How to Project Mora Knife Mods and Survival Sheath
Vložit
- čas přidán 25. 04. 2017
- Mora Knife Blade and Survival Sheath Mods
How to project to improve your Morakniv
Available at Going Gear plus get 5% off Sootch00 discount.
FireCord at www.livefiregear.com/550-fire...
Thanks For Watching~ Sootch00
Music is from Jingle Punks Royalty Free Music through the Fullscreen Network. Used with permission. - Věda a technologie
Love how you always think outside the box. Keep it up. Two thumbs way UP!
Thanks Rouge, I appreciate the kind words Brother!
Rouge Scout19D I like your profile pic, similar to mine.
Rouge Scout19D If you ain't Cav.....
Rouge Scout19D my thoughts exactly
another great vid man, I've been thinking about getting a mora is there one on particular you'd recommend for a first time buyer?
People. Electrical tape turns into a sticky gooey mess. Don't use it on anything except wires.
I squared the spine on all my Moras for a long time but more recently have left the back inch rounded... even made it more rounded. I still have plenty of sharp spine to work with and my thumb really thanks me for not having to push on those sharp edges in long carving projects.
Sew an inch wide leather ring together for your thumb. Helps a bunch
Hi,
For starters, fun video.
I'm also a morakniv fan. Try the morakniv bushcraft black. It's a carbon steel knife with a pre-ground 90-degree spine. It even has an option to get a different case with a 3/8 diameter ferro rod and a diamond file to maintain the edge (a close personal favorite next to my Gerber Strongarm - see my video review).
As a kid in the scouts, the way that scouts are taught to deal with unraveling ends of rope are typically one of two ways:
1) Fusing - cordage ends with unnatural, plastic fibers such as nylon, polyester, polypropylene rope can be melted with a flame to prevent the cordage from unraveling.
Typically, you tape the end to be fused. Cut through the center of the tape with a sharp knife or sharp scissors. Finally, melt the end with a flame to prevent the end of the cordage from unraveling (such as paracord).
2) Whipping - Natural cordage made of plant fibers (such as manilla), vines and/or inner tree bark need to be whipped on the end to prevent the cordage from unraveling. Natural cordage won't melt. Instead, it will only burn.
See link below for a child like explanation:
meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Whipping_and_Fusing_rope
Fusing and Whipping cordage (aka rope) has been taught within the Boy Scout for over 70+ years.
I'm pretty sure you understand what I just wrote above. I write it as such for others that don't understand.
The method of tying rope over the handle is identical to whipping the end of a random length of manilla rope.
That same method (whipping), has been used to add a comfortable handle on walking sticks, knives, hand saws, shovels, rakes, striking tools (such as axes, machetes, kukris, mauls, picks, bush axes, pick axes, maddoxes, hammers, hatchets, etc), and many other tools.
Electrical tape proves to be a bad idea in the long run. After a week in the sun on a hiking excursion, the electrical tape slowly slid of the handle leaving a messy, sticky adhesive residue behind on the sheath. Easy enough to remove at home with some Goo Gone adhesive remover and some paper towels. But, during the outdoor excursion, it made things difficult to work with since all the dirt and grime kept sticking to the sheath. Plus the adhesive stuck on my clothes and my gear (since the knife was attached to my belt).
Firestarters: 2 inch plastic straws pieces packed with bacentracin soaked cotton balls sealed with a flame served a dual purpose as a fire starter and wound treatment on the go. It doesn't hurt to add a few benedryl and a few immodium AD pills/tabs in the straws to battle allergic reactions and messed up stomach issues due to bad water or meal related issues.
