Vietnam Era Survival knife; Hackman of Finland. $625.00 Free US Shipping.
Designed by Ken Warner and Pete Dickey; this rare knife was made during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Only a few thousand were made by Hackman in Finland with a 1/4" blade and later, a clone was produced by Garcia with a 3/16" blade. The Hackman Survival Knife was intended for private sale to military personnel bound for Vietnam. The Randall Model 18 had made the hollow handle sawback popular with the troops, but Randall could not keep up with demand. Like the Randall this knife featured a watertight hollow handle and a massive 1/4" thick stainless-steel blade. The Hackman Survival Knife has a 7" blade of spear point design with saw teeth on the back. These are genuine kerf-cutting saw teeth, not mere aluminum ripping serrations. It is possible, though very strenuous, to saw off a 2x4 with this knife.
Ken Warne remarks, “Anyways, I put all I could think of into that knife to make it do as many jobs possible for a fellow who suddenly must do it all with a knife. So did Pete. It is heavy and tough enough to chop wood or meat or bone. It is wide enough to dig with if you need a hole in a hurry. The saw edge is designed to get its users poles without making loud noises. Its steel will not rust and it is hard, so it holds an edge. If you had to hurt someone with it, it is equal to that job. It will slice very nicely and is, after you get used to it, handy for dressing out game. It has a couple of holes in the modest double guard, and by lashing through those to a pole seated in the hollow handle, a rather impressive spear results.”
This knife and sheath are an amazing combination. The Hackman blade shows no use with only a small scratch on the pommel and finger guard. The sheath is not the original but a sturdy leather replacement with a small pouch for a sharpening stone. Judge the condition for yourself from the photos.
Designed by Ken Warner and Pete Dickey; this rare knife was made during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Only a few thousand were made by Hackman in Finland with a 1/4" blade and later, a clone was produced by Garcia with a 3/16" blade. The Hackman Survival Knife was intended for private sale to military personnel bound for Vietnam. The Randall Model 18 had made the hollow handle sawback popular with the troops, but Randall could not keep up with demand. Like the Randall this knife featured a watertight hollow handle and a massive 1/4" thick stainless-steel blade. The Hackman Survival Knife has a 7" blade of spear point design with saw teeth on the back. These are genuine kerf-cutting saw teeth, not mere aluminum ripping serrations. It is possible, though very strenuous, to saw off a 2x4 with this knife.
Ken Warne remarks, “Anyways, I put all I could think of into that knife to make it do as many jobs possible for a fellow who suddenly must do it all with a knife. So did Pete. It is heavy and tough enough to chop wood or meat or bone. It is wide enough to dig with if you need a hole in a hurry. The saw edge is designed to get its users poles without making loud noises. Its steel will not rust and it is hard, so it holds an edge. If you had to hurt someone with it, it is equal to that job. It will slice very nicely and is, after you get used to it, handy for dressing out game. It has a couple of holes in the modest double guard, and by lashing through those to a pole seated in the hollow handle, a rather impressive spear results.”
This knife and sheath are an amazing combination. The Hackman blade shows no use with only a small scratch on the pommel and finger guard. The sheath is not the original but a sturdy leather replacement with a small pouch for a sharpening stone. Judge the condition for yourself from the photos.
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