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hey guys was scanning the bay and found some Glock knives, never heard of glock knives so i looked in to them and was surprised to find there real Glock products, so i was all ready to buy one when my buddy pointed out that S&W have knives and Winchester as well and they are not that great, so i was wounding if any one here has experience with them, and what kind of steel is used and are the full tang?

Thanks for your time :)
 
May I ask you, which knife you mean?

The Glock Feldmesser 78 or Glock Feldmesser 81 ... Feldmesser = Fieldknife "field" is here the term for battlefield or something like that.

I have several Glock Fieldknives 78, and they are great tool. Imo they are not full tang. But on the pommel is a little thing to open it and use it as a bayonett. The steel is some carbon steel, but it´s not really known which one is used. However, the Austrians use a great and easy-edge-keeping steel for them.

They are nearly indestructable for a few bucks only.
 
it is a Glock 81, it looks really cool, do you know if the handle and sheath made from the same material as the frames of there pistols?
 
No, I don´t think that it´s the same material, looks like a grippy plastic. The sheath keeps the knife bombproof.

Being honest, I´d get the 78. The "saw" is no good for wood, it´s made for cutting metal sheets... It´ll be hard cutting any wood. You can go to youtube and search for some vids. Some of them are helpful.

Glock Feldmesser = a prizey and great knife (though the cutting skills of the blade is not the best - more a crowbar with an edge), but you should try them :)
 
Glock knifes are not really very good from a lot of standpoints. They are very durable and for a military field knife, they probably fit the bill well. I think you will find the geometry of the blade to be a problem. Too thick and too narrow to do a wide variety of cutting jobs well. It would stab a hole in a 50 gallon drum rather nicely I'd think...the sort of thing a soldier might well have to do. It would certainly pry open a wooden crate of for that matter, pry off a jammed vehicle door...also something soldiers would need to do. I wouldn't want to have to do much in the woods with one however. The sheath is quite good. They fall into the category of "sharp prybars" which have a place. If they were more expensive, I'd say DON'T BUY ONE. However, at their price, you by no means will be getting ripped off.

Me, I'd get three nice Mora Robust models. Way better blades, nearly as tough (no drum punching or door prying probably), and way more useful in the woods...and out of the box...way sharper.

Glock knives were made for soldiers and I believe they are issued to the Austrian Army where they also issue their troops some sort of Swiss Army knives for when a sharp knife is needed.
 
oh cool, i am not a fan of saw backs, stupid glock store wont ship to canada :( off to try and find one tho, im a big fan of the field knife/bayonet style(for looks solely ) and i hear good things about moras but cant find a dealer in canada so far and shipping from the usa makes them not worth it as i pay more for shipping then for the knife its self
 
Jwasm1992 said:
hey guys was scanning the bay and found some Glock knives, never heard of glock knives so i looked in to them and was surprised to find there real Glock products, so i was all ready to buy one when my buddy pointed out that S&W have knives and Winchester as well and they are not that great, so i was wounding if any one here has experience with them, and what kind of steel is used and are the full tang?

Thanks for your time :)
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it's an pretty inexpensive ($25-$30) and fairly "cool" military style knife. if you are looking for an inexpensive conversational piece, get it.

if you actually plan on using this knife for something, tell us what those tasks are and we might be able to recommend a something else.
 
Poor to average slicer/cutter - Great Stabber - Think Kbar USMC with a less useful blade geometry
 
i pretty much want it for 3 reasons:
1. i like the way it looks
2. its not some thing any one i know owns
3. i think it will open my mail like a boss :P

i just like know every thing i can before i put the effort in to getting some thing, i refuse to actually buy of the bay to high a risk for fakes so before i go and try tracking one down i want to know if it is a piece of junk that looks cool like some of my united cutlery replica knives(which i knew where pretty much spiffy tin foil) or if it has some actual merit as a knife
 
Jwasm1992 said:
i pretty much want it for 3 reasons:
1. i like the way it looks
2. its not some thing any one i know owns
3. i think it will open my mail like a boss :P

i just like know every thing i can before i put the effort in to getting some thing, i refuse to actually buy of the bay to high a risk for fakes so before i go and try tracking one down i want to know if it is a piece of junk that looks cool like some of my united cutlery replica knives(which i knew where pretty much spiffy tin foil) or if it has some actual merit as a knife
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based on your criteria, go for it. your mail will be fearing for it's papery life ;)

you can google search "glock 81 field knife" and use the shopping feature to help you out.
 
They're damn tough knives and a great value for the price. They'll take some work to get them super sharp but as a combat tool they're good to go. Glock knives are also one of the few mil knives actually used.

GSG-9 Operator on the left has one on his drop leg

 
i'll throw this knife out there, the boker magnum desert warrior ($35-$40)

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There have been several reviews of the Glock knives right here on Bladeforums in the Knife Review sub-forum. It's really not a bad knife for the price. Read the reviews for yourself as they contradict some of what has been written in this thread.


PS- The handle is, in fact, made of the same polymer as their pistols.
 
I have the one with the sawback, and I like it. I also have the shovel with saw in the handle. That said I have them more as a novelty than a knife I actually use. My knife came razor sharp, and the sawback would chew through roots, etc without issue.

I would add though, that your friends comparing them to S&W and Winchester marked knives are a bit off. S&W and Winchester allow their trademark to be used on cheap, foreign made knives. They are not being put out by the companies themselves. Glock on the other hand is manufacturing these knives themselves for real world use.
 
It's a knife made with all of the expertise a curtain rod manufacturer could bring to bear—kind of like the misshapen plastic handguns—awesome and craptacular at the same time.
 
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