The knives used in the Rambo movies are significant because they were a significant contributor to the design of the Buck 184 Buckmaster knife which then became the M9 Bayonet. This thread is being used to try to document some of the background and history of these knives for future integration into Buck-184.com and M9Bayonet.com.
The Rambo knives - Rambo 1 & Rambo 2:
The knives used in the first two of the Rambo moves were made by Lile Knives. These knives had 9-inch blade and were 14-inches long. The blades were made from D2 steel with saw teeth with a satin finish hollow handle wrapped in heavy O.D. green nylon cord with waterproof O-ring. Inside the hollow handle was a survival kit and a small compass mounted to the inside of the butt cap.
Photo of Sylvester Stallone with Jimmy Lile before Jimmy's death on May 5, 1991.
Rambi II knife:
More details:
http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/showthread.php?t=846
Rambo 3:
The knife used in the third movie of the series was made by Gil Hiben and it is a much more masive knife. This knife features a 1/4"x13 3/4 blade, stainless fittings, macasar ebony handle and is 16-inches in overall length.
https://www.hibbenknives.com/catalog...products_id=29
Following is a photo of Gil Hibben:
PLEASE NOTE: I am looking for more information about these custom knives for inclusion in this history here!
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