Fällkniven

Fällkniven, is a Swedish-based manufacturer of knives and knife-related gear and apparel. Fällkniven was founded in 1984 by company president Peter Hjortberger. The company started by importing knives and, in 1987, began designing their own knives.^[1]

Contents 1 Products 1.1 Manufacturing 1.2 Special editions 2 U.S. Marine/Navy approved 3 Pronunciation 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Products

Fällkniven is most well known as a supplier of military and outdoor knives. Throughout the years they have supplied the Swedish military with products. The Fällkniven model F1 is the official survival knife for all pilots in the Swedish Air Force since 1995.^[2]

Complementing their lineup of military approved knives, Fällkniven produces several specifically outdoors and hunting knives. Specifically their aptly named "Hunting Knife" the "Fällkniven H1".

Manufacturing

While Fällkniven is a Swedish company, most if not all of its production is done by subcontractors. Early F1 knives made of ATS34 steel were manufactured in Germany by Linder-Solingen. Production has been moved to Japan since Fallkniven replaced ATS34 steel with VG-10 steel in its products.

Special editions

Previous Fällkniven offerings that have a serial number or are of limited edition. No longer available in stores.

• 200 First handmade Fällkniven F1's prototypes.
• 15000# Fällkniven F1's first civilian production.(5000 of these also have M-number markings for the Swedish Airforce)
• 500# Fällkniven F1's with titanium oxide coating.
• 200# Fällkniven F1's in VG-10 with Micarta handles.
• 6 Fällkniven F1's in VG-10 with GREY teflon made for Fenwick.
• 6 Fällkniven F1's in VG-10 with GREEN teflon made for Fenwick.
• 110 Fällkniven F1's in 3G. Test models.
• 780# Fällkniven H1's first production.
• 400#? Fällkniven H1's with stag handles.
• 200# Fällkniven WM1's with Micarta handles.
• 1000# Fällkniven F1 3G Anniversary edition. Marked with crowns on both sides of the blade logo.

(# means individually numbered).

U.S. Marine/Navy approved

In November 2000, the black versions of models F1 and S1 were tested and approved for use by air crews in the U.S. Marine and U.S. Navy. They successfully met the requirements for function, design, strength and reliability which the Naval Air Warfare Center required.^[2]

Pronunciation

The word Fällkniven sounds like the words Fell-elk-knee-ven (Raven without Ra) put together to "FellKneeven". Fällkniven means folding knife (or actually "the folding knife").

See also

• Survival knife
• Bushcraft
• Survival skills

References

External links

• http://www.fallkniven.com/ Fallkniven company
• http://hem.passagen.se/nodh Fallkniven knife collector, with lists of all known numbered knives.

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