Rambo V Knife?

Stallone was so special that he wanted them for free. The First Blood movie is what kick started his career. Stallone is a big knife collector from what I have heard. I don't think Moran needed the "publicity", but in hind sight, considering all the Rambo knives, I suspect the royalty stream was pretty good. I have always wished I could have visited his shop in Maryland. I met him at Blade a couple times, but I was just another face in the crowd.
 
I think he should go with the RIII Rescue one. It looks similar to the First blood one but it is slightly bigger.
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22-rimfire said:
I will have to check the dates. But I suspect you're right. So, if that's the case, Stallone was a "big star" at that point. Makes sense in relative to the limo.
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Well star or no star if someone comes to my place and orders all my buddies out hes going to have about 3 sec to leave and no second chance to come back.
 
riversidedep said:
It was the Hibben knife from Rambo III he lost on the boat if I remember correctly. It wasn't shown in the movie but I think it was mentioned in the script.
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It was the Hibben Rambo III that he left on the river pirate boat. It appears in that deleted scene in the Special Edition version of the movie.

snooka said:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1134174-sylvester-stallone/page2

He tried to stiff Bill Moran for a half dozen of Bill's ST-23 fighters, which was his first choice for the First Blood movie. He visited Bill's shop in Middletown Maryland, (quite a story of his character in itself) and told Bill that he'd like 6 of them to use in the filming of the movie. Bill said fine, and he'd get to work on them immediately. But Bill wanted 50% down to start with, and Stallone told him that he wasn't going to pay Bill, that Bill was going to make them for free for the privilege of having Moran knives in his movie. What Bill told Stallone was not as polite, and Stallone left Bill Moran's shop a disappointed man. He couldn't understand why Moran wasn't falling on his knees to kiss his a$$. Bill Moran never seemed to care that his friend Jimmy Lile got the job. Moran was already backordered the rest of his life.

On the day that Stallone visited Bill Moran's shop, a few of Bill's friends were hanging out there. This was a normal thing, as Bill's shop was sort of a gathering place of like minded folks. A big towncar pulls up outside, and a guy, one of the body guards for Stallone, walks into Bill's shop and tells everyone there that they have to leave, that Mr. Stallone is here to talk to Mr. Moran. Bill took a bit of offense at an unknown person telling his friends to leave, and told the bodyguard that it was his shop, and he, Bill, would say who comes and goes. If Mr. Stallone wanted to come in, that was okay, but if he didn't, that was okay as well. Bodyguard went back to the car and reported this to the passenger in the backseat. Stallone came into the shop, and ignored everyones greeting like a rude a$$, and then propositioned Bill. Things went south from there.
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TAH said:
Not sure if it was before or after Stallone visited Moran, but he also approached Randall for the same type of arrangement. That was a dead end too.
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RevDevil said:
May have also happened with the dealer that commissioned Microtech Halo V's in red for "Bullet to the Head". Whatever knife ends up being used, I hope it gets paid for upfront. :)
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No disrespect to the original posters here, but can anyone actually cite some references for any of these stories? Some of the "facts" presented don't quite add up, and frankly they smack of urban legend. Gil Hibben never mentioned anything about not being paid for his work, and by the time he was brought into the franchise, plenty of knifemakers would have paid out of their own pockets to be the next "Rambo knifemaker!"

I'm pretty sure that Stallone's collection of customs shown in the photo from snooka's linked thread was not acquired through sheer goodwill and starstruck admiration. If he was willing to buy that many customs for his own collection, I find it a little hard to believe that he wasn't willing to pay for the knives used in his movies. I also tend to believe that the star of a movie--even if he's the director and/or a producer, as well--has very little to do with the actual acquisition of the movie's props. Being a knife guy, Stallone may have had a direct hand in deciding which knives were used, but I doubt he had much, if anything, to do with the purchase of those knives once they were selected.

Just my thoughts. Feel free to correct me if you have facts to the contrary.

