This is known as the “Mil-Tec Bundeswehr Army 4” because, I’m told, it has 4 tools. But I’m not sure which ones they are! I see at least 7 tools.
First impressions:
* General: Very good / Impressed / Will Do Just Fine. All tools are normal-easy to open and close. * Appearance & feel: Nice to look at, feels good in the hand. I love the feel of the scale texture on these. * Pliers / Cutters: Seem very capable / Untested. * Main spearpoint blade: Very sharp out of the box. * Saw / cap lifter / driver tool: Very sharp. Did not come with a tin cover. Does not have a nail file / striker. * Punch / Reamer: OK. But not edged or pointed! (You can see this in the photos) This is interesting. I might mod it. As it is, it can probably punch through leather OK. * Corkscrew: Just fine, nice and meaty. Better than the old Imperial corkscrew on the [Timberline](https://www.reddit.com/r/EDC/comments/137xsja/vintage_surf_mix/). You can see it no longer takes the full space though, unlike the other GAK-108s, which have a (very) long corkscrew. So I wonder if this is a recent change to the design.
Other: The main blade is not hard to open when the pliers are closed, as a Youtuber mentioned. So maybe Mil-Tec revised the blade position for newer models, not sure.
The blade sits a bit more prominent from the pliers when closed, so it’s obvious that they thought about the ease of opening in the design I received.
Weight: The weight is comparable to my Victorinox RangerWood 55. The weight improves the experience of holding the tool somehow, feels very capable without being too heavy.
Bail / Clevis – I’m looking into adding a bail to this knife. It would be perfect. I included a drawing of the needed dimensions. Anybody obtained / made one of these before?
You can’t add a lanyard, since the holes stop after the first set of liners; the lanyard would also block the pliers, so there’s no point to it.
That’s it for now! Looking forward to using this out in the woods this week.
Electrical_Quote3653
Cool! Are those pliers as usable as Leatherman pliers? I would love a traditionally shaped pocketknife with good pliers.
2 Comments
Hey multitool pals,
Here’s a new one that arrived. I really liked my previous GAK-108s ([here](https://www.friendlyskies.net/imagery?smd_glry_2e3d=1#img821) and [here](https://www.friendlyskies.net/imagery?smd_glry_2e3d=1#img822)) and ended up using them quite a bit, so I thought I’d try this one.
This is known as the “Mil-Tec Bundeswehr Army 4” because, I’m told, it has 4 tools. But I’m not sure which ones they are! I see at least 7 tools.
First impressions:
* General: Very good / Impressed / Will Do Just Fine. All tools are normal-easy to open and close.
* Appearance & feel: Nice to look at, feels good in the hand. I love the feel of the scale texture on these.
* Pliers / Cutters: Seem very capable / Untested.
* Main spearpoint blade: Very sharp out of the box.
* Saw / cap lifter / driver tool: Very sharp. Did not come with a tin cover. Does not have a nail file / striker.
* Punch / Reamer: OK. But not edged or pointed! (You can see this in the photos) This is interesting. I might mod it. As it is, it can probably punch through leather OK.
* Corkscrew: Just fine, nice and meaty. Better than the old Imperial corkscrew on the [Timberline](https://www.reddit.com/r/EDC/comments/137xsja/vintage_surf_mix/). You can see it no longer takes the full space though, unlike the other GAK-108s, which have a (very) long corkscrew. So I wonder if this is a recent change to the design.
Other: The main blade is not hard to open when the pliers are closed, as a Youtuber mentioned. So maybe Mil-Tec revised the blade position for newer models, not sure.
The blade sits a bit more prominent from the pliers when closed, so it’s obvious that they thought about the ease of opening in the design I received.
Weight: The weight is comparable to my Victorinox RangerWood 55. The weight improves the experience of holding the tool somehow, feels very capable without being too heavy.
Bail / Clevis – I’m looking into adding a bail to this knife. It would be perfect. I included a drawing of the needed dimensions. Anybody obtained / made one of these before?
You can’t add a lanyard, since the holes stop after the first set of liners; the lanyard would also block the pliers, so there’s no point to it.
That’s it for now! Looking forward to using this out in the woods this week.
Cool! Are those pliers as usable as Leatherman pliers? I would love a traditionally shaped pocketknife with good pliers.