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Bundeswehr gravity knife 1963 pattern
Hi, mates !
Want to show you the German Bundeswehr gravity knife 1963 pattern.
This is the knife of the German para units, also tank-crews uses this knives.
Only three companies in Germany manufactured this tool:
WMF, (Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik), Carl Eickhorn u. OFW, (Otto Förster, Witzhelden).
The 1963 pattern gravity knife replaced the 1956 pattern gravity knife and was in fact a copy of the German WWII gravity knife, 2nd pattern, (take down).
Many para´s and soldiers of the tank units took this knife as souvenier as they quit, but, since 1st of April 2003, the possession of gravity knives is forbidden in Germany ...
This kind of knives from then on has to leave in the barracks !
Overall lenght of the knife, (with "fixed" blade): 25,5cm
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12-08-2010 06:56 PM
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Re: German BW gravity knife 1963 pattern
More great pieces of cutlery, Reibert.
Thanks for showing them...........!
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Re: German BW gravity knife 1963 pattern
Looks great. How much do these usually go for, if you know?
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Re: German BW gravity knife 1963 pattern
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Blitzkrieg Bop
Looks great. How much do these usually go for, if you know?
You can get such knive´s for 20,-- to 25,-- at flea-markets here in Austria.
But, sometimes they´re going up to 30,--, maybe 40,-- Euro´s ...
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Re: German BW gravity knife 1963 pattern
Nuce. Did not know that Armored troops got them. My 4 have a different lanyard. My lanyard is a flat shoelace type. Rich A. in Pa.
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Re: Bundeswehr gravity knife 1963 pattern
Thank you, are theese commercial knives easier, or harder to find than Bund knives?
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Re: Bundeswehr gravity knife 1963 pattern
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VocelkaV
Thank you, are theese commercial knives easier, or harder to find than Bund knives?
I´d guess, they´re easier to find.
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Re: Bundeswehr gravity knife 1963 pattern
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