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July 31st, 2011, 10:25 PM
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#1 | | Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Phoenix
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| Rambo Knives
Question about Rambo Knives: Does anyone know about the quality of the Rambo First Blood Knives made by Master Cutlery? Do they compare in durability to the Buckmaster knives made by Buck Knife?
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August 1st, 2011, 01:38 PM
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#2 | | Scout Sniper
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northwest
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If you want to buy something that looks like a knife you could buy one of these. If you want a knife look someplace else. JMHO 
Buck does sell knives. Lan-Cay just closed their doors. Their M9 bayonet and M11 knife were made for military service. For about the same money you'd spend for something with a John Rambo signature on it you could buy a proven heavy duty blade.
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August 1st, 2011, 01:46 PM
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#3 | | Automatic Rifleman
Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: central texas
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Originally Posted by Charlie*dog  Question about Rambo Knives: Does anyone know about the quality of the Rambo First Blood Knives made by Master Cutlery? Do they compare in durability to the Buckmaster knives made by Buck Knife? | The Rambo knives were made by a guy in Austrailia I believe their names wereJimmy Lile (deceased) & Gil Hibben
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August 1st, 2011, 09:13 PM
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#4 | | Automatic Rifleman
Join Date: May 2007 Location: US
Posts: 136
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Originally Posted by Tenfeathers The Rambo knives were made by a guy in Austrailia I believe their names wereJimmy Lile (deceased) & Gil Hibben | Arkansas is my memory had one on order and never got it a long time ago...
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August 2nd, 2011, 08:01 AM
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#5 | | Newbie
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NM High Desert
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I think at least one of the Rambo knives were made by Randall?
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August 3rd, 2011, 09:52 AM
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#6 | | Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Florida
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Jimmy Lile "The Arkansas Knifesmith" made the knives in the first two movies.
Originals run between $3500-5000 today, made similar bench-made knives called "Sly II" (650) and "Rambo" (750) that today fetch around $1200-1500 on "e".
Gil Hibben made the knives to the next two movies - prices run about the same as above.
There is a guy named Britt @ Black Starr Knives who makes a very nice copy of the "Lile" knives and one like Arnold used in "Commando" for around $750.
Don't think I've ever heard of anyone of these maker's knives breaking - the one you mentioned and the ones by United Cutlery that's another story...
Quality doesn't cost, it pays!
If your heart is set on a Rambo knife - shop and compare.
If you are looking for a hand made knife - check out Bladeforums.com.
There are lots of new and veteran makers turning out superior knives, not necessarily "Rambo" knives but prices start @ factory prices.
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August 3rd, 2011, 12:28 PM
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#7 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kentucky
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Hibben lives in LaGrange, KY and if I am not mistaken still makes knives and puts on knife making classes.
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August 5th, 2011, 12:06 AM
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#8 | | Master Gunner
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Texas
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IMHO, for the money spent, and the quality of the knife in materials and design of the blade and handle, IF you are going to actually use it, it is very hard to be a Randall. Now I say the above, with the following qualification, I was a Butcher for seveal years, and I process all of my own game meat.
I have found Randalls, tool steel or their stainless, to hold a great edge and be easy to sharpen.
If you do a little searching and fine one of their original dealers you should be able toi get one at a good price.
I have bought all of mine, many, many years ago from Bachman Pawn and gun.
Last I heard their store was in Rowlette Texas.
If I was to be the WARLORD/KING OF THE WORLD, I would have a Randall Raymond Thorpe Bowie. 
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August 5th, 2011, 04:00 AM
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#9 | | Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NC Florida
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Bo Randall was ask to do the knives for Rambo. He refused stating, "Not my style". Or so the rumor goes.
I had heard that & in 1986 when I went to Orlando to pick up a knife I ask Gary about it & he said they were ask to do them but, "Dad didn't want to".
HH
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August 5th, 2011, 01:03 PM
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#10 | | Old Salt
Join Date: May 2011 Location: se florida 01/sot
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just get a good cold teel knife,they can be found on amazon.com
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August 5th, 2011, 01:34 PM
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#11 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana
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I'm always leary of any knife with a hollow handle and survivial kit. I'd tend to believe that the tang stops pretty short in there. Makes for a weak package in my mind. I'll go with the suggestion for a Cold Steel if you want a strong working/survival kinfe with out spending a fortune. Check ebay for the Recon Scout in SanMai III. Usually in the $200 to $250 price range. It would be my choice.
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August 16th, 2011, 08:12 AM
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#12 | | Master Gunner
Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canada
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Rambo's knife must surely have been modelled on the Randall 'Model 18' survival knife of the Vietnam era. The one seen in the first movie was sort of reasonably sized but then they got stupid-big and then even bigger still. I don't remember who Stallone's maker was, myself, but I remember reading an interview with him, probably in SOF, where he said that it was Stallone who insisted on the machete-sized versions and that while Stallone perhaps didn't know much about knives, he did know a lot about making Rambo movies.
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August 16th, 2011, 08:41 AM
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#13 | | Fire Team Leader
Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: ca
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i have all the Rambo movie knives. I bought for roughly about 75 bucks each, off the top of my head i think they were United Cutlrey I'm a huge Rambo fan, put them all in a frame / the original movie poster. My lil brother used his rambo I knive for camping... didnt work very well.. he couldn't keep the edge.
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August 16th, 2011, 09:13 AM
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#14 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kentucky
Posts: 1,456
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Originally Posted by Sweets Rambo's knife must surely have been modelled on the Randall 'Model 18' survival knife of the Vietnam era. The one seen in the first movie was sort of reasonably sized but then they got stupid-big and then even bigger still. I don't remember who Stallone's maker was, myself, but I remember reading an interview with him, probably in SOF, where he said that it was Stallone who insisted on the machete-sized versions and that while Stallone perhaps didn't know much about knives, he did know a lot about making Rambo movies. | It seems that applied the same philosophy to the movies as well. The only one half way believable and worth watching was the first one, after that they got really outlandish and often times out right stupid.
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September 11th, 2011, 06:39 PM
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#15 | | Fire Team Leader
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Pennsylvania
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No offense but if you need something bigger than a K-bar, just buy a machete in the first place, the machete will have better balance and more versatility than an unwieldy chunk of steel with useless supposed saw teeth!!
I'm just sayin, a man should buy a blade with usefuylness in mind, in the real world "Chicks dig it" knives, just ain't gonna cut it.
Blade length does not make up for lack of length elsewhere...stubby!! 
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