Making My Own Walther PPK: Creating Bond's Tool of the Trade
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- Опубліковано 12 кві 2024
- Walther Arms flew me to Arkansas to experience the craftsmanship and heritage of making Bond's weapon of choice, the Walther PPK. But in my wildest dreams I couldn't imagine that I would be able to build my own PPK with the experts that make them on a daily basis! Come with me on the adventure as YOU get a front row seat and SEE what it takes to create Bond's primary tool of the trade...the iconic Walther PPK!
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When David is not running an advertising and marketing company, his hobby is The Bond Experience which is primarily a video blog where he discusses Bond experiences and the people and brands that help to create those experiences...
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An honor & a privilege to share this experience with you my friend! So glad we got you introduced to the amazing crew at Walther! Nobody does it better.
As a gun guy…jealously of you and Caleb cannot be overstated! 😂 Awesome! So glad you guys got to do that!
I own a Walther PPKS .22, a PPKS 380 and a P38 (post war P1). This was an educational watch!
So glad Walther took back the PPK production and is cranking these out again after the Smith & Wesson years (ugh!).
As a firearms enthusiast, I'm surprised Bond's firearms don't get the same love as his clothes or watches get on this channel. The walther ppk is as or more important than anything else. Bonds lifestyle is carrying a gun.
Second this.
Probably because most people in the Bond Community aren't in the US and can't legally buy a gun.
@@sanderbass I couldn't imagine not having that freedom
Most bond fans prolly aren't gun nuts just like most aren't wristwatch nuts. Just tools.
@@scottrader7945 you guys are lucky to wear them
I own a PPK…something special every time I take it to the range or carry for self defense. So glad after seeing part one that you were talking about a real Walther and not a replica. Sometimes, like your Aston Martin, it’s good to have the real thing!
Another fantastic video! How lucky are you at Walther! Did it have a delivery like a brick through a plate glass window! Looking forward to Part 2!
001st 🍸 This looks like a genuinely fascinating insight as to how these things are made. Good stuff David 👍
Very cool that you got to do this David. All three of my Walthers (P1, P99, P22) were made in Germany. I would like to add a PPK or PPK/S at some point in the future.
I bought a ppk a while back because of Bond. It's awesome you got to do this.
And I thought building my own lightsaber at Galaxy Edge was awesome!!!!! Well done, David!!!!
I waited three days before watching this video because I wanted to put it on the big screen, have a nice drink, and really pay attention. Two of my favorite Bond creators - two people I consider friends - doing something REALLY COOL!
I also enjoyed it being filmed in Arkansas. I spent some time doing business in Northwest Arkansas (the "Silicon Valley of the Midwest" I was told.) it's actually a fascinating part of America. The Crystal Bridges museum is incredible. It houses world-class American artwork. There's even a Frank Lloyd Wright house there which got moved brick by brick from Millstone, which is just down the road from me in New Jersey.
My son and I LOVE watching videos by Caleb and his peers like Ian from Forgotten Weapons so it was cool to see you briefly cross over into that territory!
Great seeing the PPK put together!
Fantastic gentlemen! We should plan a video range day at Gatherall next year.
Keep going David, show us the new Royale Filmware Spectre Jacket
I second this!
The remoteness is kind of the point. Walther came here in 2012 so they could escape Northeastern hell and be left alone.
Now this is a bond video ❤🎉
As a bond fan, the ppk is still on my list to own. Just like a aston and an omega.
This was fantastically good fun. Plus inspirational. I have a Bernardelli V80 which is an Italian PPK clone from the 60s. Got it at auction and couldn't field strip it, magazine was a mess etc. Half way through I paused vid, messed with it and was able to strip it! It was filthy and then was able to repair the magazine.
Good job…..now take it apart again and reassemble it blindfolded, just like Bond.
Amazing, I loved it
Well done! Will part 2 talk a little about the blue, elastic shoulder holster? He used them in Dr.No and Goldfinger at least. I’d love to get one for my gun.
I believe thay holster was made by the prop department, so it's not a model that was commercially available.
I have seen replicas on places like etsy though, or you could even make your own. It's not a very complex design. Been meaning to look into making one myself.
