Crocodile Dundee--what kind of knife?

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gary777

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A few days ago saw Crocodile Dundee. What kind of a knife is that? Easy question for you knife experts. Thanks!
 
I remember somebody sent a letter to tactical knives once asking that same question. Steven Dick gave the name of the custom maker in australia who made it. I will see if I can dig that up and find it. I just think I remember seeing that...I could just be off in la-la land again
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It appeared to me to be a Western Cutlery Bowie, made now by Camillus.

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Gary,
You should try performing a search on this topic as I believe that it been discussed several times in the past already.

And, by the way, I would have to agree with Richard and say that I seem to also remember seeing that Steven Dick created that knife for the movie. But, that's just a maybe on my part.

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Boy this question come up a lot of times! The knife was made as a movie prop by John Bowring, an Australian gunsmith. It was never offered for commercial sale.
 
An Australian Gunsmith?
Aren't those extinct?


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Tráceme no sin la razón, envoltura mi no sin honor
 
Ken,
Must have been ... if he was making prop knives for a movie company.
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Ken, give me the English translation of your Spanish signature. I know a lot of Spanish but this is not translating for me well.

It's something like ".......not without the reason,...... not without honor."

Trace in Spanish is a form of the word trazar or draw.... so traceme is draw me ? so what does it say. I'm missing it
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Gary,

I have a book on Australasian knifemakers and here is some of John Bowring bio who made the knife in the show. He began as a gunsmith and made gadgets and special effects for the Mad Max movies.
He was a warranty serviceman for Puma knives and was inspired by the Puma Bowie design. He used some of his own ideas and made the knife to suit the drama of the big sceen. There was only six made, two out of stainless steel and the others aluminium props. This information came from Spencer's Guide to Australasian Custom Knifemakers.

Jeff
 
Draw me not without reason, sheath me not without honor.
An old and fairly common sentiment, encountered several times on old engraved rapiers of the 16 and 17 hundreds.
The wording is a bit convoluted, and depending on where you learned your Spanish, could be VERY confusing.
I know I confuse LOTS of native spanish speaking people as I learned my spanish all over Central America and Spain.
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I was trying for the correct Castillian wording, but probably missed it by a mile.
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I don't know what kind of knife old Mick had but it was big!

I loved the scene where the young street thug pulled a knife and demanded Mick's wallet and then said as he was drawing his blade "That's not a knife. This is a Knife!"

Great!

QUOTE]Originally posted by gary777:
A few days ago saw Crocodile Dundee. What kind of a knife is that? Easy question for you knife experts. Thanks![/QUOTE]

 
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