Cody Lundin talks about knives, skills and outdoor living (2023)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- 🔪 Are you a fan of Mora knives Morakniv or interested in learning more about their history and utility? This video is a must-watch! Cody Lundin shares his wealth of knowledge and personal experiences with Mora knives, highlighting their exceptional craftsmanship, versatility, and enduring reputation.
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Join us for an engaging and insightful conversation as we sit down with the renowned survival expert and outdoor enthusiast, Cody Lundin. In this exclusive interview, we delve into the fascinating world of knives, with a special focus on the beloved Mora knives.
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In this casual yet informative discussion, Cody discusses the unique features that make Mora knives stand out in the world of outdoor tools. From their high-quality stainless steel blades to their ergonomic handles, he breaks down the reasons why Mora knives are cherished by outdoor enthusiasts, survivalists, and bushcrafters alike.
As an expert in survival skills and bushcraft, Cody Lundin offers practical insights into choosing the right Mora knife for various purposes, whether it's camping, hunting, or everyday tasks. He shares his favorite models, tips for maintenance and sharpening, and even recounts memorable experiences where Mora knives proved invaluable in the wilderness.
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Dual Survival with Cody Lundin and Dave Cantenbury was the best survival team...
Me also. they were to duo that worked best on the show
And they are both Mora users and ambassadors in their ways! :)
@@Oldmora
Hands down. Watched those two seasons on a loop.
theres only 2 seasons of dual survival 1 & 2
@@drivendown84 me too, often
Cody Lundin was the reason I watched Duel survival, and also the reason I stopped watching when they screwed him over.
Just wish to see him again on TV with his own show
Same here. I watched because of him and stopped when they screwed him.
@@Oldmora i agree, would love to see him with his own format. not this forced drama type of shit.
Me to. Survival rambos are the worst...
@@glashausAimz2 with a liar
This is a comment for the interviewer. Gifting Cody a knife that he likes to use was pure class. I think that's a great way to show your gratitude to Cody for taking the time to share a little bit of his knowledge on your channel. And I like how you picked up a used knife and put your time and energy bringing it back to life. Also, adding your own handmade sheath was fantastic. Way to go!!
Thank you for this video.
thanks !!!! your kind words meant a lot !!
A friend gives you a knife - give the donor a coin - or it breaks the friendship
Cody does not mince words and he is spot on! Too many bushcraft UA-cam stars that have very limited experience. Follow guys like Cody and you will be able to tease out the BS.
We need more Cody Lundin!!!!
Indeed
So refreshing to hear Cody talk common sense about knives.
Indeed. Many times talks about knives get overly clouded with irrelevant BS that has no practical value.
Lundin is a legend. I met him Dubai at the airport and yes, he was barefoot.
I also can confirm he was barefoot during the interview :)
Amazing.
I love it. He walks his path.
✌
@@Oldmora that actually answers my question
They don't let you on airplanes barefoot. Doofus probably had his sandals with him or your just lying.
Great to see Cody is doing well... :)
Always interesting to listen to someone who actually has something to say🙏🏻
the man as a lot to say for sure. It was an wonderful experience
Cody is such a nice guy. I saw him once in a restaurant. I briefly said hi and was fan and walked away. I didnt want to bother him. He made a point to come over to me and chat for a few minutes.
Not many would do that
Love Cody! I'm from Prescott AZ originally and took a class with him back in 2008 before he became famous on Discovery Channel. His lessons still stick with me to this day!
Very cool
Thanks a million for sharing this video with Cody ! The Abo Dude rules !
My pleasure.
Miss you old hippie! Hope you can do an hour long podcast weekly.
Great interview. Cody Lundin is a wealth of knowledge.
Thanks 💪
Cody's a great guy! Muito obrigado pela ótima entrevista, João!
Obrigado Maurício. Ja tinha uma boa impressão acerca do Cody Lundin. Mas o encontro superou todas as expectativas
Very interesting to listen to. I had the pleasure of meeting Cody at the Global Bushcraft Symposium 22 in Wales. He was as down to earth as in this video. I was aware of the work of Mors before the conference, but during it, I was really struck by how many practioners had learnt so much from him and expanded their skills under Mors tutelage. With Mors gone, it is the likes of Cody, Kelly Harlton and so many others that allow those not fortunate enough to have met him, share some of the knowledge.