If you're looking for a dark patina in under two minutes, try Birchwood Casey Super Blue. It's used for darkening gun metal. Works great on carbon steel. It doesn't work on stainless steel, though
The corrosion coating placed on stainless steel would prevent most patinas from adhering to the steel. See below:
monroeengineering.com/blog/stainless-steel-vs-carbon-steel-whats-the-difference/
Sincerely,
Jacob
SurvivalGeek (CZcams)
czcams.com/channels/fRsUPToBXp4ZIre__dJg4A.html
oh wow !!! thanks... we didnt know that existed .... *eye roll* dolt
Sootch use bicycle tyre inner tube, cut it into 1.5" lengths put it around the sheath and you attach ferro rods and other items and the rubber keeps it tight and flush against the sheath, super secure, dirt cheap.
mwnciboo what size tube?
ranger bands are great but his route gives you some added cord thats always on you
I agree, Ranger band on the other hand makes great tinder!
kydd666 555
I did a similar addition of little gear items to my sheath, and the ranger bands went underneath everything. I didn't have them hold anything, but I've learned that they're very nice to have for later.
These are some awesome mods. I love your videos and have learned a great deal from them. Thank you and keep up the awesome job!
I Love these little DIY mod projects that I can do while sitting around at home..... watching mod videos on yuotube...haha
This is a great thing to have at all times. Thanks, Sootch!
For the fire steel, find a pen or marker tube, really any kind of plastic tube that fits nicely, then use some extra tape for retention, works much better because it won't cave in under the tight wrapping when you pull the steel out. Other then that I did one very similar to yours, love the way it came out!
Great video sir. I'm really liking your Mora series. I own six Moras and I see a lot of value in what you've been presenting in your vids. You've given me some great upgrade projects to start. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for sharing this!
I'm including a Coghlan's Pocket Saw with mine. Also winding a good amount of fishing line around it (with extra hooks, etc.) so the sheath can be used as a hobo fishing reel in a pinch.
I’ve seen lots of mods for the mora and other knives and I love the ideas people come up with
The one knife sheaths I haven’t seen many mods on is the LMFII these is a Sheath that looks like it’s made for modifications
I am currently working on what I feel are some great additions to the Sheath
Thank you and all the other moders for the inspection 👍🏻👍🏻
That method of paracord wrapping I Also learned and mastered from Utube, and i have wrapped many AXE, tomahawk, hatchets, tools, etc with that METHOD, I DO LOVE IT!!
I have done similar to my many Moras. I do a more decorative paracord wrap the enables me to increase the footage and instead in electrical tape I use 1'" Gorilla tape, which also is very useful. I quit bothering to put mustard patina on the scandi grind because when you hone it removes the patina anyway. Excellent information!
Being Swedish I can't help feeling mildly proud of the Mora rep. Original these knives always had a red wood handle and a black plastic sheet with a leather "flap" with two vertical slits to pull your belt through.
I have all types of so called bushcraft/survival knives. Of them all ,it's the moras that are the most comfortable and versatile to use. My clipper has been hammered through wood , bone and still going strong. Enjoyed your vid.
Great mods, and easy to do. I just attached a fero rod to my new Bark River Bravo 1 (new Bravo 1's have no fero rod loop on sheath). I used a Sharpie marker housing cut to about 2" and attached to sheath with ranger bands. Shock cord keeps the rod in place. I didn't want to do anything that would mark/damage the great leather sheath BR makes. Fero rod is on the side, and some tinder and striker on back side. I like the way you attached the firecord. Simple, looks good, and effective. Thanks for another informative video.
I just use ranger bands cut out of bicycle inner-tubes to hod a Ferro Rod. Also I wrap Jute Twine around the sheath (poor man's Fire Cord). I really like how the blade came out that you soaked in heated vinegar. Love that dull gray finish! The hair band idea is great. Thank you for another great video and the ideas!
This was probably the 4th or 5th video of yours that I watched (I could tell that I was onto something...) and I absolutely LOVED it!!!
As recently as 3 months ago, I had purchased my first Mora Companion knife (after hearing about them for years) from Academy for $20! As much as I liked the knife and the "Swedish Steel", I was hesitant add it to my BOB because it simply didn't do as much as my other knives.
After watching this video and learning how to do "more with less", I've got a feeling that this knife will be finding a new home in my BOB very soon.
WELL DONE!!!
Liked & SUBSCRIBED!
Keep up the good work & LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC!!!
