When I was in the US Army SF, before going to VN, I made a sheath combat knife to take with me. I did not use a file for the blade, but went to a machine shop supply house and bought a piece of 1% carbon tool steel and shaped it, including hollow grinding the cutting edges... I also used stacked leather for the handle, but used brass for the guard and the hilt. Worked great and I carried it daily for my 16-1/2 month tour over there. I need to do a little restoration of the leather as it has shrunk a bit. I still have it, but keep it in my safe. I will pass it down to my heirs eventually.

Just a beautiful piece! Artful synergy between form and function. A+!

Hello my Friend, very well done 😊 the Morakniv Factory should see this Impressing Video ...all the best greetings from Germany ,stay Calm . Klaus

Very beatiful knife, thanks for the watch. Also love the Altai music.

Kazakhstan music ,throat singing ,cool .Nice knife bro

Fun video and of course we want to watch the sheath under construction. Did the same thing about 14 years ago but after a one summer I redid it got rid of the aluminum, replaced it with some stainless scrap from the shop. Just got tired of having gray hands and fingers. and gray all over everything including gloves .

The knife and the handle are fantastic. I really enjoyed the throat music in the background.😊👍👍🇬🇧

Insanely beautiful

My thought for finishing the leather handle would be, instead of wax, use thin CA glue, let it soak into the leather to properly protect it from the elements and then fine sand it to a nice finish. But, regardless of that, this was an awesome build!

It turned out Beautiful !

This is a work of art. Thanks for the inspiration. Diving into one of these soon. Great music!

Nice project and the knife turned out great. Thanks for sharing.

Your throat singing voice is amazing wow!

That's a beautiful result. It's amazing how much the style of knife can change just by making a different handle. I also got myself that model of blade. But used a nicely seasoned piece of cherry wood. And made the handle more nordic. No metal, so it's not unpleasant to hold in the winter. It's fascinating to see how yours looks more like a hunting knife with that short handle.

Beautiful job. I've always been partial to stacked leather handles. Well done, cowboy.

Good job on the knife. And the music was cool too

Great job. Very impressive.

Well done. Beautiful knife and great video.

Great modification! I´d love to have my tools to mod some of my Moras... Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for watching! See the description for links to knife blanks and materials

Thanks for doing this! I'd assume a traditional Mora would have a stacked birch handle, but stacked leather has been my favorite since I was a kid many many years ago. GOOD JOB!!

Very nice, well done!!! This inspired me to redo the handle on my Mora.

I like it and im just going to have to have a go at one myself.

I like the Clipper/Companion handle shape you chose.

Beautiful job

Digging the music, awesome mora.!

man, that's a gorgeous hundle!

I'm going to give it a go my self, I have made a few knifes in the past but lost the passion for it but after seeing this you have inspired me to give it a go. Cheers n thanks good job btw looks great

Such talent and skill 😃😃

Have you done this many times before? Beautiful job my friend you make it look too easy❤

👍 Nice Mod on a classic Mora knife.

nice idea and beautiful work 👍

*I will make it for my workshop* 👍👌

A stacked leather washer handle is so classic cool. Has eye appeal whether it's on a knife or hatchet. It one of those things that just seems good and proper.

Nice modification of the Mora, I really like the stacked leather look. I bought an inexpensive old WW II era PAL knife on EBay with rotted leather. Took it with me to a knife grind in and restaked the leather, sanded and polished the blade. Came out better than I could have imagined. I’m going to another grind in this coming June and want to do something similar except that I’m going to grind down the stacked leather about a 1/16” below the guard and the pommel edges and then do an 8 strand braid with brown and brandy toned leather strips. Enjoying your videos. Donald.

Cool looking knife

Outstanding

I am also partial to stacked leather (and birch bark) handles.

Good job!♡

Nicely done! I like the way you shaped the handle. Not big on the background noise/music!😂

Top job.

Well done ! 👌🏻👍🏻

really nice! think i should also start this project

nice job!!!

They deserve the handles they come with.

Nice Work

FYI, you can use carbide tipped wood tools/blades/cutters on aluminum.

Your leather soaked up the aluminum dust That’s why you got the gray color you got Took me a lot of stacked leather handles to get the hang of it But, I enjoyed the video and a you did a great job! Two Thumbs up!

