Amora knife (Swedish:Morakniv) is a smallsheath knife. It is a fixed blade knife, with or without a finger guard. The term originates from knives manufactured by the cutleries inMora,Dalarna, Sweden.[1] In Sweden and Finland, Mora knives are extensively used in construction and in industry as general-purpose tools. Mora knives are also used by all Scandinavian armies as an everyday knife.[2]
Mora knives were mostly produced by the KJ Eriksson andFrosts Knivfabrik (Frost's Knife Factory) companies; they merged their brands under Mora of Sweden, later renamedMorakniv, but a number of other knife-makers also make mora-style knives. The Morakniv company uses blades of12C27 stainless steel, UHB-20Ccarbon steel,Triflex steel, or very hard (HRC 61) carbon steel laminated between softer alloyed steel.[3]
Other manufacturers of mora-type knives are Cocraft a house brand ofClas Ohlson,[4] Best Tools and Hultafors.[5]