Postwar gravity knife?

[nachomenorca]

Hi to all! Please help to recognize this one as a postwar made gravity knife or not, I had seen original ones with Baklite grips but never see before this piece protruding to the left of the 'crossguard'. The Eickhorn original mark makes me doubt...did Eickhorn use this trademark postwar for the DDR or the Bundeswehr? Maybe a repro? any opinion wellcome and sorry for the bad quality photo, regards

[joelabrendola]

it is current production, usually sold around 10eur

[nachomenorca]

Hi Joel! thanks for the quick response, do you know where are can I buy one on the net? if they are selled for 10 bucks, I think will buy one for my personal use. Regrads

[joelabrendola]

www.allegro.pl

[joelabrendola]

or www.aukro.cz

(actually one is here: http://www.aukro.cz/item677603579_gravitacni_nuz.html
and here another one: http://www.aukro.cz/item674459695_gravitacni_nuz.html )

[nachomenorca]

Thanks for the links, I tried both but unfortunately I don't speak neither Polish nor Czech so I can have a talk with the seller. Anyway I think it worths to spend 15€ in buying it, it looks well done and never will get a gravity knife for such price. Regards

[crotter]

Anyone know of a seller or distributor of these post war gravity knives that deals in the U.S.? I am very interested in getting one for daily use but I can't find them for sale over here

-Christian

[joelabrendola]

Hallo guys.
Yes, for daily/camping use those are nice.
Christian, I think you can send an email to one of those sellers and, directly, ask them for a private purchase, why not ?

[nachomenorca]

Hi! I found a vey good translator for Czech at www.translate.google.com , so now I can talk with the Czech seller. Thanks again for the links, I will post some photos when the knife arrives, regards

[Wim Vangossum]

I think if you search around on the net you have to find more of this. The Eichkhorn company is still in business today. However the have in the mean time again changed their squirrel design into a more modern version. A few decades back, the firm was also involved in the development of tactical knives for the army.


Regards, Wim
(Wim Vangossum)

[Reibert-Austria]

Hi !



In the Bundeswehr officially only two pattern´s of gravity-knive´s were in use.

First: The 1956 Pattern
Second: The 1963 Pattern

The knife, (shown here in this thread), actionally was made by Eickhorn, but in "Army-use" in the BW were only the two Model´s, I mentioned.

Eickhorn produced the "LL 80", ("Luft-Lande" ? Pattern ´80), and also the "AES 81", (Anette Eickhorn, Solingen).
Both knive´s are lookin´ similar and one of the grip-plates is marked like that.

The official-worn gravity-knife of the Bundeswehr was maker-marked on the blade, (OFW, WMF, Carl Eickhorn-Logo), and, (significant !), one of the grip-plates is marked with "BUND"

I´ve read, that the "Eickhorn LL 80" was in use, (other than the GDR cord-cutter knife), in the Austrian "Jagdkommando", (The "Snake-Eater´s").

But in the Bundeswehr the "LL 80" and "AES 81", (so I was told), was not officially used.

Cheer´s,

R.

[Reibert-Austria]

Wanted !

Btw., I´m looking for an "LL80" made by Eickhorn !