were $50 I'd say they were reasonable. For $100 it's a pretty hard sell for me.And answering the question...isn't that why everyone buys every knife? "Damn thing looks nice."
>>2862461Usually people buy tools to use them, not to decorate their house
>>2862463i bought mine to invest thoughbeitever
>>2862466Invest it up your fucking ass
>>2862359I prefer the Kansbol.
its your money, you decide. im carrying a 600 dollar sebenza right now and while the steel's a bit better it functionally doesn't do anything different than a properly sharpened 40 dollar off brand amazon pick. im happy with all my mora's, and i use them extensively.
>>2862470I see Mora is making their 2000 in 14C28NWould you recommend this instead?
>>2862552Fuck it, it was cheap on Heinnie Haynes.I can always drill a lanyard hole if necessary lol
>>2862359Garberg is a good knife.I have many Moras and never had a problem with them.
you betta buy that shii niqqacarbon blackit's like half a week of groceries no one will miss that and you got a good knife until you die
For factory sharpness and price mora is hard to beat. My favorite knife is a Kamp King. The can opener and awl come in handy.
>>2862359>mora>looks good....
Mora knives are functional and great value. i have three. I'm a bit confused though, what do you mean by "how it looks"? it's a knife anon. not a woman.
>>2862362>that's a betrayal of it's raison d'êtreEvery brand cares what it looks like.
>>2863121Who mentioned a brand
i just bought an akc switchblade (9inch swing guard) and im going to use it to cut soft cheesedid i mess up? its still being posted
>>2863161ok i did a tiny bit of googling because i didnt get a confirmation email and i just got scammed
>>2863161>>2863164ok i bought a second one from a site that reddit says is legit (and another forum site)this time its an ebony 11 incher because it was on sale ill update again most likely
>>2863019>>2863068OP hereI mean that the Garber's handle looks comfortable & balanced.I did buy a Mora 2000 (S) Black - basically a 14C28N Kansbol - but I'll get a Garberg in future if I break one of my other knives/find them insufficient.
>>2863147OP and his lamenting over if he should spend $11 on a knife or not
>>2863292Whoa this guy doesnt care about spending 11 dollars he must be RICHLol get fucked, jerkoff. Nobody actually thinks that. You are sad and nobody is impressed by your pitiful posturing.
>>2863191>Mora 2000 (S) BlackHow is the spine on the blade? I have a regular one with the mirror polish stainless, and the spine is rounded and doesn't throw sparks.
>>2862359Stainless? If you shed your chuddy shackles and buy carbon you can BLACC your knife and become an elite ninjaI BLACCED this bad boi right here by leaving it in instant coffee for a day
>>2863191Man, the M4 is almost perfect, but I wish the grip would slim down towards the blade for comfier pinch grip.
>>2863343you should have made it bluish black with vinegar or something since you already have a black handle
>>2863295embarrassing post
>>2863408It’s green, sweaty
>>2864026Berg is swedish for mountain you dunce.
>>2864063Holy shit is that why they call them icebergs?
>>2864026do you know what berg means? and in what languages it had this meaning? its not a mountain, usually, its definetly not a hill because a hill is made up of dirt. a mountain however is made up of berg. the term berg us usually used when something slightly elevated from the surrroundings is made up from berg (aka rock) but you cant break a piece of it and throw a berg at someome, no then you will be throwing a stein at someone...now who came first, the nordics and germanics or the pointy nosed sanddwellers you think off? history is pretty clear there since the ash-nazi language is literally based on germanic not the other way. so you can safely buy berg and stein products from the nordics and it has nothing to do with joos.
>>2864026and if you should discard it for a name reason it should be>morasome mora worker has posted in int or b, idk? he admitted they rarely used their own knifes when out, better knifes existed. its just mass produced machined blades with no heat threathment or edge with a plastic handle. only sold due to made in sweden but ironicly had poor sales in sweden.
>>2864095Nonsense. They have heat treatment and they have an edge (and you could put on the latter if they didn't). No shit they're not as good as one that costs ten times as much, but they're good enough for many things.
>>2864096they are throw away tradies knifes and they make some money on their made in sweden name. thats all there is to them, nothing more. why does no one in the nordics use mora knifes for anything but what a disk grinder sharpening cant fix and when the blade is halfway gone (2 weeks) we get a new one? or any other knockoff branded or not, they are all the same quality and wont hold an edge. so why pay mora-tax when you can get the same quality for 1/10 the price?
>>2864097can you please post a knife that is the same quality for $1.66?
>>2864127any no brand hardware store knife is.
>>2864981People always shit on me for recommending lenox and Milwaukee craftsman knives with grip tape as a good budget friendly out/better than you brought knife.
>>2864981awesome. can you post one so I can buy it?
>>2865732Order online to save from paying a markup
>>2865799can't believe retards like you are paying more for this chinese piece of shit than a swedish made god tier knife
love my amberg simple as
>>2865819the middle one is an italian version of a german navy knife that i also had the longest. I haven't used the others that much
>>2862359yes because you now made yourself a victim of consomerism, jews and all that.>your pic relateddude its a fuckin mora, its the cheapest tradie knife you can get in the nordic
>>2865732jula, biltema, gas station...i dont have a thing against mora just a thing against /out seeing them as the go-to knife. if you carry two then its the perfect second knife, but if you carry one hell no. i got a brusletto håkon as my primary knife and it will outlast me, pic related the OL edition. i also consoomed countless plastic knifes on the side over the years.
