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Eickhorn Rescue Gravity knife=DUMB idea!

Offline Leatherman123

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Eickhorn Rescue Gravity knife=DUMB idea!
on: March 01, 2009, 07:39:02 PM
I was browsing YouTube: and I came across perhaps one of the worst rescue knife designs, ever! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE24uR8DLII&feature=related When seconds count, your not going to be able to open the dame thing!
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us Offline Mike

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Re: Eickhorn Rescue Gravity knife=DUMB idea!
Reply #1 on: March 01, 2009, 07:49:29 PM
I like the blade design for it's intended purpose, but the deployment method leaves a lot to be desired. It would be easier to just make it a one handed opening blade with a thumb stud and liner-lock. It would also make it less bulky.

Interesting none the less.

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Re: Eickhorn Rescue Gravity knife=DUMB idea!
Reply #2 on: March 02, 2009, 07:31:59 PM
Can't say that I see why the bloody things are so illeagal . They are very clumsy . I had one for a while , but gave it to a collector friend .

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Re: Eickhorn Rescue Gravity knife=DUMB idea!
Reply #3 on: March 03, 2009, 02:54:17 AM
They are illegal here too- they had a bad connotation following the second World War since they were made famous by the German paratroopers.  Like the Italian stilettos, anyone that carried or used them was a "bad guy."

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Re: Eickhorn Rescue Gravity knife=DUMB idea!
Reply #4 on: March 03, 2009, 03:23:53 AM
My opinion is that guy does not know how to open it correctly...there is a reason it is called a "Gravity" knife. It is supposed to be pointed downwards when releasing the blade. The blade is loose enough in the slide that flicking it is not always necessary.


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Re: Eickhorn Rescue Gravity knife=DUMB idea!
Reply #5 on: March 03, 2009, 04:03:39 PM
They have incredable side play and the blade is ( on the originals ) designed to collapse with about 18lbs. of force , on contact with a solid object . Those who were issued them mostly used the marlin spike as a weapon . Iberson in Sheffield made a few unmarked ones in WWII , the things have about zero trackrecord as weapons .

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Re: Eickhorn Rescue Gravity knife=DUMB idea!
Reply #6 on: March 04, 2009, 05:36:20 PM
I think its interesting. How much does it cost?
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