Mora Bushcraft Black vs Mora Companion Heavy Duty • Bushcraft Knives

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Krik of Black Owl Outdoors compares and contrasts the Mora Bushcraft Black with the Mora Companion Heavy Duty. While both knives are exception purchases for their price, they offer slightly different feels and nuances from one another. The Mora Bushcraft Black has a "street price" of around $40, while the Mora Companion Heavy Duty can be found just about anywhere for "$20".

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hey wassup Turtles its Creek here with black outdoors today I'm going to be doing a comparison video on two knives more bushcraft black in here and the more heavy duty companion mg in my left hand right here and what's sort of what's prompting me to do this video is I've had a few comments a few people asked me you know what in my opinion what's a better knife to get and I just want to sort of do a comparison video I'm going to run down the specs I got a piece of paper I'm going to set them side-by-side talk about them give my impressions what's better for what and all that stuff and I just want to take a quick moment to say all the gear reviews Tony and I have done so far it's been everything we've owned or purchased and it's gear that we've liked we've used we know that's quality with the exception of I think there was to that our mutual friend uncle Chubby's has given us to use some of his self but no manufacturer is giving us anything we're not putting these up to sort of help sell knives or gear for any company we're independent and if you do have questions with any videos any gear we have please ask me leave a comment leave a comment like I said we're not trying to sell these for any companies this is just gear we like and we're trying to pass on the knowledge of what's good and what's not so leave comment if you have questions I know I'm going to forget things and videos I've already forgotten things if you've any questions please leave a comment ask me if you want to purchase something and you have any questions that I may miss there maybe not touched on it in depth if you know in depth so I'm just going to get these down into a side-by-side they're both morris you know more knives up sweden bushcraft black here

heavy duty companion here so to start off $20 for this $40.00 so the main kind of argument or focus of this is going to be is this bushcraft black worth twice as much as the heavy duty companion you know make that adjustment for yourself and I'll give you my my impressions as well starting with the sheath same and you know injection injected molded plastic sheath one here we have the clip here and this is the belt swivel and in my personal preference for these I like the clip I like the belt clip easy to put it on your pocket on the side of a bag all that stuff this is restricted to obviously threading something through it but there also is this clip available you can buy to attach to that so you know and honestly I'd rather have this sort of setup on here where you can switch that and just as you can see side-by-side how much of the handle is actually sort of more encompassed with the bushcraft black sheath so for sheath purposes I'm going to give it to the bushcraft black for sure it covers that more it keeps me protected as a better chance of keeping it's friction you know in the sheath long-term this heavy-duty companion it still snaps in but it's really loose and totally takes any pressure now to pull this out I don't know if I haven't seen too many you know other people complain about the sheets doing this I don't know if is it you know isolated incident or whatnot but for the shoes I really like the bushcraft black moving on next to a the overall length these are dang near the same I'll get them up side-by-side in a second hmm I think this is right around 9 inches the bushcraft black and this is just a little bit under under that so overall length pretty much the same you know it's kind of a wash you you know for the sake of length you're really not going to be doing too much you know you're not gonna be able to perform you know so much more tasks with the black because it's a little bit longer as opposed to the heavy duty so you know the length is pretty comparable pretty much a wash wash with that you get all grounds get self comfortable blade length for the bushcraft black 4.3 inches as opposed to the things is 4.1 for the heavy duty companion so again the blade length pretty comparable it's not like you can be able to put on through a little such larger pieces of wood as you can see though the width of the blades are what's different this is definitely the heavy duty companion under here looks more like that you know the sort of the more knives we're used to in the states of seeing the blade design really nice for carving just a little bit thicker here of the black a little heavy heavy duty ER you know for the blade blade length again not too much difference but there are a few differences in the and the blade that I'll talk to in a second that you know that I'll give one or the other a better sort of better score let's just start they're both carbon steel blades they're both carbon and like I said mention about but this being wider both have the Scandi grind and actually I think there is a small stir as a small secondary bevel on this I don't know if it's intentional now I'm manufacturing but I don't know if the camera will be able to pick it up probably not it's very small maybe in at most a width of a millimeter but coming down from the very primary bevel the scandi there's a small one that looks I can see a small on fire the black has it the heavy duty companion doesn't this where the black has this dlc coating the diamond like diamond light coating this is redundant to say dlc coating but as this diamond light coating on it which is to help you know against abrasion help protect the blade longer and all that good stuff so as this black tint looks cooler and also with the blades and someone that these this can throw sparks the black can throw sparks the heavy duty companion cannot just the show real quick you know as a survival knife it's really nice to have that ability on the spawning your knife instead of carrying i mean obviously i have this attached dinner bell i have this attached but if you didn't you lost it you're still able to throw sparks with the bushcraft black you can't do it with this so honestly in blades i'm going to give it to the black don't think you can really you know do less carving with this less small you know would work because there's a water blade as opposed to this I think you know pretty much I'm going to I'm going to give it to the black for that moving ones will they get black blade thickness they're both the same that's sort of why people have been asking me which one I prefer because as more as go the 3.2 millimeter blade thickness is the widest we're going to get and that's why people really like that's why I'm doing this and people will sort of compare these knives to each other just because of the thickness three point two millimeters so again the same that's pretty much why I'm doing the video the blade thickness people really interested in the thicker blades for the Moors and the handle was rubber

