John, that is a much better view of the knife - sure looks like a Stockman in that shot. OHI posted that same picture a couple of months ago, along with this one that shows the knife better...
I posted that same picture a couple of months ago, along with this one that shows the knife better...
I'm not very good at ID'ing fixed blades, but it looks to me like it could be a Buck Vanguard. Here are a couple screenshots from the ad (I took two angles, one that shows the butt of the handle and single hilt, and one that shows the profile of the blade better).
I posted that same picture a couple of months ago, along with this one that shows the knife better...
Sometimes we have short memory in this thread (even though it’s only 30 pages). Have y’all ever seen the EO Jack from the poker scene in Titanic?
I was thinking the same about the Buck Vanguard
You are AMAZING, Barrett, in at least two ways!!...
Definitely a Ron Swanson rip-off, GT!
Here's the Vanguard (from Buck's website):
The only thing that has me second guessing myself is that the drop from the tang down to the edge/heel looks to be more pronounced on the commercial knife than the image of the Vanguard, but maybe I'm seeing it wrong.
) is that you could actually find a knife that certainly looks VERY similar to the one in the TV clip!! How do you even start? Part of MY difficulty is that I don't recognize any fixed blades, so it seems like a needle-in-haystack situation. Did you figure that the Ad creators would probably get their prop from an American maker, and Buck and Case are the 2 biggest producers? Did you know that you should check Buck first, or did you just toss a coin? Once you decide where to start looking, I can see that your images suggest a certain size, and the single-lined endcap, and a saber grind, but still ...
You are AMAZING, Barrett, in at least two ways!!
1) Your technical prowess impresses a geezer like me. Can you actually take that video clip for which I gave a link and go through it frame by frame somehow and select the frames you want? Or are you so adept with the play/pause control that you can identify the frames you want and then deftly do screenshots or some other jiffy image capture?
2) Even more astounding to me (especially given your claim to not be very good at fixed blade identification
How many knives did you actually look at?? I AM NOT WORTHY!!!
As for your reservation about blade shape, maybe Russell thought he needed a pronounced "sharpening choil". (Is there such a concept for fixed blade knives?)
Thanks for working your magic on my example!
- GT
My first thought when I saw the knife (probably because I’d been looking at them recently) was Randall Made Knives, many of which have that pronounced drop from the tang to the edge. Their Combat Companion model is probably the closest, but it’s definitely not a match, and given the price and waitlist, it wouldn’t make much sense, anyways.
Thanks for the pro tips, Barrett!Thanks, GT. You’re too kind!
I took the screenshots from a YouTube version (higher resolution) of the same commercial. I’ll find the section of video with the knife, pause just before it, then use the spacebar (which will play/pause most video applications) to quickly play/pause, play/pause, play/pause until I get the shot I want. (Sometimes I miss it and have to go back.) Then I just take a screenshot (on Mac, Command+Shift+3 to capture the full screen, or Command+Shift+4 to snip a portion of the screen).
Other streaming video services (Netflix, Hulu) can be trickier because they have digital rights protections in place to prevent you from taking screenshots, but there are a few workarounds.
I think I just got lucky with the Vanguard.
Buck’s website was my next stop. I’ve browsed their fixed blade knives before, and I think I vaguely remembered that they made one with a short, broad drop point blade like that. I also think the Vanguard was (briefly) suggested as a possibility for the annual BF knife a couple years ago, so I would have seen it then.
Great catch from a great movie!
Here are a few knives that I noticed while watching the first couple episodes of the new season of Fargo.
Loy Cannon (played by Chris Rock) uses this pushbutton switchblade. It looks Italian to me, although I don't know much about traditional switchblades, and couldn't tell you whether this is the real deal or just a prop knife.
Here's a slightly different look at it:
In the same scene, there's also a small drop-point fixed blade knife with what appears to be a stacked leather handle handed from one character to another (you only get a quick look at it in this wide shot).
Several knives can be seen on a table full of weapons in this transition scene. The camera pans across the table, so I took a couple different screenshots in which you get a slightly different look at the various knives. There's a fixed blade knife (only the blade is visible) on the far right, followed by what looks like a couple folders (blades closed). There's a trench knife prominently featured in the middle of the table. Next there are a couple of wood handled folders, both with cross-guard bolsters. And finally, on the left, a sheathed fixed blade with a grooved, stacked leather handle (similar to a KA BAR).
I think that switchblade looks Italian too I am really looking forward to watching the new Fargo season, they've all been great so far. I'm just watching The Man In The High Castle, quite a bit of traditional knife content, but I don't have your skills 
Looks like, or a Rappala fillet knife. These are very common here, although the handle in movie still doesn't seem to have the finger notch.
Looks like, or a Rappala fillet knife. These are very common here, although the handle in movie still doesn't seem to have the finger notch.
— but it’s certainly something similar. Maybe a shorter J. Marttiini model, like this one.
Has anyone mentioned the GEC / CK SFO #85 EZ Open in Titanic?
OK, maybe it pre-dates the #85; but still a balloon EZ Open.
But you’re the first to suggest it could be a time-traveling GEC. 
