Classic Knives

[MVP]

KnightWarrior,

In 2002 ESA was importing the WS daggers but the quality was extremely poor. I bought one of them and it was this that was returned to WS resulting in them building the one I have now. Due to the British Knife Act (yes a knife law) they were prohibited from making real daggers. This act it also what led up to WS ceasing all knife production. They agreed to make mine since it was a "return" to a customer and not a production knife to be sold. They also required there be small changes to the blade etchings to protect collectors.

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[mike-munich]

but it is written in fairly high German making reading a bit slow.

If somebody needs a translation of a section let me know, maybe send me a scan of the page and I'll do it. (I ain't doing the whole book though!...)

[MVP]

The reference book is titled "Deutsche Kampfmesser". I bought my copy from Frankonia in Munich. Quickly thumbing through it last night while trying to get the twins in bed, I noticed only the WWII, and the first two post-war versions. the LL80 was conspicuously absent. I sometimes wonder if the LL80 was actually issued or just something proposed like the Eickhorn combat knife designed in the 1980/90's...

Periodically the gravity knives are offered for sale on egun.de, searchword "kappmesser"

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[mike-munich]

They are also called "Fallmesser", since the blade kinda falls out of the handle with gravity.

There is one on eGun now: http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=3114598

I'm not sure if they were ever issued, but I can check on that with my Bundeswehr buddies.