Hultafors 380060 RFR Craftsman's Knife

Built like a tank, Great knife for any outdoor task. Swedish/Finnish made.

I can't believe this quality knife is this inexpensive.

What more can be said about the beauty and value of anything from Morakniv? This Hultafors model is no exception...a real value!

Like the knife, handle is larger than the Mora 511 basic and the knife blade is thicker. Did not want a polished blade like the Mora had either. I thought the sheath on the Mora 711 was bad but i think this one is worse. Retention on the 711 is much better the the Hultafors and unless you cut the bump out from the inside back of the sheath you have to push the two small tabs in to open it to remove your knife dangler or put it it on your belt. Your belt can not be thick or it will not snap closed. The Hultafors OK4 comes with a textile belt loop similar to the Mora Kansbol. To bad you can not purchase that separately from Hultafors

A great multi purpose utility knife. It has a strong thick stainless steel blade. Easy to grip handle and with a sturdy sheath

This knife comes RAZOR sharp with a spotless blade. i can cut through a piece of wood that is 5 in thck in like 45 seconds.

Very disappointed in hultafors maybe they’re made in China now ,compared to basic mora this knife is inferior ,uneven grind , unfinished spline no way to spark a ferro rod . You can buy this pos spend hours fixing it or buy a mora

Mora and Hultafors don’t have direct equivalents in their lineups. If I had to generalize, I’d say Hultafors is a tool company so their main goal is cheap ruggedness and workplace safety. Keeping the finger off the blade at the workplace is more important that being able to choke up on the blade for greater precision (wood carving or making game traps with small diameter limbs of wood).Likewise, Hultafors handles are expected to be more durable while Mora aims for more comfort. Except for the budget “Basic” 511 and 546 models, Mora handles usually have a soft rubber skin for comfort, or panels, over a hard plastic handle. Hultafors handles I have encountered are all hard plastic and theoretically more resistant to scuffs, cuts, and chemical damage at the expense of some grip and comfort..Finally, entry level Mora knives come with thinner 2.0 mm blades in the camping/picnic/light utility lines, bump up to 2.5mm in the next notch up, and to 3.2mm in their heavy duty and robust offerings. The 2.0mm, in carbon or stainless steel, make excellent paring knives (you can get 2.0mm carbon in the Companion upgrade, but have to stick with the Basic 546 for 2.0mm stainless - outside of the 546, the upgraded Moras in stainless all jump up to 2.5mm minimum).It’s easy to find Moras in different handle colors and even sheath colors. Not as many choices with Hultafors.I’d grade Hultafors as workplace ready in their craft line, and bush craft ready with the GK heavy duty model.In making your choice, I recommend paying attention to three areas:1. Blade length, which fluctuates between 3.6” and 4.1”, with some minor outliers on both the short and longer lengths 3.5”/4.3” (setting aside the extremely short Mora Eldris).2. Blade thickness. I wouldn’t expect much batoning to split firewood with any of the 2.0mm Moras. All Hultafors will baton consistently with non hardwoods if you baton wood thin enough to allow you to spread the baton force over at least 1” of blade tip; the GK Hultafors can handle harder wood, as can the 3.2mm Moras, generally branded as “Heavy Duty” or “Robust” variants. .3. Finger guard. If you carve wood you should use specific knives. Hence I much prefer finger guards for all craft, camping,, and bushcraft using the Hultafors and Moras. The advantages of choking up aren’t worth the risk of a cut to me.4. Stainless is better if you know how to resharpen with a simple touch up stone. Carbon requires oiling and dulls quicker, but can be resharpemd in some smooth rocks in a pinch. Carbon is significantly cheaper. The carbon vs stainless edge holding argument was won with better stainless formulas and heat treatment processes. In terms of worldwide affordability, carbon is king in third world countries and for first world bushcrafting; even here, Esee would take a big jump in price as an American made knife if stainless heat treat cycles were required vs the simpler high carbon cycle.Mora aka Morakniv is a wonderland of choices and options. Hultafors is a sturdy friend, a little primitive, but won’t let you down. A tool.Mora uses Swedish Uddelholm UHB-20C high carbon steel or Sandvik 12C27 trademarked stainless. Couple of laminated and Sandvik 14C28 versions; 14C28 is Sandvik’s well regarded modern upgrade to their well proven 12C27. Hultafors reportedly uses SK5 high carbon a Japanese trademark brand reportedly based on the classic 1095 high carbon formula, but possibly with some chromium and vanadium added for a slight improvement in edge retention due to the additional carbides they might add (with an eye on the trade offs in potential brittleness and more difficult sharpening). Overall, SK5 is highly regarded but that is probably more due to being a branded steel (as are Sandvik and Uddelholm at Mora) and possibly more consistency in quality. Hultafors origin country is a mystery since the blades aren’t stamped with origin country, leading some to claim they are really made in Taiwan or China, but it’s more likely they aren’t origin stamped because they were not intended to be sold outside Sweden, Hultafors being a much smaller operation than Morakniv. It’s quite possible our Hultafors are grey market, and not official imports. The use of SK. Steel is likely due to Sandvik being joined at the hip with Mora for so many years and unavailable to Hultafors in smaller quantities.What most Scandinavia style knife fans agree on, is the hilariously good values that these non-pretentious cheapie knives provide. I’ve been salting away the cheap Basic 546’s - no rust fears - with Hultafors GK’s in BOBs as an “axe” substitute (batoning to split kindling). You don’t really need a Busse, Esee, or Becker.