Product details

Mora 162 Double-Edged Hook Knife

The Mora 162 Hook Knife is made with a 2 mm thick, 55 mm long blade of recycled Swedish 12C27 stainless steel. Its tight curve is designed for carving scoops, spoon bowls and other deeper hollow forms.

The blade is sharpened on both edges, allowing it to be used for both push and pull cuts. Being double-edged, the same knife can be used by both right and left-handed carvers.

The blade has been designed to run smoothly over the inside of a spoon or bowl without digging in or catching. Its tighter curve makes the 162 particularly useful when you need to carve more deeply than you can with the wider, shallower Mora 163.

The handle is made from linseed-oiled Scandinavian birch and has Mora’s signature barrel shape. It can also be easily reshaped to better suit your hand.

The knife’s full rat-tail tang runs throughout the handle, providing strength and stability in every cut.

Sheath: Optional Swedish vegetable-tanned leather
Choose the knife on its own or with a Swedish vegetable-tanned leather sheath. The sheath protects the knife’s sharp double edges and your hands when the knife is stored or transported.

Blade Thickness: 2 mm
Blade Length: 55 mm
Knife Length: 164 mm
Total Length: 170 mm
Rounding Diameter: 26 mm
Net Weight: 62 gm
Steel Type: Swedish 12C27 Stainless Steel
Hardness: 56.5 HRC
Blade Shape: Tight Curve
Edge: Double-Edged
Blunt Tip: Yes
Flex Grade: Stiff
Handle Material: Linseed-Oiled Birch
Sheath: Optional Swedish Vegetable-Tanned Leather
Country of Origin: Sweden

We recommend only sharpening hook knives on the inside edge as you have a flat registration point to work with.  The outside of the blade has a convex surface from the tip to heel as well as from the edge to the spine which means that there is a complexity to could lead to headaches if you get it wrong. 

Regular stropping however on the inside edge using a dowel with stropping compound and a stropping paddle for the outside edge is a great way to maintain a keen edge for  longer before you will even need to think about resharpening your hook knives.