Fallkniven S1 vs Frosts Mora 760

I test the Fallkniven S1 against the Frosts Mora 760. Essentially, the S1 is a survival tool and very good all-purpose knife, where-as the Frosts 760 is a whittler with cheap steel, at best.

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Howto & Style

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• Fallkniven
• Mora
• Frosts
• S1
• Survival
• Knife

[noisepuppet]

it's pronounced fall-KNEE-ven

The Sandvik steel used in the stainless mora knives is not "cheap."

There is nothing wrong with it.

The bevel at the edge is acute, as others said. That's why the edge fails when you stab it into sheet metal.

This knife is not for stabbing into sheet metal.

If you want to stab sheet metal, get a punch and chisel set, not a Mora knife.

Mora knives are no good at hammering nails either.

[Nalapombu]

DUMB COMPARISON!

Tell us what a better option for less than $10 would be. Take a $10 bill and go out and buy a better option and show it to us.

Hey I've got a great idea, why don't you do your next video on what the best option for a luxury vehicle is, a Bentley or a Ford Pinto.....

I am struggling to understand why you would even think that a $10 knife would be able to compare to a semi-custom knife that costs $175.

[agricola]

fallkniven: swedish/norweigan army standard issue, also used by members of SFOD-D/DEVGRU/ect, more durable and a better all around knife than the mora. as others have said before, you get what you pay for.

[wiking3r]

ur an ass

[Petegrin1]

@noisepuppet i can tell you for sure... its not pronounced fall-KNEE-ven. its just you non.swedish people that think so ;)

[ThePanTian]

LOL: THIS COMPARISON SUCKS

[CliffStamp]

@aseglkj My main point here was if Andrelommech resharpened the Mora, removed the hollow and possibly any weakened steel in the edge it should handle the wood cutting with no chipping, denting or rolling. There are lots of people who baton with those blades and the only failure reports that are common are when the handles break which is to be expected as the tangs are not full and thus there can be a lot of stress in the wooden/plastic grips.

[CliffStamp]

@aseglkj Depends on how hollow they make it, I have seen the edges take visible damage and once the hollow is sharpened it never happens again.

Note the newer S1 (all the Fallkniven blades) are full convex grings and the very edges are extremely thin and acute, they will easily cut along side a standard Mora.

But the edges on the older ones are way thicker/more obtuse so are more durable with less cutting ability, just depends on the user which one is better.

[aseglkj]

@CliffStamp now that you mention it, I do have noticed a an ever so slight hollow while sharpening my mora. but it's so tiny, does that really make a difference? comparing the s1 to a mora is moot, because the geometries are so different. an s1 in 12c27 would not perform noticeably worse. the mora's 12c27 is specced at 58HRC, the S1 is 59 HRC. if you go to a carbon steel mora, it's 59 HRC, same as the fallkniven VG10!

It's not the steel, it's the geometry!

[CliffStamp]

@aseglkj VG-10, especially laminated is much more expensive than 12C27. The reason the edge rolled was that these knives typically come with a slight hollow to the primary grind. This both weakens the edge geometrically and is prone to over heating it as well. The edge strength on the Mora's typically vastly improves after the bevel is flattened to remove the hollow. VG-10 would also not chip or dent at 10 degrees (which is the sharpening angle on the Mora) cutting that wood.

[aseglkj]

you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground. stainless moras are made from sandvik 12c27, which is by no means cheap. the reason you rolled the edge is because it's a scandi grind. this is what makes moras awesome slicing and cutting machines, but it won't take abuse. if the mora was made from vg10, you'd have rolled or chipped the edge as well.

[whatever7x7]

dude leave your mama's blue perry knife in the the kitchen