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>>2863312>How is the spine on the blade? I have a regular one with the mirror polish stainless, and the spine is rounded and doesn't throw sparks.The new one throws sparks, no problem.I've mostly been using it for kielbasa sausage.It's surprisingly good at buttering bread.
>>2862359Ive done enough research on knives that I think 1095 steel is the best all around.Super steels dont seem to really offer much in corrosion resistance (a coated blade basically negates this anyway IMO) or blade strength (they either seem to make the knife very weak/brittle or too tough to sharpen in the field).My ideal all around/bushcraft knife:>80 - 120$>1095 steel or similar (the Bong semi-equivalent is O2 from my understanding)>4 - 6" blade (anything more is Rambo territory)>Drop point>Scandi grind (2 bevels provide better strength)>45* flat grind on the blade>Full tang>Removeable grip>Choil>Carbon coatedMy ideal anything else knife:>10ish$
>>2865969>>2865970>still cant show the price of anythingnigger
>>2862359Not at all. I am currently looking for shitty steel I can grind into a shiv because I want my gear to be all recycled trash.Pursue your goals no matter how weird and retarded they seem.
I bought this and haven't used it once
>>2862359Buying knives is a bad ideaYou can find knives at the top of service poles,I myself have a very nice toledo knife that I grabbed randomly, has done me well, will withstand being whacked with a hammer to split wood etc etc
>>2866301>My ideal all around/bushcraft knife:Condor Druid + Opinel no.7/8
>>2866368Thanks for the recommendation. Ive been researching Condor due to this post, what do you think of the brand overall?I find the Bisonte, Darklore, Wayfinder, Blue River, and Terrasaur to also be worthwhile designs.
>>2866301depends on who you ask, some people believe 1095 steel is so outdated that its basically stupid that knifemakers even market it anymore. for exampleAUS-8, 8cr13MOV, 420HC, AEB-L, 14C28N are all entry level budget knife steels. every steel listed has better Edge Retention, Strength, and Corrosion Resistance than 1095 steel. Thats just the budget. there are premium steels like MagnaCut, Cruwear, M4, AUS-10, CPM-154, S35VN, 3V, and VG-10 that are ALSO better than 1095 in every attribute of Edge Retention, Toughness, and Corrosion Resistance. The only real reason why 1095 steel is still a viable option on the market is for larger style knifes. for example like a 10 inch chopper knife or machete. Manufacturers could take a knife steel like a Cruwear and actually make a Machete out of it. But the problem arises is that it could cost upwards of 4x 5x or 6x the normal price of a Cruwear outdoor knife in material costs alone. So when a manufacturer like Condor, or Esee, or Becker need to make a large outdoor style knife. instead of it costing 500, 700, or 1000 dollars, they cheap out and use a steel that is good enough to produce and cut downs costs. which would be a 1095 steelbut if you ask anyone that understands the finer workings of the market and why they choose certain steels and why they don't. you would already know that 1095 steel for outdoor knives is and has been obsolete for a long damn time. and its basically despicable that companies like Esee take a 1095 steel and charge 150 bucks for a knife, when it probably could cost 80-90 bucks max because the cost to manufacture and make 1095 is so cheap in the first place you should see cost of production be significantly lower. but often times i see outdoor knives with better steels for less than what some companies charge and only when you realize how stupid it is. you never want to see a stupid motherfucking piece of shit 1095 steel knife ever the fuck again.
>>2866493I know how 1095 will behave and its typivally sub 200$ with an extremely large variety of knives available.Ive considered AEBL but the cheapest options tend to be 150$ at minimum and like I said 80 to 120$ is my preferred range. If I lose or break a knife Id rather it be cheaper than not, not witholding I consider 80$ to be a lot of money.
>>2862359The real blackpill of good knives that noone talks about is how hard knife sharpening is. And knife sharpening becomes important because its not as cool having a nice knife if it becomes blunt after a while.And I know some anon is going to jump in and say its super easy to hand sharpen, but I swear its one of those specially acquired skills and I cant seem to get the knack of it despite watching multiple guides.
>>2866301Peltonen M07 or M95
>>2866511It's only as hard as you make it to be.
>>2866320When did you actually expect to use that? That looks like something a 13 year old thinks is "sick dude"
>>2866643Scoring oranges
>>2862359you can do whatever you want with your money. but brother that knife looks like shit
>>2866511pic related one of the best knife sharpening tools ever. cheap knifes wont hold an edge, but two strokes one from each side on the good ole hacksaw gives them a micro serration and that will hold up. its not good for everything but it slice bread, guts fish and any kind of work when sawing with the blade is normal, often better than a plain sharp edge. they cant carve for shit and do such precision work. idealy you should have a quality sharp knife as secondary and what i said as primary.
>>2862359Having a good knife is always cool.Having a knife you just like is the second kind of cool. That is entirely personal to you and up to you to decide if it's worth it. As long as you're not deluding yourself about why you own it, nobody has a right to criticize.There is nothing wrong with buying something just because you like it. Knives are aesthetic objects, in addition to being occasionally useful. I have several knives I own that just get used for opening packages or whatever because they're close at hand all over my place. You should always have knives around for little stuff like that. But if I'm going and doing something specific, I use the right tool for that job.It may not be the most efficient way to spend your money, but having a bunch of junk knives scattered about that you enjoy for reasons other than how good the steel is can still be useful and beneficial, and if it makes you happy then go for it, have fun.It's also fine to own knives purely for decoration. I got some legit war bayonets that I'll never use for anything but I just like owning a piece of history, and collecting things that aren't made anymore.
