What is a good hunting knife
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I'm another Mora fan , although I don't have one now .
About 35-40 years ago, after paddling a canoe about 3 miles from camp, my partner and I shot a cow and her calf . Lacking an axe and not wanting to paddle all the way back to camp to fetch one we elected to quarter the cow( to promote rapid cooling[ and easier transportation]) at the site . We used a chunk of beaver-gnawed driftwood and my long bladed red wooden-handled Mora knife to split her down the center of her back bone .The knife cut a surprizingly smooth path through the heavy bone , with very few bone chips although the knife blade itself suffered a few nicks/chips .
I sharpened a rusty old one(it belonged to a friend's deceased father and she wanted to keep if as a momento) last week . About a half hour later it was nice and clean and so sharp I could take hair off of my arm with it . Not sure if it was a Mora (it was one of those old Swedish makes)...it had a brownish handle of laminated birch bark washers(I think)
About 35-40 years ago, after paddling a canoe about 3 miles from camp, my partner and I shot a cow and her calf . Lacking an axe and not wanting to paddle all the way back to camp to fetch one we elected to quarter the cow( to promote rapid cooling[ and easier transportation]) at the site . We used a chunk of beaver-gnawed driftwood and my long bladed red wooden-handled Mora knife to split her down the center of her back bone .The knife cut a surprizingly smooth path through the heavy bone , with very few bone chips although the knife blade itself suffered a few nicks/chips .
I sharpened a rusty old one(it belonged to a friend's deceased father and she wanted to keep if as a momento) last week . About a half hour later it was nice and clean and so sharp I could take hair off of my arm with it . Not sure if it was a Mora (it was one of those old Swedish makes)...it had a brownish handle of laminated birch bark washers(I think)
smokin'stoegie
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Believe it or not,, I bought 10 of those Mora's last year for $1.99 ea!!
I saw the price and bought them for my hunt camp as opening day gift's
K/W Surplus in Kitchener, Ontario. They may still have them. I kept 3 for my self!!!
They are no doubt "knock offs" but work fine
I saw the price and bought them for my hunt camp as opening day gift's
K/W Surplus in Kitchener, Ontario. They may still have them. I kept 3 for my self!!!
They are no doubt "knock offs" but work fine
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