Mors it of course the main inspiration for many of us but there a others names in the US/north america that don't get the recognition they deserve and were probably as import as Mors people like Larry D. Slson, Dave Wescoot, Dave Hollady, Tom Brown they all gave a huge contribution.
Im from Finland and grew up using puukko's and mora's, maybe even more of the moras since those where cheap and more available. How ever when i was young i always used to drool over the big American knives i saw on tv the Bucks and KA-bars then i grew up and the magic of internet was available to me so i ordered one... it was Buck nighthawk, first time i used it to carve wood i was like 🤯 it felt like using a kitchen knife 😂.... the "scandi" knives are so much better at wood work. I had to dug up my Mora #1 and #2' to fiddle with during this interview... the old red handle Moras used to come with thicker spine and always with tang comming out of the handle. The new versions are nice too but back in the 60's and 50's moras are just amazing i still see them around alot here. Some of my relatives have used them at work for decades and those are now like ice picks
I was the opposite; in south-eastern Europe, the choices were primarily confined to hunting-style knives made in Portugal that were clones after Solingen hunting knives and a lot of Bowie-style knives made in Spain. When my father gave me a Frost 700 in the middle of the 1990s, it was a pretty "weird object," but eye opining. The old ones are still my favored carries even if the new ones are really excellent (and the steel has never been as good as now).
@@Oldmora your Frost 700 reminded me that i actually carried a Mora 640 Viking my whole time in the Army... kinda funny but they just work...
Was it issued ?
@@Oldmora no it wasn't there aren't any issued knives apart from the bayonet and even that is for only some units. I served in 2008 and back then majority carried traditional finnish puukko's.
i don't know, i just love cody. could watch him read shampoo-bottles.
on top of that, he walks the walk. not many in the scene do that anymore.
And I would add, very friendly
@@Oldmora absolutely, that and his incredibly bad jokes are the main-constituents of his charm, i think.
Great informative talk with Cody😊. I have several Mora knives, they are excellent. Cody is right about the skill of the user is the key. 😊
It’s the hands not the tool .
Absolutely.
I have a huge respect for Cody,him and Dave made the show ,when they got rid of Dave and bright that other guy in ,Cody was good but that guy just couldn't vibe with Cody.and ruibed the show got ti respect how he lives his life
Really enjoyed this conversation, learned much , great to see you again Cody!
I his one that deserves all the exposer. The knows his stuff
Cody’s temperament and calm approach to things made him my favorite. I’d love to see Dave and Cody do another series. They had great chemistry. I quite watching when Dave left. Did not like Dave’s replacement. And I love mora knives!
Don’t think that is going to happen 😉 but would love to see Cody with his own show
This dude was not only my favorite with Dave but he is the absolute god of fire he can start a fire with a turd!!!!lol
😂😂😂
Cody is such a cool guy. His books got me into bushcraft back in the day. This is a really great video!
I knows is stuff
Thanks Cody good to c ya again!!!!!
Free Cody n should have definitely won that court decision!!
What's stopping Cody Lundin & Dave Canterbury from starting a channel on UA-cam & doing everything we loved about dual survival without any nonsense from executives? We loved Dual Survival. The first two seasons were exciting & entertaining as well as informative. I would love to see that again. The chemistry may not have been there for the two of them but to us they were one hell of a team.
I do not think that is going to happen. have you heard about Cody latest project ? thesurvivalshow.com/
@@Oldmora I have not! Appreciate the link, I'll check it out when I get out of work though.
Probably bc Cody didn't appreciate Dave bullshiting his resume.
@@GertTown Their survival style was unique but effective. I liked the contrast personally.
@@OldmoraCody's new show is great ! I'm really looking forward to watching season 2 once it's released !
Awesome interview!! I truly enjoyed this video 🙏🏽
Thanks a lot for the feedback. As you can imagine it was I that had all the pleasure to meet and talk with such a awesome person
Thank you for this! My favorite video of the year so far, and maybe even going back farther. Love it!
Wow thank you very much. This UA-cam stuff is all new to me but I did like the experience and will try to develop it in the future with other interesting individual that are somehow connected to the Mora knife.
한국에서 잘 보았습니다...한국은 여름은 습하고 봄 가을 겨울은 건조해서 나이프 강재를 고르기 참 어렵습니다...슬프네요..그리고 생존 준비에 대한 인식도 안좋고 심지어 나라에서도 생존 준비를 잘 안하고 있습니다..ㅠ_ㅠ
Good to see Cody looking good and still sticking to his ways. Really enjoyed this!
