Epic Movie Knives

Not a movie but a different type of media.

Coincidently I read
"the little engine that could"
yesterday to my 3 year old.
The book talked about dolls and good food and Jackknives (!) and other toys for the good girls and boys on the other side of the mountain. There was also a picture of the half opened traditional slip joint knife. Nice! It was first published in the 30s but the toys were added in a later version of the story. The book I had was from the 70s though the illustrations might be older.
Just imagine something like this in a modern book for the littlest ones of us. How scary. A real knife ;)

Just Googled the title and jackknife and actually found a review which called it outdated a bit because it mentioned a knife.
:eek:

However in 2007 teachers voted the book to be one of the best one for kids.
Hmmm
 
The Japanese movie "Tokyo Rampage" has a psycho who carries a bag full of one-handed folders, some of which were or looked like Kershaws and Spydercos. Also if I remember right, there is a CGI scene where it appears to be raining various one-handed knives. It was a scene from the guy's psyche...it's been a while since I saw it, though.

Jim
 
You guys have nailed most of the good ones... I still really like

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And the custom Tom Brown Tracker in "The Hunted"

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Jens Schuetz said:
Not a movie but a different type of media.

Coincidently I read
"the little engine that could"
yesterday to my 3 year old.
The book talked about dolls and good food and Jackknives (!) and other toys for the good girls and boys on the other side of the mountain. There was also a picture of the half opened traditional slip joint knife. Nice! It was first published in the 30s but the toys were added in a later version of the story. The book I had was from the 70s though the illustrations might be older.
Just imagine something like this in a modern book for the littlest ones of us. How scary. A real knife ;)

Just Googled the title and jackknife and actually found a review which called it outdated a bit because it mentioned a knife.
:eek:

However in 2007 teachers voted the book to be one of the best one for kids.
Hmmm
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Cool post about the book.

Thank you for sharing.

Cate
 
Jens Schuetz said:
Just Googled the title and jackknife and actually found a review which called it outdated a bit because it mentioned a knife.
:eek
Hmmm
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Not entirely surprising with a segment of society
Ever trying to change the stereotyped roles of the sexes.
Especially when some playthings are essentially tools
For children to mimic grown ups.
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Hopefully its about training children to multi task in their home for the future.
Omitting knives in children's publications is ignoring the important role of cutlery in the development of mankind.
Perhaps this knife phobia is all as a result of social regression of man trapped in the decay of his concrete jungle. Overcrowding and the lack of a defined purpose is the prone to breed mental frustration and violence.
Its just so unfortunate that such lost individuals have turned to man's oldest tool to vent their frustrations upon an already fearful society.
Knives are a common everyday item and it will remain to be useful for a number of things.
And much as we fear it in the hands of the misguided, there is much more to gain through its continued use.
Children need to know of its existence and be taught of its inherent dangers
But certainly not to made fearful of it from young...
 
Another nod for Braveheart...I always liked the long dagger/shortsword carried by Stephen the Irishman, who is also one of my favorite characters in the film.

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How about Val Kilmer's Severtech auto in Spartan and Sylvestor Stalone's Microtech in Bullet to the Head.
 
In the Hong Kong movie Full Contact, Chow Yun-Fat uses a butterfly knife in (IMO) possibly the best-choreographed use of a butterfly knife in a movie. It's a short scene, but well-done.

Add: (*spoiler*)
In True Romance, Patricia Arquette uses the corkscrew on what looks like a Victorinox Spartan SAK on James Gandolfini.

Jim
 
My three favourite movie knives are:

1)

Gil Hibben's double bladed dagger of the somewhat aggro neighbour of Korben Dallas in the Fifth Element:

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2)

V's dagger set in V for Vendetta:

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3)

The Cold Steel throwing knives of Navajas in Desperados:

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If the OP was about swords this would surely make my top 3 too:

The deadly walking cane of the blind swordsman Zaitochi:

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Danke42 said:
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
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Why not. At least we know the guy can swim or is strong enough to pull it from a rock. Probably more qualification than was required of most medieval rulers besides being born from the right parents.
Almost as impressive as good basket ball skills in many people's eyes I guess.
:D
 
MES said:
My three favourite movie knives are:

1)

Gil Hibben's double bladed dagger of the somewhat aggro neighbour of Korben Dallas in the Fifth Element:

gcTc71Ho

g6PWzZrE


2)

V's dagger set in V for Vendetta:

XaOHXc0x


3)

The Cold Steel throwing knives of Navajas in Desperados:

rP7DqTDD



If the OP was about swords this would surely make my top 3 too:

The deadly walking cane of the blind swordsman Zaitochi:

c8dNZd4B

DyHftSKt
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I like you first choice very much,what a great looking design Double Shadow
 
James Coburn's Rizzuto/clone switchblade in "The Magnificent Seven". The underhand "long-distance" flip to the gizzard, while highly unlikely in the real world, was a classic "Movie Knife Moment". Pic to be added later... my google-pic-foo is failing me right now. :(

No one seems to know if it was a real Italian model, a clone (Korean??) brought up from Mexico

Edit to add pic
Top pic is when Coburn just plugged the telegraph pole
Bottom is obviously the gizzard shot
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