traditional knives in movies

[meako]

Well...

:thumbup:

those are known in the industry as "stunt hands". And if any of you guys bag Uma out again I'm gonna ...I'm just gonna ... ooooh I'm gonna get cross

 

[A.L.]

A.L., if I recall correctly, the knife in No Country for Old Men is a Camillus Demo knife (or similar).

Cool! :thumbup:

 

[VermontEdge]

What does Brooks use to carve his name in that bannister in Shawshank Redemption?


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[btb01]

I always enjoy when I find something else I can add to this thread.

Here's one from The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Jesse James (Brad Pitt) uses a folding knife to cut the heads off a pair of snakes he's going to fry up for supper. I feel like the blade looks completely different from one shot to the next. I wonder if there were two knives with different blades used for the scene; one for slicing, the other for sticking in the table.

Here's another, from an episode of the American version of The Office. Dwight is in the break room whittling with what looks like a Buck 110.

"What are you making?"

"A knife."

"You're making a knife with a knife?"

"You got a better way?"

 

[btb01]

I did a little googling to see if I could find anything about Jesse James' pocket knife, hoping maybe there would be one included in a museum display of his personal effects, guns, etc. that could be compared to that prop from the film. I couldn't find anything like that, but I did come across this excerpt from a 1916 Macon, Missouri newspaper, which I thought was at least somewhat interesting.

 

[Jack Black]

Sterling research Barrett :thumbup: I enjoyed the film and also the book of the same name :thumbup:

 

[5K Qs]

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Here's another, from an episode of the American version of The Office. Dwight is in the break room whittling with what looks like a Buck 110.

"What are you making?"

"A knife."

"You're making a knife with a knife?"

"You got a better way?"

Interesting posts, Barrett. :thumbup::thumbup:
I once used a knife to whittle a knife (supposed to be a congress pattern with scratted covers). I sure wouldn't try it with a Buck 110, though!

- GT

 

[btb01]

Yesterday I rewatched the film Gangs of New York, which contains quite a few traditional fixed blade knives, and one folder.

The folder (which I suppose is more of a straight razor) is shown a couple times in the movie, first in the hands of Liam Neeson's character, Priest Vallon:

And later being held by the Priest's son, Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio):

DiCaprio's character carries this fixed blade through much of the movie:

Here's another shot from the same scene, although it doesn't appear to be the same knife:

The film's antagonist, Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (played by Daniel Day Lewis), uses a large cleaver and long butcher's knife as his weapons of choice:

I like this overhead shot of The Butcher's knives as he hones one of them, preparing for a fight:

At one point, this stag handled fixed blade (hidden under a table) is used by The Butcher to stop someone from cheating during a game of cards:

You never get a good look at the blade, but you can see it from a distance in this shot, on the table in front of the The Butcher:

The Butcher also uses several of these identical fixed blades to show off his knife throwing skills:

Here's a rudimentary looking knife that is also thrown at one point in the movie:

Last but not least, there's this pointy fixed blade knife, used by The Butcher to cook and eat a steak. It looks like it's been sharpened a time or two.

 

[herder]

Great pictures and newspaper clipping for Jesse James, btb01.

 

[huelsdonk]

Wow, fantastic post, Barrett. Thanks for sharing all the stills. Really cool. Looks like Scorsese and crew did quite a lot of research for that movie. I haven't seen it since it came out.

 

[A.L.]

Fantastic post indeed! I love the variety of "simple" rustic knives. I need to re-watch that movie soon.

 

[Jack Black]

Superb work Barrett, thank you for that :thumbup:

 

[btb01]

Thanks, guys! This is one of my favorite threads, so it always fun when I find something else that can be added to it. :thumbup:

 

[Peregrin]

Some great stuff, Barret!

The better half and I found the movie Titanic on TV, one evening over the holidays. There's a scene towards the beginning of the movie where DiCaprio and some fellows were playing cards. Two tickets for the Titanic voyage, some cash and what looked like a bone handled EZ Open jack were in the kitty. I couldn't pause to examine the image but thought it was pretty cool.

If this is already in the thread somewhere, my apologies.

 

[Jack Black]

I think it's in here somewhere Gary I've never seen the movie, but someone here made the point that apart from the Titanic ticket/s, everything else in that pot looks like it's worth about $10! :thumbup:

 

[Will Power]

Came across this bizarre film the other day 'Switchblade Sisters' 1975..You might like to check it out....

 

[Peregrin]

I think it's in here somewhere Gary I've never seen the movie, but someone here made the point that apart from the Titanic ticket/s, everything else in that pot looks like it's worth about $10! :thumbup:

Thanks, Jack. That 10 bucks sounds about right! Those boys didn't have much to their names.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks, Jack. That 10 bucks sounds about right! Those boys didn't have much to their names.

Definitely! Here we go Gary (below) :thumbup:

What always cracked me up about that scene, even you look at the pot, the ticket was the biggest thing there what else was on the table, didn't look like the money and the knife would amount to the price of a ticket, I guess knives were valued a lot more back then, would you give up a ticket to America, the land of opportunity or risk losing it in a poker game for a EO Back knife?

Cool image otherwise. :thumbup:

 

[btb01]

Some great stuff, Barret!

The better half and I found the movie Titanic on TV, one evening over the holidays. There's a scene towards the beginning of the movie where DiCaprio and some fellows were playing cards. Two tickets for the Titanic voyage, some cash and what looked like a bone handled EZ Open jack were in the kitty. I couldn't pause to examine the image but thought it was pretty cool.

If this is already in the thread somewhere, my apologies.

Thanks, Gary. The knife from Titanic has been brought up in this thread before, but it looks like the last time a photo of it was posted was almost three years ago, so it seems fitting to quote it here again.

(Nevermind, looks like Jack beat me to it while I was writing this post.)

When I notice a knife in a movie or show that I'm watching (especially when watching with my wife, but usually even when I'm watching something by myself), I'll just make note of it and go back later for the screenshot.

While we're at it, here are a few others, this time from the movie The Green Mile.

The first can be seen when two of the guards are called away from their lunch by Tom Hanks' character. One of them is using his pocket knife to peel an apple, and as he gets up from the desk, he sits the apple on the desk and sticks the blade into it for safekeeping. You can only see it from a distance, but it looks similar to a Buck-style knife, with wood scales and two slanted silver-colored bolsters. Someone else might be able to say whether or not this type of knife would have been fitting for the time period (the film is set in 1935) or if it's an anachronism.

The second is when Tom Hanks and one of the other guards are crushing up pills to slip into an RC Cola in order to knock a troublesome inmate out for a few hours. The first photo is the knife being used by Tom Hanks to crush the pills. You can't really tell anything about it, since his hand is covering everything except the tip of the blade, and that's turned to the side.

The second, used by the other guard to scrape the powder into a folder piece of paper, you can see a bit more of. It has a clip point blade, and what appear to be brass bolsters with some sort of embellishment or engraving on them.

The last traditional knife that appears in the film is this fixed blade, which is seen in a flashback, used to cut the screen on a screen door.

 

[btb01]

I think it's in here somewhere Gary I've never seen the movie, but someone here made the point that apart from the Titanic ticket/s, everything else in that pot looks like it's worth about $10! :thumbup:

Thanks, Jack. That 10 bucks sounds about right! Those boys didn't have much to their names.

Out of curiosity, I did a little Googling to try and find the cost of a ticket on the Titanic. Looks like a Third Class ticket cost between £3 and £8 ($15 to $40, at the time).

To keep this knife related, I would definitely pay between $15 and $40 today for an EO Jack from the late 19th or early 20th century.