Mora sells knifes over 120 years every scandinavian lands and europe!
Wow, Cody looks exactly the same, poor Dave looks 80 yrs old.
ahahaha
I think the "Stolen Valor" incident took a lot out of him.
Dude hasent aged a day! Long live cody
Absolutely
24:10 cody is talking about a leuku here.
Indeed
Cody and Canterbury had great chemistry on the show. Joe is the one that Cody couldn’t take. I’d like to see Cody and Matt. Hippie power.
Cody and Matt share the some background they had some of the best teacher in this are back in the day. It would be interesting to see the two in the same show, but not in the Dual survival format.
I'm pretty positive that Cody can't stand Matt. The reason Matt told some producer he taught Cody his survival techniques. The producer told Cody, and he confronted Matt about it. Cody called Matt a POS after that. I believe the video is somewhere on UA-cam.
@@kinghenry056 indeed. Here's a 2014 public statement from Cody about Matt (among other things) : "The survival skills community is very small. Many people have suggested that Matt Graham should have been paired with me. Unfortunately, I needed to end my friendship with Matt three years ago. He chose to claim that he was my “teacher” for several courses to a company in the hopes of getting a product endorsement from them. As this company had never heard of Matt, but had known me for years, they approached me to ask if this was true. It was not. I have a zero tolerance policy with people who knowingly compromise another’s credibility and experience to promote their own. I’m sorry it turned out this way. "
When was this recorded? I have not heard of Cody lundin in years!
It was in 18/02/2023. Although Cody have been away from the tv screen for years he continues to do what he done for decades teaching this subject thru is school. He is also a regular present in the primitive and bushcraft scene in North America
I lived in Sweden for a few years after I turned 18. Many construction workers carried two moras on their belt. I started using them, not knowing what they were capable of, before I got into wilderness survival and living skills. Great knives.
Indeed they are. Did you carried two of the same or one carbon and another stainless ?
@@Oldmora two carbon. One was a backup in case the other was compromised.
Cody needs to correct his Obrigada, to "Obrigado".
Still have my first mora, got it aged 6, now im 40;)
What was the model ? A scout ?
Cody’s only Spanish is
😊😅C😊😅!!!!
I live in tropical rainforest on a homestead and my Mora have developed patina that protect the blade. Forget Mora, I also use local made choppers on my homestead that are low alloy steels in 5160/9260 that rust and still don't have issues. I've also lived near the sea and managed with low alloy/plain carbon blades. IF I go diving or fishing I take stainless blades (also prefer stainless for folders) but otherwise I really don't need to bother so much about rust.
Indeed, with proper care, you can use carbon in almost every environment.
I found out about Mora knives all about myself when I picked up my first Mora knife locally. It was a Premier just like Cody's. I knew shortly after that they did not make it as there were other knives around with the "Premier" name on it. I then started finding KJ knives and to this day KJ is my fav brand and I still have several. Today in Canada, you can't even take an all rubber Cold Steel training knife on a plane. I see many interesting stuff at airport sales. Mora are often sold at Marine stores in Canada, you also find carbon Green River there which is odd in a salt water environment. Just keep carbon dry, I have used Green River carbon in the kitchen for 30 years, they are grey in color but no pits and still keep an edge.
Very cool. Have you seen this article about KJE oldmora.blogspot.com/2020/12/kjeriksson.html?
Here in Europe, I know people that had problems with a nail clipper, that although not prohibit some customs officers goes all crazy when they see them
Wonderful article!
@tombryant6061 thanks
As a Boy Scout in Canada in the late 1950's & early 1960's, I can attest to the fact that I owned a Mora Scout knife with the double guard. One of my "patches" was for me to make my own leather sheath for that knife from the Tandy kit.
Sweet. Do you still have it? Do you remember the maker?
I don't know how Cody feels about Dave Canterbury, but I really thought them two had great chemistry together I would absolutely love them two guys team up again, if not I would still love to see Cody again if he's even solo 👍
Would love to see Cody with is own show
Should have gave Cody a new shirt!!!!
lol just needle and thread a elbow patch on it.
For I understand the rips on the elbows are a functionality. He has large arms and those rips allow better movements
I work in construction in Sweden and everyone has a Morakniv or a Hultafors. I have almost never seen a broken knife and the amount of stupid things I've seen people do with the knives is amazing. Broken edges yes, not broken blade. I would be happy in the forest with a Morakniv Basic. It is what these forests has seen for thousands of years.
