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Help, I'm new, looking for a movie dagger
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hugofeynman
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Hellize may have the time (sure has the skills) to make exactly what you want. His prices are more than fair, but prepare to spend a bit more than $200.
The blade looks flat because it's a prop.; it's butter knife dull and just needed to be vaguely blade shaped. Otherwise all your actors and grips and prop folks wind up cutting or stabbing themselves.
Movies like that were made decades ago and no one had any idea how today we'd be able to freeze those images and dissect them with screen grabs via a phone that was in everyone's pocket. They just had to look good enough as they flashed across the big screen for a second or two.
If you want a copy of the prop then there are lots of makers here that can make that happen. The accuracy will hinge on what you're willing to pay.
If you want a functioning stiletto in the style of Buttercup's blade then that's possible too but it will get expensive from the word go.
Movies like that were made decades ago and no one had any idea how today we'd be able to freeze those images and dissect them with screen grabs via a phone that was in everyone's pocket. They just had to look good enough as they flashed across the big screen for a second or two.
If you want a copy of the prop then there are lots of makers here that can make that happen. The accuracy will hinge on what you're willing to pay.
If you want a functioning stiletto in the style of Buttercup's blade then that's possible too but it will get expensive from the word go.
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Can you compare this screen grab link with the picture above?
http://s1042.photobucket.com/user/S...tercupDagger2_zpspnycndaq.png.html?sort=3&o=0
For some reason I couldn't get the picture to show up here like the ones above you posted. But the blade looks flat in comparison? unless its a camera angle or trick of the eye.
Thanks,
the blades on Stilettos are pointy and long, thin, but they can be single edged, double edged or without an edge (three or four sides/faces). The V42 or the Fairbarn-Sykes are double edged daggers often classified as Stilettos, as are the famous shoe heels that receive the same name because of their shape...
Also possible that what we have here is a Dirk of some kind
they have similar blades, flat and long,
and usually elaborate and ornamented handles and guards
Awesome!! Thanks everyone for all the info and being so helping and helping me figure it out. Very much appreciated! You are all very helpful and knowledgeable and nice. Thank you all again. I have learned alot from all of you. Now its time to make it happen.
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Good luck!
It was very nice to meet such a passionate and friendly member, hope to see you around
