practiced drills with the training knives
I brought along modern TANTO which are the closest in size and weight to the knives we use in class
I also dem'd the first RAMBO knife from the original First Blood movie, a true replica and fully functional, authorised edition. This knife, as seen in the movie, as well as a sharp curved blade, has the serrated curved edge on the rear side. It has the screw cap end with compass, and space for the survival kit, and the all important needle and thread should you need to sew your arm back together. It also has screwdrivers on the hilt, both flat head and cross, and can be used with a line, for fishing. It is a proper multi function survival tool, as well as a combat weapon.
The knife was designed for the movie by an expert craftsman called Gil Hibben. Stallone was so impressed with the knife that he commissioned Hibben to make custom knives for Rambo films 2, 3 and 4, as well as all the knives in the Expendables movies.
Story has it that Stallone has some personal custom knives made for him by Hibben that have never been production made, and which he has only ever shown to friends, they have never been seen by the public.
In some ways, Gil Hibben is to combat knives what Hattori Hanzo was to swords