They are not indestructible but they can endure a lot of beating that's for sure.
Cody is a living legend,incredibly humble and high skilled human,he's personality is pure joy.☮
Could not agree more!!!
I don't care about discoloration. As long it doesn't hamper its sharpness. It all so deters crows desires for shiny objects. Only two legged crows.
The only reason I try not to have rust in the blade is in those that I also use for food processing. Simple care of any knife will prevent rust
Way to go Joao and Cody 👊
Tack sa mycket Sverker :)
Mr Lundin needs to get back on social media and start creating content. His perspective on life and survival is both unique and needed in todays global culture.
He had the best professor one could have people like MorsK, Dave holladay, Dave Wescot etc.
Unfortunately those names you don’t see often in the social media, because they are on the field passing their knowledge to others and have little time to create content. Even for those you do, take for example the channel Karamat, that post the video from MorsK have very little views compared with some of the big name in “UA-cam bushcraft” out there.
@@Oldmora I noticed. Being relatively new to the disciplines and philosophies involved. I would say what Mr. Lundin teaches is both less removed from modern civilization than what Mr. Canterbury teaches and therefore less accessible to the average person and harder to master.
Check out this channel www.youtube.com/@Karamat
@Karamat
This guy is like a Morakniv historian lol I have never seen someone so obsessed with them!
Some get hooked on drugs or alcohol, i got hooked on this. It could be the worst. Check out part of the more then 130 yrs of history documented, of knife making on Mora oldmora.blogspot.com/
I love mora knives, but growing up in rural colorado i grew up on the sharpfinger and buck 110. I love all 3 and can use all three. Seems like 3.5 to 4 inches with a fine point does everything one needs.
I forgot case trapper.
the buck 110 is quint essential in US. For example, in Mora Sweden, there is no tradition of folding knives only fixed knives.
Swedish steel is where it's at .
I used the same Mora #1 knife forever and other scandi’s, but recently(last 13yrs) I was introduced to convexed edged knives(bark river/Falkniven) for bushcraft and it’s just better in every way…The bark river gunny LT or gunny hunter LT is the best “Mora sized” easy carrying knife you can own. It’s almost the same size/shape, just a tad thicker, classic look/design, much more sturdy solid feeling being full tang(but also just a lil heavier), convex grind performs better and it’s easy to hone/sharpen in the field, and the handle is an absolute DREAM come true…Plus the steel(3V is what mine is in) options are WAY more advanced/better to fit ANY ones preferences… Yes it’s a tad pricey pricey(220$), but it’s a USA handmade heirloom quality knife with a no question lifetime warranty-it will last generations of hard field use, and anyone who gets one passed down to them will cherish it being a MUCH more higher quality knife-for ANY use, as soon as they pick it up…
I personally never could adapt to the convex grind from Falkniven. I have a F1 that probably seen the field a 2 or 3 times. Need to put more time on it to change the muscle memory from a scandi to a convex.
I loved watching this, thank you.
Thanks. I am glad you liked it
here in northern Sweden you can buy a Mora knife in a petrol station or even corner store. within 500m I know two that sell them.
I get one at work for general use, at times I have broken two in a week, as they cost roughly 60Skr (under $ 6 US) bought at a petrol station, direct from Mora by the pallet it is MUCH less, so my boss just gives me a new as it would slow me down to be careful with it and I would be ineffective without one.
indeed. In 2010 i bought a Mora 2000 in Härnösand local supermarket.
Excellent interview, thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
damn thats cody and the vids is not that old hope you are doing great my guy
Cody is still around and very active in his school. He is just away from the TV screen :)
Gotta love Cody. He's the Real Deal
Indeed
/it he can’t make a living, looks like a hobo!
Mora 511 is very (inexpensive) with a non-slip handle that's what I got for my kids for their first carving camping knife carbon so they learn to take care of it!
The 511 was the favorite of MorsK. Have you read my blog article about Mors and his knife preferences ? Check this out oldmora.blogspot.com/2021/12/Morskochanski.html
That's one of my favorites!!!
this was a great conversation. it felt natural, no forced interaction or topics. lots of useful information and jokes too. respect!
Its was an honor and pleasure to meet Cody and have the opportunity to have this conversation.