Very nice. In restoration of vintage Estwing tools, I've always wanted to do a stacked leather gripped knife. Maybe ill come across an old one that needs TLC .

That was fun. Wish I could buy one that way since I lack all of the tools to do it myself.

The made that look easy

Great!!

Stacked birch bark is cool too.

BEAUTIFUL JOB, but I would have for sure set the blade deeper into the guard to give the Tang more strength

Tuva throat singer 👍

That is just beautiful craftsmanship! 😊

Nice!

send this to Mora so they make the same one for the masses

A ta mezera mezi čepelí a záštitou je opravdu ošklivá. Jinak pěkná práce.

Next time you do a stacked leather handle, cut your pieces, punch the holes and then soak them in water. Then get a long 1/4-20 carriage bolt with some large fender washers. Put a washer on the bolt then place all the pieces on the bolt. Then place the second washer and nut on the bolt and tighten as hard as you can (water will start to seep out). Sit the stack somewhere warm and dry for a few days. Youll need to keep tightening the bolt periodically. Then use as normal. By wetting, compressing and drying you lessen the chance the leather washers will shrink and seperate down the road

Wait, that sounded a great deal like throat singing in the intro.

Wow very nice

It's a very nice-looking handle, but the blade/ricasso to guard fit up could have been a whole lot better. A bit of extra filing could have seated it a bit better.

Great job! It looks great and has inspired me to make one myself. One question, when stacking the leather pieces, did you keep the smooth side facing in the same direction for each one or did you alternate their orientation 1,3,5....2,4,6...?

I like the overall idea. This is my first time seeing this configuration on a Mora & it does not disappoint. It appears to be s tad blocky from what I can see.

idk if you akready done this but u should try lauri metal and helle blanks

👏👏👏👏👏

Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed the video once I turned off the most annoying music I've ever heard. The sheath looks awesome as well.

Песня про вольный ветер, про коней. Я понимаю её, знаю Казахский

Next you should make a gun sling.

gap before the bolster is unfortunate.....

That turned out great! It is a lovely feeling handle. I actually just made the same kind of handle for another type of knife. Very satisfiying. I liked the music at the end, was that an actual language?

Стою ты больстер не подогнал , чтобы клинок чуть в него входил? Это же явное ослабление конструкции ножа , при нагрузке лезвие сломается в месте перехода его в концевик. Жаль будет потерять такой красивый нож из за такой мелочи.

While the stacked leather is nice...a Scandinavian versions are made using stacked birch bark. But you probably knew this. This is a nice video. Keep on keeping on.

That was fun! But, how did you get the epoxy off your hands?😉

That would be awesome for a machete

Would look much better with brass .

Tuvok throat singing and Mora ?

What was the tool you used at 6:30 ? Brand or link would be appreciated! I have my Dad's stacked leather knife from way back. He was in the military in the 50's.

love the music please name him I want to drive my graandkids nuta

10:00 is that music turkic?

Can't beat stacked leather? 🤔 Stacked birch bark will give you a run for your money, though. Also, its easier to collect, because birch doesn't run!

Love drilling and aiming for the hand holding the tiny aluminum part with ruff cornes. What could possibly go wrong? Almost thumbs down 👎 But nice handle building Thanks

what is the music?

Don't like the gap between the lade and the guard.

How did you find and convince Popeye to sing in your introduction song?

Great job,but that only improves the looks. Moras already come with the best handles I had on any knife! They are super gripy suler comfortable and their ergos work better for bushcraft tasks,compared to any knife Ive tried!. I prefer the handles if my Bushcraft Black or Robust,to any 400,500$ knife I own.They just work better.

*For this thin and weak blade, the handle is a bit too massive.*

Would you seel that knife ?

Knives and sharpening is kind of like politics and religion, but for those who know, a wise man from mississippi once said " the best way to do things, is the way you like to do it" stick with what works Dave

Sore throat???

Terrible music 😊 but awesome handle ….

Шляпа полная, плечики не посажены, зазоры, останется ручка и лезвие в двух руках

You need better music to listen to 😢😢

you do great work brother. just found your channel a week or so ago. I am really enjoying your content.

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leather is not very suitable. it was possible to use all kinds of colored plastic, as on Russian knives "made_in_a correctional_camp"

Gran trabajo con el cuchillo. La música espantosa.

Чудесная посадка гарды на хвостовик. Сказачные зазоры.