i now have two hds best little knife i ever owned . cheap enough not to worry about using alot and using hard . but holds a great edge and never lets me down . i use to think moras were cheap and no good cause how they looked . i was very wrong there great knives and i recommend them for anyone who needs a great knife . god bless brother

I really liked the explanation about the stainless and/or the carbon steel, it depends of what you need to do. It was an objective and useful review about 2 fantastic knives. Thanks 👍🤗

10:55. Companion Heavy Duty is available in stainless now. I have one.

I appreciate the calm presentation style.

Great review! the sheath issue is easily fixed with a dangler. I made my dangler out of webbing and a d type ring I bought at a craft store . I really enjoy Mora knives.

Good review mate. Good info and very well presented

Love pink knives. They are easy to find when dropped and nobody will steal them. Pink even beats orange when it comes to visibility because pink is not a natural color where orange is.

When camping, I wear my mora in my front right pocket. It clips into the watch pocket nicely, and it moves with my leg. Plus, it doesn't stick out as much when I sit down while canoeing like it would on my belt.

Well spoken and great delivery! Clear and to the point without a lot of unnecessary chatter. You have a new subscriber. I also bought a regular Companion based off your comparison. Great work!

Watching the video again as I want to pick up one of these guys for my trip next weekend. Thank you again for the video HEO.

Very decent comparison!Now I see a little bit clearer. Thank You!

Great topic of discussion. This is something that I have always wondered about, what is the difference between the the two knives (besides the obvious in blade thickness and price)? Like you said, for the price I bought both... So far, I been finding your videos interesting and worth the time to stop and watch. Thanks!

The pink one is mine the green one will be my wife's.

This video helped me, thanks. SS Mora for me, I fish salt water all the time.

Thanks for the comparison! Great video.

Years ago I bought a couple of Mora classic knives with wooden handles and carbon steel blades . My favorite uncle traded me out of them . I recently bought a Mora Companion HD . I've owned a 511 for three years or so . About a year and a half ago I bought a Mora HQ Robust . All have carbon steel blades . I'm looking to buy a Companion in stainless steel and buy a couple of Classics to replace the knives my uncle got from me . Moras are addictive . You can't go wrong with any of them . For 12 to 20 dollars you can get a good knife that will perform similar or better than knives that cost much more . If you have a thicker wallet you can buy a Garberg or Kansbol , but I have no experience with those models . I love the full tang construction they feature , but I obtained some full tang knives before Mora offered theirs . The Light My Fire model looks interesting , but paying twice the price of a Companion for an integral ferrocerium rod doesn't make much sense to me . I'll pass on those for now . I have an Exotac Mini on my EDC keychain and have incorporated several ferrorods into my kits . In my opinion , a knife like like a Mora should only be used as a cutting tool . They can be pressed into service for batonning and splitting and hold up in those tasks but that's not their ideal uses . Using the honed edge or your knife in such a manner will dull it quickly . Better to use a hatchet or tomahawk for such tasks . A saw outperforms an axe in crosscutting wood and bone , takes less effort and makes cleaner cuts . My pocket EDC is a Mora Companion HD , a Swiss Army knife with saw , a short (6 inch) nail puller/ pry bar , a mini ferrorod , several feet of paracord , and a pocket sized diamond sharpener . In a couple of minutes I can get to my Estwing hatchet and my 10 inch folding Corona saw stashed beneath my car seat .

Great vid bro thank you. Im thinking of getting one for fishing. Stainless S it is

I have the HD Companion and the Robust in my Bushcraft pack. I also have the regular companion and 511 in my kitchen. All are excellent!!!

Stainless steel will still throw sparks with a fero rod, but not so much with flint. I filed the back side of the blade and it throws sparks quite well.

I love mora, great trustworthy tools. I’ve used my HD for battoning a lot and it’s been fine, these are meant to be used hard. I sharpened the bottom inch of the spine to a 90 degree for striking a fire steel. Can’t beat the value with these knives.

I can not find a pink mora companion on amazon but I can buy a magenta one would that be the same color knife as in this video?

Mora knives are excellent. Morakniv pride themselves on providing the absolute best amount of knife and quality steel, for your money. Their entire production process is geared up for it. I would also note that this is why their "premium" or "non-standard" knives are a bit underwhelming. (shorter production runs, ergo less value for money) So they cost disproportionately more for the added value. All this said, any standard Mora knife is going to be the most quality assured, value for money knife you will probably ever buy. And any Mora is going to be quality. I hear about people buying OKC knives and them shattering, because the blades were subcontracted to China. With Mora, its science. Its decent steel, they use science, they control it all, and I would trust one with my life. (yes, I would trust a shitty weird looking plastic handled, non-full tang knife with my life. Because its Mora, and I aint going to baton with it because Im not retarded.)

You did not mention a major point!!!!! The grind angles are different The HD had a more obtuse blunter grind so it has a stronger edge The regular knife is much more acute angle therefore much more slicy They cut very differently

They are good "beater" knives, I've owned both. My Fiance has the same pink one (it matches her favorite day pack). I'm not a huge fan of the sheath on them, they aren't bad. Though I will say, I've gotten more fond of stainless over High carbon. While high carbon has it's perks. Unless your constantly outside and maintaining it. They are just a pain to deal with. So I've been switching back to stainless.

