Morakniv Garberg Full Tang Fixed Blade Knife with Carbon Steel Blade

If you love to be in the wilderness but are on a budget, this is the knife for you. If you aren’t on a budget, this is still the knife for you. I’m not on a tight budget but I didn’t want to spend 200 bucks or more on a “bushcrafting” knife. Be careful, this knife comes shaving sharp, sharp as a razor blade straight out of the box. This knife comes with all the “must-have” features you need on a bush knife. The scandi grind is great, easy to keep sharp in the field with a strop, and combined with hard steel it keeps its sharpness for a long time before it needs to be stropped. The blade being made from carbon steel allows you to use it in the bush to start fires with a piece of flint rock. The spine is ground to a 90 degree angle so you can get a great stroke on a ferrocerium rod which will produce sparks that are second to none. The full tang allows you to baton the knife without any issues. The tang also sticks out of the back of the knife giving you a great pommel, but also a second option for use on a ferrocerium rod. This is an excellent knife for the price. The sheath on the other hand is not that great. It’s made well, but there are a few features it’s missing. For one, I wish the knife would “click” into the sheath so it had a good hold on the knife. Right now, if I put the knife in the sheath and turned it upside down and shook it, the knife will fall out. If you try this, make sure your feet and legs are not within the drop radius, the knife barely missed my foot when I tested the sheath like this. If you get the leather sheath or the MOLLE sheath then this is not an issue as they both include the option for a strap that goes over the handle and snaps into place. If you get the plastic sheath by itself it only includes the belt loop. They really should include both options, belt loop and over the handle strap, with the plastic sheath and not just the MOLLE sheath. If mine was supposed to include the over the handle strap then it was missing from the box. That being said, when do you really turn the sheath upside down with the knife in it and shake it? Probably not often. I didn’t like the design of the leather sheath so I got the plastic sheath and will use it as a base to design my own leather sheath that I will wet form to the knife. I can make my own sheath that will hold the knife in place and keep it from falling out, and will look beautiful as well. So I think the company is able to save a bit of money by including a cheaper sheath and they seem to be passing on the savings to us, the customer. I am perfectly fine with that. I absolutely love this knife.Pros: Nice sharp blade straight out of the box, perfect scandi grind, super hard carbon steel, perfect 90 degree spine, full tang, great knife for camping, hiking, bushcrafting, etc.Cons: All sheath options are lacking in one way or the other. The leather sheath looks like it would perform perfectly, but also looks bulky and ugly, doesn’t seem to be designed very well. The MOLLE sheath is really more than I need but I’ve seen many reviews on it and the belt loop and the over the handle strap both won’t work on the sheath at the same time without using superglue or something. The plastic sheath, the one I purchased, is missing the over the handle strap, it only includes the belt loop, and the knife doesn’t hold snug inside the sheath and is prone to fall out if turned upside down and shaken, not shaken hard but lightly shaken. Again, this is not a huge deal for me as I will be making my own wet formed leather sheath and this was my plan before I ever received the knife.

Long review. If you’re pressed for time (or have the patience or reading skills of a second grader, skip to the end).I have a few Garbergs and lots of Moras (I give them away all the time). The Garberg is a great knife, well finished and sturdy. All mine (stainless and carbon) have come with sharp edges and even grinds. Functionally, I have no complaints with this knife.At first I questioned why others think it’s overpriced. Sure, you can get their other models for under $50, most under $20, some under $10. I used to agree with others, “Hey, it’s better steel, thicker, more sturdy, and you can even get more sheath options!”Well…Yes, it’s thicker steel, but the increase in material doesn’t really justify such an increase in price.Yes, it’s full tang. See above. Same for it being longer. (Most of the cost is in manufacturing work, company income, marketing and logistics of distribution plus retail.)Yes, you finally have a leather sheath option. Bu

I started my Mora journey being completely flabbergasted by the Robust. I saw Dutch Bushcraft Knives try to destroy it, then I watched many other destruction attempts, and that thing just kept coming back for more. Then I learned the price of the Robust and it made zero sense, so I bought three of them. Then I got a Companion, then a Basic 546, and a Comfort Fish Scaler, then a Bushcraft Black, then another Companion, and finally, I had to get my hands on the big daddy of them all: the Garberg. I haven’t been disappointed by any Mora. I learned all I could about the company and its unique history, and how it got itself into a position to produce premium knives at dirt cheap prices, and I absolutely had to respect them. When the Robust unexpectedly became a hit among the bushcraft community, Mora responded by branching out and making a knife just for them. Actually several, because there’s also the Pathfinder, which I want. The fact that Mora then went back and d

First impressions, opened the package a few hours ago and haven’t cut any trees down yet. This knife feels very solid, the full tang is exposed with a 90 degree edge, just like the spine, to spark those ferro rods . The plastic handle fits my hand well, very solid but wish it was a bit more grippy like the Mora Companion. Out of the box the blade edge was not sharp, but after awhile with the wet stone it now slices paper like a razor. I’m a newbie with the Scandi edge but am liking it, after a few yooootooob videos on how to sharpen the Scandinavian edge it is easy to get very sharp.The knife snaps securely into the plastic survival sheath, no way it will fall out by accident. The belt loop looks like fake leather but feels okay. The ferro rod snaps in very securely, it won’t fall out, I have to rotate it and pull to get it out, it makes sparks. The diamond sharpener is built into the sheath, haven’t used it.Overall an absolutely excellent knife, well worth the

There our several YouTube videos about this knife. After watching Dave Canterbury say if he could only one knife this would be it. I’ve use this to shave fat wood with the spine and tang worked great! Put the fine shavings in pile and it lit quickly with the Ferro rod!

I have been using fixed blade knives since I was a teenager to process farm and game animals to provide meat for our table. Then the path I choose in life made knives even more valuable for survival. This knife is very sturdy, it is razor sharp, it is ergonomic (for me). Is the blade shorter than most “survival knives”? Yes it is by about an inch or a little more. That being said if one has the proper skill set a slightly shorter blade length does not matter. Actually having a somewhat shorter blade is better when processing game. A shorter blade makes the task easier. However, yes, I would like it to be a couple inches longer if it came down to fighting off a bear or mountain lion. But most people are not going to have to rely on a knife to save them in that circumstance. Where we live we do have bear come down in the yard and one has come right up on our front porch. I do not want that battle either. But if you want a beast of a blade that is sharp as a razor that can get’ur done this is that blade. After decades I have literally given up my K-Bar’s. From now on this is the only fixed blade knife I will carry whenever I go into the field… or yard for that matter.

I was so excited to get this knife & it far exceeded my expectations. Very durable & heavy duty. Will get much use out of this knife.

I haven’t gotten a chance to use it, but it seems to be very good quality for the price. Also, all of the good reviews helped me with my decision to purchase it.

Just a well rounded knife. Forced a Patina on there due to past rust issues in the past. Full tang and can take a beating. A solid choice for a bushcraft knife. Only bripe I really have about it is the sheeth. It doesn’t really lock into place and while you’re “roughing it” it can have the tendency to come out of the sheeth if you finde yourself in some pretty thick thickets. Other than that, good knife.

I’ve carried a Kansbol on my hip for a while and was always tempted to try the Garberg. Glad I did. Like all the Moras I’ve owned it just feels good in the hand and dependably does what it should. It’s certainly thicker than the Kansbol, heavier (which is noticeable when I carry it), and I love the tang-through design. I do find it’s better suited for my heavy duty tasks. I’ll keep the Kansbol in my pack, but the Garberg is now on my hip.