Mora Knife Legacy

IN MEMORY OF Mors Kochanski (1940-2019) The legendary Mors Kochanski is considered by many to be the father of modern “bushcraft”. He has devoted his entire life to studying and teaching bushcraft and survival skills.  Mors is also an acclaimed author with many books published, among them the Northern Bushcraft (1988- ISBN 1-871890-30-6) the bible for those who study and practice these skills. He's saying “the more you know, the less you carry” has become a motto for the bushcraft community, and his knife preferences are an example of this.   To know more about his life visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mors_Kochanski or even better, listen to Paul Kirtley's podcast episode, where he interviews Mors https://paulkirtley.co.uk/2019/mors-kochanski-paul-kirtley-podcast/. Early in his career as a survival teacher, he and Tom Roycraft (probably late 1960s) put together the requirements of a basic yet practical knife for his students to use: blade around 4 fingers long, with a...

  In 1976,  KJ Erikssons Knivfabrik  introduced model 510 as the reinvention/evolution of the traditional Mora knife, with a plastic handle, which was an instant success. Bo Eriksson, CEO of KJ Erikssons at the time, led the development of the new model and built a new cheaper alternative to the Classic line.  Olle Anders Nordlund was already known to Bo Eriksson when he invited him to design the brand-new model. Olle Anders Nordlund was born in Bäckland, Högsjö on 25th July 1919. He was a Swedish sculptor and craft teacher. Nordlund was the son of two schoolteachers, Gustav Nordlund and Matilda Wedin. He married Ruth Eriksson in 1948. Norlund is best known for his small, abstract works in oak, walnut, ebony, and rosewood. He exhibited at 'Crafts of Today (Konsthantverk av I dag) in Linköping (1953 and 1955), 'Nine Östergötland artists' (Nio östgötakonstnärer) in Skänninge (1955), at the Swedish Public Art Association Spring Salon Liljevalchs konsthall (an art galler...