Hello Guys!
This is my first thread in this forum, and i want to introduce myself with the presentation of my faithful German army Pocket knife, wich accompanies me since my army times.
And here is it:
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It has following features:
- undulated, very sharp one-handy opening, locked blade
- Stitching awl
- Can opener and small screwdriver
- Bottle opener and large screwdriver
- Cross screw driver
- Saw
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This is a very handy tool, much better than the old model of the german military tool.
Although it is from the German army, it is Swiss made, and very similar to the actual swiss army tool, so it seems that after the cold war somebody finally reasoned that an adopted foreign design is better than a crappy homemade solution. Well, enough chatter, let's turn to the Facts:
The Blade is outstanding. After 3 Years of (Ab-) Use like cutting, mine-sweeping exercises in dirt,using the Magnesium lighter, and opening boxes and cans, it never needed honing.
It's still so sharp, i can shave the hairs of my forearm with it (I did not have the guts for trying to shave my face with it
Due to the locked Blade, piercing is also possible, e.g I pierced the 0,5mm-thick Aluminium sheet metal of my German Army mess Kit, in oder to get an improvised sieve and the tip did not break, unlikely my venerable old victorinox soldier from 1973.
There is little to say about the stitching awl, it is very acute, and making holes in my leather belt is no problem.
The can opener is IMHO better than any commercial crap wich flies around in german kitchens! when i have to open a can of beans(which for a student is quitely common ) i prefer this one to any other can opener, although it requires a little bit of practice. The Screwdriver drives screws as it should, nothing else.
The same about bottle opener, small screwdriver and cross screwdriver.
A very interesting part is the saw.
It is a very very handy and important tool, wich is quite useful for cutting wood for the camp fire, bones when cooking meat, and lot of other things.
my conclusion for this knife is: never without it! If you can geht your hands on this baby, grab it and tie it to your pocket!
This is my first thread in this forum, and i want to introduce myself with the presentation of my faithful German army Pocket knife, wich accompanies me since my army times.
And here is it:
It has following features:
- undulated, very sharp one-handy opening, locked blade
- Stitching awl
- Can opener and small screwdriver
- Bottle opener and large screwdriver
- Cross screw driver
- Saw
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
This is a very handy tool, much better than the old model of the german military tool.
Although it is from the German army, it is Swiss made, and very similar to the actual swiss army tool, so it seems that after the cold war somebody finally reasoned that an adopted foreign design is better than a crappy homemade solution. Well, enough chatter, let's turn to the Facts:
The Blade is outstanding. After 3 Years of (Ab-) Use like cutting, mine-sweeping exercises in dirt,using the Magnesium lighter, and opening boxes and cans, it never needed honing.
It's still so sharp, i can shave the hairs of my forearm with it (I did not have the guts for trying to shave my face with it
Due to the locked Blade, piercing is also possible, e.g I pierced the 0,5mm-thick Aluminium sheet metal of my German Army mess Kit, in oder to get an improvised sieve and the tip did not break, unlikely my venerable old victorinox soldier from 1973.
There is little to say about the stitching awl, it is very acute, and making holes in my leather belt is no problem.
The can opener is IMHO better than any commercial crap wich flies around in german kitchens! when i have to open a can of beans(which for a student is quitely common
) i prefer this one to any other can opener, although it requires a little bit of practice. The Screwdriver drives screws as it should, nothing else.The same about bottle opener, small screwdriver and cross screwdriver.
A very interesting part is the saw.
It is a very very handy and important tool, wich is quite useful for cutting wood for the camp fire, bones when cooking meat, and lot of other things.
my conclusion for this knife is: never without it! If you can geht your hands on this baby, grab it and tie it to your pocket!