Mora has been widely available in my country (Holland) like all my life. I bought my first two 50+ years ago when I was 10/11 years old and still have them. On my first Swedish canoe trip some 30 years ago, reaching civilization again, we stopped at a dock and asked the landowner for permission to camp on his land (Allemansrätten) and of course he agreed. I carried a Mora 511 (with cut off fingerguard along with a big knife and machete). I noticed the landowner had the same 511's lying around basically everywhere some really rusty so I asked how he would clean and sharpen them. He laughed and told me he bought a box and if they became all dull or rusty he just bought a new box. (I also found out that in Sweden a Dutch beer makes a really good trade item or gift).
When I founded the Dutch Bushcraft Association back in 2011 I did choose the Hultafors GK for instructors and students because you can baton on that knife all day long with no failure.
I consider the budget Mora's or Hultafors knives as the 'all you need' knives and the rest as 'you want' knives. Even last year (at age 60) visiting Thailand 3 times I brought my SAK/multitool, a Mora 546 or Hultafors RFR and bought a local machete (some 6 euro) there. Customs will almost always allow an simpe SAK/multitool into the country as a backpacker tool and Thailand did also allow my Mora/Hultafors but even if they would confiscate the Mora/Hultafors I would have lost some 7 euro. Of course all knives and multitools in your check in luggage.
Regarding the interview I fully agree about the vision on the all you need knives but for where I live and travel I prefer the stainless ones for food prep.
In Sweden you can buy the basic model in buckets of 50. The handyman use them as discardable blade, and many times they carry two of them, so if one get dull that just pick the other one and they don’t have to stop
@@Oldmora Yep. That's what I mean. For them they are disposable blades. Still they are good blades and they could re-use them.
Cody is the most humble and capable man you will ever meet
Meeting him didn’t disappoint me that for sure 🙏
This video is a gem.
Great talk by both of you.
Excellent 👌.
Many thanks. It’s all Cody. I was only there to fill in the gaps.
@@Oldmora
You did really well.
Interviewers are not all equal.
Hi Cody! We're waiting for more adventures 🤠🤠
Indeed
Thank you for doing your interview with Cody, I enjoyed watching him on that survival show. He knows his knives. So cool.
Cody doesn’t own anything without at least 2 rips.
A small Mora knife was my first knife in life. It's common knowledge here in Norway that iron of superior quality is extracted from the iron mine in Sweden. This has been the basis for the cheap but good quality knives Mora have made for almost 200 years.
It’s very interesting to see the how the difference cultures all over the world, back then had different preferences, you guys up north always preferred fixed blades while for me for example, in the south of Europe, the folding knife was the king, that was affordable and every man and many cases the child would have one on his pocket.
@@Oldmora Here in the north the knife was mostly used for gutting and cleaning fish. A messy task with a lot of blood an gunk. A fixed blade is much easyer to clean. A pocket knife not so, an will over time just rust and feil in the end.
@@Oldmora Up here in the north, we use the knife mostly in connection with fishing and hunting. There will be a lot of blood and gunk. A fixed blade knife is far easier to clean. But a folding knife will get full of blood and salt water and be very impractical to use. It will quickly just rust and stall.
This guy is a JOKE, barefoot in the snow .....SMH
What have you done lmfao
@@cocovasquez1 I've not had to struggle with self inflicted hypothermia by wearing only socks while walking in snow....👍
A show partnering Cody Lundin with Dave Holladay would be a huge hit.
Dave Holladay does not get the recognition that he deserves. He is one of my favorites “personas” in the bushcraft/survival/primitive leaving scene
I have a Morakniv I got, the only knife I got online, after watching this Dutch channel, that did knife reviews. Years ago.
Cody kicks butt.
Really nice dude. 👍
Cody is the best. Dude missed opportunity you should have showed his Esee! Tell him about their warranty and how everything is full tang 1095. I bet he would love the 3HM.
Fun video men! Swedish American Mora fan here too. Cheers and thanks.🌲🌵🔥
Awesome! Thank you!
right on, your knife is to survival like your truck keys are to your truck.
Indeed
Nice…
I am glad you liked it!!
Nice to see Cody
Cody is a good man
Indeed 👍
That's "Muito Obrigado" Cody !!!
Muito obrigado you too Cody! its always a pleasure hear Cody speaks his words of widson and knowledge
Thanks. I only wish I had more time with him to explorer other subjects.
