Coincidentally, winter hit Central Oregon just about the time the Fallkniven arrived, so I had a chance to check it out under the conditions it was designed for. The F1 is the result of all this research and testing and here is what Fallkniven came up with.īlade thickness: 4.5 mm (0.18 in.), tapered
This knife must come close to being that mythical do-it-all knife.įallkniven spent more than ten years researching designs for their survival knives, and sub-arctic climate had a decisive influence. As a last resort, it might be used as a weapon. The knife will be used for everything from processing game animals, to cleaning fish to making emergency shelters. It must have tough blade steel, but not take an expert to sharpen it. So any survival knife issued to pilots must be rugged, reliable and well designed. The pilot’s knife may be the only tool the downed pilot ends up with. Any pilot who goes down in that environment is going to be in desperate straits as soon as he or she hits the ground. To start with, part of Sweden is above the arctic circle. The Fallkniven F1 is an minimalist survival knife used by the Swedish Armed Forces since 1995.
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