I have a rare set of Gil Hibben knives signed and mounted he made for the mortal kombat movie. It's 155/1000 made. A Raptor and another knife they made to match it. The Sonya Blade. Is there any way I can post a picture or get some more info on what I have?
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You've got a set of mortal kombat movie knives from Gil Hibben. There were approximately 1000 made. What other info did you want? Did you try using Google? There are articles and auction listings pertaining to them.
Here is one: https://blademag.com/tv-and-movie-knives/mortal-kombat-knife/amp
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I’ll be the guy. To be clear, the “rarity” of these knives, as indicated by the production number printed on them alone might not necessarily make them super valuable in the world of true knife nuts, but maybe moreso to those really into movie memorabilia or Mortal Kombat superfans.
Just saying this may not be the best audience from which to ascertain value on essentially a piece of movie memorabilia. But there’s a niche for everything, often a lot of intersection, and I could be dead wrong. As far as quality knives go, I doubt these meet a lot of the current standards of “cool” for this site, aside from probably being neat-looking, but we have all kinds here.
Per the rules though, you cannot request/discuss value without a paid membership to this forum. That said, I really can’t imagine they’re worth much more than they were sold for retail, but perhaps I’m wrong and they’re super desirable. Not to me, unfortunately.
FYI, most of Gil Hibben’s fantasy, movie, and even many of his more standard designs sold at retail were licensed by and produced in China by United Cutlery, IIRC, which is not exactly a company known for what we here consider premier quality in terms of cutlery by today’s standards. United was/is very VERY prolific at making generally inexpensive movie/brand licensed knives, reproductions, tactical looking, and fantasy fun pieces sold more for their named connection or theme in appearance rather than the actual quality of materials used or performance as user. Nor are they in the realm of custom, handmade, uber popular production/mid tech, or high art knives often discussed here, so you may not get a whole lot of interest, but I do hope you find what you’re looking for.
Just saying this may not be the best audience from which to ascertain value on essentially a piece of movie memorabilia. But there’s a niche for everything, often a lot of intersection, and I could be dead wrong. As far as quality knives go, I doubt these meet a lot of the current standards of “cool” for this site, aside from probably being neat-looking, but we have all kinds here.
Per the rules though, you cannot request/discuss value without a paid membership to this forum. That said, I really can’t imagine they’re worth much more than they were sold for retail, but perhaps I’m wrong and they’re super desirable. Not to me, unfortunately.
FYI, most of Gil Hibben’s fantasy, movie, and even many of his more standard designs sold at retail were licensed by and produced in China by United Cutlery, IIRC, which is not exactly a company known for what we here consider premier quality in terms of cutlery by today’s standards. United was/is very VERY prolific at making generally inexpensive movie/brand licensed knives, reproductions, tactical looking, and fantasy fun pieces sold more for their named connection or theme in appearance rather than the actual quality of materials used or performance as user. Nor are they in the realm of custom, handmade, uber popular production/mid tech, or high art knives often discussed here, so you may not get a whole lot of interest, but I do hope you find what you’re looking for.