John Dillinger's little pen blade

[cchu518]

I spent the weekend in Washington D.C. hanging out with the wife. She really wanted to go the crime and punishment museum. It was the only museum out of the 4 we visited that we actually had to pay admission for.

There were a lot of authentic items there that were purchased at auction including some of John Dillinger's personal effects. I posted this in general but I figured a lot of the traditional guys might miss this one because of that. I thought it was pretty interesting!

 

[jackknife]

Wonder what he used the file for??

 

[Primble]

Wonder what he used the file for??

My guess would be for gun mods.

 

[cchu518]

That's funny, I thought it was an ice pick for shanking people.

 

[Rsmith_77]

That's funny, I thought it was an ice pick for shanking people.

THIS!
i had the exact same thought!

Charge a Gun
Flee a blade
RUN like heck from the guy with a file ice pick

 

[screened porch]

Strange assortment of stuff. Strange choice of knife.

 

[Student762]

Agreed. The file seems really out of place. The knife looks quite nondescript.

 

[Jack Black]

Interesting collection, thanks for posting it. I found Public Enemies: The True Story Of America's Greatest Crime Wave by Brian Burrough an interesting read :thumbup:

 

[jackknife]

I had the same thought, that he knife was sooo nondescript. But then John Dillinger was a shooter first. And being on the run, I don't think he had mail to open.

 

[Jack Black]

I had the same thought, that he knife was sooo nondescript. But then John Dillinger was a shooter first. And being on the run, I don't think he had mail to open.

LOL! Good one Carl! :thumbup:

 

[bill boyd]

I had the same thought, that he knife was sooo nondescript. But then John Dillinger was a shooter first. And being on the run, I don't think he had mail to open.

If he did, it probably wasn't his mail.

--Michael

 

[Russ Prechtl]

Wonder what he used the file for??

Filing through jail bars, maybe?