Memphis Belle Film knife ?

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avonvilla

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I've just come across a buck knife marked up with memphis belle billy zane 1989 serial no 197, anyone know anything about this ?

Thanks
 
avonvilla said:
I've just come across a buck knife marked up with memphis belle billy zane 1989 serial no 197, anyone know anything about this ?

Thanks
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Buy it and then sell it to me!!!!!:D . Sorry no info. Can you post a pic? what model # is it? Please tell us what it looks like (pictures, writing on blade).

jb4570
 
No info here either but I sure would like to see some pics!
Never even heard of one before!
Jim
 
wh4f said:
No info here either but I sure would like to see some pics!
Never even heard of one before!
Jim
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Me either...I have the DVD...I remember the guy whittling the little model while he was in the tail of the plane...I'll have to dig the DVD out and see if it's a [recognizable] Buck... :p
 
A friend bought it at the weekend and asked me to see if i could find out anything, i will try and get some pics and more info on it, i haven't even seen it :-)
 
...That is kewl!!!... :cool: :thumbup:

A 119 Special with a wood grip!!! Maybe you should email Billy Zane and find out if he's missing one!!! :D
 
A standard 119BR ( cocobola) ?
With engraved blade...
Neat knife! It would be neat to know the history of this one!
Jim
 
Looks like brass in my pictures...
Wood color is hard to tell on my monitor :D
I was guessing a 119BR thats all!
Jim
 
I need to rent that one again. I know he ( Billy Zane ) was in Sniper with Tom Beringer, but I don't remember him in Memphis Belle...Was he a tail gunner or what? Nice knife, though. Take care, Rob
 
Rob19 said:
I need to rent that one again. I know he ( Billy Zane ) was in Sniper with Tom Beringer, but I don't remember him in Memphis Belle...Was he a tail gunner or what? Nice knife, though. Take care, Rob
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I'm almost sure he was the bombardier/navigator...with a mustache... :D

I can't find my DVD!!! Darned kids!!! :grumpy: Ever since that Phillips commercial, they flip these things all over the place... :(
 
I look, in reverence, at the movies about WWII. One thing I have learned, in my not-so-short stay on this planet is that the veterans of that era are very deserving of the title: "The Greatest Generation".
{ back on topic } That seems like a big knife for whittlin'....( may have been the only one available to the character at the time. ) rdogout
p.s. I am biased, partly because my father was in the Pacific campaign. He was a Seaman First Class Gunner's Mate on U.S.S. New Mexico.
 
Thanks for the input guys, i tried to cntact billy zane but came across a brick wall. Is there a way to contact buck about it ?

My friend says he bought it to sell so if anyone is interested let me know.
 
My dad would get a kick out of that knife. he was a navigator(or he calls:"navi-guesser") on a B-17 for the 482nd BG"Pathfinders"(the first BG to have radar bombing capability):thumbup: ;)
 
avonvilla said:
Thanks for the input guys, i tried to cntact billy zane but came across a brick wall. Is there a way to contact buck about it ?

My friend says he bought it to sell so if anyone is interested let me know.
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Hay avonvilla,

send me an email with a price I'll buy it:D .

jb4570
 
avonvilla said:
Thanks for the input guys, i tried to cntact billy zane but came across a brick wall. Is there a way to contact buck about it ?

My friend says he bought it to sell so if anyone is interested let me know.
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if you ever get a hold of billy get his sister lisa's email for me ;) she's sweet:D
 
Rob19 said:
I look, in reverence, at the movies about WWII...
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You want a good documentary of Marines in WWII, go to Amazon.com and Search "Our Time In Hell" on VHS...It was a TV documentary with Lee Marvin narrating...about an hour, but really good...

The title is explained by Marvin in the first minute; it's from an old poem...

"When I die and go to Heaven
To St. Peter, I shall tell
One more Marine reporting, Sir!
I've served my time in Hell!"

While on the subject of Marines, besides Marvin, Steve McQueen also served in the Corps... :cool:
 
Right he wants to sell it and he is interested in offers over £60, if anyone is interested drop me a mail at steve @ maceweb . com
 
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