Gave my $9 Mora Clipper a little TLC today.

[Guest Xring04]

After using and abusing my Mora clipper for a couple of months, it was looking a bit rough.

Since this is the carbon steel version, it was super easy to put a nice protective patina on.

A little hot vinegar and about 45 minutes gave me this.

I also added some gimping and texture on the spine of the bade to hide previous damage.

Now my $9 workhorse does not look so bad and it has a bit of rust protection.

[Moped]

Great job! Moras are great knives, especially for the money!!! One thing I see others do with their Moras is square the spine up for ease of use with a fire steel. You might want to consider doing that with yours. Maybe just an inch or two in front of the gimping.

[Guest Xring04]

A picture to show how the blade looked when I started.

[Guest Xring04]

Double tap....

Edited March 25, 2012 by Xring04

[Moped]

Where you batoning the blade or something when you did that?

[DWARREN123]

I used a little gun brown rust blueing on my Mora. They look better with a colored blade in my opinion.

[hkgonra]

Great little knives , everyone should have 1 or 10

[Guest alloyguitar]

I have one of the mora companions in my car. Great knife if I forget to grab my esse.

The sheath is junk, though. Lol

Edited March 26, 2012 by alloyguitar

[Moped]

There are some things you can do to improve the sheaths on these things. Here is one of the better modification tutorials I've seen.

http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2011/06/guest-post-mora-511-knife-and-sheath.html