Bravo! Fascinating video/experience.
So cool!
Great video, can't wait for part two!
I see a firing booth in someone's basement soon, lol. Pretty cool to be able to get hands on and make your own. Thanks for making the trip and sharing!
This was awesome!
Incredible video looking forward to Part 2
Outstanding Mr. Bond!
That was really cool.
David, What a tremendous talent idea. Obvious in retrospect. Very fitting and really entertaining!!!!! 😎👍🏻😁
Made me smile
absolutely amazing experience wow am I jealous !
That's next level Ikea.
The break-in station was my favorite!
Great for edc I love it ❤️
David, you did great - they went fast and as a novice you kept up well (trigger vs trigger guard part as an example). I'm a gun guy and my PPK is probably the one with the smallest, most intricate pieces. Great work and congratulations!
👍 Get the likes up for this VIDEO.
UA-cam isn't kind on gun videos tell them we like Bond as is.
It’s got a mini kick about it
I've owned five PP series guns through the years, and a PPK is my everyday carry, but I've never seen one built, Thanks for a great video.
wish we could have the ppk here in canada. sadly trudeau says no pistols for us
David, thank you for sharing this. I enjoyed this 'adventure' very much, looking forward to watching PART 2. If I may after watching your video from a few years ago when you were at a gun range with another Bond contributor and by your own honest admissions to being a 'novice' can I suggest you take a class(es) in firearm handling. You don't have to achieve "Double-O" status but, having been around firearms all my life and a retired Police Officer I know you could be much more comfortable and knowledgeable with your firearm with alittle instruction (Just trying to help a friend.).
I'm a bit frustrated with Walther.
They have made modifications to the design to try to bring the PPK up to date and make it a viable carry gun, but that's not why most people buy a PPK.
Walther Arms, if you're reading this, people who buy the PPK aren't looking for a Bersa Thunder, they want history.
They either want to own a WWII pistol, or they want James Bond's gun.
Please, please make a PPK with the old style frame (no beavertail) and a blued finish.
Offer grips in both black and mottled brown, with matching magazine extensions in the original design.
Continue to make it in .380 ACP, but offer.32 ACP too (I believe this would only require a different barrel, magazine and extractor).
There is a big market for historical/famous guns. Look at the re-release of the SIG P210 for example, or the various GI spec 1911s. There has even been a re-release of the original Glock 17.
You don't have to stop making the current modernized PPK, but please consider making Bond's gun too.
I agree 100% with this. Maybe Caleb can pass it along? I had a pre-war .32ACP PPK, and that thing was super fun to shoot.
Totally agree - I have a new one and love it, but would love it more if it didn't have the extended beavertail and was blued instead of the melonite finish.
I think of the PPK as the Connery Bond gun. It might have been sufficient at Ian Fleming's time but any new Bonds should use choose something a little more modern.
While PPK will always have a place in my heart, I think there are more practical options out there for a secret agent. What do you think Bond would carry today? My vote is the Sig Sauer P365.
@@SmithDrewSmith a Spectre Version of course!
@jodiah5 ooh, I didn't know they had that!
I bought a new laptop a couple years ago, and it took an embarrassing amount of willpower to not buy the overpriced underperforming hp spectre just because of the name.
@@SmithDrewSmith oh! They’re BEAUTIFUL! Better! More $$$$ of course but… The World Is Not Enough!
@@jodiah5 foolish sentiment.
While I’m more of a Walther P99 fan for my James Bond gun, there is something undeniably sexy about the PPK.
I’ve had a Pennsylvania Permit for over 40 years and I have carried a Beretta and my current Combat Commander .45 but was thinking of a PPK as it’s much easier to conceal than my M1911.
This cinched it.
Much prefer the original black rather than silver but each to their own
I've followed Commando Bond on Instagram recently, nice to see him your channel now
Luke👍Respect!
If anyone wants one as a home prop without actually having a real gun, consider getting a Umarex PPK BB gun. Know your laws on BB guns in your area. They go about $100 maybe less in the USA.
I have the CO2 version, and it's not a bad replica.
