traditional knives in movies

[urbantrapper]

Saw a few knives in movies recently. In 'Old Henry' the antagonist whittles a bird throughout the movie. In the coincidentally named and timed movie by M. Night- 'Old', a buck folder appears several times. There was another movie that I meant to note, but it escapes me at this time.

 

[hornetguy]

hopefully, this will work.... this is the scene in the Shawshank Redemption when Brooks decided to "end it all", and was going to carve "Brooks was here" on the wooden beam.... looks like a "sure enough barlow" he's using...
I haven't read the whole thread, so this might have been posted previously.... apologies, if so....

 

[Jolipapa]

Rian Johnson's Knives Out. Or how a Paki fake Gravity knife can save your life!

 

[btb01]

hopefully, this will work.... this is the scene in the Shawshank Redemption when Brooks decided to "end it all", and was going to carve "Brooks was here" on the wooden beam.... looks like a "sure enough barlow" he's using...
I haven't read the whole thread, so this might have been posted previously.... apologies, if so....

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That one has come up once or twice (or a dozen times, but who’s counting?) It’s right up there with the EO Jack from Titanic for most mentioned in this thread, so don’t worry, you’re contributing to a Porch tradition.

 

[hornetguy]

That one has come up once or twice (or a dozen times, but who’s counting?) It’s right up there with the EO Jack from Titanic for most mentioned in this thread, so don’t worry, you’re contributing to a Porch tradition.

now I feel special!

 

[Rupestris]

Can anyone identify this fixed blade? Caught it in the new Taylor Sheridan directed film Those Who Wish Me Dead starring Angelina Jolie.

It’s been a few months and I don’t know if you found it but, it piqued my interest so I had to find it.

It’s a custom by Jim Sigg.

https://siggmaknives.com/knives

Scroll down to the Coyote TWWMD.

 

[btb01]

It’s been a few months and I don’t know if you found it but, it piqued my interest so I had to find it.

It’s a custom by Jim Sigg.

https://siggmaknives.com/knives

Scroll down to the Coyote TWWMD.

Nicely done!

 

[Jolipapa]

1954' Le Comte de Monte-Cristo second period (The Count of Monte Cristo).

 

[btb01]

In Into the Wild, Christopher McCandless (played by Emile Hirsch) uses what appears to be a Buck 110 throughout the film. Rather than the usual dark wood, the knife appears to have some sort of blue handle material, maybe synthetic, or dyed wood or bone.

There are a few scenes that will make knife enthusiasts cringe, including some haphazard sharpening (hard to capture in just a screenshot, but the actor really just slaps the blade back and forth across the stone a couple times in this scene)…

…and, worst of all, the use of the tip of the blade as a screwdriver.

The knife’s last appearance in the film is actually the scene in which it is given to McCandless, along with some other gear, by the last friend he makes before heading to Alaska, Ron Franz (played by the wonderful Hal Holbrook). This means that the scene with the license plate is a continuity error, as it takes place more than a year before he is given the knife.

Interestingly, I did find mention of a “blue-handled knife” in an article published in The New Yorker in 1993. The author (Chip Brown) visited the bus about five weeks after McCandless’ body had been discovered and removed, and described some items that had been left there:

Apart from a few items that the troopers had removed with the body, Chris McCandless’s meager wherewithal was lying as he had left it: on the front table, his frayed toothbrush and tube of Colgate, a blue-handled knife, the crown of a molar; on a chair, his dungarees; by a barrel stove, his Great Lakes boots; on a cot against the wall, his blue pack with the foam pad still rolled and tied, and his little library, including a coverless copy of “Walden.”

I own and have read the Krakauer book, but it’s been a few years, and I can’t recall if it mentions any other details about what kind of knife McCandless might have had with him.

 

[Jack Black]

In Into the Wild, Christopher McCandless (played by Emile Hirsch) uses what appears to be a Buck 110 throughout the film. Rather than the usual dark wood, the knife appears to have some sort of blue handle material, maybe synthetic, or dyed wood or bone.

There are a few scenes that will make knife enthusiasts cringe, including some haphazard sharpening (hard to capture in just a screenshot, but the actor really just slaps the blade back and forth across the stone a couple times in this scene)…

…and, worst of all, the use of the tip of the blade as a screwdriver.

The knife’s last appearance in the film is actually the scene in which it is given to McCandless, along with some other gear, by the last friend he makes before heading to Alaska, Ron Franz (played by the wonderful Hal Holbrook). This means that the scene with the license plate is a continuity error, as it takes place more than a year before he is given the knife.

