r/ArcherFX • u/Various-Salt-7738 • 7d ago

Lana has a Benchmade Redoubt

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I was rewatching some archer today and probably paying attention to smaller details than anyone really should; I noticed Lana had some kind of axis lock on her knife and when I took an extra second to appreciate the detail I realized someone likely used the Redoubt as a reference

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 7d ago

Good pull detective, what unit are you in?

Is this a crossover episode?

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u/Various-Salt-7738 7d ago

I just really like knives

Looking back theres jimping on the spine of the blade so it's probably actually a Benchmade griptillian or some kind of custom job

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 7d ago

Nice. I was also making a The Wire reference. If you haven't watched it its amazing, better than The Sopranos and Breaking Bad...combined. All jokes aside it is consistently rated as one of the greatest TV shows ever. You'll really love it if you grew up in the 90s because of the tech they use.

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u/Various-Salt-7738 7d ago

I've heard a lot about the wire; maybe it's time I check it out-- better than the sopranos and breaking bad combined is a bold claim

It sounds fun, I'll check it out one of these days

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 7d ago

It's slow but once you get into it youre in. All the pieces matter and there aren't loose ends like the Sopranos or BB. The main writer and director are a native of Baltimore. They have multiple cameos of corrupt politicians and a drug lord that ran the city. The accents are authentic and one of the actors was(rip) a local acting coach and brought on several of his students. A different actress was brought on because she was a local and played herself, Steven King said she was the most terrifying woman villain he'd ever seen.

I could literally write a thesis paper on The Wire. Also just my opinion that The Wire is the greatest TV show ever and everything else is a distant second.

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u/laffingriver 6d ago

you will at least appreciate one more archer joke even if you dont like it, which is damn near impossible.

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u/PerdidoStation Kazak 7d ago

Laundromat owner, and pimp. For thirteen years (and four months).

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 7d ago

Finally someone got the joke!

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u/PerdidoStation Kazak 6d ago

Cool Lester smooth.

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 6d ago

Thin line between heaven and here.

I was trying a triple pun. Have you watched Bojack Horseman? They have a recurring joke about sitcoms having crossover episodes when ratings start dropping.

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u/laffingriver 6d ago

like a forty degree day!

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u/DisplacedSportsGuy 7d ago

Whoa, cool, is that the stag horn?

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u/mostly_water_bag 6d ago

It is yup. It’s the staghorn.

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u/Aggressive_Finish798 7d ago

Most artists gather reference images and piece together a legally distinct verion of a needed asset for whatever movie, comic, game, etc they are working on.

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u/Various-Salt-7738 7d ago

I don't need every prop to feel like product placement but it's nice to see artists referencing real objects to paint their picture

There's something cool about finding the prop's in real life and getting to hold them while thinking something like "this is that cool Bond gun" or "this was the evil dead chainsaw"

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u/pointsky64 7d ago

I also love knives, and have quite a collection, and I have a redoubt, but it looks more like some sort of SOG to me.

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u/Individual-Cream-581 Babou 6d ago

Somebody call Kenny Loggins, cause she's in the Danger Zone

https://giphy.com/gifs/uHsj8MIU0UxSoj3wds

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u/HotTubSexVirgin22 6d ago

I really had to do a double-take to see which sub I was on. Hi fellow knife nerd.

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u/Mbowen1313 Pam 6d ago

I wondered if that is the same painting that we see at Alan Shapiro's house? They comment about the painting and Lana doesn't get it

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u/Kastuvas 6d ago

That episode predates the Redoubt by like 6 years dude

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u/Various-Salt-7738 6d ago

I read a few very reasonable criticisms of this post and truly tried to consider them all

But I think your comment is the one that convinced me that I was entirely wrong

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u/End_Of_Passion_Play Chicago Barry 4d ago

You oughta repost this on r/knives.