Question on Glock field knife

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Shambles940

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I received my Glock 78 field knife a couple of days ago. Great utility knife, however I noticed something strange about the blade. It seems to be canted upward a bit. I was wondering if this is a defect or if it is intentional since this knife is somewhat of a combat knife.
 
Doesn't look too canted in any of the dozens of photos on google image...compare your knife to those, if it still looks out of whack, send it back.
 
It isn't canted much. A few images on Google seem to be canted too. You have to look at the lanyard hole compared to the center of the blade.
 
I have one that has the same issue, I don't really use it much tho... I had also wondered about it
 
Maybe they are all like that. I am thinking that they are canted like that so when you stab someone in the heat of battle, it isn't the tip that is stabbing, it is the blade right below the tip. Maybe for more penetration power? So that the tip doesn't get caught on bone?
 
Well, if it's not that far off and doesn't really bother you, just ignore it. I've seen other knives w/plastic handles that seem to suffer from the same affliction. Probably just a mold out of alignment. At around 22 bucks, you can't expect perfection, I guess.
 
Shambles940 said:
Maybe they are all like that. I am thinking that they are canted like that so when you stab someone in the heat of battle, it isn't the tip that is stabbing, it is the blade right below the tip. Maybe for more penetration power? So that the tip doesn't get caught on bone?
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That's not logical...you're thinking way too much into what is basically an inexpensive knife. These, I'm sure, don't see alot of stabbing action...anymore than a bayonet might these days, which is what it is designed after. To be blunt, the design really isn't one that would be practical at all for field use in general....the geometry of it is all wrong. Like an M3, the use its designed for might account for a fraction of 1% of it's use ever across the board, the rest of the time it's a knife impractical for the other 99+% of the military chores it might be put to.
 
Gotcha. I wasn't expecting perfection when I bought it ($26). But I was surprised at how solid the knife is. The blade cant doesn't bother me, but whatever, It's a beater knife anyway.
 
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Shambles940 said:
Gotcha. I wasn't expecting perfection when I bought it ($26). But I was surprised at how solid the knife is. The blade cant doesn't bother me, but whatever, It's a beater knife anyway.
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And a even better throwing knife, probably one of its better qualities.
 
sven56 said:
Well, if it's not that far off and doesn't really bother you, just ignore it. I've seen other knives w/plastic handles that seem to suffer from the same affliction. Probably just a mold out of alignment. At around 22 bucks, you can't expect perfection, I guess.
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You mean, at 22 bucks you can't expect GLOCK PERFECTION.
 
Here it is.

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You can see how the lanyard hole droops. The blade is on a flat surface.

Sorry about the quality.
 
Here is a straight forward view.

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Again. Pay NO attention to the low quality image. The camera doesn't have Macro and the flash was too bright, but you get the idea.
 
I don't know about anyone else but in those photos I can barely see any canting. Maybe just the slightest. Maybe the handle was attached slightly off. As long as the handle is secure I would not worry about it.
 
Yeah...you're reading way to much into this. I've got loads of fixed blades, and most all of them are less than perfectly straight...and I'm not talking junk knives here.
 
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