Paratrooper Gravity Knife

[bill grist]

Gravity Knife.......

[jack944]

Bill,

If a tenth of the members posted like you we would be so lucky.
Thanks for posting.

[jlj]

Were all para's rust free? A friend has one that is mostly brown if I remember it right. JL

[bill grist]

Were all para's rust free? A friend has one that is mostly brown if I remember it right. JL

Most that I have seen....The takedown model might have been regular steel, I really don't know, never had one...BILL

[gergnotwen]

Most that I have seen....The takedown model might have been regular steel, I really don't know, never had one...BILL

I've got a take down model and I will post some pics. Most parts are blued but the blade is stainless.

Greg

[Peter U]

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

[jlj]

The one my friend has is a takedown model. Thanks, JL

[bill grist]

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

yes it does a luftamt

[gergnotwen]

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.

[bill grist]

Super nice 'Takedown' model....BILL