The perfect tool for the job!

The perfect tool for the job! The knife on the cover of Jack the Ripper is a Khyber knife. Its length, tip to handle, is eight inches. As with firearms returned with soldiers during/after WW2 so this knife travelled with the troops and was readily available in Whitechapel. The peshkabz knife is designed to penetrate mail armour.The knife is typically used as a thrusting weapon, however, the wide hollow-ground blade also possesses considerable slicing performance, and is extremely effective using slashing or cutting strokes.During colonial rule in India, the British frequently referred to all Afghan blades of this pattern collectively as "Afghan knives" or "Khyber knives".
 Martha tabram. "Whoever it was knew how and where to cut." Two knives were suggested as the murder weapons. One was a narrow bladed dagger-like instrument. The other must have enough strength to break the sternum - most likely a bayonet.

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