what was that large folder knife Croc Dundee had?

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Ok, stupid question time...but i'm trying to find that large folding knife that Croc Dundee had in one of his movies........ It looked like a 8" blade + 8" handle when open..

anybody?

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bump!

(not the fixed blade that made him famous, but that uber large folder when he wa sin New York on that film set and stabbed the mechanized croc in the jaw)

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If my memory serves, it was one of those ridiculously large cheap Pakistan folders that are sold by Frost Cutlery and had those funky looking "pakkawood" scales.
 
I don't recall a folder being used. I did, however, find this interesting, if off topic, article from 2005:

The knife wielded by PAUL HOGAN in CROCODILE DUNDEE is up for auction at $7,600 (GBP4,000) to $15,200 (GBP8,000) in June (05).

The movie memorabilia featured prominently in the smash 1986 movie and is principally remembered by film lovers for the moment Hogan's MICK DUNDEE dismisses a mugger with the line, "That's not a knife - this is a knife."

However, for on-set safety purposes the blade - to be auctioned on 19 June - is made of mock aluminium.

A spokesman for the Sydney, Australia, branch of auctioneers BONHAMS + GOODMAN says, "This is the perfect opportunity to obtain a piece of cinematic history."

31/03/2005 14:09

"Mock" aluminum?

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That's a knife, but it's not the knife. One of the best-known props in Australian filmmaking history is set to go under the hammer. But, as Mick Dundee would say, it's not quite fair dinkum.

The knife up for sale is an aluminium replica of the steel blade famously wielded by Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee's famous "That's not a knife" scene.

There are only two versions of the steel blade in Australia - one owned by Hogan and the other owned by Crocodile Dundee writer and producer John Cornell. A third blade was given to a film executive in Los Angeles.

However, there were a number of aluminium and rubber replicas made and used during filming. And a copy of the knife made and signed by the film's armourer sold for almost $50,000 at an auction in London two years ago.

Cornell, who rose to fame as Hogan's sidekick Strop on The Paul Hogan Show before producing Crocodile Dundee, Australia's biggest-grossing film, said "a couple" of aluminium knives were made for Crocodile Dundee and Crocodile Dundee II. "It would be the most important prop in Australian filmmaking," he said.

But Cornell, who now owns Byron Bay's Beach Hotel with his wife, Delvene Delaney, said he and Hogan would never part ways with their steel originals. "I am not selling mine and Hoges is not selling his," he said.

Hogan's steel blade was used in the scene where Mick Dundee foiled knife-wielding New York muggers by producing the weapon and delivering the line, "That's not a knife . . . this is a knife."

The replica will be auctioned by Bonhams & Goodman in Sydney on June 19.


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Confederate said:
I don't recall a folder being used.
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It was in the 3rd movie, "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles", the scene where he took his son to Universal Studios. When they were "attacked" on a ride by a big anamatronic Python, he rammed it through it's head.
 
well look at this way , the old school had big luckback knife/ case xx buck uncle henny old school folder 60's 70's 80s'
and the one looks like casexx or buck
 
Strange. It shows for me and it shows in your post where you quoted my post.
 
Bushman5 said:
Ok, stupid question time...but i'm trying to find that large folding knife that Croc Dundee had in one of his movies........ It looked like a 8" blade + 8" handle when open..

anybody?

:confused:
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jaguar filding knife / case
 
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I still think the best classic bowie is Randall's #12 confederate: (11" blade)...

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or, the 13" Raymond Thorp version of the model 12

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The best Dundee Bowie reproduction is by Earl Blackmore - complete with kangaroo lace handle and hornback crocodile sheath. Absolutely stunning! :thumbsup:

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Bushman5 said:
Ok, stupid question time...but i'm trying to find that large folding knife that Croc Dundee had in one of his movies........ It looked like a 8" blade + 8" handle when open..

anybody?

:confused:
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Hiya. It isn't a Pakistani knife, nor a prop, that's for sure. It was made in Perth, Au. by the Australian Pocket Knife Co. (as it is engraved) It was a gift from the cast and crew to Mr. Hogan on 9-26-86. You're right on money on the blade length, but the handle is 10 1/2". If the scales are gray/black, I own it as I don't know what pic you're referring to. I'm gonna ebay it by next weekend. I'll try to post a pic or two here later. I found this site while determining if there are any ownership issues and there are not, it's cold. This is my first post here- hope I'm not breaking any rules.
 
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