THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT DAMASCUS STEEL

[CharlesHarris]

A $20 Mora or Boker is the full equal, if anything superior to, the knives carried by explorers, mountain men and soldiers who conquered North America in the 18th and 19th Century.

People confuse knives as semi-jewelry items rather than as sturdy, but expendable tools.

I once had a custom Loveless chute knife, which was a costly absurdity, which was used an an expedient piton to hoist a stokes litter up a cliff to evac my wounded buddy, who lived.

Telling the story to our parachute rigger, he had be sign a receipt for a carton of ten Ontario aircrew survival knives and said, "quit whining", next time you won't take a custom blade on a mission.