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In the grand scheme of things when buying a knife that will hopefully be around for the rest of your life, does $20 more matter?
Not to me.
If I'm buying a throwaway POS then it does.
The Mora is definitely not a throwaway. Not sure about the Buck. But a lot of Chinese knives are. And if that's the case, just buy a $10 knife from Amazon.
But that was when they WERE inexpensive. Lately every time they've improved them (and they have) they've substantially increased the cost. At $20-25 it required no thought, but at $75-100 they're playing in a new field where the competition is really, really tough. There are literally thousands of other choices in that price range today, and it's past the point where most would buy two or three just to have around for emergencies or as backups. Now they seem to be going more for the "primary" knife slot... but knife people have very definite and varied idiosyncrasies and preferences, their carry knives are as personal for them as toothbrushes, and Mora has never offered much in the way of variety. I wish them well with it, but if I were looking for a fixed-blade in this price range, there are probably knives I'd rather have.
Now, the little Eldris, that may be another matter. IF it proves out in actual hard use, and I think it probably will, at what looks likely to be the "street price" that one may be in the no-brainer range again. I'm generally NOT a fan of symmetrical handles on asymmetrical blades (you can't tell where the edge is by feel) but for a knife like this it's probably not a show-stopper, and while there are a million neck knives out there, the majority are not practical for hard utility use. I wish more makers would explore the ancient, highly-evolved Native American handle-up "Y" neck sheath style where it never twists and you can return it one-handed, but we are where we are with that.
I was very excited to see this drop. I've been wanting one of these for a while.