Another movie knife: Eye of the Needle

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Eye of the Needle is an excellent WW2 spy thriller from 1980 (in case it is not well known) based on a Ken Follett novel. A knife features rather prominently in it (after all it, is the needle that the title referes to). Anybody know what knife it is or who made it?
 
I saw the movie years ago, and I think it looked like maybe some kind of special effects thing. I've never seen any real knife like it.

Donald Southerland does do a masterfull job though!:thumbup:
 
Actually, "needle" was Sutherland's character's code name. Remember him calling the U-boat on the radio, "singvogel, hier ist die nadel," or in English, "songbird, here is the needle?"

It's been too long for trustworthy memory, but I recall a left wrist sheath for a switchblade stiletto that looked like something from Beltrane or SKM in Italy ... good long blade, maybe 6 inch. I don't recall ever seeing Sutherland flick it open, but maybe I just forgot.
 
LedSled said:
Actually, "needle" was Sutherland's character's code name.
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Well, yes, but it stands to reason that he earned that code name because of his favorite "tool". I think in the book there is even a reference to the connection between the code name and the blade. But there my memory might be playing tricks on me.

Yeah, it looked really long. I am not sure whether he flicked it open, but it is definitely not a sheath knife. In the first scene with the knife it looked a bit like an OTF auto to me.
 
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