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A LIFE ON A KNIFE’S EDGE<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dietmar Pohl had his first unforgettable experience with knives in 1977 at the tender age of 11. His brother, who was ten years older, returned home from the Bundeswehr paratrooper school and showed him his paratrooper’s knife. The enthusiasm for the cold steel was awakened. But the moment when a friend showed him an article about a Vietnam war hero in the film magazine Cinema in January 1983 was really formative and life-changing. On that very weekend he marched to the cinema to watch the action film. On the way home, in the cold winter evening, the 16-year-old enthusiast thought not only of the elite fighter film character. For him, the real protagonist was the impressive survival knife from the forge of the legendary “Arkansas Knifesmith”, which Sylvester Stallone carried in the film. After a sleepless night, Dietmar stood the next day in the basement of his parents’ house, using muscle fat and a round file, to give his KA-BAR combat knife the characteristic saw back of the film knife.<\/span><\/p>\n

THE REST IS HISTORY…<\/span><\/h3>\n

…as the saying goes. Dietmar Pohl was infected by the blade-virus from that time on and dedicated his whole life to the knife until today. After his visit to the cinema he researched the knife maker from the other side of the big pond in Arkansas, and tried to find out more about him. At that time, without the ubiquitous Internet, it was a tedious undertaking.<\/span><\/p>\n

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James B. Lile and 24-year-old Dietmar Pohl at the California Custom Knife Show in 1990. \"I did not expect to design these film knives 28 years later.\" (Dietmar Pohl)<\/div><\/div>\"\"<\/a><\/div>
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My brother J\u00fcrgen Pohl (1956-2014): As a paratrooper, he sparked my passion for special units and combat knives in me.<\/div><\/div>\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t