Knife-wielding t.v. characters! Whose your favorite?

Rory Calhoun in Apache Territory, 1958. He was all cowboy (sixguns and a Winchester) but I thought it was cool that he had, and used, a moderate sized bowie knife through out the movie. It was in a sheath that was a prominent part of his leather rig. Can't find a picture but I'll never forget it.

Just noticed "TV Character". This was a theatrical movie but I saw it when I was a kid on television so I guess that counts.
 
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Faiaoga said:
If we are discussing knives on TV, we can go waaaaaay back (even further back than MacGyver: We need to mention Jim Bowie (...his blade was tempered and so was he - indestructible steel was he) and Cheyenne Bodie (I never saw him use it, but he always had a large bowie knife on the left side of his gunbelt).

I know this dates me. Please remember that I saw these shows when I was very young. :cool:
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Holy crap, I thought I was the only one here old enough to remember that show.:eek: I never missed that one, or Yancy Derringer. Pahoo was a mean mutha with that sawed off shotgun or knife.
 
Brock Samson for sure. He's pretty much the Chuck Norris of the animated world, with a knife. And Daryl of course, even though I'm not a fan of Busse.
 
Darn it.... Brock Sampson and John Lock from Lost.... lol, yea I have to go with both of them
If we were talking about movies I'd have to say Clint Eastwood from Dirty Harry when he stabs Scorpio in the thigh with a switchblade at the park unde the cross, the same leg he later shoots him in on the football field.... yea
 
First and foremost I have to agree with Macgyver. Second is Les straud from Survivorman.
Third I would put Sideshow Bob:
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Mike Nelson from Sea Hunt. He talked about a knife being a necessary tool at some point, his propensity to get in underwater knife fights more often than most divers goes unmentioned.

With some of the others mentioned I can't believe Xena has not been mentioned
 
Here's one. Samantha Carter from Stargate SG-1 who used knives on occasion. In one episode (can't remember the name off the top of my head) she's suspended above a Stargate and has to cut the rope to drop into it and gate back to earth. Wish I could remember what knife she used. If I find the ep, I'll get some caps.
These are from a first season episode called Emancipation where she has a fight to the death with a Mongol warlord. She pulls out what looks like an Ontario Air Force Survival knife(?) after the warlord produces this blade:
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Carter and her knife:
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Carter draws first (and only) blood:
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Eventually gets control of his knife hand:
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And wins the fight, but spares his life after forcing him to make a number of promises in front of the entire clan:
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Nobody remembers Johnny Weismuller as Tarzan? I watched the reruns when I was a kid and he got me started getting interested in knives.

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singularity35 said:
Nobody remembers Johnny Weismuller as Tarzan? I watched the reruns when I was a kid and he got me started getting interested in knives.

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I remember seeing some Tarzan when I was teeny, but I wasn't the least bit interested in knives yet. I was more fascinated by his relationship with Cheetah. :)
 
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