| When it came to movie collectibles Rambo Knives | | | | who fashioned it. |
| was a category of its own. The popularity of the | | | | Stallone himself was a knife enthusiast, which is |
| knives that were used in this Sylvester Stallone | | | | most like why he personally approached knife |
| action film series was not attributed to the fact | | | | makers Jimmy Lile and Gil Hibben to design and |
| that these were props used in the movie alone. | | | | produce the custom knives used in the movies. It |
| They became even more sought after because | | | | was Jimmy Lile who designed and made the first |
| of the story behind these knives, including how | | | | two of the series while Gil Hibben did the same |
| they were handpicked by Sylvester Stallone | | | | for the third and fourth. |
| himself and how they were made by particular | | | | Lile's first design was the Original Rambo Knife for |
| knife makers and how each knife varied in design | | | | the "First Blood" movie. It had 14 saw teeth and |
| in each film in the series. | | | | was designed with the thought of what a person |
| The movie Rambo was based off a novel by | | | | would need in a survival knife in mind. When the |
| David Morrell published in 1972. It was then turned | | | | knife for the second movie was approved with its |
| into a movie by Carolco Pictures in 1980, but with | | | | being slightly larger than the first, it was dubbed |
| a couple of changes. Unlike the book where | | | | as the "Mission", after the title of part II of the |
| Rambo did not have a knife and died in the end, | | | | series. Soon enough the Rambo II Knife - Non |
| the main character in the movei (played by | | | | Signature Edition went out on the market for |
| Stallone) carried with him a large survival knife | | | | enthusiasts. |
| which eventually became as famous as the actor | | | | |