Mumblety-peg - Rambo Knife Restoration 

I had one of these when I was a kid!! Thought I was Rambo, running around the woods, playing war!! Thank you for the nostalgia!!

Brought back soo many good memories. I wore my Rambo knife out playing with it and building forts out of tree branches in the woods.

Mine was black. The key rings for the saw go between he handle and the compass.

This is the highest quality knife I have ever seen. The Tang on the knife is nearly indestructible.

Great memories! I had 4 or 5 of these. My Uncle Paul (who was also our church pastor) gave me one when I was about 7 years old. Being that he was our pastor, my dad naturally couldn't say anything, LOL! I played in the woods, along the creeks, and hiked a lot farther than I ever should have alone, but alas, I had my trusty Rambo knife! *NOBODY WAS FOOL ENOUGH TO STAND UP AGAINST ITS MIGHT!* It also started a knife addiction, that I still have, gladly.

Brings back childhood memories!

I had two of the same knife, the cammo one, and a black one. Man those were the days. lol

haha love it. It seems boys all over the world played this same game. Although when we played it 25 years ago in Belgium, the goal was to land the knife as close as possible to the other ones feet. If you flinched you lost. Great times. Thanks for letting me remember.

Man this brings back memories nothing cooler than running through the woods with your Rambo knife on your side

Looks like all Scouts plays the same knife game... Saludos from Chile.

This brings back old memories my grandfather would tighten my blade up.

Any knife to a boy is cool Glad you kept it and restored a part of your past

Looks far far better in black! Great job!

I remember mine with fondness and nostalgia. Looking back, I realize why they sold for 5 to 10 dollars new back then, they're junk. However, it was better than nothing, and we found ways to improve them. I sent mine into work with my uncle, where he removed the compass cap, and installed a solid steel hammer poll plate. And my neighbor, who I grew up with, learned by taking a chainsaw file to the saw teeth, it could be made to be functional. I never could could put a decent edge on it, but it looked cool on a military surplus load bearing pistol belt with suspenders .Mostly,I used mine for peace of mind, fearful of dogs running loose when I roamed the old back roads walking.

I had one with an oil stone on the scabbard in a pocket. Brilliant memories with this video thanks for the upload

I had one of these when I was 13. My father bought it for me after I saw the movie First Blood. Oh the memories!!

I bought that exact same model in 1985, from a bargain shop for £2.50. I was 11 years old and absolutely nobody batted an eye as I walked outside and threaded it on to my belt before BMX'ing off to join my friends :D I still have it, and it's in pretty rough shape, but I may well revive it out of sentiment :-)

Oh man. The Knife, complete with the mandatory Matches and busted compass, playing Mumblety Peg at Scout Camp. You just caused a massive nostalgia surge.

I'm loving your videos and can I just say thank you for being one of the only restoration guys on RU-vid who speaks and explains what he's doing.

I own the same Knife with a black Plastic Handle. As a Child you see the World with different Eyes, great Adventures and sooo many good Memories. Thanks for the Video. Many Greetings from Germany, Michael

Nice! This was my first fixed blade knife as a kid. My grandpa gave it to me, and my mom was not happy with him for it, but I was :) . It was a very low quality knife, but I felt invincible with it, running around the woods with the ability to protect myself from any hidden Russian invaders. Sadly, one day I dropped it in some gravel and the blade snapped in two, like a brittle icicle. Love your restore. I recently bought another one off of eBay, just because a part of me still missed that beautiful piece of junk. One thing I did to "upgrade" it, was I replaced the key rings with a fat rubber o-ring, making it possibly more water resistant. I also put a small one inside with the compass to make it stop rattling. Then I put another fat o-ring on the compass threads, where you left a gap. The gap you left is fine, but an o-ring definitely makes it look a little more squared away and helps keep it screwed tight and secure.

Oh, the nostalgia! Great video! Wish I still had mine.

Had one when i was young. I beat it to death. Nothing i wont try to use it on. Enjoyed the vid. Brought back a few old memories. Good ones

wow thanks that brought back some memories mumbly peg yes

I bought that knife back in 1985. Bought it at a flea market. I burned through the cable saw it came with the first time I tried to use it.

