Why split a log with a knife when you have wood laying around waste of time and possible breakage of knife. There's all kinds if kindling around .waste of energy .think about that .
He doesn’t split it with the knife. In practice you need to split logs when everything is wet. Dry wood in center. This is also why people make shavings, you may not have dry small branches.
Thank you for the show and tell. I saw how you "Lightly baton the log and used wedges. That's a good method to avoid damaging your knife. The mora sure is a good carver. I have the no.2, companion hd. I don't typically baton larger wood. Like you I Cary a saw, kerf the wood and use wedges. Thank you
Something I have never understood. Because one man said that it was good to beat your thin blade with a stick to split wood ... everyone decided to start doing it? It doesn't make sense to me. I've been "bushcrafting" since the late 1970's and will tell you, nothing beats a good kindling hatchet or small axe for breaking down wood, and thousands of frontiersmen and pioneers agree with me. Including the great Daniel Boone and numerous other Mountain Men and Frontiersmen had been noted as using their axe and caring for it as if it there life depended on it. .
This whole thing of "batoning" wood started as a craze amongst knife testers here on YT to try and show how strong a knife is, then a bunch of retards with no real experience took it to mean that it's something you should do all the time and here we are today. When I learned knife craft back in the late 70's I was taught that you only batoned large pieces (anything bigger than a 1/4 of the blades length) of wood as a last ditch "do or die" effort to find dry wood in soaking conditions, it was impressed upon us that the risk of braking the blade was greatly increased when batoning and a broken blade was not worth it.
You can get a serviceable hatchet at Wally world for around fifteen bucks, and I'll say this in a real life situation you not going to be beating the hell out of your tools...
Nice area you live in! I have to make do with small refuges between railways and highways to experiment bushcraft skills where I live. But luckily I get to travel to more appropriate places quite often. I got a Mora No2 too and generally prefer smaller knives since I carry a hatchet or an axe to split wood. Succes with growing your channel!
Always bring the right tool for the job . It’s better to have it and not need it ….. than to need it and not have it !! Words my grandpappy told me . If I can carry it it comes with me .
My Morfar attended the church in Mora,Darlarna. I've had Mora knives since I was 6. I have the small axe with green handle also. Tough products for a tough place.
"Morfar", haven't heard that word in over 40 years! Brings back buried memories of visiting my Grandma in the old peoples home on Langeoog! My father used these Swedish relationship terms when talking about his youth on the baltic sea. You brought back a good memory! Thank you!
I believe the best knife is the one he describes in his book. Similar can be seen in the Skookum Bushtool; but even this needs slight modification to the design to drop the tip slightly closer to the centreline. Then you will have the best bushcraft knife in the world. But that’s just my opinion.
@@sterkriger2572 I understand the sentiment, as cliché as it is, but I disagree with it as if you always keep your preferred knives with you and amongst your equipment, vehicle, etc then it can be whatever you like.
Best bushcraft knife ? For excample no handguard, painted wood handle ? I think there are much better knifes on the market. I would not prefer this knife. My Favorit for bushcraft is the Task J from Extrema Ratio. But this is only my opinion.
Into the pommel end of my Mora #1 I screwed a brass screw eye through which a put a loop of leather thong the width of my hand. When I grip the knife I put my hand through the leather loop which is just short enough to prevent my hand slipping off the grip onto the edge.
Профессиональный охотник или путешественник не может себе позволить заниматься такой ерундой. Куда вы положите такую пилу, где взять столько времени когда в лесу начинает темнеть.
I love my classic #1 mora it is an awesome knife. I also have a bunch of their woodcarving knives and tools as well. Mora is a great company for sure. I really want one of the new mora classic #1s as they have a 3 inch blade and were I live we are only allowed to carry knives that have a 3 inch blade or less in public. Once I get the new #1 it will definitely be my edc knife.
You can cut a kerf with the saw blade to start the wedges as well. I have knives I’ve used to split large logs, but they’re large knives 😂. My Moras are for carving! Nice video. (Edit). You should have made a table or something out of that big slab of wood!
Where can I learn more about this mystery knife? All of you already seem to know what it is, but for someone that doesn't, there aren't many clues to find out . . .
@@tannstang Funny, that’s what my Uncle Tom (Tom Roycraft) said when they worked together as instructors at the Canadian Forces Survival School at Jarvis Lake.
So you had the foresight to take a bucksaw into the woods but not a hatchet as well? Batoning with a knife should always be a last resort as there is always a danger of breaking the knife (particularly if like this one - Mora No. 2? - it's not a full tang knife). Even Mora's have their limits. If you break your knife then you really are screwed. You've got to remember that novices may watch these videos. One of the early lessons they should learn is to take the right tool(s) for the task(s) you intend to undertake.
