As for Steven Segal;
Kevin's former Wm.Morris agent Chris, arranged for Kevin to meet Steven for lunch. He had warned Kevin of Steven's infamous super ego and given Kevin's...er...um... sense of himself , we all waited with baited breath to see what would happen. Amazingly, the two hit it off very well. They were in touch with each other and would sometimes get together for lunch if Kevin was in Hollyweird, throughout the making of his knives for the movie. As I recall, Steven had six Dogs made with custom handles to accommodate his HUGE hands.
Steven had asked that the knives ship to him hair shaving sharp, so that's how they shipped. The prop master was the first to open the box of sharp Dogs and immediately cut himself, rather badly as I recall. The prop master returned the knives with instructions to dull them. Kevin did as instructed and shipped them back. Steven got the dull knives and immediately demanded that they be sent back and resharpened...and so it went. Kevin and Steven may have met or talked on the phone a couple of times since then but I wouldn't call it a friendship so much as a respectful business relationship.
------- By Mrs. Mad Dog