That's awesome reliving ur teenage years I had 1 as well especially with the survival matches and fishing line lv it 👍🏻👍🏻

I remember having one of those when I was young!

The sheath you made is just amazing

Good job, and great idea.

It was popular indeed. It was good time back then, nothing to worry about, just kids with Rambo knife))) At least yours is with metal/aluminium handle. Mine was with plastic, and of course was the first thing to brake. Good memories, thanks. Cheers

When I was 12 I had an official Boy Scout Knife. It was cool. Wish I still had it. You did a good job.

Simple but an effective restoration.

As a knife collector, I have one of these. Pretty much a toy, with that tiny tang. But we all had to have one after the Rambo movie came out. Even if it wasnt as big as his. Carried mine way back in 85, when I worked a summer in Yellowstone.

Love this vid

Man that sheath looks good

Nice restoration!

Just finished restoring the same knife I had as a kid. I’m by far not a craftsman but I really enjoyed it. Content like yours has inspired me to try things like it. I look forward to watching more of your videos

What an iconic object this cheap knife was for a lot of gen Xer's including myself.

Very nice! I had the same knife when I was a young fella.

I had one of those knives when I was a teenager. The sheath that came with it was crap. The one you made is much better.

Wow! I had basically the same knife !!! Ordered it out of the back of Boys Life Magazine.. what a blast from the past!

I really enjoyed this restoration video, probably more than any other I've seen. I think every man can relate to having a special item like this as a kid. I like your personal connection and story throughout. Great video! Now you've got me thinking about trying to find some of those special things as a kid to possibly restore

Your video inspired be to restore mine. Worked on it today.

That's a real nice camp knife for your 10 yr. old son. He'll love it. 👍👍👍🥴😖🥴

Realy cool !

Leather cord in the handle grooves would really finish it off. Nice to restore part of your childhood

Got one passed on from my great grandfather. I may get one of those compasses for. Currently have a crystal ball in it. Definitely may have a kydex sheath made for it. I like scout style carry.

Great job love the restoration she made it look brand new as if you bought it from the factory love the sheath

Nice work as usual!!

This video made me smile. :)

Ahhh the classic "Rambo" I wanted one when I was that age as well but unfortunately never found one around town and no internet back then. Awesome job... beautiful finish...looks exactly like the one in the magazine I saw all those years ago!!!

That is impressive sheath

"survival kit" cable saw, 3 #4 fish hooks, 3 split shot sinkers, 10 ft of fishing line, 6 matches (strike on box for some reason), and 2 key rings on the handle of the knife, Mine (which I still have I ordered it when I was 10) even came with the mini "sharpening" stone, and delux "leather" sheath, Mine is the black handled version. For $599 C.O.D. I ordered it when I saw the commercial on t.v. (watching The Morton Downey Jr Show) at 2AM. Good Video!

I found one in the same condition (besides the blade being loose) in the ground at my campground. Going to try and restore it as well once I get any equipment or know-how.

When I was a kid going go country school in South Dakota we used to play stretch a lot at recess. Knives were just knives and all us country boys had to have a jack knife to cut twine on bales, etc out on the farm/ranch. Nowadays, they'd put you in handcuffs. We also used to park our pickups with a couple rifles in the rack to hunt rabbits on the way home for the stew pot. Can you imagine now?

Man, that's crazy. My uncle found this exact knife in a street and decided to keep it. Several years ago, today, he gave it to me and asked me to try and restore it. And by looking for videos about restori g "Rambo Knives", I found yours ! Hope i'll be able to restore mine, it's in a bad shape..

when you're in the dark you can't see your knife either, lol, we had a machete on our recent camping trip, but put a bit of Pistachio green tape on so we can see it in the dark, or else it would have been lost half way thru our recent camping trip video, lol. Nice restoration job though! added, ohh that's how you get the nut in, doh, good info

I had the same knife and used it for mumblypeg as well.

You make some awesome videos. Very well done.

Nice job.

Love the new look you should make a challenge you there's tons Rambo fans with these type of knives

I always wanted one of those.