Thats is an opinion. You can absolutely baton in this manner. Hes hitting the middle of the knife so full tang or not it would not make a difference. I've used a compaion to baton for years and its still going strong. A small forest axe weighs about 1kg, this knife less than 150 grams so why carry an axe?
Silly comment. Kochanski whole thing was take the small knife and a saw blade coiled up in a pot or in your belt. Then you make the saw on site. This video nailed it. Look up Kochnski’s videos. Then check out Sloyd knife.
The only thing these knives are good at is carving wood! Mors wasn't right... he merely expressed his opinion on knives! Ultimately... Use the right tool for the job!
Not sure what point you are trying to make. The Mora Classic No1 and No2 are Not good Bushcraft Knives. Mors Himself said a knife should be a PRYBAR that works wood well.. Neither of these knives would pry the lid off a coffee can. Thats why he went for the Skookum! Dont need the shots of an inadequate knife. I have more sense.
People who get triggered by batoning probably never leave the house. I've never broken a knife and I've never even heard of someone breaking one batoning. If your knife breaks batoning reasonable pieces of wood, that knife sucked or it wasn't the right steel or you're doing something wrong. It's by far the easiest method to split wood and much safer than these axes all these paul bunyons are carrying around allegedly
Why split a log with a knife when you have wood laying around waste of time and possible breakage of knife. There's all kinds if kindling around .waste of energy .think about that .
He doesn’t split it with the knife. In practice you need to split logs when everything is wet. Dry wood in center. This is also why people make shavings, you may not have dry small branches.
That's the way to use a knife for splitting wood! Not banging it through a block with a diameter nearly of the blade length. Thank you for showing!
Mlátit po noži může jenom barbar.
Thank you for the show and tell. I saw how you "Lightly baton the log and used wedges. That's a good method to avoid damaging your knife. The mora sure is a good carver. I have the no.2, companion hd. I don't typically baton larger wood. Like you I Cary a saw, kerf the wood and use wedges.
Thank you
thank you too! :-) Have a nice day
Something I have never understood. Because one man said that it was good to beat your thin blade with a stick to split wood ... everyone decided to start doing it? It doesn't make sense to me. I've been "bushcrafting" since the late 1970's and will tell you, nothing beats a good kindling hatchet or small axe for breaking down wood, and thousands of frontiersmen and pioneers agree with me. Including the great Daniel Boone and numerous other Mountain Men and Frontiersmen had been noted as using their axe and caring for it as if it there life depended on it.
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This whole thing of "batoning" wood started as a craze amongst knife testers here on YT to try and show how strong a knife is, then a bunch of retards with no real experience took it to mean that it's something you should do all the time and here we are today. When I learned knife craft back in the late 70's I was taught that you only batoned large pieces (anything bigger than a 1/4 of the blades length) of wood as a last ditch "do or die" effort to find dry wood in soaking conditions, it was impressed upon us that the risk of braking the blade was greatly increased when batoning and a broken blade was not worth it.
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You can get a serviceable hatchet at Wally world for around fifteen bucks, and I'll say this in a real life situation you not going to be beating the hell out of your tools...
Thanks for the knife-porn. Awesome Mora!
with pleasure mate :-) :-)
You split logs with a bigger tool , use the small knife for kindling
Yeah I believe I'd just carry a hatchet
Nice area you live in! I have to make do with small refuges between railways and highways to experiment bushcraft skills where I live. But luckily I get to travel to more appropriate places quite often. I got a Mora No2 too and generally prefer smaller knives since I carry a hatchet or an axe to split wood. Succes with growing your channel!
thank you and good luck! :-)
Nice video mate.
I have a few moras myself and they great especially the laminated versions.
I suspect that will be the No2?
Cheers
Always bring the right tool for the job . It’s better to have it and not need it ….. than to need it and not have it !!
Words my grandpappy told me .
If I can carry it it comes with me .
My Morfar attended the church in Mora,Darlarna. I've had Mora knives since I was 6. I have the small axe with green handle also. Tough products for a tough place.
"Morfar", haven't heard that word in over 40 years! Brings back buried memories of visiting my Grandma in the old peoples home on Langeoog! My father used these Swedish relationship terms when talking about his youth on the baltic sea.
You brought back a good memory! Thank you!
Great video. Love my Mora, and this shows it off nicely.
I believe the best knife is the one he describes in his book. Similar can be seen in the Skookum Bushtool; but even this needs slight modification to the design to drop the tip slightly closer to the centreline. Then you will have the best bushcraft knife in the world.
But that’s just my opinion.
