Leatherman Bond vs Morakniv Bushcraft Survival Fixed Blade Knife Brown

Some quick notes: there is no play whatsoever with the blade. The pivots are extremely tight and it takes a lot of effort to open up and unfold the pliers.

It is a seriously thick blade but frankly useless. The light my fire makes more sense. A 4in blade does not baton much certainly not seasoned firewood. Batoning is a survival function and not day to day

I don’t want to bash leatherman at all but I am really disappointed by the quality of the tool, especially comparing it to Victorinox tools (even if the spirit costs about 50$ more). I will stay with my Swisstool and sadly need to carry it on my belt - really was looking forward using the pocketclip of the bond.

Much as it grieves me, the Opinel #12 (much as I love my Opinels) came in at a very, very distance third. Oversized & heavy, when compared to the Moras, it makes for a knife that is awkward to carry in anything other than a backpack. The faro rod provided by Opinel is, at least on the example that I own, all but worthless, failing to provide any spark at all whereas the Morakniv rods seem to work every time.

This one's kind of interesting. I used my modified knife less Leatherman Bond with bit driver and bit kit to repair my elementary classroom door handle after an active shooter drill. My door handle got bent during the drill so I popped it off using one of the hex bits from the bit kit, unbent it and reinstalled it.

This has the best handle of all the mora knives IMO. It does work for fine carving as well as batoning as long as you don’t get carried away. I prefer the full tang of the Garberg but don’t feel it’s worth the price. This is a perfect middle of the road setup and comes with everything you need

Due to the all steel construction of the Bond I think that the pliers in actual use will be able to take some significant abuse, similar to the Wave or Spirit. I am ok with not having the replaceable cutting edges as this is not something that I typically use. Note, I like the LM pliers over the Victorinox Spirit as the needle nose is longer. The Bond feels very good in the hand with no sharp points etc

If you are looking for a strong, sharp, long lasting knife and economical, either one of the Bushcraft knives will work. The black is more subdued and fits the EDC role better.

I have always enjoyed collecting Leatherman tools since buying a PST a while ago. I knew that the Bond would be simple, and that the plan for the knife and tool setup would avoid locking features to allow for lawful carry in an expanded group of regions and countries. That being said, there's no real value that I see that is comparable to any of the other Leatherman offerings other than the price (the Sidekick and Wingman used to be the entry level offerings). I'm surprised and a bit disappointed that the Bond is a slightly upgraded PST

For the money, it's an excellent bushcraft knife, and will resist rust better than its black counterpart. The grip is excellent, as is the sheath. Unfortunately, the stainless steel Mora uses is prone to minor edge chipping (I've had two of these and it has occurred with both of them).

I have carried the Rebar for years and this has most of the same functions but saves a little weight. So the Bond does not have a saw or serrated sheep’s foot blade but I will make do with the regular blade. I rarely used the saw on my Rebar anyway. Mine locks tight for a slip joint type

Haven’t been able to test this sucker out in the wild yet, but it makes a pretty perfect knife for my car bug out bag. I will be going camping to test it out, but every video review I’ve seen have praised this knife for keeping its sharpness and being crazy durable. I’d recommend this over the base morakniv, it’s grippy and comfortable, the weight it just perfect, and the strike rod showers sparks. For comparison, at this price you’d get some semi decent bear grills Gerber knife ——- yet this I believe is even superior to that