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I have never seen a Herbertz GAK before.  I know Robert Klaas/Kissing Crane did as well (they also offered the fixed blade GAK utility knife), and it was even sold here in a box, but I have never seen one offered for sale.  I guess, in part because they don't have a name on the tang stamp, just the pair of kissing cranes as typical.  Some KCs don't even have a tang stamp.

Well, it is not quite a GAK, because it does not have the german crest on the scale. More like a civilian version. Actually, there were two versions (see the blade tangs), and I own one of them.
But now, take a look at the original Victorinox introductory offer from 1978 : the crest is oval shape, not rectangular like on the Troopers. Puzzling.

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I have never seen a Herbertz GAK before.  I know Robert Klaas/Kissing Crane did as well (they also offered the fixed blade GAK utility knife), and it was even sold here in a box, but I have never seen one offered for sale.  I guess, in part because they don't have a name on the tang stamp, just the pair of kissing cranes as typical.  Some KCs don't even have a tang stamp.

C.J.Herbertz did make GAK lookalikes, but without the German Army crest. (Got one from Ebay.de).
With at least three different styles of stamping on the blade, which would suggest a fairly long production run. Indeed the knife I own does not have any crest. It looks a lot like the Trooper on the old 1978 Victorinox poster below.