In the presence of Lieutenant General Karel Řehka, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces; Pavel Růžička, Chair of the Chamber of Deputies’ Subcommittee on War Veterans; war veterans from the UNPROFOR and SFOR missions; representatives from the Ministry of Defense, the Military Solidarity Fund, representatives of the Czech Police, the General Directorate of Customs, and the media, Mikov ceremonially unveiled the Golak knife, inspired by the Czech Army’s participation in the KFOR mission.
“We are pleased that, in the nearly five years since its inception, the War Veterans Project—whose goal is to support our army’s war veterans—has proven its viability and usefulness,” said the company’s sales director, Martin David. “Thanks to this project, we have been able to contribute more than 400,000 crowns tothe Military Solidarity Fund during that time, and also showcase the heroism of our soldiers to the public.”
The War Veteran Project is based on the release of numbered editions of military knives inspired by individual foreign missions of the Czech Army. For every knife sold, Mikov donates 300 Kč to the Military Solidarity Fund. The Golak knife thus joins the previously released Storm and Repetitor knives, as well as the limited edition of the M. 1917 trench knife dedicated to the memory of General Bílý, a hero of the anti-Nazi resistance.
The Golak knife is a combat-style integral dagger with a double-edged blade. As with the other knives in the project, it was designed by Major Roman Hippík, an army close-quarters combat instructor. The dagger, made of N690 steel with G10 scales, comes in a Kydex sheath, and each customer also receives a brochure describing the history of the KFOR mission and the sources of inspiration for its production. The Military History Institute contributed to the preparation of the brochure.
Mikov plans to continue releasing numbered editions of knives from the War Veteran Project. The next knife is expected to be dedicated to the mission in Afghanistan.