Thanks for the video i had the same knife when i was 12 or 13 years old

Very cool! Anything that connects us to childhood happiness is worth doing. Now oil up that cool sheath ;-)

That brings back memories. I had both the camouflage and a black one. I loved them but broke them both at the tang

Still have mine. Compass has gone dry. You are right, the metal is pretty soft, but that keeps it from snapping. I don’t know if re-tempering would help.

Cool vid

Back in my day (early mid 80's) you could buy these at the county fair. Also cheap balisongs, shuriken, nunchucks you name it. Those days are gone forever I'm afraid...

I just bought a lot of knives for parts/repair on ebay that includes this knife in it. I mainly bought it for the usmc knife that was in the lot as well but I also thought about painting this cheap one all black or maybe seeing if I could do a black/gray camo. Came across this video looking up how to disassemble the usmc knife lol

I commend you on the restoration, after all it's what ur channel is all about. Personally in real life that knife was not worth saving but for sentimental reasons

We used to play that when we were kids. My two older brothers were playing once and one of them was wearing flip flops and the knife went right between his big toe and second toe. Which was lucky because the second and third toes on each of his feet are webbed.

i didnt know where you would find the compass ball - but you did it - excellent job

I still have that knife in my collection.

Think there was supposed to be a couple key rings on the handle, nice job enjoyed the video!

I had one of these!!

...an original ''Rambo'' knife ..lol..nice sheath and resto..

Good job I should do that with mine I no how to because I've done it before over and over not very old school knife back in 1980s

We played a version that involves taking "land" from a circle we drew in the ground. The knife needed to flip and stand for me to "own" that part of the circle, no one could take it. The person who has the most land won the game.

You got a camo one dang mine was solid army green lol with a leather sheath that held the sharpening stone. But love the video instantly took me back to like 1987 climbing trees.

I got one at the flea market after watching Rambo and I ran into the woods with a bandana.

Numrich arms sells the survival kits for those knives.

Great video , very nice restauration. Likeeeee.

I had the black one as a kid my grandfather gave it to me and I still have it today

There was a string saw matches some fishing hooks and fishing line I had one when I was a kid as well except mine was all black

I had one it got stolen from camp. Broke my heart.

Funny I have almost the exact same knife! Purchased at about the exact same time in my life. Looking almost the exact same condition!! Hope you do something with the sheath as well.

I have the exact same knife! Just reclaimed it from my son with the original leather sheath. Compass is shot. None of the survival stuff was left inside.

I took mine and heat treated the blade, to harden it. Then I did away with the handle that came with it and made one out of solid aluminum stock, with grooves to match original handle and a tapped hole to screw to blade. Then lastly, I replaced the stop, with a brass one, I made that was "U" shaped, to go over the little square part of the blade.

Still got one of these can't get the rusted button undone to get the knife out

You could put an o-ring in the gap between the compass cap and the knife to make it look flush

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I am going to do this restore as well. Ty

yep it had a wire saw with 2 key rings wrapped around the threads under the compass. See there where it looks like the cap wouldn't screw all the way down.

Okay, just dug mine up out of a storage box. Handle and guard on mine are all one piece, no bottle opener. And the "Saw" is pretty useless, teeth are not off set. But the tank is alot longer then the one on your knife. No compass though. :) Also mine is 440 Stainless, but made in Japan. So maybe its not such a bad knife after all. Just ran mine over my Ken Onion Work Sharp. Takes a good edge too.

Hi bro 👋👋👋 very good restoration knife 👍👍👍

Still have both with all the parts only the compass is the same the liquid has leaked out, the camo and black ones with the ring saws and sharpening stones fish lines and hooks. Cool back then.

Red locktight an jb weld on the gaurd an it's all secure!

Haha I had the same knife when I was a kid, the hand saw broke on the first limb I tried to cut lol 😂

Ring string saw came w mine

Painted the handle on mine the same color, left the blade shiny but I repro filed it with a file to thin it out and worked that cheap 440 stainless on a Whetstone forever to get a decent edge on it, then some kid traded me for a good fixed blade hunting knife I still have...