Hurts my ears when they call it Mora knife. That is a (Swedish) puukko, knives belong mainly to kitchen. But ok, hunter's big knives are knives, folding knives are knives and all kitchen knives are knives.
Small simple general tools like that which main purpose is to carve wood are puukkos. Mora isn't finest puukko available but it is good and also reasonably priced. It is a mass product but a good one
I don’t agree with that. Puukko is a Finnish word for utilitarian knife not Swedish.
The term Mora kniv is just simply that, a knife made in the town of Mora.
Never once I heard the friends from Mora calling their knives Puukko they just called them Kniv.
Back in the day, some other words we’re used, like “täljkniv” or “slidkniv” depending if the knife was sold with or without sheath or “sporkniv”.
But of course, all the knife from Sweden, Norway and Finland will share some common heritage. Even if you look for some example coming from Russia you will find some things in common.
@@Oldmora Puukko is a Finnish word. There is some other knives which have specific typical features and use like kukri, tanto etc. "Mora kniv" is a puukko because it fills most if not all criteria of puukko, if it didn't I wouldn't have some and use them. Most knives are pretty silly and not very practical in bushcraft, usually they are too big and clumsy, have too thick blade and weird grind and other harmful features like finger guards etc.
Certainly puukko is knife but most knives are not puukkos.
@bekanav the red handle mora knife was never a “bushcraft” knife. It was the everyday tool for around the home, farm, in the shop etc.
this simple design of simple blade sticked in a simple handle dates to the Middle Ages and is not limited to Scandinavia, you can similar knives all over Europe in the archeological records.
In my opinion, doesn’t make sense, calling a Mora kniv a puukko simple because it doesn’t evolved from it. They have parallel history/evolution.
But we agree to disagree 😉
@@Oldmora Red handle Mora has always been puukko and to say it hasn't evolved from it doesn't make sense. Certainly you can use puukko everywhere and that is why it is so universal tool.
I've lived next to forest all my life and used puukkos since I was 7 or something. Perhaps I don't know what "bushcraft" means but puukko is the tool you should have in the wilderness.
Puukko is not limited to Finnish products, you can make and use them in Sweden or everywhere. If you say here "Mora veitsi" (=Mora kniv, Mora knife) people will ask you "You mean puukko?" If someone is going to wilderness and say "I'm gonna take my new knife with me" people will give you a strange look and may ask "What do you do with knife there? Do you have a puukko?"
Cody is so damn BORING.
Cody is amazing… I got hooked on dual survival because of him and Dave Canterbury… I’m gonna try to take a course from him this year if I can afford the trip 😊
As a knife reviewer and a survival lover… I really enjoyed watching this … my favorite things together
Cody is awesome and a real nice guy!. Just wish i was on that side of the pond to get a course with him.
All along the real "Rambo" was just Mors all along ,and he just used a inexpensive knife. RIP Mors.
Mors would kick Rambo ass, any day every day :)
I carry several pocket knives/multi tools he DC. But I also carry a Mora Eldris as a neckknife. With a small, single AAA, Olight flashlight. A miniature BIC lighter and a fire steel on it. Put together with 1 inch gorilla tape! Most of my days at work. I spent up a ladder with tool bags on. Impossible to access pockets or belt line. It does what I need most of the time. I thought I would hate it. But it’s a great little knife! Could be better. Could be worse!
The Eldris design concept it’s a bit strange at first look but when you start using, it’s really an eye opening what you can do with such a small knife. Knife setup you got. If it works for you, then is perfect 👍
Actually mors Kochanski preferred the plastic handled ones over the wooden ones because when he split wood, he would twist the knife and the wooden handles would get loose. That’s the reason
Interesting. This is the first time I heard this. Did you hear directly from him, see it in a video, or read it in an article?
@@Oldmora from him I think 2002
I think he mentioned it in one of his knife videos as well @@Oldmora
Cool. I have to search on that. Thanks 💪
Really liked this video. It is very good to see Cody again.
Thanks 👍
Mora knife is sweden prothers knife factory from,1890,s! And this mora classic model are over 100years old knife model!!
It's difficult to say for sure how old the Mora knife (classic line as many call it today) concept is. There are example of similar style knives in Ovansiljan/Upper lake Siljan from around 1100s. As commercial product produced at an industry level the oldest record is 1870s by Finn-Anders Andersson.
