The Knife of Jack The Ripper

By Crusader1307

Much has been written of The ''Fiend of Whitechapel'' and ''Saucy Jack''. We know him better as ''Jack The Ripper''. Although not the most prolific of Serial Killers, Jack's ''talents'' would create the use of ''Sensationalist Journalism'' as a means to advance not only His ''Legend'' but many others since those 1888 Murders in London's West End District. Since 1888, many pieces of so called ''Ripper Artifacts'' have come to light. Most are suspect, some are possibly genuine. But of all, the infamous ''Jack The Ripper Knife'' is perhaps the most written (and debated) of. Scotland's Yard's ''Black Museum'' of Crime purported a Knife claimed to have been ''the'' or at least one of Jack's ''work tools''. Another claim was an old knife (broken and fixed), that was used as a gardening trowl. Still another, an English Couple purported that their ''Ripper Blade'' was actually a Victorian Era Carving Knife. This one was subjected to Psychometry and of course, had ''dark energies'' accompanying it. Most agree that The Ripper probably used a Lister Knife (a form of Amputation Blade commonly used by 19th Century Doctors). This particular ''version'' is privately owned, and too  has been subjected to a similar experiment. This gave The Reader such ''grave and dark feelings of fear and death'', She could not touch it any longer. Genuine, hoaxed - Jack The Ripper will still go down as a popular ''Whodunit'' for many more successive Generations, no doubt!