Got a German Paratrooper Gravity Knife
Kinda big. But it works good and feels pretty good in your hand. The blade sharpened up nice with a few passes through my ceramic sharpener. This one is green with an awl.
I was under the impression that it would be a bit smaller/lighter.
But it's cool and I like it regardless.
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Sweet! That's one type of knife I haven't gotten into yet. Is it an OFW made or Eickhorn? Those are about the only two makers I can recall at the moment.
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Scales are marked "BUND" on one side which is denoting the military nature of this I think and the blade has "W" over "Mf". Got it from Keep Shooting.
Man, I remember that Sportsmans Guide or somebody had these for like $9.99 or something. Should have bought a bunch then...
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German Bundeswehr Military "Fallschirmjager" Paratrooper Type 4 FkM Gravity Knife
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Originally Posted by O.S.O.K.
Nice knife ! The list never ends of what we should have bought back then LOL!
I am sitting in my angry chair!
Isn't that the truth!
Let's see:
1) the e-block steel AK mags - I did buy a bunch - $2 and $4ish each in two orders but I should have gotten a lot more the first time.
2) Cheap milsurp ammo of all flavors - it was so cheap! Even at the time.
3) AK Kits with barrels for $100 and less
4) 10 for $490 Romanian M69 .22 trainers - remember that one?
5) same kind of deals on Mosin Nagant's
6) $100 garands... that one kills me - I did get in on it though at $250...
7) $75 SKS's
hmmm - there are lots more.
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Found this: The guy says it's made by BUND... but I couldn't find any reference on a google search to "BUND" being a manufacturer... But this knife is marked like mine.
Last edited by O.S.O.K.; 03-18-2011 at 06:54 PM.
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If that's the one I saw before, some schmuck in the comments says who the manufacturer is in the usual 'three year old little bitch, I'm going to be as pricky as I can' way that is SOP on that faggy site.
I didn't see the bitchy comment (though I know exactly what you mean) but there was one that indicated that the manufacturer is "*Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik"
Other comments were that the BUND is short for Bunderswher - which is just German for army.
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Check this out - this guy made his own gravity knife - German guy that wanted a legal easy open knife:
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Got to hand it to the german. That is some good thinking. Interisting designs. Before this tread I had only heard about gravity knives in reading gun laws. I didn't know what one was.
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Great knife! Ive had the same one for years and years....
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