Review The Glock knife

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I just got a Glock knife from a friend of mine as I bought him a knife recently. And he really wanted me to beat the hell out of it together with him.

I know that some of the stuff we did with it isn't really intended use for a knife, and is pretty much abuse. That being said, it is even mild compared to the stuff I did with some other knives.

First impressions:
1. lightly rounded tip and few slight rolls on part of not that sharp edge...
Grind not symmetrical, and is generally bad, but considering the price - I'll cut them some slack.

2. Comfortable handle and nice and functional sheath. Ambidextrous, no complaints here.

3. The knife comes oiled with something that smells awful.


Maintenance:
It's ridiculously time consuming to sharpen for a carbon steel. It is hard to get it sharp.
Coating is rather easy to peel off so you'll need to oil it a lot.

Usage:

1. Handle is comfortable and has no hot spots. It did get slippy when wet.

2. Guard is sometimes getting in the way, but it's still better to have it than not to have it.

3. Terrible for slicing, not much better for chopping.

4. It has nice balance to it so I can see why would army use it.

5. Beer opener does the job well.


Steel performance:

1. Terrible, simply TERRIBLE edge retention.

2. Surprisingly decent for batoning (but that is kinda useless considering you'll probably never need to baton at all) but will also damage your baton.

3. My friend actually bent the tip on an accident. He used it to pry off tree bark for no particular reason. And what shocked me the most is that I was able to straighten it back by stabbing into wood and prying in the other direction?!?!

4. I was throwing it just for fun, solid thrower, tip again got bent, straightened and then bent in another direction. But edge did suffer from some rolls, despite being very obtuse.

5. I did some batoning again just for fun and when I came home I noticed that entire knife has some curve to it.


To sum it up:
That's a bayonet or sharpened pry bar. It sucks as a knife. It's just soft steel.

The best thing about this knife is bottle opener.

Intended use of this is probably just lots of stabbing and sometimes prying, I can't see steel this soft breaking, you don't really need edge retention on something you use to stab.

It is a good bayonet or field knife.
But it performs rather poor as general use or bushcraft knife. It can still do these tasks - just not that good.

We lost it somewhere after that, I think beer has played role in there tho.
 
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noviomagus said:
It is not the best in most tasks. That's for sure. I have seen people chopping with it. It takes patience. I won't even try that. It's really not made for that. Rather pound the blade through the wood with a baton if you need. Or get a real chopper. No, not the BK9 . That's not a real chopper. Even the low priced CS kukri machete outchops most large expensive blades. It's better than the expensive ESEE Junglas as well.

The Glock has been in use with the GSG9 and other special forces. If it's really crap then they wouldn't use that. For sure.
It's far from a great slicer. It's a stabber that can cut , and if you know how to sharpen, it can cut well enough also.
The Glock knife stabbed better than the Fairbairn Sykes in my epxerience, testing it on several materials.
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The late Chuck Karwan and I approached Gaston about redesigning the Glock knife into what we thought would be a better all round field knife. We didn't want to do anything radical with it, keep the light weight and tough construction but tweak the blade design a bit. Chuck was actually working for Glock at the time. Gaston had no interest in tooling up for something new as long as he was sell his current design in acceptable numbers. It was large military sales contracts that were important, not the American outdoor market.
 
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noviomagus said:
Then I was right with my response to you.
The BK5 is the best stabber of the Becker line yes. But not as good as the Glock.
Becker's aren't that good as you might think they are. I've had many of these brands. Most are overrated. And overpriced (due to hype).
Most is about looks. Cool factor. But don't confuse that with reality.
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I seriously doubt BK5 stabs because of a “cool factor” but because my statement about Beckers was general in nature, I’ll let you compare the widest Becker models to the thin profile of the Glock and will accept that you don’t comment on the teeth on the spine of the Glock blade because you tested the knife and you know they help in stabbing.
‘And again, stabbing well or not, Glock knife is a mediocre product in my opinion and your arguments are too off in order to change it.
 
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Sidehill Gouger said:
The late Chuck Karwan and I approached Gaston about redesigning the Glock knife into what we thought would be a better all round field knife. We didn't want to do anything radical with it, keep the light weight and tough construction but tweak the blade design a bit. Chuck was actually working for Glock at the time. Gaston had no interest in tooling up for something new as long as he was sell his current design in acceptable numbers. It was large military sales contracts that were important, not the American outdoor market.
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That's actually the case with nearly all knife brands.
Condor discontinued models that I find superior to some of their current models. Mora discontinued their Mora 731 and 748MG. Talking about great stabbers and slicers also... but I asked them about it, and yes, it's the sales. Not enough were sold, so they quit making them.. Too bad imo. They were really good knives.
But money speaks right? That's nearly in every company.
I would like to see the handle of the Glock knife to be a tiny more oval shaped. A little less round.
I use to nearly 'hate' the ESEE-6 handles when they were still flat and sharp angled . But with these new 3D handles. It's a difference of day and night. No less.
Well for me..
 
