Way OT: Crocodile Dundee's knife?

DixieBoy · Post by **DixieBoy** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:19 pm

I saw the first Crocodile Dundee again this evening and wondered if anybody here knows who made the bowie knife he carries in the film?
- DixieBoy

kirkwood · Post by **kirkwood** » Mon May 26, 2008 12:25 am

The story goes that there were 3 Bowies that were custom made for the movie. These were said to have been made as movie props by Angel Swords of Driftwood Texas. Can't say if that info is 100% accurate, but that has been the claim made by the company.

There have been reproductions that claim to be just like the original, but if you compare photos side-by-side, they don't all look like the one in the movie.

Bruce Scott · Post by **Bruce Scott** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:27 am

This newspaper article confirms that there were three made for the movie.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Arts/Blun ... 88524.html

No indication of who the maker was.

piller · Post by **piller** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:59 pm

I have a couple of knives by Angel Sword, and Tycer can vouch that the one he borrowed to help process his game was a pretty decent knife even if the blade was only 440C. I don't know if they really did make the knives for the movie. If Daniel really did make the knife, then it probably is a pretty good knife. My favorite that Daniel (Angel Swords Bladesmith) made is in S7 steel and I have it sharp enough to slice Kleenex and it has been used several times without dulling. I have a handmade knife by Ray Johnson of Silver Dollar City, good knife and tough as anything I have ever seen, but it won't hold an edge anywhere near as well as the Angel Sword knives.

kirkwood · Post by **kirkwood** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:38 pm

It says toward the bottom of the page that Angel Sword did make the Bowies for the movie.

http://www.crushingforce.com/