Morakniv Companion Stainless Steel Fixed-Blade Knife with Sheath, 4.1 Inch,Black

This is such an incredible value that you should push "buy it now", and only then finish reading this review. When I wrote this, Amazon had black for $13 and change, and it arrived in two days via Prime.This is the knife you should take camping and hiking. It will slice food, shave tinder for a fire, cut the wood for your emergency shelter and cut a lethal spear for hunting quite quickly, or a bow and arrow or fire drill with more work; hunt, slaughter humanely (with a cut that complies with Kosher or Halal), defend yourself with lethal force. It will hold an edge and you can sharpen it - although that won't be necessary very often. You won't have to oil it after every use like the carbon steel version, and you won't pull it out for your next trip only to find that it's rusted.This is 100% quality and value, and 0% presumption: Made in Sweden out of excellent stainless steel by an old company that's preserved its principles and defined this style of knife. It doesn't come with a fancy brand name and the designer's name at the start of the product name, like so many "designer" knives today. It's just a Mora-style knife made by Mora of Sweden, from Sandvik of Sweden's most well-rounded knife steel. It's made with modern manufacturing processes, isn't handmade and doesn't have the metalsmith's initials struck into it.So, are you willing to carry a second, heavy knife to pair with this one for batoning, prying apart a deer's hip joint, and breaking and entering if that's what it takes to survive? Lots of people pair the Mora with the Ka-Bar BK2, which is more expensive but still a bargain. But if you want to continue the theme of 100% quality and 0% presumption, consider the Sheffield of England-made Footprint Tools Hacking Knife. It's a 1/4 inch thick hunk of carbon steel with a wicked sharp edge, and the back of the blade deliberately left un-hardened and finished rough because it's meant to be struck with a hammer! Ugly as sin, astonishingly cheap with the leather sheath at $27 and change here on Amazon, and able to cut mild steel and lesser metals, brick, wood, PVC pipe, you name it.Want a third cutting instrument? The Laplander saw. Same principles and value, and will educate you about what you've been missing with lesser saws.

I was going for the Garberg, but I decided to check this one out first.Fair quality blade, grip, and sheath for the price.The stainless steel looks clean and the edge is sharp.I'd say it's a good beginner bushcraft knife to try out first.

Really impressed with how sharp and durable this knife is right out of the box. It’s great for camping and basic outdoor tasks, super easy to handle. The grip feels sturdy even when wet. For the price, it's honestly hard to beat.

These knives are so inexpensive yet good quality. This knife came super sharp out of the packing, so sharp my son literally gives it a thumbs up, he cleanly sliced off a chunk of his thumb. Found the perfectly round sliver of his thumb on the blade when we got back from urgent care, so I yeah this is a sharp blade. Needless to say this knife is on my belt not his!

The Mora Companion has been around FOREVER, so I don’t know there is much I can say about it that hasn’t already been said. It’s inexpensive, it can take a beating and just asks for more, the Scandinavian grind makes it perfect for wood work, and it’s thin blade also makes it quite adept at slicing and dressing out small to large game. It doesn’t slice as well as a thin, full flat grind, but it comes close enough to not disappoint.Although I would have preferred the carbon steel — and would recommend that version to anyone in a dry climate — I live in an area where humidity is an issue, so I opted for the stainless steel model. I use both carbon and stainless knives, and, honestly, other than being slightly easier to sharpen and a bit less likely to snap under stress, modern stainless steel is just as good.My only constructive criticism is the sheath: the blade snaps in and hold securely, but after some use, it will fall right out unless you keep the sheath/blade perfectly upright. But this IS NOT a mark against the blade. You can buy Kydex and other aftermarket sheaths online, but they are about 2 to 3 times the cost of the knife — around $25 to $50 as of writing this post. Worth it to me, but most people probably wouldn’t be cool with a sheath costing more than the knife. The sheath it comes with will function just fine. But be careful not to lean to far forward while carrying it, or the knife will slide out.The knife fits my hand very well, great ergonomics, and I have large hands. But even smaller hands will find the handle very comfortable, and it will not move around in your hand while using it. So far, the handle has ZERO hot spots. All-in-all, I DEFINITELY recommend this knife, or any knife by Mora. For the price, durability, and an awesome warranty, you just can’t go wrong.

Good size and shape. Snaps securely into hard sheath. Holds an edge nicely. Not hard to sharpen. Great for camping, keeping in your vehicle. Seems like it would make a good hunting knife, if the sheath suits you for that purpose.

I got this for bushcrafting and so far im beyond impressed with how comfortable and sharp it is. Easily the sharpest knife I’ve ever had straight out the box. Shave your face sharp. The sheath hold very well with a very grabby clip. The only reason for holding the last star is the spine is a 90 but polished so im not sure its a sharp 90. But but but i think I will change that because they crushed every other box. Feels like im holding a high end knife and in my eyes it is but for the price im only looking at morakniv for my future purchases. The sheath with the steel would have been nice but once again I would not expect it at the price point. Great craftsmanship Morakniv!!!! Update. The heel of the blade chipped a little and I have on fiddled with cutting a chopstick. So for whatever that’s worth, there you have it