Along with the success and overwhelming reviews on the movie, the character of Stallone as John Rambo who always carried survival knives in his battles, has also brought the huge success of the survival knife industry. It all started with the Rambo survival knife with compass.

As exhilarating as the films, Rambo may not be as full packed action if not for the original Rambo knife made only for this Stallone-starred film.  This knife was made by no less than the master knife maker, a legend himself, Jimmy Lile among other succeeding Rambo knives by the equally genius in knife making Gil Hibben.

The First Blood I Movie, where the first knife of Rambo came out and was shown in many major scenes, featured the fresh and inventive designs of Jimmy Lile.  For anyone who is always in action like Rambo, that knife was engineered for him, fit for survival especially in places far from civilization. True enough the Rambo survival knife with compass has given birth, not long after the movie was shown, to the Survival Knives in the 1980s.

Since that Rambo knife was introduced, the demand for the Rambo knives has continually increased even until today.  Its characteristics, though, are mainly for utility, have become attractive to knife enthusiasts as collectibles.

That first knife had smooth and 9-inch sharp blade, 14 split saw teeth along the spine, cross guard consisted of screw drivers, and that compass in the cap among other features.  This Jimmy Lile knife has overall length of approximately 13 inches and was quite heavy.  This survival knife also had a hollow handle intended for storing some survival items like matches, fish hooks, even first aid stuff.  Aside from the truly useful features Rambo survival knife with compass, the look of this very famous knife is distinctively “Rambo” in character – brave, strong, and fearless.

For its unsurpassed popularity especially among collectors for the unique designs and helpfulness, and with the original Rambo knives being rare, you might have to own this item in an expensive cost.

A lot tried to imitate the Rambo knives to also take advantage of their popularity in the market. However, only one manufacturer was licensed to produce copies of the Rambo survival and mission knives and the other varieties Rambo knives and that is United Cutlery.  On the other hand, no more imitations of Rambo survival knife with compass are lately produced by United Cutlery but it stays to be the top seller.

What other kinds of knives that have stories such as this? As a true collector, you are definitely to know the stories of the Rambo 1-4 knives for they are surely the most famous knives there are! Because they can be rare, their story could be the only thing you’ve got.  You don’t have to fret though, since the stories can be a good read anyway.

Then again, feel the adventure and battles of John Rambo in First Blood I movie and you can only be like him if you have the Rambo survival knife with compass, a genuine symbol of survival.