Thanks for another great video. I do a similar thing but add a couple of #12 fish hooks under the electrical tape
Awesome videos! Been watching for a few years now. Formally from Florence, SC
Thanks for the video. Just finished wrapping my Mora Comapanion with approx. 30 feet of paracord with firestarter and a small sharpening stone.
Oh wow. I have the Companion. This will be a perfect little project. I like the completely dulled blade orange handled one. Good tips indeed. Subscribed
Just got my first Mora before Christmas. Looking forward to making some mods to mine. Thanks for sharing!
Sweet mods! Mora's are great! Thanks for the good tips!
I have had a Maura knife for over 10 years and I love it. I bought it when I was living overseas because it was touted as being one of the best outdoor light weight knives you could buy. If it was good enough for the Swedish military it was good enough for me. A lot of people don’t like the Cheese but I actually think they’re all right. Obviously a flat sheet would probably be better but they have their own way of doing things. I recently modified mine originally I did not have para cord wrapped around it I had done something different with it. I had heard about the trick of using a bicycle tube cut down and then wrapped around the sheets. I took it a step further and slipped it over the whole thing then split it at the end and taped it. Also to hold the fire steel in place or the feral rod which ever you want to call it, I used a small short section of rubber tubing that was left over from a windshield washer line repair that I had done on my truck. It worked great. Because it is rubber it is flexible and waterproof and of course it’s a little bit snug so it holds the feral rod in place really nicely. Everybody has their own way of doing it I mounted my feral rod on the outside of the sheets rather than the edge.
I also tied the feral rod to some elasticated shock cord and tucked in underneath some of the para cord so that I can remove it without fear of losing it especially if it’s dark outside. Even though the head of the feral rod is bright orange and used to go with my Gerber knife you can still usually lose them in the dark. I really enjoy your channel just recently moved to South Carolina myself God bless America.
Thank you for saying that you really like carbon steel! Too often I hear guys complain about the patina that naturally occurs with normal use. They seem to think that it's a cheap knife if that happens.
i really like theese costumizations ! keep up
I think it would be awesome if you did a best of blooper reel for a video one. the bloopers at the end of your vids always have me rolling👍👍👍
thanks for sharing with us great idea I'll keep this in mind wish you all the very best until next time my friend
I think you have the fire steel set in there backward. Keep the groove outward. You could also mod the plastic handle on the fire steel to make it fit better. Still, pretty good idea.
Excellent instruction! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I was transfixed by this one Sooch, I have just purchased a Morakniv blade in carbon steel, and was thinking how rough the top side of the knife was - now I know! I think I may even give this project a go myself!
Just get the stainless version of the knife and you won't have to do anything.
I heard another CZcamsr say his stainless steel Mora stayed sharper longer than his carbon one.
Some smart advice.
Awesome idea, thanks for sharing. Project time!
Trick of the trade for those who never done this, great review, Keep up the good work.
I like how you used the button nub on the pro c knife to hold that fire steel band. I like to put ranger band on the end so the paracord doesn't unravel, it likes to slide down towards the end of those skinny sheaths. Mora's are awesome fun knives and making them into a full rig is a cool low cost gift to give to family and friends.
Great video. I’m new to this stuff and I’m really enjoying your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I'm needed survival videos but years has some of the very best of seen and you're in the things you seem like you're Clairvoyant and if you know what I want to see. I passed your side on the all my friends and my brother-in-law who's into survival stuff really well thanks for all these tips keep them coming especially the other uses for household items.
Thank you👹👺💀👍
Thx sootch. The rubber band / hair tye retention is brilliant
I just left mine in the sheath for a couple months after using it. It's black now. The looped paracord knot I saw somewhere about 40 years ago. It was a knot used to hold fletchings on arrows. I use it all the time. I bought a damascus full tang blank off ebay and put all kinds of cool stuff under the para-cord handle. I'm waiting on some fire cord to come and will make another using that. I think I would glue the paracord on with rubber cement. Honestly I don't think it will stay on. Maybe for a easy hike but not for what I go through. Great video , lots of good ideas.
