Morakniv Companion Sandvik Stainless Steel Fixed-Blade Knife with Sheath, 4.1 Inch

Just right.

Nora knives are great. You can use them like a tank. Built well and are such a good value. Bought two of these bad boys. A heavy duty one for myself, and a standard for my girlfriend. We enjoy them. If you’re looking into getting into bushcraft, these will work you well and beyond.

Awesome knife. I am now a huge Mora Knife fan! Great deal as well. You cant find a better knife for this price.

what can I say about a Mora, except that they are time tested. Truly no better bushcraft knife ,especially for new to it.

I own both the carbon steel and stainless versions of this Morakniv Companion; it must be a popular model to offer both. I have a soft spot in my heart for carbon steel, especially the high carbon versions with from .5-1.0 % carbon. Part of that is just nostalgia, because stainless has come a long way. In a nutshell, early stainless wasn’t very high quality controlled and less than complete stirring and excess impurities knocked down actual performance. Carbon steel had the same issues but either it was less demanding in the 1950’s or there were better workarounds enabling a better product. Oddly in the past month I’ve come across “quality control blurbs” on rival steel mill websites - Sandvik and Krupp Theissen both make cutlery (kitchen knife) stainless steels, 12C27 and 4116 respectively, and both point out that that their respective steels are a lot better performing than they were decades ago, purely through better quality control. Here’s what Sandvik says “12C27™ is our main knife steel for hand-held knives, high-end ice skate blades and ice drills. Continuous improvement over a period of 45 years has evolved it into the high performing steel grade it is today. The composition is tighter, the purity level is much higher and the fine carbide microstructure of today is far from how our 12C27™ knife steel of the sixties looked.” So, old formulas were better than we give them credit for (remember how a dash of molybdenum or vanadium were going to be the next “secret sauce”?), and we underestimated the importance of good steel mills dedicated to cutlery steel not just other commercial applications. The other huge factor in overall blade toughness and edge holding is heat treatment and tempering. Mid to high carbon steels perform well with simpler, shorter heat treat cycles. Once chromium gets thrown into the recipe to make it stainless, heat treatment and tempering and quenching become a real art form - and costlier. The tl;dr outcome is that with modern mass production and quality control, the Sandvik 12C27 used by Morakniv (with 14C28N an occasional upgraded supplemental offering), is excellent even in Morakniv’s sub-$20 offerings, and Morakniv predicts that its stainless will stay sharper longer than its carbon! I can’t even say Morakniv’s stainless sacrifices much toughness to gain in edge holding. In at least one YouTube test-to-destruction, a Morakniv stainless withstood mind boggling levels of bending without snapping. In this case, I think it’s Morakniv’s dedication to survival/farm work knives that actual hold up in field use, that results in a their steel being so good. So choose stainless safely, you don’t need to deal with carbon steel maintenance if you don’t want to (although the bargain basement Basic 511 is carbon only). I like the Companion trade-offs the best: 1. 4.1” is a nice length for paring knife chores; the Basic and other 3.6” offerings are a little short, and the Kansbol and other 4.3” are more for dressing larger game. 2. The 2.0mm blade thickness, on all Basic 511 and on the carbon steel version of the Companion, are less likely to split vegetables when trying for a clean slice. The stainless Companion is 2.5mm, some other Morakniv models are 3.0 and, though rarely (Robust?) some even thicker. 3. The handle is perfect length and fatness. 511 understandably shorter and thinner, Kansbol too fat and long. Don’t assume the handles are about the same from pictures - pictures will show finger guards, but not feel in the hand nor grippiness. 4. Handle has modest finger guard. Other Moras have better finger guards, even the Basic, but some like to choke up and a pronounced finger guard gets in the way. 5. Sheath is the right trade-off between features and ease of belt/button - the Basic 511 has a front prong on the tubular sheath that can snag, and the Kansbol sits in too deep (but better for loose daypack carry). 6. Finally, Goldilocks blade width - not on the narrow end like the Basic, not wide like the Kansbol. In short, though they all tend to look the same on the Amazon pages, there are real differences in the hand between the various models. Note: both Basic and Companion have thumb ramps for pushing off the sheath, Kansbol doesn’t. Basic is all hard plastic for handle; Companion and Kansbol have either a grippy over layer, or grippy side panels. Note: they’re all sturdy, but the heavy duty (survival/bushcraft) versions have spines with highly machined, 90 degree angles for throwing sparks off fire starter rods. Work person (craftsman) models have the spine edge rounded for comfortable use with thumb on spine.

Just like the others. Exactly what I needed for a bait knife.

As an avid mora fan and owning a few others I really wanted the pink that seems to be outta stock most of the time at my favourite little bushcraft stores so I was happy to see it stocked by Amazon. Sharp straight out the box and In perfect condition and the usual perfect quality you get from Mora as always. Even though I thought this would end up just another knife in the collection I have and it being more a fad knife released just because Im excited its actually more robust than some of my other Mora companion range. Certainly worth the price

Best knife for the money and great lightweight sheath. Rubberized non-slip handle is very comfortable.

Everyone knows the Mora Companion is a true classic. Sandvik steel and that oh-so-sexy scandi grind. Perfect knife at a perfect price.

great knife for beginners and pros