Americal Colonial-era folding knife?

Jim McDougall · 2nd May 2019, 04:35 PM

Spot on Mac!
I felt sure I had seen something like this in a museum in Arizona, and it was called something like a 'gut ripper' or some scary thing like that. That phrase about the viper is well known on Mexican knives it seems.

Hotspur · 2nd May 2019, 09:14 PM

They are also still commonly used to harvest grapes and other crops.

Cheers
GC

shayde78 · 20th March 2020, 02:54 AM

Thank you, Mac! Don't let my delayed response diminish the fact that I'm impressed by your spot-on identification. Well done.

2nd May 2019, 04:35 PM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,670	Spot on Mac! I felt sure I had seen something like this in a museum in Arizona, and it was called something like a 'gut ripper' or some scary thing like that. That phrase about the viper is well known on Mexican knives it seems.

2nd May 2019, 09:14 PM	#2
Hotspur Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nipmuc USA Posts: 535	They are also still commonly used to harvest grapes and other crops. Cheers GC

20th March 2020, 02:54 AM	#3
shayde78 Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 445	Thank you, Mac! Don't let my delayed response diminish the fact that I'm impressed by your spot-on identification. Well done.