What is the knife used in the movie 127 hours?

[Gary B.]

This is the link:

[Gareth]

This is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5I7rBpWmfE&feature=fvsr

It looks something like an old school Leatherman.  Given the domed fasteners I'd say it looks most like a Sideclip.  BUT IIRC the original story it was in fact a Chinese made clone so they might have gone for that in the film as well.

[Grant Lamontagne]

The original story was indeed a cheap knockoff.  In an interview afterwards he said that he had since bought a real Leatherman tool because the saw was so bad on his cheapie.

How he plans to saw his other arm off I'll never know!

Still, Leatherman couldn't come up with better marketing than this, so I imagine when the opportunity arose to have this movie made, they probably threw lots of money at it to make sure the knockoff was replaced by a real one.

Def

[Dunc]

Gary I fixed your link 

I think its a Leatherman knockoff .I was told in the real story that he used a knockoff .
Didn't the guy try and sue Doug Ritter because he listed all the foolish things the guy had done .


Dunc

[Dunc]

Still, Leatherman couldn't come up with better marketing than this, so I imagine when the opportunity arose to have this movie made, they probably threw lots of money at it to make sure the knockoff was replaced by a real one.

Def

I still don't think its an original leatherman in the trailer 

[Dunc]

Didn't the guy try and sue Doug Ritter because he listed all the foolish things the guy had done .


Dunc

Here it is

http://www.equipped.org/ralston_threatens_ets.htm

[Grant Lamontagne]

It's hard to tell....

I thought it was but I may be wrong- it's been known to happen!

Def

[Dunc]

It's hard to tell....

I thought it was but I may be wrong- it's been known to happen!

Def

Bit of a funny lanyard ring thing going on there 

[an0nemus]

I just saw the scene. Here it is at movie number 5 (time 13:15)