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John Bowring - making the knife for Crocodile Dundee
Title:
John Bowring - making the knife for Crocodile Dundee
Category:
NFSA ID:
1053192
Year:
2011
The film’s most famous joke 'That’s not a knife…’ relies on the impressive bowie knife created by film armourer John Bowring. In this oral history excerpt Bowring tells the story behind the making of the knife.
Learn more about the making of the Crocodile Dundee films in the curated collection.
Excerpt of Oral History recording by:
Pan Willis Burden
In this excerpt from an oral history recording, John Bowring talks about making the famous knife for the film, Crocodile Dundee (1985). The portrait photo of John Bowring was taken by Tony Mott.