-Steve
 
They actually filmed the scenes for "Rambo" (2008) with the knife from "Rambo II", after he dropped off the missionaries, he went back and moved and burned the dead pirates river boat. He used the "Rambo II" knife to cut open the fuel cans to burn the boat, then threw the knife into the burning boat. I sorta assume this was meant to be symbolic of him trying to put violence behind him, only to have it brought back when he learned the missionaries were in trouble, and forged the new knife.

Here are screen captures from the scene, from the extended cut DVD.
 
I was thinking perhaps it should be like he's dragged from "retirement" (yet again) his dad's probably a vet, so he should use his dad's Ka-bar
 
Bear Claw Chris Lappe said:
They actually filmed the scenes for "Rambo" (2008) with the knife from "Rambo II", after he dropped off the missionaries, he went back and moved and burned the dead pirates river boat. He used the "Rambo II" knife to cut open the fuel cans to burn the boat, then threw the knife into the burning boat. I sorta assume this was meant to be symbolic of him trying to put violence behind him, only to have it brought back when he learned the missionaries were in trouble, and forged the new knife.

Here are screen captures from the scene, from the extended cut DVD.
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Whoops, I stand corrected! I could have sworn that the knife used in that scene was the Rambo III, but the pictures don't lie. Thanks for setting the record straight, Mr. Lappe.

As for the Rambo V knife, I don't have any recommendations. (Stallone usually goes with higher-end custom fixed blades, an area I don't dabble in much.) But I will say that I'm anxious to see what he chooses. The knives that he selects for his movies are never boring!

-Steve
 
RevDevil said:
I trust you read the link I gave you Steve?
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No, I hadn't seen your message. I've read through the link now, however, and I thank you for the information. It definitely made for some interesting reading! For some reason, I couldn't reply to your message, so I left a reply on my wall.

Thanks again, RevDevil!

-Steve
 
:thumbup: it's just a crazy scenario that seems to make no sense. No doubt about it.
 
Bear Claw Chris Lappe said:
Smatchet joke aside, it would be kinda cool to see the original Lile back. Since "Rambo" ended with him returning home, the story could be, that after his imprisonment after "First Blood", all his personal effects had been sent to his Dad, and he finds it there.
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Bear Claw should write the entire script..:o)
 
The most interesting things about this picture aside from the bad-a$$ knife, are the flask and the airplane bottle of what looks to be Jack Daniels. Sly should carry flask as well. All of the stress has gotten to him and now he hits the bottle throughout the movie.

 
snooka said:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1134174-sylvester-stallone/page2

He tried to stiff Bill Moran for a half dozen of Bill's ST-23 fighters, which was his first choice for the First Blood movie. He visited Bill's shop in Middletown Maryland, (quite a story of his character in itself) and told Bill that he'd like 6 of them to use in the filming of the movie. Bill said fine, and he'd get to work on them immediately. But Bill wanted 50% down to start with, and Stallone told him that he wasn't going to pay Bill, that Bill was going to make them for free for the privilege of having Moran knives in his movie. What Bill told Stallone was not as polite, and Stallone left Bill Moran's shop a disappointed man. He couldn't understand why Moran wasn't falling on his knees to kiss his a$$. Bill Moran never seemed to care that his friend Jimmy Lile got the job. Moran was already backordered the rest of his life.

On the day that Stallone visited Bill Moran's shop, a few of Bill's friends were hanging out there. This was a normal thing, as Bill's shop was sort of a gathering place of like minded folks. A big towncar pulls up outside, and a guy, one of the body guards for Stallone, walks into Bill's shop and tells everyone there that they have to leave, that Mr. Stallone is here to talk to Mr. Moran. Bill took a bit of offense at an unknown person telling his friends to leave, and told the bodyguard that it was his shop, and he, Bill, would say who comes and goes. If Mr. Stallone wanted to come in, that was okay, but if he didn't, that was okay as well. Bodyguard went back to the car and reported this to the passenger in the backseat. Stallone came into the shop, and ignored everyones greeting like a rude a$$, and then propositioned Bill. Things went south from there.
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Best read in a while. Thanx for posting.
 
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