The only things I don't like about it are the fact that it is a replica of the PPS/S, not the PPK, and the fact that they elongated the grip to cover the area that would be the magazine pinky rest on the real gun.
I am baffled as to why they did this, because it serves no purpose, and makes the grip look really weird.
I actually cut off the excess grip on mine, and it looks a lot better.
@thepenultimateninja5797 the BB extended mag well is likely to allow the CO2 cylinder to fit. I too would have preferred a different design with the smaller CO2 cylinder, even at the expense of fewer shots between changes.
@@SmithDrewSmith You're right that the grip needs to be longer than on a standard PPK to accommodate the CO2 cylinder, but that's not what I'm talking about.
For some reason, they extended the grips all the way down to the end of the grip, and there was just no need to do that.
The grip is only about the same length as that of the PPK/S, so they could just have made the grip panels the normal length.
The plastic part sticking out below the grips resembles the plastic finger rest that is found on some PPK/S magazines.
Find a photo of PPK/S with the plastic magazine finger rest and pop the grip off your CO2 PPK and you'll see what I mean.
@thepenultimateninja5797 ah, yeah I see what you're talking about, surprised I never noticed that. They could have easily made the grips look normal and disguise the co2 mechanism as a weird magazine extension
@@SmithDrewSmith Yeah exactly. It would have looked like a normal PPK/S, with an ever so slightly larger grip extension on the magazine.
What-no link to the Bond music used in this video?
Ps. Great video as always!
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It's a cool gun, but it's always been too small for me. I realize the utility for Bond, but I'm fan of the later pistols he carries. (Sig 226)
Does anybody know where the fantastic flamenco Bond music is from?
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" I can see the nipple." 😮 Very interesting process and video.
Can we hav one of on how som of Q,s gadgets are made? 😁😉👨💼💡
Is this the Sean Connery/Rodger Moore Walther PPK? Or is it Pirece Brosnans slightly chunkier Walther PPK? 🤔🤷♂️👨💼🔫👀
I say it’s working from the phantom menace all the time.
not a big gun person, but i thought this was cool. Bond obviously is a gun guy, although I thought part of what made the early bonds great (and superior to the post Dalton ones) was that Bond more often than not killed using his wits and whatever was available, even if it was a gadget, a la Moonraker or the air pellet thing in L&LD. By the time of Bronsnan, and Bond is spraying multiple magazines of machine guns in Tomorrow Never Dies, I'm pretty much out. Is Man with the Golden Gun the only Bond movie where Bond kills the head baddie with his PP7? i guess he kills Electra in World is not Enough with PP7.
"not a big gun person" It's ok, the PPK is a small gun. 😁
@@canadafree2087 😆nice
Pretty sure he gets Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me with his PPK. Also, while he does shoot Elektra, it wasn't with his PPK. Pretty sure it was was Elektra's gun which she dropped when he escapes the torture chair.
@@ChuckM0503 yup, nice call on Stromberg! And I don't remember it being her gun but I have no doubt your memory is better than mine on that one.:)
@@canadafree2087 +It,s easy to conceal because it,s so small
Thank God you did'nt opt for a microderm palm inclusion🤣
My PPK/S' DA trigger got substantially lighter as it got fired. My only complaint... Stainless? Just kidding.
"The right tool for the job Mr. Bond. Here is your bullet proof scuba tank with cut proof hose. And do be a good chap and bring the mini-sub back in one piece!"
At least it's a real PPK, not a PPK/S though, right?
None of the Bonds ever used a PPK/S.
The reference to a PPK/S in Skyfall was a dialog error.
@@thepenultimateninja5797 I got it in the 80’s when the PPK was deemed a Saturday night special and not imported to the US. It is, however a German made version. And if you really want to be pedantic , the Bond gun is in .32 ACP not the .380 ACP sold today.
@@Madmanmarque I think at least the one Craig uses is a .380, so there is some canon to support it.
Mine is a PPK, but it is the Interarms version, so not German made.
I wish Walther Arms would offer the PPK in .32 ACP and without the stupid beavertail. I would buy one in a heartbeat.
@@thepenultimateninja5797 I agree, they messed the look with the beaver tail.
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I am just wondering. Why isn’t your gun blued?