Mora to Discontinue Knives

[Rick]

I thought I would give everyone a heads up. Mora is discontinuing some of their more traditional knives. The S1, S2, SL1, and SL2 are all being discontinued. The S1 and S2 have the red painted birch handles while the SL1 and SL2 have the plain birch handles.

There are still a good number of traditional knives being made by Mora but those, especially the S2 (Cody Lundin's knife judging by the sheath) and the SL2 are rather popular.

[Winter]

Too bad. First Old Timers go stainless, now Mora is discontinuing tried and true knives.

[p moore]

is nothing sacred?

Paul

[Erratus Animus]

I may hafta finally buy one....

[Rick]

Frosts and Eriksson merged about 18 months ago and became Mora. They are in the process of building the Mora brand so they are discontinuing some of the original Frosts and Eriksson knives. Just a little rebranding but some of the knives they are getting rid of were pretty nice.

[Sarge47]

Frosts and Eriksson merged about 18 months ago and became Mora. They are in the process of building the Mora brand so they are discontinuing some of the original Frosts and Eriksson knives. Just a little rebranding but some of the knives they are getting rid of were pretty nice.

Yeah and the discontinued models will probably be picked up by a Knife-maker in China!

[canid]

are the discontinuing the blades for those models, or just the assembled knives?

after seeing thier prices, i thought on of these days it would be worth my while to place a bulk order for some of thier blades.

[Rick]

Well, that's a good question. Those model numbers I listed are the complete knife. However, I know they offer the corresponding blades for purchase as well. Let me see if I can find out.

[Rick]

Made a phone call. The S1 and SL-1 use the KB1 blade, the 2's use the KB2 blade. So far (he said with trepidation in his voice) they have no plans to discontinue the blade.

[NCO]

So what we have is bad knives going for worse... Have I ever mentioned that I dislike Mora?

[Rick]

This is just a rumor mind you and you didn't hear from me but I understand Puukko begged Mora to buy them out and Mora refused. They didn't want to lower their standards that much.

[NCO]

I am almost insulted by your ignorance... Puukko is not a brand or a company, but a type of knife... Just like Mora is a type of junk metal.

[Winter]

The most beautiful knives, to me, are Saami Puukkos.

Specifically the all reindeer types like this.
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[NCO]

Finally someone who can appreciate quality!

[canid]

@NCO: and i'm almost ignoring your insulting, so there's that.

to be a bit more clear: Mora of Sweden - frequently called simply Mora - is a company specializing in mora blades, and Frost Knivabrik; the makers of Frosts Mora knives.

i don't know what other company Rick was referring to, but see no reason a company could/would not use Puukko in their tradename.

@Winter: that is one of my favorite knives i've seen online. i don't know who the maker is, but it reminds me of some done by MH of Sweden, who's work has inspired me a lot.

[NCO]

@canid: Please understand that all this "insulting" thing is humor between Rick and myself. This has been going on almost from the day I joined these great forums. You can verify this by doing a forum search about all my posts regarding moras and puukkos.
I am very much aware what Mora is and where and by whom it is manufactured.
For how I know that the term "puukko" refers to a type of knife, rather than a brand or company name, is that the word is Finnish language, meaning the certain type of knife. How I know this, I am Finnish by nationality, I live in Finland, I speak Finnish as my first language and got my first puukko when I was 2 years old.

EDIT: If you, or anyone else wish, or see the need, to have more elaborate explanation about the "company called Puukko" begging for Mora of Sweden to buy it, and why it has nothing to do with real world, and why it is part of Rick's way of having fun with me, please feel free to ask.

[canid]

ok; then don't let my interpretation rain on the game. my apology.

as for the puukko style of knife; i'm familiar with it to the extent a sheltered american with an internet connection is likely to be, and i love them - most of all for the elegance of design and craftsmanship i've seen put into so many of them. as a knifemaker, i'm currently striving to emulate style in some of my own knives.

[Rick]

Yeah, yeah. He thinks he knows about knives. He's been watching those northern lights again.



.......actually.....it's all in good fun.

[NCO]

I'm pretty sure that explanation I posted above is by far the most informative post I have ever made on these forums.

And Rick, so what if I look northern lights! They make me happy inside! Just like seeing a Mora fail miserably at all and every task you try to do with it!

[Rick]

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