The standard, red handled Mora's are an engineer's worse nightmare. The differential tempered rattailed tang goes into a wooden handle with a securing roller pin hammered into the butt. Cut one apart and theres all kinds of empty space inside. But then Mors Kochanski had this decidely canadian field test of stabbing a tree and then standing on the handle as a test. Mr Kochanski used Moras. The slightly up scale versions with plain wooden handles and guards are a little better, but the sheaths lose the traditional deep security. The Moras with plastic handles are perhpas the best. The Mora 2000 is their idea of a survival knife. It has a larger blade with an interesting double thickness, very 'grippy' handle and good sheath. It is a bit pricey vs the competition, though EBAY sometimes has good deals. Frosts are excellent knives. Basically they offer the laminated blades some people prefer. But stainless, high carbon or laminated they all cut, are cheap, sharpen easy, are distributed in america by a great guy ( Ragnar) and teach the owner knifemanship while saving for something 'better.'