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I double checked in the Syderco Story and of course, you good folks are correct. Bob T collaboration was the first, Bill Moran was the first collaboration on a fixed blade. My bad.

The Moran Drop Point is one of my absolute favourite fixed blades. So light, practical and perfectly balanced! For any normal cutting chore I prefer it over several of my more expensive fixed blades.

Chuck: The Moran sheath holds the knife solid, but it is a tab on the bulky side, and it does have a tendency to scratch the heck out of the blade. That being said it's still a MORAN....light weight, great knife to use in the field and IMHO one of the most comfortable knives ever made to hold in your hand....Only down side for me it's not a knife for SD use, sure you could use one in a pinch but it would never be a SD EDC choice of mine....but I'd run and grab mine if I was to go camping, hiking, boating or for just doing some yard work....My model has the upswept point and I can't speak for the drop point....Doc :D

ChapmanPreferred wrote:Add to the list that the Moran was the first collaboration Spyderco did with a custom knifemaker.

I could have sworn that the Jess Horn models and particularly the C-27 that him and Spyderco collaborated on came out before the Moran fixed blade did :confused: I'll go back into my older catalogs and check to be sure.

The Moran also shares the same distinction as the Harpy, Police, Delica & Endura>> it is truly a time tested flagship model and I look for it to be around for some time to come.

The Moran was the third spydie I ever bought, right after a Police and a Military. Last summer I brought it along on a family vacation. The cottage we were staying in had some steel objects pretending to be knives. I didn't see my Moran until the last day of that vacation. It was dull but still would cut better than the other knife-like objects. A sharpening and polishing session later and it was as good as new. I'll never get rid of my Morans.

I've got one with the upswept tip.
I need to pick up a drop-point before they're gone.

Great information and pictures.....
"I now need one of the bowie style Moran's."

That bowie style knife is a Perrin, not a Moran.

DeathBySnooSnoo wrote:That bowie style knife is a Perrin, not a Moran.

Sorry i meant the up-sweep blade one.
I thought i have seen it called a modified bowie. :confused:

gunnut35 wrote:Sorry i meant the up-sweep blade one.
I thought i have seen it called a modified bowie. :confused:

It is referred to as the "Bowie-style" blade.

I have a number of the bowie/swept/trailing point FB01's and one of the Orange drop points as well. I think it is one of the finest little fixed blades ever. I really ought to send one out for a regrind to thin the edge. It's wonderful as is, but it will slice even better if I have it done like Chappman Preffered did.

I've lent them out to a few friends for hunting and all but one now own one. I personally think every Spyderco fanatic ought to try one out. I think most who do will end up keeping it.

gunnut35 wrote:Sorry i meant the up-sweep blade one.
I thought i have seen it called a modified bowie. :confused:

Oh alright...thought you meant the Perrin as it was also in the pic.

DeathBySnooSnoo wrote:Oh alright...thought you meant the Perrin as it was also in the pic.

No worries that is also on my list..

gunnut35 wrote:No worries that is also on my list..

Mine too despite being not too sure about liking the handle. But I really like Perrin's designs.

I have been using the moran for a week and i absolutely love it. I have been using it for slicing tomatoes, steak, and just about everything else in my kitchen. I have even used it in the yard to prune my plants in the garden. I like it so much that i just ordered another black blade drop point,($59 shipped). Wow!

gunnut35 wrote:I have been using the moran for a week and i absolutely love it. I have been using it for slicing tomatoes, steak, and just about everything else in my kitchen. I have even used it in the yard to prune my plants in the garden. I like it so much that i just ordered another black blade drop point,($59 shipped). Wow!

I was sorely tempted by that black-blade Moran at Howe's, fortunately he sold out so it solved my temptation - but then I saw he added the CF Lum to the clearance knives, so picked up one of those to go with my large Lum.

Just watch out for the blade on that Moran, whittling with mine I just *barely* touched my skin and drew blood, it slices great! :)

Howe's shows them in-stock at the clearance price again, (smoking great deal shipped).

Yeah Howe's has a great price for the black Moran. $59 shipped. I really want one, but I think the next knife I'm going to buy is the MT09. I love the Moran, but I want a project to keep me busy

WalzAaronFFG wrote:Yeah Howe's has a great price for the black Moran. $59 shipped. I really want one, but I think the next knife I'm going to buy is the MT09. I love the Moran, but I want a project to keep me busy

The Mules are a great choice.
Check out the woodcraft.com mule. It is my favorite mule and it is on clearance for a excellent price.. ($49)

JLS wrote: Chuck, the current Boltaron sheaths are excellent, though a bit bulky for the knife. I've made a couple of foldover sheaths for 2 of mine so far and they are much, much smaller. The factory sheath is great for everything but IWB and horizontal belt carry. For those, I'll use one of my own. The factory sheath is very secure and releases properly and also includes a G-clip on the newest ones. The older ones were mated with a full-sized Tek-Lok which was always a bit bulky.

Do you have a picture of your sheaths?