Review of the Mora Bushcraft Black

Description from the manufacturer

The Mora Bushcraft Survival Knife is an indispensable tool for a variety of outdoor, hunting, emergency or tactical applications. At the core is a Bushcraft Black Carbon Knife with a razor-sharp, burly 1/8-inch thick carbon steel blade treated with a tungsten DLC anti-corrosive black coating. The Mora Bushcraft Carbon Black will be one of the strongest and most dependable knives you will own. Keep in mind though that carbon steel needs to be maintained, so make it a habit to wipe your knife and oil the blade after using it. The spine of the blade has been ground so that you can use it together with a fire starter – which means critical fire is never far away. The knife sheath contains a belt loop and clip so your knife is always close at hand.

Features

Blade Length: 4.3 in.
Overall Length: 9.1 in.
Blade Material: Carbon Steel
Handle Material: Rubber Handle
Includes:Black Plastic Sheath and Fire Starter

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My interest in the Mora Bushcraft Black started with me searching for a good all around quality knife to add to my BOB. It had to be light enough to not add a lot of weight, strong enough to handle batoning while out in the woods trying to start a fire as well as sharp enough to process game. I especially liked the fact that it came with a sharpener attached to the sheath and a good quality magnesium rod good for several thousand strikes. After watching the video below produced by Morakniv about the Bushcraft Survival knife I eagerly decided to purchase one to try out.

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When I received the Bushcraft Black, I couldn't wait til the weekend when I would have some time to try it out. Saturday came and I asked the kids if they wanted to start a fire that evening and cook some hotdogs and make some hot chocolate. I think they were almost as excited as I was. They helped me gather some tinder and a few split pieces of wood from our wood pile to get the fire going.

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Here goes the first test, batoning the knife to split down the wood into smaller pieces. It took the beating like a champ, no problems. The sharp edge sliced through the wood like a hot knife through butter and felt really sturdy as the Bushcraft Black has a full tang which goes through the handle, made to take the beating. We did this several times to get a few small pieces for adding to the fire once it got going really good.

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Next came lighting the fire. I scraped a little of the magnesium from the rod into a small pile on the tinder. We used mixture of dry grass and pine needles along with adding a few dry leaves.

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Once the magnesium was scraped into a small pile, I took a few strikes at the rod with the back of the knife. The spine of the Bushcraft Black is specially made to use as a striker for the rod and it through a massive amount of sparks onto the dry tinder.

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Just after a few strokes the tinder was lit and we had flame. We added some twigs and a few pieces of bark to the flame, being careful not to smother it out.

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Next we added our wood pieces that we had split earlier by batoning the knife and the rest is history. We got out the hotdogs and had a good evening hanging out around the campfire as a family.

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Since the campfire in the pictures above, I have used the knife to process a deer as well as a few of our chickens without any problems. The Bushcraft Black cut through the meat like it was a fillet knife. I sharpened and oiled the blade after I was finished like the instructions for care of your knife recommends and put it back in its sheath. Over all I can say that I am very happy with my purchase of the Mora Bushcraft Black and look forward to using it to start our campfires the next time we go camping.