Any expierience with the Glock 81 Survival knife?

I have a 81(which is a 78 with a saw back. The 81 is okay, but the saw back is not very functional. This maes me lean roward an 78 for functionality. Neither is not all that good for survival purposes. It is more functional as a fighting knife.:D
 
I have one and for the money $30 it was well worth it. It came sharp but not shaving sharp. The fit and finish was better than what thought it would be. The knife is built like a tank.
 
Used to own one, a long time ago. What I remember about it, it was cheap, very strong, fairly light, easy to sharpen, had a good tip too. Fairly narrow blade, which I didn't like, perhaps a leftover from a bayonet design?
All in all, great value for money, and a good knife regardless of price.
 
I fiddled with both versions last year.
Neither comes extremely sharp from the maker, and the unknown steel used is relatively soft at about 55Rc. The blades are a bayonet style, which limits effectiveness in use as a hunting knife. Does offer utility as a fighter, as much as any bayonet does.
Little light for any significant chopping.
They are tough knives, though. After I touched up the edge I pounded one into the top of a newly cut 3-4 inch oak stump several times batoning, pounded the tip into another section of dead oak and levered it out several times, drilled a small hole in the oak, dug a small fire pit in rocky dirt.
No edge damage, the tip bent very slightly, the finish wore off in spots, and at the end it'd still remove hair from my arm, while I wouldn't call it exactly popping it off. The bent tip was corrected by rotating it 180, pounding it into the oak, and levering it back out again a couple times. The bend wasn't severe, and the levering was exerting some force laterally. The bending wasn't a problem, which would you rather have, a slightly bent tip that didn't affect function & is easily corrected, or a fragile tip that flat breaks off?

I sawed through a 3/4-inch branch with one of the sawbacks, it'll work, but the teeth are not the most efficient. They do quite well in notching, if you need that function.

The Glocks are a compromise knife. They're not hunters or skinners, not Bowies, not great wood choppers.
They ARE actually pretty decent for a kick-around field knife that might be used for a number of different purposes.
Sharpen it well first, and keep an eye on the edge as you go along.

I have several & will be putting one or two in the UTV kit bag.

Denis
 
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Forget the sawback one, and be prepared to put an edge on it because they come really dull with uneven bevels. Once sharpened up, they can take a beating [made from carbon spring steel run relatively soft on the RC scale].

I can't think of any one thing the knife can excel at, but it's great for your car trunk or bail out bag. Not very good as a camp or hiking knife. Inexpensive enough to practice throwing at tree trunks though :)
 
I had one and for the money it was a decent knife.

I don't think it would have made a good survival knife.
 
naw. the saw back is a dirt magnet.
and quite possibly a rust pool for some!
"stick" with the 78.
the least problematic on matters of aftercare.
 
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