Mora Garberg Fixed Blade 18

Beautiful, absolute perfection. 14C28N is perfect for task. See Larrin Thomas at 'Knife Steel Nerds' for full gen on this steel - see 'Nitrogen knife steels' and 'best budget knife steel'. Hate the word budget in this context !. Look at the proliferation of 14C28N, lovely stuff. It's toughness ensures the good health of our vulnerable edge as it bravely progresses through the cut medium, easily shrugging off those nasty lateral loads as it encounters different densities. An important thing is that it's an Alleima (Sandvik) steel, always a very fine grain structure - toughness. HRC is 58. Mora state they use a Cryo treatment on this knife. The HRC of 58 indicates they're following Alleima's -20° Cryo treatment (their other is -70° which results in 59 HRC). That's at 225° temper (off the top of my head). What all this means is you end up with a blade with an optimal heat treat, of course done on Mora's own premises, thus they have absolute control over it. Handle, they say it's indestructible, I believe it. Mora have a long and proud history, I would absolutely recommend this knife. AL.

Fast delivery and good service from HH as usual. Not a beautiful knife by any means but is very sharp and appears tough. It should cover most jobs except for the intricate or slicing veg neatly. I find it comfortable to hold . Nice full tang with protrusion at the end which could prove useful. Back of blade is not rounded so should strike a fire steel well. Sheath is leather, secure and appears tough but having to repeatedly open and shut it could get annoying.. Generally pleased with this. knife and feel confident that it will not let me down!

If you are a 'knife person', you likely appreciate quality. This knife delivers. The blade looks a little longer in the images here and perhaps, therefore, seems a little longer than it is.However, it is perfectly formed, the balance and weight prove positive in the hand and the whole knife would appear to inspire a lifetime of devoted service. The leather sheath is a cracking piece of kit. I am so glad I went for that option. I am reliability informed that the leather is, or is similar to that, used in saddles - that I can easily believe. This rounds off the Mora collection for me with a resounding 'wow' (well, until the next one:-)) HH again deliver overseas the following morning.

I have used the knife on 3 trips away so far and it has been flawless in every way. This knife is quickly becoming my utility knife as it stays sharp cuts anything and is a single strike ferro rod fire starter. The knife can be used to split wood but it seems a bit pointless when I have an axe to do this. However, making fine batons is a breeze. The sheath also performs well and holds the knife in place. Perfect blade of which I would highly recommend. Shaun

I bought this knife at a Heinnies reduced price and I'm glad I did, I don't think I'd have paid the full price and after holding it in hand and trying a few tasks I'm glad I didn't. Don't get me wrong, its a nice knife, feels good in the hand and is reasonably well finished but when you see the quality of other knives available for the same price you soon see it's not all it's cracked up to be. Buy it for half price, avoid it for full price. Heinnies delivery and service is as always impeccable..24 hrs from order to delivery.

I have to disagree with the earlier negative review. The Garberg is a high quality full tang knife in a great sheath. It's considerably cheaper than my Fallkniven F1 and S2 and, for me, as good if not better to use (love that handle ). It is in a different ballpark to the budget Mora's, and much more expensive for reason of materials and manufacturing process. Compared to similar specified knives from other manufacturers I would not call it over priced. As you can tell I love mine :)

I have bought many knives from Heinnie and own a wealth of full tang blades, including Enzo, Fallkneiven F1, lion Steel, Condor etc and after the rave reviews for this knife I would have to say I am disappointed. Firstly the grind isn't scandi, it has a little bevel which makes it completely pointless to have scandi and secondly the finish of the blade and handle are really not great. The blade spine is rough and catches where it's not been squared and the grind is toothy and ugly. I paid half price for this knife and even then part of me is thinking £50 is too much. £100 + is just plain madness. Get yourself an Enzo trapper 95 or a fallkneiven F1 for that price. I dare say this is a tough blade, but honestly the amount of work that will need to go into finishing it and getting rid of that ridiculous bevel edge on the scandi grind is scandalous. Steer well clear unless you can pick one up half price.

Very good knife indeed...

Been looking for a new working blade for a while but couldn't make my mind up. I dropped into the unit today and wasn't disappointed with the advice or customer service. Nothing was to much trouble thanks guys. Great knife does what it says on the tin.