Who Counterfeited Bonafied's Comb?

miklo, he loved him but he was standing in the way of a war. Watch the last 20 mins again and you'll see that he destroys the soap with the imprint of the comb on it.

idk but i think it was magic... kuz like someone said (dont member the person) da impression miklo had when magic showd him the comb....

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Okay....I will set the record straight on this. First of all, neither of them loved Bonafied, they loved Montana. At the end of the movie when they are talking about "loving" him they are talking about Montana. Loving him, but still having him taken out. Now, onto who counterfeited the comb. It never actually shows either of them making the mold and counterfeiting the comb. But Magic worked with Bonafied in the woodshop, and Magic is the one who stole it from Bonafied. As far as making the mold and copying the comb, either of them could have done that. But that doesn't matter. In reality BOTH of them counterfeited it because it was a plan that they devised together. You see even though they both loved Montana like a father, they loved La Onda even more, and Miklo saw a way for him to become the leader of La Onda, and that far outweighed his love for Montana. You see Montana was trying to go straight, he was trying to clean up his life and trying to make right on past mistakes. He realized that gangs and violence only lead to the very life that he was trapped in, his life in prison. This was a threat to La Onda and a threat to Miklo and Magic's way of life in prison. They thought that Montana was becoming weak or soft, that he was killing La Onda, and that if they did not do something fast, La Onda would die, and they would no longer have any power in prison. You see Miklo wanted La Onda to be the most powerful gang not only in prison, but on the outside as well. Miklo and Magic saw their chance and they took it. They knew what prison Montana would be stopping at to see his daughter, so they copied the comb, and sent it to to a member of Bonafieds gang with instructions to kill Montana. They manipulated everyone to thier benefit. They eventually had Bonafied and Red Ryder taken out as well, and in doing so, took out the leadership of the white and black rival gangs in their prison. All that was left to do, was to destroy the evidence of the mold from the comb they had made, and Miklo takes over leadership of the most powerful prison gang in all of California. Watch the movie again and you will see that everything I just explained makes perfect sense.

They were both in on it cause in the end Magic says to Miklo "you ordered me to destroy this..but I kept it for protection...from you" basically they needed Montana out of the way for them all to survive and they did it together so magic kept it just encase Miklo decided to back out if he was found out

I had always thought Magic was appraising Miklo of how he couldn't implicate Magic without implicating Miklo. When Miklo spoke of using the book money to make a buy, even if in defiance of the council, where defiance is punishable by death, which Miklo invites if on behalf of La Onda, Magic takes this to ultimately imply the assassination of Montana- but for Miklo, all this means is, if need be, he will buy La Onda into "America's cup of coffee", if only for La Onda's survival. La Onda is all he has left.

Magic certainly makes the mold, because we learn from lightning's death scene that magic worked in the woodshop as well, and would therefore also have access to Bonafide's comb. Then, later, they're trying to compel Montana to declare war, Magic gets almost mutinous, and Miklo tells Magic he's got to back Montana up. So in the end, he's just saying, hey, this is the way, La Onda, to La Onda's survival, and you're implicated. I think it's the logic of Miklo's character that leads me to that.

But my wiz says it's implicit they had an explicit conversation about it between scenes.

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Miklo and Mike- Theres a scene where there in a prison cell toghter and destroy the replica by flushing it down the toilet

I think it was Magic acting under Miklo's orders. Recall when Miklo returns to prison, we see that one of the first things Miklo comments on after seeing Magic is his cellmate, is Magic's painting on the wall and the (noticeable to Miklo) improvement in his artwork. "You been burning quills. You getting good." In fact Magic is working on a drawing when Miklo arrives. Since Magic works with Bonafide, he could have swiped and created the mold, while Miklo supplied the wood. But nothing would have been done unless Magic was willing to back Miklo's plans.

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