Available Gravity Knives

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bsjoelbs

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Does any one know of any production gravity knives? I'm not talking about the old ones, I mean ones that are being made today.
 
The Colt CSAR (Colt Search And Rescue) is a relabeled version of the current German paratrooper knife and was manufactured by Eickhorn Solingen. I read that Eickhorn is out of business and checking their old website seems to support this since it won't come up.
 
I bought one of the LL80s from Eickhorn a few years ago.
I like it, but it's a little to bulky for EDC.

It's the standard blade, non serrated.

Thought about getting rid of it a couple of times in trade ;)
 
Maybe i just sucked at sharpening at the time, but it took me 4 ever to get a decent edge on the thing..

I bought it hoping it had the Solingen steel i know and love, but boy was it hard!
The day i got it to to shave my arm, i put it up. - too scared i would never get it there again..
 
According to the Canadian Customs, apparently pretty much all types of folders that get shipped from the US. :(
 
The problem is that the area surrounding the blade inside the handle is steel so every time the blade enters or exits the handle, the edge is run across steel. As the blade is held in the handle, a spring places pressure upon the spine of the blade and the edge is pressed against the same steel sleeve. As soon as you sharpen it, you damage the edge as soon as you close the blade.
 
This one seems to keep the edge away from the liner pretty well.
Maybe i got lucky on it, but it hasn't damaged the edge so far.

the gap is so small between the edge and the liner that i wouldn't count that concern out.

In the model i have the spring, is more like a curved metal pressure pin.
 
the AXIS lock knives come pretty darn close. just loosen the pivot pin on them, so the blade is floppy when you pull back on the AXIS mechanism.

i know that's not the real thing, but it is better.

abe m.
 
bsjoelbs said:
Does any one know of any production gravity knives? I'm not talking about the old ones, I mean ones that are being made today.
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Out of curiosity, why do you ask? From what I've seen of knife laws, pretty much every state that bans "switchblades" also bans gravity knives, either specifically by name or in their description of what qualifies as a switchblade.

I don't know of any current production gravity knives, but you can turn pretty much any push-button auto into one by removing the spring. This might even work with single-action out-the-front knives like the Microtech Halo or Dalton Cupid (the action might be too tight for gravity though).
 
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