John Wayne movie knife

[bubbayesmar]

Can anyone tell me what brand / Mfg knife that was used by John Wayne in the opening scenes of "Big Jake" when he throws it at the leader of the lynch mob trying to hang the sheep farmer ???

 

[wickettedge]

Screenshot?

 

[Alberta Ed]

Probably a no-name prop.

 

[Dr Heelhook]

The knife's at 2:29.

 

[Danke42]

Colonial?

 

[tim37a]

looks like one of Hoss's.

 

[palmerdl]

He didn't get his knife back.

 

[GIRLYmann]

did the duke just pull out a switchblade in a western??!

 

[WValtakis]

Probably an old Schrade Presto if I had to guess.

 

[riversidedep]

did the duke just pull out a switchblade in a western??!

Switchblades have been around a long time.

 

[GIRLYmann]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchblade

 

[eveled]

There are cars and semi auto pistols in Big Jake. It takes place in the early 1900’s

 

[pa knifeguy]

I think it's a Hubertus lever lock

 

[BladeScout]

http//www.bladeforums.com/threads/traditional-knives-in-movies.987444/

 

[tltt]

Schrade or Flylock type.

They used a lot of that type in Westerns post WWII. You see them in a couple of Peckinpah films too. I've always wondered if the prop houses got their hands on some WWII surplus.

Edit - it actually looks like one of the mid sized Springer type German leverlocks after a few looks, perhaps with a little bit of a flared out "Copperhead" style bolster. See here -

http://thebladeblog-ulf.blogspot.com/2017/06/drgm-springmesser-meadows.html .

 

[Lesknife]

It’s a Hubertus springer. I’d like to get one but they can be hard to find in certain configurations and expensive.

 

[Peter Hartwig]

I think it's a Hubertus lever lock

Definitely(from my research) a Hubertus-don't know the configuration. I think I read somewhere that it was his personal knife and was broken in that scene.

 

[scottyj]

did the duke just pull out a switchblade in a western??!

Yup.

 

[James Y]

Here's another switchblade in a western scene, from The Magnificent Seven (1960). The knife appears at 1:27:

Jim

 

[GIRLYmann]

imo, all these vintage period movies
with scenes of flying switchblades
could possibly reflect the
"kill or be killed" persona
and gritty wartime spirit
of the greatest generation...
i still can't get over the potrayal
of switchblades in westerns though
http://www.talkblade.info/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14846&p=216408#p216408