Stainless steel blades get a bad rap for being hard to sharpen. It DOES take extra effort to get the edge on stainless but the payback is having to do it less often. When you sharpen a blade, you are removing metal and eventually, the blade shows it. Most of the time, the blade does not need to be stoned, it just needs stropping. An old belt glued to a wood lath and dressed with jewelers rouge can restore a dull blade quickly without significant metal removal. Also, remember that carbon steel will corrode at the edge preferentially and take away the edge quickly.
Hey that Mora Companion MG in stainless looks great. About the steel: Not bad for a $13 knife. http://www.bensbackwoods.com/servlet/Detail?no=146
I own several Sandvik items, including the very first hand saw i ever bought. It's still sharp enough to trim the fingers off your hand with one cut. And yes to answer your question i do use it on a regular basis. Baja i meant what they should cost not the unrealistic prices they charge for such. Many years ago my father bought all of us kids a Kabar hunting knife.Because the blades had a flaw in them, (surface rust spots) he got them for IIRC $3.00 each. The pity of it, we didn't appriciate what we had. lance
Yeah, but $8-10 a day was fair wages, back then... I once thought if I ever made 10 Grand a year, I'd be sitting pretty! (that was at the aforementioned $10 a day)
Why not? Though I've found bayos to be good for digging holes in the ground and not much else. As for stain(less)(free)...... my first real hunting knife was a gerber stainless sheath knife, one with the aluminum handle that had a dark gray rough grip finish. Still have the 2nd one I bought (if anyone here found one on the banks of the Deshka or Little Susitna it's mine!)and a similar one that's a big skinner. But 40 some years later I've regressed to carbon knives, '71 Deuces and '52 M37's
Only Joking! As you say Most Bayonets are only any good for digging or spearing things, this one is however pretty sharp. My main reason for posting was its Swedish origin!! Cheers Nick
I received my Mora Companion knife today. Holy Razor Blades, Batman! I don't think I have ever purchased a knife that came that sharp! Stout and very comfortable to hold, this is the best $15 I have spent on a knife. I own a Beker Campanion knife which is a behemoth of a blade (1/4" thick) and it weighs a full pound. Great for batoning and splitting ork skulls but no fun to carry. This one is made to walk with!
Great idea of keeping the stove / kit etc in an ammo can - I have plenty lying around so I'll put one into service for my 400a / 400b or 526. I really like the Mora knives - I bought two from SG about 5 years ago, kept one and gave one to my dad. The price was right and they are great.
Yeah, I like the ammo can for the car or the basement for emergency use. The airtight aspect keeps the fuel smells down too. I received a couple of those stainless Moraknivs from the link above ($13 ea) and they are very nice. I may even like them better than my carbon one. I will probably gift one of them to someone for Christmas. Then again, I could keep it as a spare in case I lose one of my other 8-10 knives.