Interestingly, I did find mention of a “blue-handled knife” in an article published in The New Yorker in 1993. The author (Chip Brown) visited the bus about five weeks after McCandless’ body had been discovered and removed, and described some items that had been left there:

Apart from a few items that the troopers had removed with the body, Chris McCandless’s meager wherewithal was lying as he had left it: on the front table, his frayed toothbrush and tube of Colgate, a blue-handled knife, the crown of a molar; on a chair, his dungarees; by a barrel stove, his Great Lakes boots; on a cot against the wall, his blue pack with the foam pad still rolled and tied, and his little library, including a coverless copy of “Walden.”

I own and have read the Krakauer book, but it’s been a few years, and I can’t recall if it mentions any other details about what kind of knife McCandless might have had with him.

Ace post, as usual, Barrett, you'd make a great detective! I read the Krakauer book years ago, after first reading a long article about McCandless and his journey, but don't recall the knife detail. I've seen the film several times, but had not noticed that continuity error, well spotted. Meat-carving on the thigh made me wince! A sad story. I watched something recently, where the bus was being removed, as it has attracted visitors, some of whom have put themselves in danger. It was interesting. Krakauer is a truly great writer, and I've enjoyed reading everything I've ever read by him. I believe he had one of our mods as a climbing partner long ago

 

[btb01]

Ace post, as usual, Barrett, you'd make a great detective! I read the Krakauer book years ago, after first reading a long article about McCandless and his journey, but don't recall the knife detail. I've seen the film several times, but had not noticed that continuity error, well spotted. Meat-carving on the thigh made me wince! A sad story. I watched something recently, where the bus was being removed, as it has attracted visitors, some of whom have put themselves in danger. It was interesting. Krakauer is a truly great writer, and I've enjoyed reading everything I've ever read by him. I believe he had one of our mods as a climbing partner long ago

Thanks, Jack.

I had intended on going to bed after I finished the movie, but I figured I’d go ahead and grab the screenshots and make my post here, and then curiosity (and insomnia) got the better of me and I grabbed my copy of the Krakauer book and started scanning for the point at which he visits the bus himself, which was not quite a year after McCandless’ death. It’s interesting, he mentions the toothbrush, toothpaste and molar crown on the table, just like the author of the other article, but says nothing about a knife. I wonder if someone might have pocketed it at some point.

That continuity error didn’t even occur to me until I was putting my post together, so I would’ve (and have previously) missed it entirely otherwise.

I also saw that they had removed the bus, by Chinook helicopter. It’s supposed to eventually be on display at a museum run by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Unfortunately, I think Into the Wild is the only Krakauer book I’ve read, but I did enjoy it, and have always meant to read some of his other work.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks, Jack.

I had intended on going to bed after I finished the movie, but I figured I’d go ahead and grab the screenshots and make my post here, and then curiosity (and insomnia) got the better of me and I grabbed my copy of the Krakauer book and started scanning for the point at which he visits the bus himself, which was not quite a year after McCandless’ death. It’s interesting, he mentions the toothbrush, toothpaste and molar crown on the table, just like the author of the other article, but says nothing about a knife. I wonder if someone might have pocketed it at some point.

That continuity error didn’t even occur to me until I was putting my post together, so I would’ve (and have previously) missed it entirely otherwise.

I also saw that they had removed the bus, by Chinook helicopter. It’s supposed to eventually be on display at a museum run by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Unfortunately, I think Into the Wild is the only Krakauer book I’ve read, but I did enjoy it, and have always meant to read some of his other work.

I know how that can happen Barrett! Well done though, that's good research. I wonder what happened to the knife, and what type of knife it actually was? Even if you have no interest in mountaineering, Krakauer's book, Into Thin Air is a compelling, and haunting, read. I remember buying several copies, but I just went and checked, and they're all gone I'm afraid That's a cool pic isn't it?

 

[btb01]

I know how that can happen Barrett! Well done though, that's good research. I wonder what happened to the knife, and what type of knife it actually was? Even if you have no interest in mountaineering, Krakauer's book, Into Thin Air is a compelling, and haunting, read. I remember buying several copies, but I just went and checked, and they're all gone I'm afraid That's a cool pic isn't it?

I thought I had a copy of Into Thin Air, but apparently not. I’ll get one.

I was thumbing through my copy of Into the Wild some more this morning and happened to find my ticket stub from when I saw the movie at the theater (11/15/2007).

I might go ahead and re-read the book, just to make sure I didn’t miss any knife content.

 

[Jack Black]

I thought I had a copy of Into Thin Air, but apparently not. I’ll get one.

I was thumbing through my copy of Into the Wild some more this morning and happened to find my ticket stub from when I saw the movie at the theater (11/15/2007).

