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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,

A friend of mine regularly carries this Chinese made Bastinelli Piccolomako clone in well hardened D2 steel with G10 grip panels, both upside down vertically or horizontally using a very simple electrical wire constuction.
He also owns the real…

Also did this user Benchmade Mini-Griptilian in 20CV steel the same way on the small knife rest, and the new edge also measures ~30 degrees inclusive.

A while ago i did this user Spyderco PM2 in S30V steel on the Tormek SB-250 Blackstone using the small knife rest, then deburred on my homemade MDF wheel (actually a rim over the leather wheel), which is coated with 1.0 micron diamond paste.
The new…

In this YouTube clip inventor Herman Trivilino showcases his original small knife rest/jig/platform.
As you can see Herman uses half of the Tormek scissor jig SVX-150 as a base to attach a steel plate.

youtube.com/watch?v=AcWAkQmoU8c&t=4s

This user Spyderco Resilience was sharpened a while ago on the small knife rest.
In the pics there is still a bit of burring at the heel, which is also the tricky part to sharpen on this model with the small platform jig, because of the non-existing…