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POCEH KOCEB said:
I seriously doubt BK5 stabs because of a “cool factor” but because my statement about Beckers was general in nature, I’ll let you compare the widest Becker models to the thin profile of the Glock and will accept that you don’t comment on the teeth on the spine of the Glock blade because you tested the knife and you know they help in stabbing.
‘And again, stabbing well or not, Glock knife is a mediocre product in my opinion and your arguments are too off in order to change it.
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Nah, never been a fan of serrations or sawbacks. But serrations doe have their value, when cutting rope. Guys on a ship appreciate that.
The BK5 is now for a little while also discontinued. I really think that it was a well made knife.
And the 5 has great edge geometry. Not like many knives that are mainly focused to survive the noble art or fad of YouTube batoning.
Trying to split as thick wood as possible.
 
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Sidehill Gouger said:
The late Chuck Karwan and I approached Gaston about redesigning the Glock knife into what we thought would be a better all round field knife. We didn't want to do anything radical with it, keep the light weight and tough construction but tweak the blade design a bit. Chuck was actually working for Glock at the time. Gaston had no interest in tooling up for something new as long as he was sell his current design in acceptable numbers. It was large military sales contracts that were important, not the American outdoor market.
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This is actually much more interesting info than everything said about the knife itself so far… It some how affirms my view of the company, in particular Gaston’s marketing policies. I think that if it wasn’t for the government contracts in Austria and pushing for the PDs here in US to adopt Glock, he won’t enjoy such sales but I personally don’t care. I got few Glocks and even they are not top of the line guns IMO, I like the Lego factor and their reliability. The knife is just something else, same as the Glock shovel, something Glock makes but almost no outside the Gov contracts finds usage…
‘I’m much more interested to hear, if you want to share it of course, what changes you offered to Gaston ?
Im sure,whatever they were, the knife would be much better today… Did you offer the new knife to have little bit harder than 55hrc steel ?
 
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Glock knife is as we all see - good for stabbing stuff and prying. It's a bayonet.

It sucks as a knife.

Having millitary contract means it's good for what millitary wants it to be good. I'm not a soldier or want to be a soldier.


If you want a stabby knife that you can also use as a knife - you can get a somethig like recon tanto. It'll hurt your baton less in hipotetical scenario of batoning, will actually cut and hold an edge, it's an actual knife.

If you don't care about batoning and survival stuff - just get a double edged dagger.

It's not the worst knife I ever had, but it's not the best either. Also, it's so cheap that it's really not a bad deal. It's a kind of a knife you'd own to lend it to people.
 
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Maybe an interesting video for some viewers. And some comments:

WeAreNotAlone69​

Q: Do you speak ENGLISH? Did you like what you were seeing under the microscope? Plan on buying Glock 78/81... Was wondering what kind/grade of steel they use and more to the point was wondering how well it accepts a edge, and if edge remains durable /Long lasting.


trafficjuzz​

the edge is not very durable on this knife...it is more built four toughness than edge retention...after 100 cuts still cut paper well, after 200 cuts it had problems and after 300 cuts it would not cut paper anymore...




rico567​

@trafficjuzz Given what this blade was designed for, that’s what I would expect and one of the reasons I bought one.
 
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Almost got one when I was still learning about steels. "Ooh, D2", I thought. Didn't realize what was best for a pocketknife wasn't best for a chopper, a slicer was best this way, grinds and angles and what they are for... Nah, was not going to get a big D2 chopper.

I got a nice Onario SP-1 in 1075 and intend to get the bigget 10" SP-10 bowie as my heaviest duty knife, at least until I get into Becker or ESEE. I love the RATs I have. Yeah, prefer carbon steel for choppers. SP-1 feels bombproof.
 
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dogstar said:
I can live with 55-56.

I think that people have used 55 HRC for hundreds of years, and they depended on their knives much more than we do now.
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I still like the comment on a bushcraft forum regarding this , it was about Mors Kochanski :

"He said at the UK bush meet in 06 that if you spend more than ten bucks on a knife your just wasting your money, a Mora is all you need (upset a few of the trendy kit heads listening to him talk)"

Most people in third world countries use extremely cheap knives and machete's. They cut just as fine as the super duper steel knives that cost x hundred of dollars. They just have to sharpen it a little more often, but won't get pissed off when their edge has a little chip . They are not staring at it as if it's the Holy Grail.

Actually in my own kitchen I use a 6 euro Chef's knife. And I maybe touch it up once a week with a ceramic rod. That's all. I cut all the food with it. No problemo. I had a Robert Herder knife. It was razor sharp. And vulnerable. I messed it up, my fault. But took the lesson, I'll get myself a cheapo knife . And it handles harder stuff, and everything else just as well.
 
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