Mora makes Birch handles from the factory some clear some red !

You should make a leather sheath for it now to go with the wood, great video👍

Thanks buddy for the great video 👍👍

Beautiful piece, nice work, thank you for sharing.

That was excellent! Thanks for sharing it!!

That Walnut loved the touch of that 0000! Sweet piece of work! That is very nice! Thanks for this video.😎

One of the best easy to follow videos! Thank you, ik wil give it a try myself.

Looks awesome. Great job! 👍

Beautiful job!

Ray, you always have all the cool tools. Good video

Awesome video

Wow very beautiful good job !

That came out great!

Pretty cool idea Ray. It turned out really nice.

Right on Ray!

Riverbend Ray! Making it happen 👍 beautiful job 🗡

Awesome brother!!

Really enjoyed this one. May have to do it to mine! Nicely done.

Gonna have to try this! Longbow getting bought a Mora though haha

Awesome job on the knife handle.

Nice winter project Ray. It came out fancy.

Great video. I learned a lot about knives in this. Crow✌️

nicely done my friend,i like the look of it

This is excellent! I have been thinking about doing this for awhile and certainly had been curious about the best way to remove the stock handle. Nicely done.

Nice job dude. Been thinking about making knives myself, but I’m planning on buying some Damascus blanks off Amazon and using them to create my own blades. I don’t have a forge or anvil or I’d try making my own blanks as well. Gotta do what you can to get started.

Excellent video. I've been thinking about buying some blades from Ragweed Forge and doing something like this. You did indeed make it look easy but if I make any mistakes that just makes the knife even more uniquely my own. Thanks for the tutorial.

Nicely done. That makes me want to try it. I think I might start with a blade blank so I don't have to cut the old handle off.

Nice craftsmanship.

Looking sweet my man!, happy holidays to you and the fam🤘🏻

......Really nice custom Mora job. Mora is one of my favorite knives. Very nice handy-work. Hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas.....

Great video! Way to mix up subject matter and nothing beats a how to video. Kind of funny I have a Mora that was damaged my son accidently when it fell in fire and handle got damaged. Merry Christmas to you and family.

Nice mod. Saw you have a vise like mine. I have a hardcase to keep it in i prize it so much.zyliss profi-king plus. Great equipment deserves a looksee most folks have never seen them. Regards tom

Awesome handcrafted... Good job sir... Great sharing... Congrats from Malaysia...

Well you won't see me trying this at home. lol. Good disclaimer thhere Ray. I would not know where to start. Did watch it all the way though. Nice work. Fascinating process too man. Enjoyed watching this. 👊👍

That's pretty cool. I think the handle is a little small for my hand but I have a few old knives that I'm gonna try this on one. Good tutorial.

great look on the mora , i like it brother . billy joe

awesome handle

That's a really pretty handle you put on that mora. Interesting to see what type of tang those moras have. 👍❤

thank you for sharing your video, I really like your handle shape. I had a question do you think it is worth the trouble of not having the 'stick tang' bearing on that weak spot where your two "scales" meet and instead, setting the blade in a solid block of walnut? Using a drill press to make a pilot hole in the center of the block, running lengthwise down the block of wood. Then using small files to remove enough wood to fix the blade into the block of walnut with epoxy. Yes, more labor intensive, but would the handle be stronger? Or is the epoxy in the method you use here to mate the two separate just as strong.

Yeah! Freaking Awesome 👌👏👏👏 I did some handles for Mora blanks because I am too lazy to take off those original ones😉 I think having a Mora with a wooden handle is much better. Your is reallly nice And the shape is fantastic. Happy fire it up Friday 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I found that more room For glue is necessary. Lol

Cool knife mod. Nice neck sheath too. You should have told about that.

Really the only thing wrong with a mora is how it looks, that's a beautiful piece now. Good work.

Good, accessible tutorial. If you abrade the tang and the inside surface of your scales with 80 grit sandpaper, then clean with acetone b/f glue-up you will achieve a better bond. Just a small tip from a knife maker. It turned out great man! Nicely done, and an improvement over the factory handle.

Never been a fan a Mora knives. I have zero interest in plastic handle knives. I came to watch simply just to support. With that said, I was surprise this was SUPER cool & entertaining. The process was interesting. You rock'd it and final outcome was a success. Well done.

You almost made the classic mora. Just need the barrel shape and the red tint 😂

Might do something similar with an older style Mora Classic No#2. Like the blade, dislike the painted slippery handle and sheath. Fine for around a workshop, not so good in the outdoors. I'm starting on a Helle Viking blade blank so might as well get the stuff needed for the Classic at the same time. I enjoyed that you did your handle exactly the way you wanted it and not necessarily to a traditional design or style.

The definition of a hunter and woodsmans knife is not bushcraft. Nice job on the handle.

I waited three days to see how you got that plastic handle off.... I think you edited out a lot of cutting and hammering and cussing! Ha Ha Ha!!!!! I have one I half way got the handle off.... Man, they’re on there pretty good! Your custom Mora turned out great!!!! 👍🏻

Exelend Work! But now you have a Mora Classic No. 2

Beautiful,great work, but I fear the super glue handle joint will fail with any hard use ( I'm often wrong).

turned a plane 15 dollar mora into a 150 dollar gem well done ray

nice leather knife sheath

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How do you define what is "proper" bushcraft knife consists of? It can be many things to different people. For instance the Nepaleze use the kukri as their ideal bushcraft knife. In the U.S. for almost 200 years the Bowie knife in it's various forms has been the bushcraft knife of choice. In many places it's the Bolo in different forms that is their bushcraft knife of choice. So I think a "proper" one depends on where you are and the surrounding conditions.

Just curious as to why you didnt just put epoxy on both inside handles an the recess for tang while they were apart.

Oh how I miss my zyliss vice lol. How long have you had it .had mine in the 80s

uh, a lot of work to remove the handle. I used my Fiskars x 5 for that :), i had an orange Mora Companion Heavy duty and that orange really enoying me...

I enjoyed your Video! I've never used a Morakniv....It won't set me back far at all so I Guess I should see what the fuss is all about....I am happily married to my American full tang drop point...She's Beautiful, strong and has NEVER(and will never) failed me....But there's no harm in mixing it up around the house....right?😉LoL!

You may not know this but Morakniv sells blades without handles, I have a bunch. I've been serious about owning one of your works of art for years now LOL

Mora actually sells just the blades on their website if you wanted to to this but don't want to go through the hassle of cutting the OEM handle off

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Just curious, why didn't you use the epoxy glue instead of the super glue? It would be a lot easier to apply epoxy , set the knife, and add the second part of the handle.

Obviously, you did a fine job. However, it would've been easier to cut a thin liner layer for the tang, instead of trying to match cutouts on both scales. I'd love to try it for one of my Moras, but I don't have a belt/disk sander, or anything to flatten scales.

A classic wood handle mora is about 20 bucks BUT the walnut is very nice.

does this void the warranty?

I'm interested in buying one of those custom mora knife and sheath,how much?

Nice job but it's a LOT easier if you finish the front of the handle before gluing in the blade.

Suggestion: Next time epoxy the tang and the two sides all at once it would be easier!

Aguanta mejor el agua y la humedad el mango de plástico,para darle batalla estaba mejor antes,para cuidarle más está mejor ahora

Bought before a Mora I meant

Hope you have enough wood for a fat handle! Lol

Pretty cool, but why not just buy a blank instead of destroying a perfectly good knife?