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Fallkniven F1Z Survival Knife VG-10 w/ Zytel Sheath

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Fallkniven F1Z Survival Knife VG-10 w/ Zytel Sheath

TheDuckHunter

Apr 4, 2016

Steel does not compare. Not only are Fallkniven built more robust but they're made of better, more expensive steel that's harder to work, hence requires more ecpensive tools and more time, plus, the blade is laminated. As I said, not in the same class. I'm not saying you need a Fallknieven. In vertain situations Mora can be preferable (i.e. much easier to sharpen in the field... On the othet hand, Fallkniven will take a lot of use and abuse before it needs to be sharpened...)

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infosecgurus

Apr 4, 2016

TheDuckHunterThanks for expanding! I am looking to invest in the right tools and am willing to pay for quality, especially when looking at a survival kit. People often have a tendancy to say something is "just the best", come to find out it generally has nothing to do with actual comparisons and more to do with justifying their own purchases.

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Clorox

Apr 5, 2016

infosecgurusOops, this message was supposed to be a reply to you:
Long story short, if you are looking at purchasing this as your go-to survival knife, I'd go with the Mora instead and spend the money you save on a blade with a little more length. (and a high-quality heat treat for cross-batoning, and a good drop point for drilling, and a lanyard for chopping, and... well... you get the drift) For my reasoning as to why, please keep on reading.
Personally, I use a Mora on my backpacking trips and I love it. I've had it for years and the only issue I've had with it is that the plastic sheath it came with has worn down a bit and doesn't secure the knife as well as it used to. I do believe the Fallkniven is a better knife, but for survival, it still wouldn't be my go-to necessarily.
See, for my usage, I've found that the blades on both this knife and the Mora just aren't quite long enough to meet all my bushcraft needs. I prefer something in the 5"-6" range for any chopping and batoning that I need to do (the extra blade weight helps a lot with chopping, and the extra length makes it much easier to connect with on larger-diameter pieces of wood while batoning).
For that purpose, I personally chose to go with the ESEE Laser Strike. (fantastic knife due to their heat treat; I put a convex grind on it so it would be easier to strop in the field and, after spending a half-hour chopping and batoning all the wood we needed for our fire, I was still able to pop hairs even before stropping it!) At the same time, the blade on the ESEE is just a little too thick for making nice feather sticks or doing any really fine work.
So, I carry both the Mora and the ESEE when I go backpacking. It's nice to have a backup, and the Mora weighs next to nothing anyway.
Whatever you decide to do, I wish you luck!