How Many Members Own a Jimmy Lile First Blood Part II THE MISSION Bowie ? (GEN,UC,MC,HCG)

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In the late 80's when the movie came out every males on earth that have seen the 1985 movie wanted this specific knife !
4 Years later when Jimmy (Lile) made a mass production deal with United Cutlery ...i mean ... the market became crazy (insane)

The late A.G. Russell in a interview even stated : "Boy it did sell knives...Thousands and Thousands , Then Hundreds of Thousands of knives..." and it continue to this day almost 40 years later !!


Probably the MOST ULTIMATE ICONIC MOVIE KNIFE OF ALL TIME (better than the 1982 version) that truly inspired Paul Hogan for his Crocodile Dundee's Outback Bowie made a year later.

Aside the BUCK 110 I found at the small river near my house when i had 8-9 years old in the early 80's the Jimmy Lile THE MISSION bowie is the most Iconic knife in my collection. ( I own a handmade one that Jimmy made at his shop + i HAD to Re-buy the good old United Cutlery 1:1 version again (the 3rd ones in my life) after i have re-discovered that some guys use it in the wood for fun and had a great time since the blade hold up pretty well actually.

I would LOVE to read your youth stories about this specific mean looking blade , the impression the knife made on you while watching the movie , Age you had when you got your knife & how to got it , if you used it in the wood etc...

NO "Cheap Alloy/Display Knives" bashing please , just pure 80's fun here !

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Marilyn Lile & A.G. Russell about Jimmy and his FB knives : [START THE VIDEO AT EXACTLY 10min55Sec] : Making Knives, the History of the Bowie Knife, and the Rambo Knives

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I know we all said that was a cool knife as Rambo slid it into the sheath…..but I still like the original knife from the first movie better. The teeth on top of the Rambo II knife was much too exagerrated. I even like the crudely made one in # 4 better, almost a competition chopper type. And I have only seen pics of the knives for #5, designed by Dietmar Pohl.
 
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The new heart stopper is the best imo the first lile is very nice as well. Had a few of the II but never kept one.
 
I had the survive rambo knockoff knife in the mid 80s that I spent a lot of time dragging through the woods, etc. Somewhere around 1987 I traded a swing guard stilleto switchblade for one of these Rambo replica knives and I LOVED it. Honestly, I didn't really do much with that one and left it in the trunk of my car in case the zombie apocalypse broke out before I could get home. Now it is gone, and I have no idea what happened to it. I am assuming it was stolen from my car at some point, because it disappeared. I have thought several times about buying a replacement just for nostalgia, but I haven't been willing to spend the money.
 
I have one of each -- First Blood and Rambo II. They both came with Certificates of Authenticity, whatever that means... :rolleyes: They're almost certainly not Lile knives.

But I'm not gonna go rummaging thru my stuff to take pics of 'em.
 
HexY3co said:
The new heart stopper is the best imo the first lile is very nice as well. Had a few of the II but never kept one.
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the MK-9 (heart stopper) is a "cool" knife but the movie is the bottom of the garbage can...

I would always have more nostalgia to hold a first blood part II the mission bowie for its historic jim bowie legacy and I would always associate this iconic blade with one of the best action films of the 80's!
...something the MK-8 MK-9 (foreign design in top of that) will never do for me since director of last blood really dropped it !

watching the film in the theater on release day and hearing people laugh every 5 minutes I had the impression of seeing :

HOME ALONE V : Stallone should have ended the franchise with Rambo IV

I'm removed the section of the 5th movie from my display and sold my MK-9 that i ordered before seeing it in theater because this sequel stinks so hard.
...and i was a hardcore fan of the franchise...until i see the 5th one. (must erase that from my mind!)
 
Cognoscenti said:
the MK-9 (heart stopper) is a "cool" knife but the movie is the bottom of the garbage can...

I would always have more nostalgia to hold a first blood part II the mission bowie for its historic jim bowie legacy and I would always associate this iconic blade with one of the best action films of the 80's!
...something the MK-8 MK-9 (foreign design in top of that) will never do for me since director of last blood really dropped it !

watching the film in the theater on release day and hearing people laugh every 5 minutes I had the impression of seeing :

HOME ALONE V : Stallone should have ended the franchise with Rambo IV

I'm removed the section of the 5th movie from my display and sold my MK-9 that i ordered before seeing it in theater because this sequel stinks so hard.
...and i was a hardcore fan of the franchise...until i see the 5th one. (must erase that from my mind!)
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Sort of like the Alien movies or the Alien vs Predator stuff. Neat concept, but hokey.
 
cbach8tw said:
I know we all said that was a cool knife as Rambo slid it into the sheath…..but I still like the original knife from the first movie better. The teeth on top of the Rambo II knife was much too exagerrated. I even like the crudely made one in # 4 better, almost a competition chopper type. And I have only seen pics of the knives for #5, designed by Dietmar Pohl.
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The Mission Bowie is is an improvement in every way from the 1st version
the more accentuated shape of the blade , the mat black/polished steel edges ...just wow..
+ the teeth of both are almost the same , i dont understand why you describe them as "much too exagerrated" ?!

EDIT : i think they "look" exagerrated because of contrast : the black/polished steel vs rubbed steel & gray sandblast.
The 2th variation really snap the eyes !

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But I will agree that BOTH First Blood knives are just , wow wow wow ICONIC.
Rambo III as well since the movie was literally the '80's flick aside Top Gun.

The Original "Trilogy" blades are just awesome. ;)

But be focused on the Part II the Mission in this thread , please
 
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I have the "authorized" reproductions of knives used in First Blood and Rambo.

I bought the First Blood Jimmy Lile reproduction over 25 years ago and--being an avid hiker and backpacker--took it on a minimalist overnight hike to see what I could accomplish with it.

The stitching on the brown leather sheath started to unravel very quickly. The crossguard is a Phillips screwdriver on top and a flat screwdriver on the bottom. I tried to use the flat screwdriver to tighten a screw in the frame of my backpack, and the metal bent into a kind of sideways corkscrew.

The compass in the lid wasn't accurate at all, although I was able to use the cigarette lighter, fishooks, line, and sinkers (that I replaced in the hollow handle) to catch a few perch and cook them over a small fire.

This blade did actually retain it's edge, though, and the gasket on the threads kept the contents of the handle dry.

Now--if I feel like I want a tiny survival kit attached to a knife--I use zip ties to secure a small ballistic nylon pistol magazine pouch to the Kydex sheath of my kabar, and I put my stuff in that.

I actually still have this POS First Blood knive, and I'll post a photo tomorrow.
 
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