Imagine if Mors and Cody were the ones who teamed up back in the dual survival days .they would have made millions and quite possibly would have spent all the money on planting forest's .I'm glad to see Cody chilling. In his element, God bless .. lee
I would have love to see them both interact, probably not in that format.
damn yep the good old cody laugh so great :D
It was a blast the time I spent with him. Cody it’s a very sharp, wise and funny guy.
@@Oldmora very sharp indeed
thank you for the interview
Thanks
Cody was a cool head, enjoyed his methodical thought to solve issues
I also like is simples and no BS approach
Un diálogo muy interesante y ameno, gracias.
Muchas gracias
Mal vi o vídeo, guardei-o, para poder assistir quando tivesse mais tempo, para poder usufruir e "beber" conhecimento, e que belo serão passei eu. Muito obrigado João por esta maravilha.
Foi uma manha espectacular. O Cody é 5 estrelas
I'm also a huge fan of Carbon steel, but when it comes to Stainless steel I really do like 14C28N due to its toughness and ease of sharpening. Without getting into the Powder metallurgy steels of course. But Carbon steel has always been a huge tradition here in Norway and Scandinavia and is just what I grew up using.
Both 14C28 and 12C27 are very common is Scandinavia for example Helle abd Kurezuando.
I have knives in both steels that I like and use and never felt for example, i wish my 2000 was in carbon.
I confess that for my usage of a outdoor I don't remember the last time I had to sharpen my knife in the field but I am not the type of guy that do heavy stuff with the knife, i much prefer my axe/hatchet.
I always carry a small sharpening stone but I normally just use it to touch up the wood carving knives not the general purpose knives.
I really dig the science behind (my geek inside love it) the new powder steels but for me (and suspect that for most) the is no substantial different for the normal usage that I do.
@@Oldmora Yeah it's the same for me unless I'm on a longer hike, more than a few days. I usually have a larger leuku for heavier tasks or a hatchet. Regarding the powder steels, it's mostly just insane edge retention or toughness. So with the high edge retention steel one very rarely need to touch them up and sharpen them, if we just talking light normal use. My favorite PM steels would be K390, CPM 4V, CPM M4, MagnaCut, Vanadis 4 Extra, And CPM 3V for heavy duty bushcrafting knives. I'm getting a Puukko in K390 soon from an older Croatian knife maker and can't wait to use it.
I have been geeking out in the info about Magnacut and it’s really interesting stuff.
Absolutely worth picking up a knife in MagnaCut you like. But I would recommend getting it in the 63-64HRC range. So you get the best properties. Just feel like night and day above the ones I tried that were around 61HRC Obviously a good heat treatment is necessary and not only the higher hardness. If you prefer Puukko's or bushcraft knives, I would find a maker with a good reputation and a fair price. I think I paid around €370 for mine from ZL Knives. Which I think is pretty fair. You often pay between €350-700 from a known Finnish Puukko master in 80CrV2, AEB-L, SilverSteel, or RWL34. But there are plenty of good knifemakers out there that work with the modern steels.
What an important history lesson revealed in this brief interview with Cody Lundin. The Mora #1 Knife is one of the most iconic knives in the camp craft world. A simple design, a set of good materials and carbon steel components, easy to maintain and keep a sharp edge. But most importantly, they cut every time you need them to. Cody is an excellent teacher and has a great common man approach to sharing information. Good interview! Thank you.
Thanks. Cody is one of the best.
Great interview. Mora knives were sold in the US at least from the 1950s in Wisconsin. I have come across old sporting goods store adds and you will see not only what assume is the red handle as it is black & white but also the traditional scout knife. Probably as there is a large Swedish population as well as in Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa. Quite a few Finns in northern Wisconsin, the UP as well as Minnesota. Post WW2 many Swedish decendents returned to Sweden to see their families as US currency exchange rates were good. Many of my family went there in the late 1960s. My grandfather was born there and my grandmother although born in the US, her parents had just settled here. There were rural areas called little Sweden because of so many settleing in one area. Same with Finns, Danes and Norwegians.
This is true. They certainly were around here. You see them in a lot of old American catalogs. You also had Swedes bringing them back, my grandfather brought one back from a trip back to Sweden and gave it to my parent's for me when I was born.
They weren't particularly well known though, whenever I used that Mora in the 1980s people would ask what it was.
