A lot of people call them German paratrooper knives, but I've also heard them called British paratrooper knives. I think it depends on where in the world you are, but as far as I've seen there's no proof of paratroopers anywhere using them. Some have been marked with German markings like that but it seems to be something added by the manufacturer to sell more knives. Mine looks like that but without the markings and with a less chunky looking guard. I should have kept the smaller one. At least some German paratroopers carried gravity knives. I wish I would have bought one fairly cheap when I could have. The dollar was really strong against the West German Deutschmark when I was there, like 2.40:1. Later on at home some idiot lawmakers decided they were "switchblades" because you could flick them open, and they got too expensive. Too expensive to have some @$$hole cop confiscate and keep for themselves that is, and I wanted to be able to carry it.
The Eickhorn Solingen LL80 was standard issue when I was in the army and I think it still is. It's a smaller version of the LL100 with a 3-1/4" blade instead of 4". This ad at knife command says, "Folded into the handle is a steel 3-1/2" flat tip pick.", instead of a a steel 3-1/2" marlin spike like the LL100, but the only picture it shows of the LL80 is with both of them together. The marlin spike is meant for getting knots out of lines and ropes, just like pocket knives various navies have used for the last few centuries. I can think of I few other uses too but should keep most of them to myself. It could possibly be used as an ice pick if you're fresh out of ice picks, and my favorite alternative so far, a #1 Phillips screwdriver. The only picture I've found tonight of the LL80 flat tip pick
or marlin spike is the last one, and the description says it features an awl or a screwdriver. I didn't read the rest yet but those were real German paratrooper knives.
I think I'll buy one of them but I won't be carrying it. At least not around Flint Township where you can carry a gun but not a knife with a blade over 3.0" long. How f***ing stupid is that? I need a few other knives where the blade slides out the front or folds out of the side of the handle instead of the edge. I don't feel like Christmas shopping for myself this year, but if I'm good maybe I'll get something next year.
Or some other time when I'm done buying gun parts, as if I'll ever be done modifying, accessorizing and tinkering with them. I like the action on the Provoke karambit but I'd rather sit around and play with a gravity knife. It's one of those things I've wanted for a long time but never bought yet, whereas the karambit is just something new that looks cool and different.
http://www.german-knife.com/german-paratrooper-gravity-knife.html ETA: When my pantographic knife, I wish there was a better word for that, when my P-knife is closed the rear of the blade sticks out past the handle like tool blade of some kind. It would give someone a nasty gash if you jabbed it into their head. If would be less effective as a striking tool elsewhere but still would still concentrate a lot of force in a narrow spot. It also keeps the handle from taking the impact at the hinges if you accidentally drop it on the ground.
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