Fällkniven, is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

-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.

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

Swedish Air Force

The Swedish Air Force is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.-History:The Swedish Air Force was created on July 1, 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalating international tension during the 1930s the Air Force was reorganized and expanded...

 since 1995.

Complementing their lineup of military approved knives, Fällkniven produces several specifically outdoors and hunting

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...

 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

VG-10

VG-10 stands for V Gold 10 , or sometimes V-Kin-10 , and is a quality cutlery grade stainless steel produced in Japan....

 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
  VG-10
  VG-10 stands for V Gold 10 , or sometimes V-Kin-10 , and is a quality cutlery grade stainless steel produced in Japan....
  
   with Micarta handles.
• 6 Fällkniven F1's in VG-10
  VG-10
  VG-10 stands for V Gold 10 , or sometimes V-Kin-10 , and is a quality cutlery grade stainless steel produced in Japan....
  
   with GREY teflon made for Fenwick.
• 6 Fällkniven F1's in VG-10
  VG-10
  VG-10 stands for V Gold 10 , or sometimes V-Kin-10 , and is a quality cutlery grade stainless steel produced in Japan....
  
   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

Naval Air Warfare Center

Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster was a U.S. Navy military installation located in Warminster, Pennsylvania and Ivyland, Pennsylvania. For most of its existence, the base was known as the Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, NADC, or simply, Johnsville.The U.S...

required.

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").

External links

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