Paratrooper Gravity Knife
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gergnotwen
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I've got a take down model and I will post some pics. Most parts are blued but the blade is stainless.
Greg
Hello Bill,
It looks to be a nice gravity knife.
There a lot of fakes around, if I'am not mistaken original examples have a Waffen prüfungs stamp on the pin, the examples I owned in the past had.
Does yours have such a stamp on it?
Btw these weren't an exclusive tool for the Fallschirmjäger, they were issued to everyone that used a parachute, this includes airgunners, pilots,...etc.
Cheers,
Peter
It looks to be a nice gravity knife.
There a lot of fakes around, if I'am not mistaken original examples have a Waffen prüfungs stamp on the pin, the examples I owned in the past had.
Does yours have such a stamp on it?
Btw these weren't an exclusive tool for the Fallschirmjäger, they were issued to everyone that used a parachute, this includes airgunners, pilots,...etc.
Cheers,
Peter
yes it does a luftamt
gergnotwen
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Type 2 Luft Gravity Knife
Here's a pretty nice type 2 takedown model with the blued finish and stainless blade. No Luftamp on the spike on this type. My type 1 does have one however. Enjoy.
Here's a pretty nice type 2 takedown model with the blued finish and stainless blade. No Luftamp on the spike on this type. My type 1 does have one however. Enjoy.
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Super nice 'Takedown' model....BILL
- Indeed!
And it isn't a good fighting knife either, it makes a lot of noice, the blades rattles in the shaft; it is designed to cut yourself free from your parachute if you landed in a tree or so and because of the gravety action you can open the knife with one hand.
But they are nice knifes anyway.
P
