The Knife Argument

[Miller Bro's]

Anyone know what make this switch blade knife is?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNs6yZ78Ik4[/youtube]

[MITCH RAPP]

I Know! It's a $6 pawnshop knife with a Kris Blade!

[Miller Bro's]

Wise guy

[MITCH RAPP]

Seriously, I don't have a Clue! how about a 1950s latama italy kris switchblade?

[Miller Bro's]

I would buy them for $6 all day and night

If it is a Latama that is about as good as you can get, and a Kris blade makes it all the better

[wiseguy]

you guys are laughs ,,,,,,i like the kriss blades myself , but without a closer look at that one ....i`m clueless

[Joe Dirt]

some stills

[wiseguy]

Movie prop made ??? the top bolster is kind of tall-ish but not a flatguard ,,,,and the handles look plasticy Taiwan/ Japanesey [ by the age of the film i dont think we were in bed with China yet ] thats my guess

[Sticks of Fire]

It's an 11 inch 1950's Italian stiletto with kriss blade. That style of knife from the 1950's is sometimes called a "picklock" (a made-up collectors term) by modern day collectors because of the way you unlock the blade from the open position. It looks like a prop guy added a cheesey dragon design on the handles. I removed them in photoshop and it looks to have really nice black & white horn. When the origianl cutlers shaped the handles you sometimes get that really cool pattern that goes up to a point between the top two pins, because of the two different layers of different colored horn. Handles with high contrast black & white horn are highly desirable by collectors.



I have an 11 inch ROMO with the same type of handles that looks really close to the one in the movie. I saw this movie in 11 grade English class and I remember day-dreaming about about owning one and never imaged it would be possible to find one but I was fortunate enough to find one about 5 years ago.

[wiseguy]

Thanks S O F ,,,,that looks way better nice knife !

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks for the comparison SOF

I wonder what ever happened to this knife?

Probably was sold in an auction or a staff member pocketed it

[knife7knut]

Interesting! Never noticed that knife had a kris style blade.I only have one like that and it is even stranger in that the scales are sheep horn.Pic shows it as the bottom knife.

[MITCH RAPP]

Thanks for the comparison SOF

I wonder what ever happened to this knife?

Probably was sold in an auction or a staff member pocketed it

I bet it's stuck away in some drawer in the Property Department of the Studio that made the Movie.

[Miller Bro's]

I bet it's stuck away in some drawer in the Property Department of the Studio that made the Movie.

You know anybody out there that could find out?

[Miller Bro's]

This Latama I have looks similar to the knife in the movie

[MITCH RAPP]

I bet it's stuck away in some drawer in the Property Department of the Studio that made the Movie.

You know anybody out there that could find out?

I will ask the Prop Masters I know, it would be Fun to find out!

[Miller Bro's]