Moved from General Knife Discussion: Gil Hibben is selling his latest Rambo knife.

I'm betting the forge scene will be there. It actually works as part of the story this time as opposed to Rambo III. There is no need for a forge scene in III since they never explain why he no longer had either of his two knives. In the new film, he loses his knife and is forced to make one fast.
 
My first reaction to this knife was pretty much the same as everyone elses, but the knife is actually very compelling when you see it and hold it. It has a great visceral appeal, as does the odd sheath. The knife is larger than it appears in photos, but with a great "feel"; more like a crude Roman short sword than a machete. It also makes a nice counterpoint to the hi-tech, finely crafted look of the original Lile knives, sort of saying 'this is where Rambo is now, back to primitive basics'. (The Rambo III does nothing for me - and Rambo was supposed to have handcrafted that one in a deleted scene available on the DVD release.) Within the context of the new movie, as I understand it, Rambo is forced to quickly forge a new knife when he loses the Rambo III. For a sheath, he cannibalizes the Rambo III sheath, cutting open the bottom to make the new knife fit. When I saw Rambo III the first time I thought "what a disappointing knife" and Hibben apparently still has some of the 300 originals twenty years later. Surprisingly, this new knife may be the one that appeals to collectors.
 
Jeop86 said:
When I saw Rambo III the first time I thought "what a disappointing knife" and Hibben apparently still has some of the 300 originals twenty years later. Surprisingly, this new knife may be the one that appeals to collectors.
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I don't think the "300 Rambo III knives" are the originals. I think he made those later on, and made them a little shorter to distinguish them from the originals. Not sure though...
 
EvanBNW said:
I don't think the "300 Rambo III knives" are the originals. I think he made those later on, and made them a little shorter to distinguish them from the originals. Not sure though...
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Gil made 350 (not 300) handmade exact full size serial numbered copies of the knife he made for the movie. He still has a few numbers left because a few orders cancelled over the years and he never really advertised them.

The replicas that he licensed United Cutelry to make were a little smaller to distinguish them from the handmade versions. It was the biggest selling knife ever produced by UC, selling some 250,000 copies.
 
MisterSat said:
Gil made 350 (not 300) handmade exact full size serial numbered copies of the knife he made for the movie. He still has a few numbers left because a few orders cancelled over the years and he never really advertised them.

The replicas that he licensed United Cutelry to make were a little smaller to distinguish them from the handmade versions. It was the biggest selling knife ever produced by UC, selling some 250,000 copies.
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Ah, thanks for the clarification.
 
The latest issue of SOF has a nice interview with Sly about the movie, not a lot about the knife though, but an interesting read.
 
The Last Confederate said:
And life goes full circle!

Now Rambo is ripping off "The Hunted", which was a rip off of Rambo. :D
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Interesting. I think the writers for Rambo stole the idea from a movie titled: Ruckus. Starring Dirk Benedict, Linda Blair. Filmed in 1980. Its Basically Rambo, but instead of a Lile knife, Dirk's Character uses a Buck 110 lock-back folder. Its a pretty good movie.:thumbup:
 
EvanBNW said:
Is the novel worth reading? How does it compare to the movie?
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Yes, it's a great read, but it differs greatly from the movie.

In the book John Rambo does not show any restraint like in the movie, he is a vicious killer and racks up a serious body count. He is nothing like the sympathetic troubled man that they created for the movie.

The ending is also very different, but I won't spoil it for those that don't know already.

In some ways, if you saw the movie "The Hunted" with Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Torro, the character BDT plays "Aaron Hallam" is much closer to the John Rambo in the book "First Blood". Delusional and paranoid and totally ruthless.
 
MisterSat said:
Sorry, I forgot that. It's been a long time since I read it. He didn't have the "Rambo" knife of the movie.
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10-4, after I replied, it dawned on me that, that's what you meant.

I doesn't help, that after the movie, almost every subsequently published edition of "First Blood" has had one of those type knives on the cover!

The most recent mass market paperback has a Muela Spanish military issue on the cover????? :confused:
 
The copy of the copy is clearly inferior. If you look closely, you'll note the original copy ($1250) comes with a lanyard.
 
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