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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2401090" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>My sons' Fixed Blades came in and wow... I'm seriously impressed with the overall fit/finish and heft of both of these budget fixed-blades.</p><p></p><p>First up is the Mora Bushcraft (Orange Stainless version). This is a much heftier knife that I thought it was going to be. Blade is a 4.3" drop-point Low-Scandi (Sabre) Grind with a 2/3 tang and an injection-molded rubberized handle (over what appears to be a harder polymer molded around the tang that sticks out of the pommel-side). Blade Steel is supposed to be 12C27 Sandvik Steel, but finding anything other than "Stainless Steel" on their website or anything else is difficult. It is by far the most comfortable of the 3 fixed blades we've now got (including my Becker BK16) with a generous amount of rubberized handle to grab onto.</p><p></p><p>Flats are finished in a good grinder satin (parallel) where the primary scandi grind is a nice grinder satin (perpendicular). The sheath is a friction-fit polymer (flexible plastic) molded sheath with a hole in the end for drainage and it comes with a hanging swivel/clip for the belt. </p><p></p><p>I've heard that the edge retention in the higher end Moras (i.e. the $30 ones) is better than that of the ~$10 knives, so I'm expecting good things with this guy.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Condor Kephart is equally impressive. The Walnut scales are very nice and the shape/size of the knife is very similar to that of the Becker BK16. The 4.25" flat-ground drop-point blade is slightly thinner than the Mora (and the Mora's blade is slightly thinner than the Becker), but the Kephart ends up with a thicker tip. </p><p></p><p>The blade is not as pretty (it's 1075 High Carbon) as the Mora - it has some more "hand ground" tooling marks on the primary grind and the edge-grind (and the edge isn't quite as sharp as that of the Mora) and the coating doesn't appear to be much more than a sloppily painted on attempt at rust-prevention. The scales appear to be on the knife before the final sanding/grinding is done as the match-up from the scales to the tang is absolutely perfect (and mine is fairly symmetrical - so the guy doing the grinding knew what he was doing).</p><p></p><p>It does come with a super-thick cow-hide (very nice) leather sheath that a lot of folks reviewed as "worth more than $30" and I absolutely have to agree - this is way nicer than I could even tell from the internet pics/videos. </p><p></p><p>All in all, I love them and the boys are excited to go do something cool with them in the woods as soon as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 2401090, member: 229"] My sons' Fixed Blades came in and wow... I'm seriously impressed with the overall fit/finish and heft of both of these budget fixed-blades. First up is the Mora Bushcraft (Orange Stainless version). This is a much heftier knife that I thought it was going to be. Blade is a 4.3" drop-point Low-Scandi (Sabre) Grind with a 2/3 tang and an injection-molded rubberized handle (over what appears to be a harder polymer molded around the tang that sticks out of the pommel-side). Blade Steel is supposed to be 12C27 Sandvik Steel, but finding anything other than "Stainless Steel" on their website or anything else is difficult. It is by far the most comfortable of the 3 fixed blades we've now got (including my Becker BK16) with a generous amount of rubberized handle to grab onto. Flats are finished in a good grinder satin (parallel) where the primary scandi grind is a nice grinder satin (perpendicular). The sheath is a friction-fit polymer (flexible plastic) molded sheath with a hole in the end for drainage and it comes with a hanging swivel/clip for the belt. I've heard that the edge retention in the higher end Moras (i.e. the $30 ones) is better than that of the ~$10 knives, so I'm expecting good things with this guy. The Condor Kephart is equally impressive. The Walnut scales are very nice and the shape/size of the knife is very similar to that of the Becker BK16. The 4.25" flat-ground drop-point blade is slightly thinner than the Mora (and the Mora's blade is slightly thinner than the Becker), but the Kephart ends up with a thicker tip. The blade is not as pretty (it's 1075 High Carbon) as the Mora - it has some more "hand ground" tooling marks on the primary grind and the edge-grind (and the edge isn't quite as sharp as that of the Mora) and the coating doesn't appear to be much more than a sloppily painted on attempt at rust-prevention. The scales appear to be on the knife before the final sanding/grinding is done as the match-up from the scales to the tang is absolutely perfect (and mine is fairly symmetrical - so the guy doing the grinding knew what he was doing). It does come with a super-thick cow-hide (very nice) leather sheath that a lot of folks reviewed as "worth more than $30" and I absolutely have to agree - this is way nicer than I could even tell from the internet pics/videos. All in all, I love them and the boys are excited to go do something cool with them in the woods as soon as possible. [/QUOTE]
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