Glock Field Knife

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Markh

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I was wondering if anyone could tell me what steel this knife is made of? Also, any other information such as past experiences, oppinions, etc. would be helpful.
 
I've used the Glock field knife a lot,it's "standar issued" in many military agencies. I don't know what the still is made of, but it can be VERY sharp, and can rust quiet easy if not handled carefuly so I supose there is a lot of carbon in it .
It's a very cheap but great knife! there is some blackhawk sheaths for this knife that make it even more attractive.(the original sheath must be open with 2 hands :( )
I've never broke one yet and it's so cheap that I have some in all my survivals kits!
The but cap can be removed and you can put some fishing line in it! ;) For me those knives are as the Glock's pistols are, not very nice, very light and cheap, but they damn work :D
 
It is standard issue here in the Austrian Army. You can hardly find any information about the steel that is used and if you find one it will most likely say "Federstahl" which means spring steel in German. I really cannot imagine why they would want to keep the material secret but it seems that they are doing so as for the amount of information which is out there about the steel. :confused:

In fact the blades are made of some kind of carbon steel which will rust fairly easy (one day in the field without wiping it afterwards with oil and it is rusty)but it will also get very sharp. The black coating will wear off easily when you put this knife into hard use but that's not a big issue if you take care of the blade.

Actually you can pull the knife out of it's sheath with one hand. Either it has to be mounted very well on your gear (than you can draw it when you pull the handle sharply) or you can push away the "safety clamp" of the sheath with your thumb. Absolutely no problem but it takes a little practice. Another bonus of the sheath is that it doesn't matter how you put the knife in - that makes it fully compatible with left handed people.

As for my personal opinion... I really loved the knive that was issued to me. I used it for everything when in the field. Cutting bread, string or whatever and we also used it to chop off some small branches when needed.

I wouldn't care too much about the steel. If wou want a cheap and hard to kill user go for it. As lon as you take care of it, you'll have it a long time.

I hope that helps,

Robert
 
all it says where i saw it (on Brigade Quartermasters) is that it's a specially hardened alloy steel with a 50-55 RC...
*shrug*
 
I have one, had it for years was brought back by a friend when he went to Austria in the 80's. It's a great throw around utility fixed blade. They are prone to rust to wipe it down after use.
 
Thanks for all the help. It sounds as if this knife is just what I was looking for.
 
The Glock knife is useless as a field knife. It's more of a bayonet. It can be made sharp, but dulls after cutting paper. The blade geometry makes it look more like a triangle than a knife and the only effective uses for it is stabbing, and opening bottles.
 
but it makes a very attractive bottle opener.

We were issued the version without the sawback when I was in the austrian Army. We were not allowed to sharpen it, so I bought my own. It was VERY sharp. i used it from chopping wood to cutting food. I did not know about knives a lot back then. The blade turned reddish-purple when the coating wore off. It was a bang for the buck, though.
 
Not to generalize, but europeans and americans tend not to have the same definitions of field knives. When europeans envision a large knife, the idea seems to be saber-like, owing to the rich cavalry traditions which formed many nations on the east side of the "pond". The land, woods and bush had been sculpted and tamed for many centuries. Game animals and domestic animals tended to be smaller and less dangerous and thus, the knives tended to be thinner and lighter. Americans tended to use large heavy knives due to the traditions of the frontiersman who, out of convenience, tended to use their knives as axes.

As I spoke with a few european friends, I came to realize that on average, they felt that a 6 or 7 inch blade was a "big knife". Here in the states, as one of my texas friends say "if it ain't as big as my arm, it's just a pocket knife..."

So, in the absense of large, or better knives, the Glock is a good field knife.
 
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