Emerson's Knives in The Media
Emerson's knives have appeared onscreen in films and television shows. In Night of the Running Man, Scott Glenn's character carried a mother-of-pearl handled, one-of-a-kind Emerson CQC6. Emerson Ravens, neck knives, and the Commander knife were used as props in the short-lived UPN television series Soldier of Fortune, Inc. A Commander knife was used by the character of Zak in the 1998 movie Placebo Effect; Emerson Knives is thanked in the film credits for the knife.
Ridley Scott's 2001 film Black Hawk Down portrayed soldiers carrying Emerson folding knives in the hangar scene, and in Tears of the Sun the Kandahar model appeared on Bruce Willis' character's web gear, and other actors were seen with Emerson Police Utility Knives. Emerson Karambits, La Griffes, and Police Utility Knives are often used as weapons or rescue tools on the television show Burn Notice. Frank Castle used an Emerson Karambit to kill an opponent in one of the final scenes in The Punisher. Transporter 2 briefly showed an Emerson fixed-blade Kandahar knife in the trunk of Jason Statham's car along with other weapons as props. An Emerson La Griffe was featured in the 2007 film: Doomsday.
In the Russian movie 12 a remake of the classic Twelve Angry Men, an "Emerson CQC-7" is revealed as the potential weapon used by a Chechen teen in the murder of his Russian foster-parents. However, the knife shown in the movie is not a CQC-7 or even an Emerson made knife.
Emerson's knives are mentioned in mystery, spy, military, action, and adventure novels. At least seven of Richard Marcinko's Rogue Warrior novels (Red Cell, Green Team, Task Force Blue, Detachment Bravo, SEAL Force Alpha, Violence of Action and Holy Terror) prominently make mention of Emerson's knives (CQC-6 or CQC-7) as a regularly carried piece of equipment. The protagonist, Marcinko, uses an Emerson CQC-6 or CQC-7 on various occasions. On page 175 of Task Force Blue, Marcinko remarks that his CQC-6 was a "personal gift from Ernie Emerson, himself".
New York Times bestselling author David Morrell's novel The Protector not only has the main character, a former Delta Force operator named Cavanaugh, using an Emerson CQC-7 knife, but the cover art itself is a photographic illustration of a blood-stained Emerson CQC-7. Cavanaugh uses the knife in combat as well as in many rigorous cutting chores. The author claims Emerson is "the best manufacturer of tactical knives" as well as a "top level blade instructor for elite military and law-enforcement units". In an interview with British E-Zine Shots : The Crime and Mystery Ezine, Morrell indicated that he injured his collarbone during an Emerson knife-fighting course while performing research for the novel. Morrell went on to include Emerson's knives in his books Creepers and The Spy Who Came for Christmas.
Three of Marcus Wynne's novels (Warrior in the Shadows, No Other Option, Brothers in Arms) feature use of Emerson's knives by the main characters. The CQC-7, Commander, and La Griffe are favored by the main characters and are used as defensive weapons throughout the books. The characters of S.M. Gunn's novels based on Naval Special Warfare, Navy SEALs, and submarines routinely carry Emerson's knives. One of the main characters carries an Emerson custom MV-1 Viper knife in the book SEALs SubStrike. Barry Eisler's fictional hired killer John Rain's former U.S. Marine Sniper friend "Dox" uses an Emerson Comrade CQC-12, a folding knife based on the AK-47 bayonet, in The Last Assassin, referring to it as a "helluva knife" that could cut through a car door if he needed it to.
Retired Navy SEAL and SEAL Team 6 Plankowner Dennis Chalker routinely puts Emerson's knives (CQC-7s and Commanders) into the hands of the heroes of his Home Team novels based on the exploits of former Naval Special Warfare Operators. Emerson's CQC-7 has made its way into the Clive Cussler novel, Plague Ship.
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