My First Luftwaffe Gravity Knife

[maximus71]

Hi All,
I picked up my first gravity knife, it is a non takedown Weyersberg with a beautiful blade, alot of nice crossgrain, and it was a very good deal, but it does have a flaw, the blade works great but the spike does not, it seems the hinge is broke or missing a spring or something, the spike comes out but there is no springy action, something I can overlook because I only paid 350US for this baby. I am waiting on a nice repro laynard since original ones cost as much as the knife itself! all in all its a great looking example with a small (but hidden) flaw, but will still display nicely. hope you enjoy the pics and feel free to comment

[Horst]

Looks great nice non-takedown model - any marks on the spike ??there are people out there that can repair these i.e. spike spring etc.

Horst

[maximus71]

Thanks Horst, Yes it is marked, I forgot to show that in the pics, spike has the stickbird with the 5, and under the thumb lever is a 19, I was told about a guy who fixes them but he charges 250. too much in my book.

[Horst]

Need to beat the bushes, possibly post in the Want Ad forum that your looking for someone to repair it - you have a great item with a beautiful blade etc .

Horst

[Eric Zentner]

Nice one. Nothing is missing, it is just broken at the rivet, it should be one solid spring and yes repair price is high.

Eric

[Adam M]

Nice knife, great blade.

[maximus71]

Thanks guys, well I wont be skydiving anytime soon or ever, so I am happy with keeping it the way it is, esp since I got it for half price!

[Sir Payne]

John, that has to be one of the nicest blades I've seen, the cross grain is perfectly visible. The wood type/pattern makes me think it is an early knife of the Type 1 series, but I'm just guessing. Maybe somebody else knows.

Regards,
Corey

[edelweiss123]

This is really making me feel jealous right now

[ww2relichunter]

Great Blade i love it i hope to be able to purchase one some day