Movie Switchblades

[jorvik]

yeah, there is a safety on the lever , much like the ones on switchblade

[Jeff]

I saw a black handle Rizzuto switchblade in a shop window near the end of the movie Sid And Nancy.

[krakenten]

Stephen King has a thing about switchblade knives, in most of his books somebody has one, and that somebody isn't very nice.

King was bullied as a child, and I'll bet at least one of his tormentors had a switchblade.

[redeye]

Watching the new episode of NCIS tonight and at around 13 minutes in there is a large tactical type switch pulled out for effect in the lab .Looks like one of the bigger benchmades maybe a tanto blade too. BTW it was Denozo that pulled out the knife.

[BTB0923]

I saw a black handle Rizzuto switchblade in a shop window near the end of the movie Sid And Nancy.

[dark2023]

$9.95 for a Rizzuto? I'll take it.

[peter44]

Hi guys , theyve remade a classic british gangster movie[ Brighton Rock,] There is quite a few fight scenes with switchblades . The original film was made in 1947 and was based on the horserace gangs of the 30s, their choice of shiv was the open razor, which had the blade taped almost to the tip so that any injury inflicted did not kill anyone so as to avoid the hangmans noose!!! if they were caught by the police with a razor in their top pocket they could simply say they were staying away from home and they needed to shave the next morning , Gillettes hadnt arrived over here then!! The remake is set in the sixties when gambling was still illegal unless at the racetrack, so the gangs fought over gambling territory. lots of italian stilettos in the new film . Check it out.

[Tom19176]

When was Sid and Nancy made? I had those knives with the folding guards as a kid! I have to say that it looks very similar to the old window displays in Times Square. Was the scene in NYC? The Rizzy, I suspect is a fake button model offered for sale there. If you zoom in on the picture the bayo blade seems to be more like these as they were thinner than real Rizzys, and the distance between the sliding safety and the button seems too far apart to be the real deal. I maybe wrong, but those fake button ones were all over in the 60s and early 70s....

[Viking45]

When was Sid and Nancy made? I had those knives with the folding guards as a kid! I have to say that it looks very similar to the old window displays in Times Square. Was the scene in NYC? The Rizzy, I suspect is a fake button model offered for sale there. If you zoom in on the picture the bayo blade seems to be more like these as they were thinner than real Rizzys, and the distance between the sliding safety and the button seems too far apart to be the real deal. I maybe wrong, but those fake button ones were all over in the 60s and early 70s....

I noticed the sign has the American $ mark and not the British Pound so it may be NYC
The confusing thing is they would have been illegal in that time (early to mid 70's I think)

[whippersnapper]

Last night I caught a switch on 1984 flick "Night of the Comet". Half naked valley girl/cheerleader gets what looks like a cheap stiletto pulled on her in the bathroom by a zombie motorcycle cop.

[Viking45]

Last night I caught a switch on 1984 flick "Night of the Comet". Half naked valley girl/cheerleader gets what looks like a cheap stiletto pulled on her in the bathroom by a zombie motorcycle cop.

Half naked cheerleader and a zombie biker cop...don't you know that kind of thing will warp your young mind?

[Tom19176]

Viking, the non auto ones were sold everywhere in the 70s in NYC as they were not viewed as illegal then. The law has not cahnged, but they would be considered gravity knives now....

[redeye]

I watched an episode of the tv show "HW I MET YOUR MOTHER" it was a re-run but the character called Marshall was talking about being scared to go out in New York city alone and said "I dont have a switchblade" as reason for not going out,no pics but it was mentioned.

[whippersnapper]

Last night I caught a switch on 1984 flick "Night of the Comet". Half naked valley girl/cheerleader gets what looks like a cheap stiletto pulled on her in the bathroom by a zombie motorcycle cop.

Half naked cheerleader and a zombie biker cop...don't you know that kind of thing will warp your young mind?

Too late

[Panzerfaust]

I saw a black handle Rizzuto switchblade in a shop window near the end of the movie Sid And Nancy.

I recognize the other knives in the picture. They are identical to the one I bought new in the late 1970s or early 1980s.