Since the 1940s that all the makers from Mora exported knives to the US. Sometimes with their own brand, sometimes with what is called a co-brand/private label. One good example is the Norse king knife that was made by several different makers always for the same US company. oldmora.blogspot.com/2021/06/NorseKing.html
Here you can find some of the ones I found oldmora.blogspot.com/2020/03/mora-co-branding-private-label.html?m=1
Some of the makers from Mora, had worked in the US or were planing to migrate there. Others had relatives that worked there. For what I understood, one of the main occupation was wood management industry / forestry.
@@Oldmora I think its a fascinating subject. I've been collecting old Mora and Eskilstuna knives for a long time but didn't know about your website until this morning. Great job! Happy Easter!
@@MPiKMS72 I wonder if George Herters sold them? I can't remember because they closed up more than 40 years ago. Marbles was still king then and still knife of choice for the Scouts. I have multiple Moras as well as Puukos from Finland and Norway and I still prefer an old Marbles or Remington copy as an overall camp knife. The Remington, I am talking about is not the rifle company. This was a knife company that went out of business in the early 1950s. I am glad Sweden has not done what my favorite old US companies did, sell and have them made off shore.
❤ I appreciate that Cody uses nuances when stating that he doesn't like stainless steel in HIS APPLICATIONS because of his bio region. It's a well-versed, political response that gives him added credibility in the rest of the world.
For me region of Southwestern Quebec, we get a lot of rain, high humidity, and of course a lot of snow.
So when you spend a large part of your time in 30 to 90% humidity weather and precipitation, it's beneficial to have a blade that can resist rust. Despite my best efforts, my clothes and knife sheaths have gotten wet, and usually from my perspiration or environmental humidity rather than from exposure to the elements. But whether skinning prey or creating an emergency shelter in inclement weather, I don't have to then go through the extra steps of ensuring my tool and case are bone dry to avoid rust. Anyone who has had to strip down to their underwear to dry their clothes over a fire can relate to how time and energy consuming it is to find a place appropriate sticks for drying in such conditions. Adding in drying a knife sheath is just an extra annoyance.
As for throwing sparks, I've never had to start a fire with flint and steel, because I've always had acess to at least 5 other methods: lighters, matches, magnesium blocks, ferro rods, friction fires and more. Heck, I've started a campfire with a lit cigarette butt someone flung out the window.
But I digress. I too think that massive machetes, hunting knives with gut hooks, or bowie knives the size of my arm are limited in their function more than they are useful. My knife is a fixed blade, full tang, 8" or 9" stainless steel camping knife I bought for 20$ on Amazon.
It's lightly sculpted handle is half the overall length and fits well in my hand though it's a littleto thin.
Its size allows me to whittle, shave feather sticks, carve tools, cut cordage, gut and prep any North American prey (short of an alligator, maybe?) and even use as a draw knife to strip bark in long segments. All the jobs I require of my knife. It's big enough to cut large chunks, but small enough that it's not a nuisance in day-to-day activities.
If I want to cut down trees, I carry an axe for that. I don't need a sword unless I'm fighting dragons, nor a machete unless I'm hacking through thick undergrowth. Like Cody said, some men equate the size of their manhood to their knife blade, and we all see when men AND WOMEN are compensating.
I also agree with Cody that simplicity I the key to a good knife. As indicated before, I'm not a fan of knives with extra features, like gut hooks, either. Just as every survival item has the ubiquitous bottle opener when being intoxicated in a survival situation would be detrimental, so too have an extra hooked blade on the back of your main blade. Those hooked gut knives are very hard to sharpen, which lead to more injuries and accidents than they prevent. They also reduce the strength of your blade when batoning firewood, often breaking and flying off after a few good whacks, creating unnecessary shrapnel and danger.
I could not agree more with your words🙏 thanks for sharing your words of knowledge
I agree carbon is "better" but Moras 12C27n Stainless is very easy to sharpen the same way. I prefer a wider blade than a Mora knife now but i still love my Mora #1 . I think Enzo Brisa makes the next best choice . The Enzo Elver is excellent., perfect size blade.
I think the main difficulty with the sharpening of the SS is not the steel itself but the stones you are using. Chromium carbides (in the SS) are ware abrasion resistant , if you use cheap stones is more difficult, if you for example use diamond you probably fill no different.
I always found sandpaper doing well on 12C27 steel.
I do prefer carbon Mora's though.
Cody, you need to go to Sweden. It's beautiful!