These depictions often occur in modern movies such as Conan the Barbarian, Highlander III: The Final Dimension and The Lord of the Rings and mislead their audiences into false understandings of the art.
Jody Samson (November 1, 1946 – December 27, 2008) was a knifemaker and bladesmith from Burbank, California who designed butterfly knives for Benchmade and the swords used in such movies as Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer, First Knight, The Mask of Zorro, Blade, Blind Fury, Batman & Robin, Batman Forever, and Streets of Fire.
William F. Moran (1925-2006), knifemaker who founded the American Bladesmith Society