I might go ahead and re-read the book, just to make sure I didn’t miss any knife content.

That's a cool souvenir Barrett, I'm afraid I didn't see the film at the cinema. Good luck in turning up some new knife content my friend

 

[euroken]

Read Into the Wild, Into thin air, and Under the banner of heaven. I really like Krakauer's reporting style of writing. More journalistic style.

My wife's favorite book and a movie

 

[btb01]

That's a cool souvenir Barrett, I'm afraid I didn't see the film at the cinema. Good luck in turning up some new knife content my friend

I actually remember, very distinctly, seeing Into the Wild at the theater, I think for couple reasons: it was just a few weeks after my dad died, and I went to see it by myself and was literally the only person in the theater (it had already been out a couple months at that point, and I saw it on a weeknight).

I just finished re-reading the book and came across just two passages that briefly mentioned knives that Chris McCandless might have had in his possession, so I figured I’d share those.

The first is a quote from Jan Burres, a friend McCandless had made while traveling:

“I told him, ‘Man, you gotta have money to get along in this world,’ but he wouldn’t take it. Finally I got him to take some Swiss Army knives and a few belt knives; I convinced him they’d come in handy in Alaska and that maybe he could trade them for something down the road.”

(Chapter 5, page 46 in my paperback copy)

The second occurs when Krakauer describes Chris’s sister, Carine, traveling to Alaska to retrieve her brother’s cremated remains:

At the coroner’s office they were given the handful of possessions recovered with the body: Chris’s rifle, a pair of binoculars, the fishing rod Ronald Franz had given him, one of the Swiss Army knives Jan Burres had given him, the book of plant lore in which his journal was written, a Minolta camera, and five rolls of film — not much else.

(Chapter 13, page 131)

So it sounds like he definitely had a Swiss Army knife with him, though that couldn’t have been the knife mentioned in the Chip Brown/New Yorker article, because the knife he saw had been left behind.

I’m assuming “belt knives” means fixed blade knives. I suppose the knife mentioned in the article — only described as a “blue-handled knife” — could have been a fixed blade. I was thinking pocket knife, probably because of the blue-handled pocket knife in the film.

I tried to find any photographs taken inside the bus, perhaps by Brown or Krakauer when they first visited, but no luck. Krakauer does specifically mention in the book having taken photos of Chris’s belongings in the bus, but this is the only one I could find posted or published anywhere:

It was posted by Krakauer to Instagram a few years ago, with this caption:

 

[Jack Black]

Sterling research Barrett, well done

I went to see Belfast last night, and there's a scene, where the central character, a young lad named Buddy, (played by Jude Hill), is sitting in the back yard of his parents' terraced house, talking to his friend. She's making a slingshot, and he's whittling, with what looks like a small kitchen knife. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find an image online, and I thought it inadvisable to take a photo in the cinema If I turn something up, I'll make sure to post it

 

[btb01]

Sterling research Barrett, well done

I went to see Belfast last night, and there's a scene, where the central character, a young lad named Buddy, (played by Jude Hill), is sitting in the back yard of his parents' terraced house, talking to his friend. She's making a slingshot, and he's whittling, with what looks like a small kitchen knife. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find an image online, and I thought it inadvisable to take a photo in the cinema If I turn something up, I'll make sure to post it

Thanks again, Jack. I do enjoy digging a bit to find out more about knives in this thread, but I think this is the first time I’ve read an entire book for it. (At least it’s a fairly quick read.)

That’s frustrating when you spot a traditional knife in a movie you’re seeing at the cinema and can’t really share it here. I remember that happening with The Hateful Eight, but then I found that the scene with the knife briefly appeared in the trailer, so I was at least able to get a halfway decent screenshot.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks again, Jack. I do enjoy digging a bit to find out more about knives in this thread, but I think this is the first time I’ve read an entire book for it. (At least it’s a fairly quick read.)

That’s frustrating when you spot a traditional knife in a movie you’re seeing at the cinema and can’t really share it here. I remember that happening with The Hateful Eight, but then I found that the scene with the knife briefly appeared in the trailer, so I was at least able to get a halfway decent screenshot.

Good stuff my friend, I've been checking the trailers and documentaries. Nothing yet, but I'll keep looking

 

[btb01]

Good stuff my friend, I've been checking the trailers and documentaries. Nothing yet, but I'll keep looking

Jack, I found your scene from Belfast… sort of. I don’t think we’ll be accurately identifying the knife from this, though.

That’s from a Behind the Scenes video on YouTube. The part with that scene starts around 3:20.