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Blade HQ President's Day Sale: Morakniv Basic 511 Fixed Blade Knife
& More + Free S/H$8.00
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After waiting for spyderco to never go on sale, I now use Morakniv knives for fishing at the pier and they're lasting the longest out of all the other cheap knives i've used (mostly various pocket knives). I'm just cutting up bait and small fish like mackerel tho.
I may have a bias against pull-through sharpeners due to being a chef for 20 years, but we were always taught to steer clear of them because they ruin knives (I've seen it happen many times). They create chips on the edge, even if they're sometimes too small to see.
so what happens if i would put a new angle on the knife. it would seem to sharpen ok using a course and then a fine sharpener.
pull through sharpeners are attractive for speed of results and no need for skill. i have used them for years and it seems to give a very sharp edge for very little effort. of course doing it the correct way would be the best of all worlds if one care to gain that skill.
thanks.
Ultimately there are brand preferences which obscure actual quality conversations. People will swear what they have is the best no matter what you say to them. Typically you get what you pay for but that's not a hard and fast rule either, sometimes you're just buying the name. I'm not a metallurgist but I think that is the single greatest most determining factor on the quality of a knife. There are decent ones made overseas in Taiwan or Europe (Switzerland/Germany/Sweden), or elsewhere but some prefer the Made in USA knives. Gerber has cheaper foreign made knives, and also USA made models as well. Just read a ton of reviews, maybe go to the manufacturers site to look at the metal quality. Read some Amazon reviews (skip the lowest and highest and look at the middle of the pack). You can quickly sort out the garbage or paid reviews using well, logic.
Here is an interesting article if you want to read about blade metal materials:
https://en.wikipedia.or
Hopefully that helps a little - there isn't a direct answer! You might have to do some of our own research and exploring! These Moraknivs are a no brainer though, for $10 bucks, buy one and beat the snot out of it. There are far more expensive knives out there but I know of no other knife that has this kind of good quality at this price point.
High Carbon Steel will be prone to rusting while the stainless steel will keep just fine. Usually the stainless is more expensive because it is a more expensive material and it has obvious benefits to prolonged used. Some have complained that these don't hold up well in salt water but I imagine that's a special application. Here in the Midwest mine has been a gem, very decent capable knife. Very popular knife amongst the bushcraft community and a very affordable one at that. It's not on par with a 100 dollar knife, don't use it for battening wood or beating on it and it will treat you right.
this one seems to be stainless steel. do you have high carbon steel one? is it worth getting the SS one instead if you're not gonna take care of it so it wont rust?
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this one seems to be stainless steel. do you have high carbon steel one? is it worth getting the SS one instead if you're not gonna take care of it so it wont rust?
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