Knife in The Patriot

[Raver]

Was watching The Patriot again on TV last night. Anybody know anything about the knife Mel Gibson's character uses? I really liked the size and blade profile. Custom? If so, whose?

 

[Will'em]

Originally posted by Raver
Was watching The Patriot again on TV last night. Anybody know anything about the knife Mel Gibson's character uses? I really liked the size and blade profile. Custom? If so, whose?

Custom by my guess, was wondering the same thing, are you refering to his or his sons knife?

 

[Raptor]

Raver,
I'm sorry to say I can't find who made the knife in "The Patriot".

I thought it was Tony Swatton of the Sword and Stone. I figured that since he made the other props (tomahawk and straight razor) that he would've naturally also made the knives. I guess I was wrong because he mentions nothing on the website about Patriot knives.

Maybe whoever made the swords made the knives. I'd be interested to find out who it was.

--The Raptor--

 

[Raver]

Thanks for the replies. I meant Benjamin Martin's knife. Anybody else?

 

[YoungCutter]

I think perhaps you're talking about the one he used in conjunction with his Tomahawk?

 

[Boondock Saint]

I too would love to know anything about his knife.

 

[Skean Dhu]

There was an article in Blade about 'The Patriot' right after the movie came out. There wasn't much about the knife, but if I recall correctly they did say that they wanted it to look like it been made from a cut down sword blade, which was a pretty common thing to do at that time.

Wish I had more info.