I just wasn't sure about Morakniv. I'm a traditionalist, carbon steel, wood, or leather handle kinda guy. A plastic handle,hmmm. I watched hours of reviews from You tubers I respected, all said excellent things about the Moraknivs. Then I got to hold one at Cabelas. It was a Carbon steel, Companion HD. I loved the way it fit my hand. It did not feel cheap like I thought it would. I bought it for $20.00 ! I have since been carrying this knife EDC for the last 3 weeks. The more I use it, the longer I own it, the more I love it. This knife would be a great knife at $30.00. Moraknivs definitely gives you more quality for your dollar. This will not be the last Morakniv I will be buying! I chose the bright orange colour. There is a You tuber thattook a sawsall to a Morakniv companion HD removing the handle to expose the tang. The tang is much more than a "rat tail" tang, and it extends all the way until an inch from the pommel. So this is a knife that is built like a tank. I was homeless for 4 months after a house fire where I lost almost everything a while ago. I wish I had this knife back then. I can tell you from personal experience, under field conditions, a stainless steel knife is a pig to sharpen under field conditions.

are they full tang?

Just ordered the original and to be honest when it breaks I’m probably going to get a bushlore or cavelore so it’s just going to be my starter knife

Mora just make great knives and for 90% of people camping/hiking etc this is all you need. if you are looking for a foldable then the opinel number 8 is the way to go.both classics and their longevity speaks volumes.

I live in a humid country so the stainless steel is the only sensible choice for me although I like the thickness and robustness of HD.

What pants are those ?

I'm curious. You riding the wringer, cold, or withdrawing? Love the video, but man, I hate those shakes too. 02:58. Honestly, Yep. Heavy Companion, I tried my best to get the handle to break off the half tang or maybe its a 3/4 tang, batoning? ahah. It can't be done. Use it, Abuse it. Thats the Mora I know, I have some I'm not sure how old they are wood is rotted. I have a few don't touch, my other Mora's gimme some work they say.

Nice

Loving mora kansbul and gaggle of companion carbon and stainless knives. Back yard farmy stuff! Car, pickup buggout bags, etc.!

The HD comes in Stainless now.

Please demonstrate how you wrap that cord around the sheath.

Nice comparaison, thanks !

Great review mucka 👍

Hello I am in the Marines and am deploying soon and want a beater fixed blade. I honestly would rather have the carbon model but know for my environment the stainless version would be better because of humdity, being on ship near salt water and while in the field not being able to consistently maintain it properly. I see now Mora has a stainless steel version of the HD, I was wondering if it is worth the extra $10 compared to the standard companion in stainless steel. Thank you!

What ever happened to Will? Anyone know? I know he and his family were packing up and moving. But they seem to be the last of his vids

Worth getting both companion and companion hd ?

i bought the companion hd and it came not capable of cutting paper or shaving hair. is it normal? i got a refund from the dealer.. and now i don't know if maybe it was normal and if i should get a normal companion or a new HD..

what's the point?

They are both super great knives. However, my preference is their tinier sibling, Mora Clipper. And I literally can’t even sleep without her at my disposal 🔪

Why where you carving with a knife you aren’t reviewing?

I don't know why but my hd look thinner than in the video

4:06 gave me the heeby geebies when you set the side of your finger on the blade and moved It. I expected some red stuff

the carbon steel companion is only 2mm thick

Carbon steel vs. stainless for striking sparks from a ferro rod is a non issue. There's a lot of faulty information circulated by "experts" that don't understand the difference between a ferro rod and flint and steel. You can strike perfectly good sparks from a ferro rod with a piece of broken glass. The ferro rod (ferrocerium being the correct full name) does all the work. In the case if flint and steel, the flint is actually striking the sparks off of the steel, which is why only carbon steel works with flint. Use with a ferrocerium rod should NEVER be a deciding factor when selecting knife steel. (If you need to be able to use BOTH ferrocerium and flint, then carbon steel is the best choice. But the Companion should not be a first choice for a survival knife...)

Man I couldn’t wrap my head around why people like these knives so much. I think they’re ugly and cheesy looking. My flavor of knives are knives like the BK7 and cold steel SRK. But I got one finally and man I love it. It is fuggin nice. Feels great is much sturdier than I thought I highly highly recommend. I got the regular companion stainless.

I don't camp. I use knife to cut food and self defense. Regular companion is better for both, because it's thinner and has a lesser degree of angle on the bevel. Much less force is needed for slicing and thrusting. This thinness makes it weaker...but it still won't break on food or when employed against the human body in a fight. Japanese and Chinese chefs knives as well as dedicated fighting daggers both have thin steel and acute angle bevels. That's why I know my choice is right. It's what you use it for that counts. Also, the regular is lighter, and at 8in. in the sheath is easy and comfy to carry everywhere, sitting or standing. The knife is no value if packed away in your backpack or in your glove box. Small and light... always on my belt= ready to deploy. Don't get caught slipping. 4 inches is perfect for slicing fruit or cutting a sandwich. And it's enough to stab an attacker to convince them to stop...but not likely to kill them and send me to prison for 40 years. A lethal stab wound needs to be usually 7 inches deep.

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Lol you know it’s easy to create a 90 degrees spine on both carbon and stainless, so it works like a champ with ferro rod.

5:42 your using a clipper

Sweden is well known for 2 things , women and steel :D For companion SS version is better .

9:22 Sexist! Oh the man starts the fire and the woman makes the food huh? Lmao Jk😂😂

Great video from a loyal subscriber. We love Mora Companions here here where I live. Visit us and see our video entitled: "Mora Companion has a new companion." I think you'll like it.LJ Vietnam Veteran, USMC

You CAN"T get the Companion HD in stainless steel? What are you talking about? I am holding a Companion HD stainless steel in my hands RIGHT NOW!!!

What ever happened to Will? Anyone know? I know he and his family were packing up and moving. But they seem to be the last of his vids.