Inglourious Basterds Knife

[franz bolo]

Anyone ever make the knife Lt. Aldo Raine used to brand the Natzees??
I'm going to make a throwing version of that knife. It will have stag handles but not curved.

The movie knife is actually a real production knife they reworked.

I believe this is the original concept art

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[clancampbell]

"That's not a knife..."
Seiously, i like the look of it! Not a fan of horn handles though....

 

[franz bolo]

"That's not a knife..."
Seiously, i like the look of it! Not a fan of horn handles though....

I like the concept art handle and guard better then the prop handle and guard.

Very cool blade though! :thumbsup

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[Rahn]

Do you know the model of knife they re-worked? It has the look of one of the larger Paul Chen/Hanwei Bowies.

 

[franz bolo]

It's a cheap Smith & Wesson Texas Hold Em' knife. They made 3 versions. This is the 16" one.

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[Hecubus114]

I did - scroll down about halfway:

http://www.therpf.com/f9/inglorious-basterds-props-68975/index2.html

 

[franz bolo]

Cool! I hope you don't mind me quoting the original post.

Did you make the blade or modify the S&W?

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So I made an attempt at making Aldo's knife. I am fairly happy with the results, since it was about a week between conception to realization. I am working on a plaque for it to hang on at the moment - will post more pics when its done. And dang, I didnt realize the blade was so fingerprinty until I looked at the pics. I'll clean them off for the next round, LOL.

Heres a pic of it on the display. I cant decide if it should say something on the bottom, or just leave as is. I plan on making at least one more of these, hoping to get a little bit of a cleaner result.

 

[FunkyMustard]

does anyone recommend anything thats a "close-enough" knife? Ive found one thats sort of similar thats a replica of what marines carried in WWII, but I'm just dont wanna buy a piece of crap. I want something i can take on camping trips and such.

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