The best knife is the one you have with you
@@sterkriger2572 I understand the sentiment, as cliché as it is, but I disagree with it as if you always keep your preferred knives with you and amongst your equipment, vehicle, etc then it can be whatever you like.
@@sterkriger2572No duh
What's an axe for?
Canny.
Best bushcraft knife ? For excample no handguard, painted wood handle ?
I think there are much better knifes on the market. I would not prefer this knife. My Favorit for bushcraft is the Task J from Extrema Ratio.
But this is only my opinion.
Make believe
Into the pommel end of my Mora #1 I screwed a brass screw eye through which a put a loop of leather thong the width of my hand. When I grip the knife I put my hand through the leather loop which is just short enough to prevent my hand slipping off the grip onto the edge.
It looks nice, but has no finger guard. Even the best of us out bushcrafting can have an off day and slide their hand up the handle.
Профессиональный охотник или путешественник не может себе позволить заниматься такой ерундой. Куда вы положите такую пилу, где взять столько времени когда в лесу начинает темнеть.
Yo. Get to the knife bro.
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I love my classic #1 mora it is an awesome knife. I also have a bunch of their woodcarving knives and tools as well. Mora is a great company for sure. I really want one of the new mora classic #1s as they have a 3 inch blade and were I live we are only allowed to carry knives that have a 3 inch blade or less in public. Once I get the new #1 it will definitely be my edc knife.
No comment. If you're happy i,m happy.....
Mora Classik.
Video starts at 5:43 you're welcome
Very nice Mora! I love this style of knife for woodcarving. My EDC knife is pretty similar. I carry an L.T. Wright Boattail.
Marttiini is the best Puukko,,,
You can cut a kerf with the saw blade to start the wedges as well. I have knives I’ve used to split large logs, but they’re large knives 😂. My Moras are for carving! Nice video. (Edit). You should have made a table or something out of that big slab of wood!
big slab of wood :-) it's an old ash-tree - I'm cutting it into cubes and making firestarters..
@@bushcraftset2005 Sadly a lot of dead ash trees around. Some stupid beetle…
Where can I learn more about this mystery knife? All of you already seem to know what it is, but for someone that doesn't, there aren't many clues to find out . . .
it's a modified Morakniv Classic 2 ( for more information send an email to bushcraftclassicset@gmail.com )
@@bushcraftset2005 Thank you for the reply!
Of course he was right. I’ve never known him to be wrong, I knew him my whole life.
I always considered him to be one of my best students😐
@@tannstang Funny, that’s what my Uncle Tom (Tom Roycraft) said when they worked together as instructors at the Canadian Forces Survival School at Jarvis Lake.
So you had the foresight to take a bucksaw into the woods but not a hatchet as well? Batoning with a knife should always be a last resort as there is always a danger of breaking the knife (particularly if like this one - Mora No. 2? - it's not a full tang knife). Even Mora's have their limits. If you break your knife then you really are screwed. You've got to remember that novices may watch these videos. One of the early lessons they should learn is to take the right tool(s) for the task(s) you intend to undertake.
He did just use his knife to get the split started then used wedges to finish the job. No knives were hurt in the making of this video.
Thats is an opinion. You can absolutely baton in this manner. Hes hitting the middle of the knife so full tang or not it would not make a difference. I've used a compaion to baton for years and its still going strong. A small forest axe weighs about 1kg, this knife less than 150 grams so why carry an axe?
Silly comment. Kochanski whole thing was take the small knife and a saw blade coiled up in a pot or in your belt. Then you make the saw on site. This video nailed it. Look up Kochnski’s videos. Then check out Sloyd knife.
Tang does go right through... that doesn’t count as full?
Balderdash, the Mora was not stressed by starting a crack in that manner. The whole blade was supported.
The only thing these knives are good at is carving wood!
Mors wasn't right... he merely expressed his opinion on knives!
Ultimately... Use the right tool for the job!
Not sure what point you are trying to make. The Mora Classic No1 and No2 are Not good Bushcraft Knives. Mors Himself said a knife should be a PRYBAR that works wood well.. Neither of these knives would pry the lid off a coffee can. Thats why he went for the Skookum! Dont need the shots of an inadequate knife. I have more sense.
He said a survival knife should be a pry bar that works wood well.
People who get triggered by batoning probably never leave the house. I've never broken a knife and I've never even heard of someone breaking one batoning. If your knife breaks batoning reasonable pieces of wood, that knife sucked or it wasn't the right steel or you're doing something wrong. It's by far the easiest method to split wood and much safer than these axes all these paul bunyons are carrying around allegedly
lovely reading :-)
I have the same knife and frying pan.
that's perfect 🤛
Nothing your doing makes any sense......bushcraft actually means skills needed for living in the woods .
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