Good tips on patina. It took me 45 years of use to get my high carbon @Western blade to look like that. Could have saved myself a lot of time:)
Great video! Keep up the fantastic work Don!
I just purchased my first Morakniv and now I'm thinking I may have to go pick up a few more and see what other types of configurations I can come up with. Thanks you for the ideas Sootch. 👍👍
Be careful John! It's addictive : ) Thanks Brother
I'll try to show some self control lol. You are always welcome.
Sootch is right...one simple can not have just one Mora. The Mora is a pack animal. :D
Just done this with the fire steel and water tablets. Thank you so much 👍 looks great.
Sooch, I just simply stuck my Mora Knife into a large Lemon and left if for about 45 mins. Fantastic Patina and Dawn Dish soap and Water to clean before I inserted the knife into the lemon and after it came out. So far, this patina has lasted for 4 years, and no rust. It sits in my truck till I grab my bag and go to the woods on a whim. No problem. I also did the flat grind on the spine of the knife and sanded the burs before I did the patina process. I also did a large sail needle on the back side under duct tape. (didn't use electrical tape but might in the next re-do. Love the firesteel retention trick, I'm headed to the bag now to re-do my mods...LoL Thanks
I have my great-great grandfathers Puuko from Finland, it is engraved and awesome
Alright. Gonna go grab my Mora and 550 now... haha. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the tip about the Hairband. I need something like this to keep my Butcher Knife in my Ka-Bar Sheath. I can work with your idea.
Bought a Mora Craftline Hd last year. So inexpensive and what a wonderful knife.
Excellent Sootch! Love Mora. -Corey & Prepared 2 Thrive
Hello From France,
Thanks for this video!! I've just did it on my Mora Robust. The result is quite good :)!!
Maybe darker than I want but really good aspect! My Robust stay around 10 hours in a cloth soaked with apple cider vinegar after encourter French mustard around 1 hour (and wash before second treatment).
Same things for the knife case, really good result haha :)
Shame that I cannot post a pics on my youtube comment.
This method of patina is awesome, thanks for showing that, your videos are always cool!
Really great tip! Thanks for the video!
as always a cool video,thumbs up!
Awesome, Cool knife mod, I will add this to my gear.
I really enjoyed the video. A couple suggestions. Titan Paracord - USA Made, veteran owned - has Jute (tinder), fishing Line, and snare wire strands. Leukotape great for blisters and/or Duct tape great for repairs instead of the electrical tape.
Just found your channel. I've been a sootfh00 subscriber for years. Anyway, I'm gonna' have some fun modding and paracording my Morakiven. Sounds like a project I can do with the grandkids that they'll enjoy too. Thanks so much for the video!
Nice job. I really like the way the mustard patterned the knife. I will try that when I get another Mora. Thanks for the info.
Great mods! It gives me some ideas I want to try!
love the video! you did an awesome job, subscribed :)
I was fishing at one of my spots n my roommate found the knife like the one with the green holder n I have it with me every time I fish n now thanks to u I can customize it right
stAyd hookd
Awesome Videos. Ran across your channel a few weeks ago, and cannot stop watching! Awesome thought and great ideas. Thanks
thats a pretty cool project
exctly what i was looking for
More Mora mods! We love them, we need them!!!
I love my moras. Thanks for this great idea
This video is great.Helped me out a lot thanks.😊
Awesome kit, Sootch. Thx.
Nicely done!!!!
About a week ago, I did learn to dip my puukko knife into some vinegar to remove some rust an clean it as well a patina,it's 80crv2 carbon steel, so now is goid,turned out really well.
Really loved you video, very simple and easy to follow, thank you!
Beautiful mod. Thanks!
The Morakniv Bushcraft comes with and integrated striker and a sharpening stone plus it’s carbon steel and has a ground spine for striking. It’s like they watched your video and took all your modification ideas. I have it. It’s a great knife.
16:40 Thank you! I always wondered what that was for, now I feel like the dummy I am.
Great ideas. Simple clear instruction. Great video.
