The Snow Walker's knife?

TAH

TAH

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I'm sure this has been discussed, but last night, I watched The Snow Walker. The knife appears to be a 110, but the wood handle looked light in color compared to the usual 110 handle. Maybe Buck used different wood in 1953. :D Yea, I know, the 110 didn't exist back then. So was it a Buck or a copy?

Anyway, as I was watching it, I couldn't help but think of the movie, The Edge with Anthony Hopkins. That would have been the perfect movie to feature a 110. I always enjoy seeing a knife being used as a tool and not a weapon, which is rare in movies.
 
TAH said:
I always enjoy seeing a knife being used as a tool and not a weapon, which is rare in movies.
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Do you like seeing an axe being used as a ladder??? Rent "The Vikings", with Kirk Douglas/Tony Curtis...The scene with Douglas climbing a ladder made of axes is the high point of the movie... :thumbup:
 
I haven't seen The Vikings, but when I was a kid, I remember Ron Ely as Tarzan using his knife as a foot hold to climb out of a snake pit. :)
 
The knife in the film is indeed a Buck 110, but as you noted it's a slight slip up on dating, 10 years to soon.

Great freaking film though!

The Edge rocks also, it actually got me into Buck 110's. I wanted a knife like the the Brian Lyttle custom in the film, but couldn't afford it. After searching around I went with this Buck 110 as the closest I could get within my budget.

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That's a good looking knife, LC. You shouldn't feel like you had to "settle" with a Buck 110. Obviously, the Lyttle knife has 110 blood in it.

I just wonder why the Snow Walker's handle looked so light in color. :confused:
 
TAH said:
That's a good looking knife, LC. You shouldn't feel like you had to "settle" with a Buck 110. Obviously, the Lyttle knife has 110 blood in it.
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Oh I don't, this 110 is offically my "baby", wouldn't trade it for the world. :D

TAH said:
I just wonder why the Snow Walker's handle looked so light in color. :confused:
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My guess would be it's just age, wood handles change color with age and handling and use, (exposure to sunlight, water, animal blood and human skin oil etc..., the prop knife was most likely not a brand new knife, but one that has been around awhile. It even makes sense, the day to day EDC knife of an Alaskan Bush Pilot would probably not look "brand new" for very long with use in that environment.

Man the more I think about it, the more I wanna slap in the DVD and watch it again!
 
I understand what you are saying about handles changing color, but they usually get darker in my experience. I guess it doesn't really matter. I was just curious.

I enjoyed Snow Walker immensely. I even watched all the extra features which were as good as the movie. If you enjoy Arctic survival stuff, check out the 1922 film, Nanook Of The North. It a classic!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013427/
 
"Island in the sky" is kinda cool, it was held up from release on DVD for a loooong time due to legal battles. It just came out earlier this year.

It's cool, and watch for a VERY young James Arness.
 
LTC,
Is it safe to guess that's a Custom 110 with Brown Elk Horn? Very nice piece.
 
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