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Made a few pics of knife #2 for my own archive.

This is how it looked when i bought it:





And this is how the same knife looks today.
The lighter colored sheath turned out to be a better fit for this blade.

In the classic 1972 movie Jeremiah Johnson the main character was played by American actor Robert Redford.
Besides his .50 caliber Hawken rifle he also carried & used a Western Bowie knife.




Below is an actual prop knife used in the movie "Jeremiah…

In the 1981 movie "Eye of the Needle" actor Donald Sutherland plays the German spy (code named "Nadel") who regularly uses a rather large spike-like stiletto on his victims.
It seems that such stilletto's really existed and were made by the Italian…

In the 1976 movie Marathon Man the British actor sir Laurence Olivier plays Nazi dentist Christian Szell, and his weapon of choice is a wrist mounted automatic blade:



The actual prop blades used in the film:





Full movie here: …

Vintage Brazilian M3 knife, possibly from the 1980's or 1990's, and made by military manufacturer Imbel














Specs:

Overall length: 28,5 cm
Blade length: 17,5 cm
Blade thickness: 4,9 mm
Blade steel: unknown (possibly polished 1070 steel)
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Wootz/Vadim testing heat build-up in the edge when using Paper Wheels with diamond compound:

youtube.com/watch?v=SvMISROgs_c

He never told me in our e-mail conversations, but i recently found that he mentions me by name in the on-screen text,