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Anyone any experience with the United Cutlery line of film replicas?

As a set they seem like they would make nice wall hangers but hollow handled survival knives are massively frowned on over here, especially by the Bushcraft community, just wondering how these might hold up to any actual use?

For making shelter poles and sticking wild hogs, the 'First Blood' style looks like it would be ideal, coupled with a small blade for skinning-out game I don't see what the problem is with them, or am I missing something?

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Replicas are usually made from a grade of stainless steel that polishes up very pretty, but is very brittle and will not stand up to actual use. They are replica knives, made and marketed as such for a reason.

As a wall hanger, they look great. I had a couple replica swords from the Lord of the Rings movie, look fantastic, but flimsy. They are not battle worthy, or made from anything resembling weapons grade steel.

I'm not much of a fan of hollow handle knives anyway. The hollow handle makes a very short tang for the blade. Great for Hollywierd, not so great in a real survival situation.
 
I was givin one of the original Rambo III knives. It was great quality for a chi com knife, but I still would not have trusted it in a bail out bag.....they are good looking pieces of movie memorabilia, but that is about the size of it. For the same money you'd spend on one of those, take a look at the new Zombie Killer Line from Ka-Baer. Great knives for the money that'll stand up to anything you put them through. and for 60 dollars or so each US, their price can'
t be beat.

http://www.smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce/prodlist.jsp?Mode=Text&SearchText=ZK&Search.x=0&Search.y=0
 
If you want the best of both hollow handle and full tang, AG Russell made several knives over the years that had a slot milled out of the full tang. The hard polymer handles had a little panel over that slot which could be opened by loosening a screw. There was enough space inside to store a few pieces of fishing gear or other stuff typically carried inside hollow handles. The screw driver for the panel, incidentally, was part of the retention strap on the sheath, so loss was unlikely. He made several large bowies of this type and also a dagger. All of them turn up fairly often on auction sites. I have a couple of the bowies and they are strong, useful knives. I don't actually keep anything in the handles, though.
If you want to spend more and possibly wait a few years into the bargain, the Randall Astro uses a similar slotted tang design. They also make a more conventional tubular hollow handle that was, I've read, a big seller to troops in the Vietnam war.
 
Or one of these...

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Wha-Wha-WHAT!?!?!?! That is one of the "coolest" things I have ever seen. Ever. Like, in my whole life...
 
Don't get too excited on the 1911 knife until you learn what the price is going to be for the "plain" versions.

Mr. Knapp had examples at Blade and the were exceptionally "cool", but they will be a hot commodity with a matching price. Right now no one can get one since the maker has only donated them for NRA support, but when they are available they'll be snapped up by collectors as fast as he can turn them out.
 
United Rambo pieces? mediocre wall hangars at best. Smokey Mountain Knife Works will certinly blow a lot of hot air and charge you a great deal for them.
 
Does the dummy cartridge in the photo have a purpose?
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Folks, ya gotta understand that Sniper X found the picture of Mark Knapp's exceptional knife, but didn't craft it nor owns it so you'll have to ask Mr. Knapp if ya have any questions.
 
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There are far too many "real" knives made by good makers out there to waste money of junk made in China.
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Is this THR???

Maybe cheaper than the "real knives" (high end knives) is a more accurate statement. Might not be the highest grade steel, but I had had some good results with Rough Rider and Marbles Pocket knives (made in China). I don't want a three hundred dollar knife to cut boxes open or put in a tackle box.
 
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Folks, ya gotta understand that Sniper X found the picture of Mark Knapp's exceptional knife, but didn't craft it nor owns it so you'll have to ask Mr. Knapp if ya have any questions.
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Actually, I thought that, since you are the only one in this thread that knows anything at all about that knife, maybe you knew the dummy catridge's purpose (if any).
 
From what I understand from reading up about it, the dummy .45acp round is there to prove that the mag also holds one spare round of ammo, I also believe the knife handle will also hold a "normal" loaded 1911 magazine if the survival kit one is removed.
 
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