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Mora 163 Double-Edged Hook Knife

The Mora 163 Hook Knife is made from a 2 mm recycled Swedish stainless steel blade. It has a wide, shallow 25 mm internal radius and is sharpened on both edges, allowing it to be used with both push and pull cuts.

The more open curve makes it particularly well suited to carving larger spoon bowls, bowls, cups and other hollow forms where a broad, smooth curve is required. Being double-edged, the same knife can be used by both right and left-handed carvers.

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: 74 mm
Internal Radius: 25 mm
Total Length: 183 mm
Net Weight: 70 gm
Steel Type: Recycled Swedish Stainless Steel
Blade Shape: Wide, Shallow Curve
Edge: Double-Edged
Flex Grade: Stiff
Handle Material: Linseed-Oiled Birch
Sheath Material: Vegetable-Tanned Leather

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.