they're both rubberized handle and that's this going to come down to preference I'll just do the small cuts until I give you my quick impression if you know if one feels more you're comfortable for me I just love cutting me standing grinds I love cutting with these standing grinds as opposed to a full flat grind just not as fun that cut would you know and honestly as I'm just doing this right now thinking off the top of my head this this um the bushcraft black handle will probably be nicer if you have larger hands I don't think this can heavy duty companions too small if you have larger hands but I can this is just it's a bigger handle and it feels just a little bit thicker in my hands let's say about medium sized hands which I've always said in videos that's can come down to a personal preference I like this one just a little bit more of this belly swoop to it on the companion the heavy duty companion feels a little bit nicer but you can see the different design that's kind of preference you can't go wrong with either one in my opinion with the handles let me see what else I got on the list to go down real quick

we five-point-seven for the heavy or for the bushcraft black 5.7 ounces and it's nearly - excuse me nearly 2 ounces lighter for the heavy-duty companion as opposed to the black horse crap black so weight you know like I said you're really not gonna be doing too much too many different tasks using all of these you know but for this world of weight you can feel this is a much heavier knife feels heavier and it feels just imbalanced more with the handle and the bigger blade it feels like the weight is distributed as a more like you expect from a bigger fixed blade the weight distribution as opposed to just most Moore's we're used to see in the states and people talk about a lot do videos on these smaller you know quote cheaper and cheaper Morris you know just have a little bit of a lighter feel you know more for fine woodworking you don't really need a lot of weight if you're carving which so a lot of these knives are meant for all the mores 3/4 tank both of them 3/4 tang I've already talked about how the black can throw sparks and the heavy duty companion cannot so something else to think about that's pretty much the ins and outs that's pretty much the ins and outs of the knives so you know do I think the black is $20 or you know $20 you know worth it more twice as you know good as the heavy duty companion no way not twice as good there are different knives you know if you want as quote survival knife if you're in this whole survival game that's where you're really interested in you don't care much about woodworking as much you want a survival knife obviously you want to get a full tang

that's probably gonna have a full flat grind or a modified scandi you know these knives aren't to quote survival knives this bushcraft black yeah you can have in the bush with you you can do a lot with it you know you can put on some wood you can throw sparks with it it's got a really sharp edge it's comfortable you can use it for extended periods of time with private out getting hot spots all that good stuff but these really aren't survival knives and you know it sort of surprises me how much that people will knock on a knife for its quote you know it's not survivability or whatever you want to say these knives are not intended to you know to try to go the 12 inch diameter tree and hit it with a hit with a baton for hours you know what you can do with certain fixed blades with high quality alloy these are meant for that they're meant for wood carving they're meant for you know doing small tasks and whittling and all that good stuff good stuff that I really like to do and enjoy in the woods and since I'm on the topic about survival survival isn't fun survive surviving isn't fun being out in the bush with a knife and trying to last a week you're not going to have fun you know so I don't try to focus so much on on survival as opposed to I just enjoy connecting with my past doing woodworking getting out doing experiment archaeology with different tools all that good stuff that I like to do and I enjoy passing my time you know to me sitting out in the woods for a week with a knife yeah be fun you it would it would test yourself you learn a lot but for coming out for the day you know like good stuff I'd much rather have a cool you know Scandi grind if I'm going to play around maybe carve a bowl or Bush pipe and all that good stuff a flat grind on a survival knife is not going to be fun to do that with as opposed to these smaller blades really sharp Scandi grind something to keep in mind the purpose you want to use the tool for specifically your purpose not what anyone else says is good for it all that good stuff specifically what you want to do with it so please if you have any questions that I didn't ask you know I didn't maybe cover something as in-depth as you'd like to see you know ask again but they're both going to be good knives they're both going to be good knives if you just want you know a little bit of a thicker search quote carving knife for 20 bucks this is going to be a sweet knife you're not going to be disappointed for spending 20 bucks if you're on a really tight budget and you want something a little bit you know beefier to play with little well-balanced knife you know 40 bucks for this is still a not a bad deal it's still a good bond you're gonna get a quality knife you can do a lot with it but again it's they're not fixed please I just want to reiterate that they're not primarily you know I mean they're fixed blades not full tangs excuse me they are fixed blades but they're not full tangs so the strength of them you know it's going to be different as it you know 3/4 tang as opposed to a full tank I hope this video hope helped I hope I answered some of your questions if I didn't or you still want to know more about my impressions or some specs on the knives you know leave comments asked I know there's a lot of people were watching the channel I have a lot of knowledge too that can chime in on these debates or you know preference sort of battles whatnot this is correct signing out with blackout doors later Turtles