My Robust just came today. I’ll be doing this soon. Nice!
Love this got one coming thanks for the ideas
Always great vids!
THANKS FOR THE TIPS. I JUST WRAPPED ALL THE SHEATHS ON MY MORAS.ANOTHER THING I LIKE TO DO TO MY FIXED BLADE SHEATHS IS, I GET NYLON POCKET KNIFE POUCHES, BUTTON AND VELCRO STYLE, AND I ZIP TIE THEM TO THE FIXED BLADE SHEATHS. THEY MAKE GREAT UTILITY POUCHES FOR EXTRA SUPPLIES LIKE BAND AIDS, LIGHTERS, TWEEZERS, CHAP STICK. ANTI BIOTIC OINTMENT, BURN CREAM, NAIL CLIPPERS, SMALL BOX CUTTERS, EXTRA BLADES,JUST TO NAME A FEW THINGS IT SOUNDS LIKE ALOT BUT YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THESE THINGS IN SMALL SIZES TO FIT A FOLDING KNIFE POUCH JUST A LITTLE BIGGER THAN A CIGARETTE BOX.
Holy Crap CZcams unsubscribed me! Glad I found you again!
Brilliant video, for retention at the top of the sheath i use a small piece of bicycle inner tube that way i have a good retention and a impromtu waterproof fire starter, just a though. Many thanks - Jim
Awesome Video! I learned so much. Thank you
Really enjoy your videos! They are very helpful and you always show us some great ideas and mods. Suggestion
: At the 9:30 mark, instead of wrapping a paper card around the fire steel use plastic from an empty plastic coke bottle. One can even make the plastic large enough to wrap around the sheath for more support of fire starter and water tabs.
Have you reviewed the Hultafor, Extremus, and/or the Condor Terrasaur?
Used these for years in Africa on fishing trips, super sharp from factory
electrical tape = the stitches of the backwoods when the super glue runs out (atleast around here)
Carry a few sheets of Tegaderm!
2023. I have a Mora "Light My Fire" knife and a Companion "Spark" knife. Each has a 90 degree spine and comes with the ferro rod stored in the handle. Pretty cool.
Actually used the retention part. My sheath came with the steel holder. Thanks!
Cool ideas, I have the Mora heavy duty MG like that and did the hot vinegar patina like your last video. Have a brand new mora in my GHB and I think I'll try the mustard thing on it and the fire chord wrap.
Interesting stuff, Sootch!
You can also use a piece of drinking straw to hold the ferro rod. I attached it with ranger band (bike tire inner tube).
This was great! Thank you so much!
I carry a couple Mora Companion HDs in my hunting pack. Great knife to have in the back country of northern Ontario.
Man that was great info. Gives me a lot of ideas for my new victorinox venture
Nice and tight. Well done, thanks for sharing.
Done the same but with jute cord coated in beeswax for the whipping. Makes an excellent tinder as well. Apologies if anyone e has mentioned this before
Brilliant video.
Great video! I am going to to this with my Mora 511!
Nice job. Some of that firecord also has a fishing line in there, too. I lucked out with mine by accident.
LOVE THAT IDEA!!!!! ❤️😍❤️😵❤️
Cool.video! I have a mora bushcraft black and always wanted the sheath with the fire steel right on it but I didn't want to spend the extra money for something I knew I could do myself, and plus the sharpener on it is something I know I won't need since I sharpen it myself with waterstones. But great idea with the paracord. I just bought 100' of fire cord for 10$ on amazon. Definetly going to do this! Thanks. I never knew how I would keep it on but your little loop trick is exactly what I was missing ! I
17:17 I've replaced the lanyard on mine with 4' of paracord in a snake knot instead of wrapping around the sheath
If you want to get a nice end for your paracord, that will stop knots very well, press it against the mental part of your lighter after you blow it out, that will give you a nice flat end that is larger than the paracord itself! hope you read this, greetings from germany!
My lighter does not have a mental part. It's really stupid!!! Greetings from Scotland.
Madcat100 just use the bottom of lighter and squish it