The Morakniv 106 is something of a tour de force in the green woodworking world. It is a brilliant tool at an unbeatable price, perfect for spoon carving. I have many and still use them everyday to carve spoons.

It has an 80mm long slojd blade with a scandi grind. It comes honed and ready for use.

This blade now comes in two versions - a laminated steel version (with a high carbon core) and a high carbon version. The newer, pure high carbon version was adopted in response to limited availability of the laminated steel. They look identical and perform equally well in my opinion. In both cases the high carbon steel will rust easily so keep it somewhere dry when storing. It comes oiled to avoid surface rust before it gets to you.

The knife comes with a plastic sheath as standard. It’s fine and does what it’s supposed to do but it is a little tacky and the blade doesn’t lock in very well so some people don’t like it. If you’d like an upgrade, you can choose to add a very nice, Finnish-made leather sheath for an extra €20.