The Glock knife is a military field knife product line designed and produced by Glock Ges.m.b.H., located in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria. It can also be used as a bayonet, by engaging a socket in the pommel into a bayonet adapter that can be fitted to the Steyr AUG rifle.
Design
The knives were developed in close cooperation with the special forcesJagdkommando of the Austrian Army and are suitable for throwing. Both knives have clip point blades made of SAE 1095spring steel with a hardness of 55 HRC and are phosphate-treated. Spring steel offers a high yield strength for good impact resistance and flexibility but low corrosion resistance. The grips and sheaths are made of Glock-polymer. The Survival Knife 81 is available in the colors olive drab, battlefield green, desert sand, flat dark earth, gray, and black. The Field Knife 78 was available in desert sand, olive drab and black. The upper crossguard is bent forward to allow it to be used as a bayonet on the Steyr AUG rifle. It can also be used as a bottle opener. The polymer sheath features a retention clip that secures the knife against loss, a belt clip for attaching the knife to an up to wide belt and a drainage opening at the bottom. First generation versions of the knives had a circular Glock logo on the sheath, blade, and handle. Later versions sport the current Glock logo in the same locations.
Variants
Glock currently manufactures two models of knives:
The Field Knife 78, which is a classic field knife, with a long and thick blade, overall length and weighs.
The Survival Knife 81, which has the same overall dimensions as the Field Knife 78 with the addition of saw-teeth on the back of the blade and weighs.
Commemorative Versions
The Field Knife 78 40th Anniversary knife was released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Glock. It has an olive drab handle and sheath and laser etched blade, came in a silver Glock pistol case and was released in 2018. 780 of the knives were produced, each of which are numbered. A certificate of authenticity was also included.
The Field Knife 78 GSSF 25th Anniversary was released in 2016 to commemorate the 25th year of the . The blade is laser etched with the GSSF logo and reference to 25th anniversary.
