The origin of laminated steel concept of the Morakniv

In the 1945 FMM catalog, there is a paragraph mentioned the initial moment when the idea of the laminated Mora knife has born. Although the name of the craftsmen is never mentioned I suppose they are referring to  Sol-Nils Olsson or maybe Finn-Anders Andersson

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The manufacture of Mora knives has a long history. The handy and well-known Mora men for their mechanical aptitudes originally produced this article for household needs and as handicrafts. From an early age, some handicraftsmen realized that the knife blade gained greater durability and sharpness if the knife wall itself was made with a thin steel blade inserted in between and joined with softer iron.

It's told. that the circumstance which gave a craftsman the idea of ​​making knife blades with inlaid steel was as follows. One of his neighbors had bought a paring knife made in another factory with the method of manufacture at the time, but accidentally dropped the knife on the floor and the knife blade broke off. The knowledgeable Item craftsman began to make knives (a fine steel blade inserted between a softer, tough material, and thereby gained the advantages of making the knife more durable and also the knife as an edge tool received a superior sharpness. This handicraftsman, who made his first knife at the age of 20 in 1868, later engaged in this manufacture as a craft, and was thus a forerunner of the current knife manufacturer

When production and sales increased, the immediate progress was to get the material for the knife's most important part - the knife blade - produced at steel mills of inlaid special steel with suitable properties. Since it has been possible to obtain a good and for the blade suitable, inlaid special steel, the development of the production has continued rapidly.

The prominent features that characterize a Mora knife from F. M. Mattsson are mainly:

I. Toughness and strength of the knife blade. both against raises and blows as well as against the materials that are generally machined with a knife:

2. The knife blade, through its peculiar, expedient composition of the material and its design, makes e.g. wood-bone pickling easier and more • willing 'than with knives made in other ways:

3. The good nature of the knife-edge, due to the best and most appropriate material in conjunction with a good and appropriate response to the material:

4. The practical and tasteful design of the entire knife. Because it constantly hardened and tarnished. finely ground the blade is riveted to the handle reinforced with closed metal tubes, each knife becomes one of a kind fully cast. solid standard works;

5. Knives from F. M. Mattsson, Mora, are made of the best custom-made quality steel with a hardened edge core and a softer outer layer on the blade, which testifies to the greatest possible sharpness and durability. Curing and tempering take place with an electric hardening bath under pyrometer control, whereby it for hardening the edge. The degree of heat determined is always obtained.

Knives made by F. M Mattsson, Mora, Sunden, and provided with the forthcoming brand are unsurpassed in quality.